[oberlist] BLACK SEA# grant: The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST)

[Vladimir US]

The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST) announces NEW  
grantmaking priorities for MOLDOVA


Having conducted an in depth analysis of the regional needs and  
opportunities, and having revisited its goals and objectives, The  
Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST) has defined its new  
regional and in-country funding priorities. The Trust will continue to  
fund projects in the nine countries in the Wider Black Sea region:

	• Armenia
	• Azerbaijan
	• Bulgaria
	• Georgia
	• Moldova
	• Romania
	• Turkey
	• Ukraine
	• Southern Russia (Krasnodar and Rostov regions, and the autonomous  
republics)
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In Moldova, BST will fund ONLY regional and cross-border projects in  
the following programmatic areas:


	• Confidence Building
	• Cross-Border Initiatives
	• Eastern Links

Confidence Building:


In its grantmaking, BST defines Confidence Building measures as  
informal measures designed and implemented by non-state actors that  
address, prevent, or resolve uncertainties among states or  
territories. They are designed to prevent wanted and especially  
unwanted escalations of hostilities and build mutual trust.

Confidence Building projects should be initiated by civil society  
organizations and groups, and should seek to successfully involve  
various population groups from the region in the projects’ activities.  
Organizations requesting grants must be legally registered  
inAzerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Russia and Moldova.  
Involvement of partners from other countries, especially EU, is welcome.

Confidence Building projects may focus on the following areas:

	• People to people contacts and societal dialogues
	• Art and culture as bridges between people
	• Approaches to reconciliation and peace that incorporate experiences  
from history and convey them to the younger generation
	• The role of media in overcoming stereotypes
	• Innovative approaches to confidence building


Cross-Border Initiatives:

Cross-Border Initiatives seeks to encourage public, private, and  
nonprofit policy and civic entities to develop programs that promote  
regional cooperation and stability through funding initiatives aimed  
at, among others:

	• Arranging cross-border dialogues among governmental entities, civic  
organizations, and policy institutes
	• Facilitating an exchange of best practices in key economic and  
governmental policy areas, as well as among citizens and nonprofit  
groups
	• Exploring ways to lower the physical and legal barriers between  
countries in the Black Sea region
	• Promoting regional-wide efforts to build political, cultural, and  
economic networks
	• Promoting regional security and development
Involvement of additional partners (especially those from the EU) is  
possible and welcome.



Eastern Links:

Eastern Links programmatic area attempts to establish linkages between  
groups from Central and Eastern Europe, and the Baltic states, with  
their Black Sea counterparts to share expertise, experience and  
information that are essential in promoting the political, social, and  
economic development necessary for long-term stability in the region.

The involvement of additional partners (especially those from the EU)  
is possible and welcome.

Eastern Links projects may focus on the following areas:

	• Creation of linkages between new EU member states and the countries  
of the Black Sea region
	• Expansion of expertise and resources available to the countries of  
the Black Sea region in good governance
	• Facilitation of mechanisms that allow for information exchange
	• Linking of existing knowledge and expertise in economic reform
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BST will NOT support in-country projects in Moldova.

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Eligibility criteria, description of granting process and application  
forms may be found at:


http://www.gmfus.org/grants-fellowships/grantmaking-programs/black-sea-trust/




Vladimir US

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