CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT NETWORK - SEARCH FOR NGO NETWORK FOR COUNCIL OF EUROPE CALL APPLICATION

The main focus of this project is to strengthen the operational capacity of civil society organizations, volunteer groups and grassroots initiatives to ensure their participation in decision-making processes, development and internalization of European values.

To conduct an evidence-based mapping of all active civil society initiatives at the regional level by analyzing Küçükçekmece and the …………. region, focusing on the regions with the highest density and greatest need of NGOs focusing on women, youth, disabled and athletes;

To establish partnerships with the NGO network in the region determined/to receive proposals for the implementation of the project.

To propose effective ways of coordinating civil society and volunteer initiatives in order to address the social and human rights challenges caused by the war in Ukraine at the sub-national level;

To rapidly analyze the capacity building needs among civil society and volunteer groups;
Based on the identified priorities, targeted capacity building activities will be carried out in offline and online formats.

The specific thematic focus will include at least program and financial project management, human rights-based approach, fundraising and project proposal design, civil society advocacy and participation in decision-making at the local level, communication skills.

The project envisages the implementation of 2 transnational capacity building events.

Provide mentoring and peer consultancy to selected civil society organizations to promote better capacity for development and humanitarian aid absorption.

Küçükçekmece, where the Local Development Strategies and Research Association operates, is the second most populous district of Istanbul. Küçükçekmece is home to approximately 3,000 of the more than 300,000 associations operating throughout Istanbul. The vast majority of civil society organizations are fellow countrymen associations founded by communities that migrated from Anatolia to Istanbul 50 years ago. The fellow countrymen associations operate mostly as solidarity communities based on regional nationalism. However, there are also many qualified civil society organizations. The list of these is below. The associations in question will be selected from civil society organizations that are involved in Küçükçekmece’s strategic planning process and convey their ideas of participation to local government.