List of Projects - Active Citizens Fund

Using the Icelandic Police’s paradigm to build a Greek multi-Agency substantial partnership, in order to strengthen the support and protection of women and children victims of domestic violence, in line with the standards of the Istanbul Convention

Project Promoter: European Anti-Violence Network

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 15 months

The daily practice of supporting women survivors of domestic violence (DV) & their children in Greece, presents lack of coordination & networking of competent bodies, lack of a common protocol for handling the incidents, deficiencies in professionals’ training etc. For combating DV many systems are involved, which act sequentially,...

Time To Talk!

Project Promoter: Ladies Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 14 months

Project “Time To Talk” aims to address the problem of the lack of organizations in the Prefecture of Drama that work with the perpetrators of gender-based violence. Furthermore, it aims to provide more effective support to victims of gender-based violence. Finally, it seeks to address the lack of information...

Action Plan on Documenting Hate Speech Incidents by the Racist Violence Reporting Network

Project Promoter: Signal – Researching and Confronting the Far Right

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 6 months

Signal – Researching and Confronting the Far Right will contribute to the needs of the Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) by providing its expertise on monitoring hate speech, enhancing civil society capacity on the matter and striving for more societal resilience. The RVRN consists of 51 NGOs that record...

SAFE-NET: Creating a Safety Net for girls victims of Online Violence

Project Promoter: Union of Women Associations of Heraklion prefecture (UWAH)

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 28 months

Online violence, and specifically online sexual violence, is targeted primarily at women and girls; with young women and adolescent girls being particularly at risk of being abused and harassed online. According to the UN, 73% of women have experienced some form of online violence. Online abuse and harassment stem...

Do the human right thing – Raising our Voice for Refugee Rights

Project Promoter: Greek Council for Refugees (GCR)

Relative Call: Increased support for Human Rights

Project Duration: 12 months

The rights to housing, health and employment are three basic aspects of a decent life. The project aims at systematically bringing to the fore the violations of the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers, in particular in respect to these three fundamental rights, and promoting targeted solutions through...

TRACE – TRansforming Access to health CarE

Project Promoter: Association of Research and Education in Clinical Skills (ARECS)

Relative Call: Increased support for Human Rights

Project Duration: 14 months

Project aims to address the inadequate provision of health services to disabled persons by providing appropriate tools to students and health professionals. Despite the great progress made in the provision of health services to disabled persons, significant obstacles do remain. These include communication gaps, lack of training for health...

Ask an economist

Project Promoter: The E square project

Relative Call: Increased citizen participation in civic activities

Project Duration: 6 months

A widespread problem observable internationally and especially in countries with complex market structures is economic illiteracy. Anyone who does not have the basic and necessary knowledge in order to make prudent decisions on issues of borrowing, savings, retirement plans, investment, personal budgeting, etc. is considered to be economically illiterate....

Cultural Diplomacy Youth Forum – Agora

Project Promoter: Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy

Relative Call: Increased citizen participation in civic activities

Project Duration: 6 months

The initiative under the name “Cultural Diplomacy Youth Forum – AGORA” will be the starting point of the participation of the young people with concerns in order to establish a new social debate on the Greek cultural identity. By taking part in it, the participants will have the opportunity...

Training in fake news detection and on-line platform development for the submission of opinions for fake news recognition

Project Promoter: O Sporos

Relative Call: Increased citizen participation in civic activities

Project Duration: 6 months

We live an era of massive news and information production, deriving from official or not agencies as well as individuals. Despite the fact that there are several recommendations for information cross-check, it remains extremely difficult, for individuals, to analyse news and information. In this context, this programme has two...

Our Square, our Place

Project Promoter: Messolonghi By Locals

Relative Call: Increased citizen participation in civic activities

Project Duration: 3 months

In the difficult pandemic period of COVID-19, overcrowding in closed spaces endangers public health. For this reason, a large percentage of citizens now choose to spend their free time in open public spaces such as squares. Thus, the value of the square has been redefined as well as its...