Call for Proposals: Local Transition and Media Projects 2025 (Mongolia)

The Transition Promotion Program, established in 2005, is a democracy assistance financial instrument of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. This program aims to support democracy and human rights, using the Czech Republic’s experience with the social transition and democratization.

Topics

• Civil society – support to civil society including human rights defenders.
• Information – support freedom of speech, access to information, media freedom and independence.
• Participation – promotion of citizens’ involvement in public decision-making processes at all levels (local, regional, national).
• Rule of law / legal state – support the development of democratic institutions.
• Equality – support equality and non-discrimination.
• Support to human rights in connection with employment and/or environment issues.

Funding Information

• The foreseen budget per project is 100000 – 500000 CZK (roughly 4000 – 20000 EUR).

Eligibility Criteria

• The applicant must be a registered local subject with legal personality in Mongolia, whose basic activity is not profit making.
• Implementer must be eligible to sign a contract with the CZ MFA that establishes jurisdiction of Czech laws and Czech courts.
• They also strongly encourage you to limit personnel and travel expenses, because exaggerated expenditures for salaries and travel reduce chances for funding.
• Funds are allocated to non-political and non-governmental groups only. The implementing organization should be a local Mongolian NGO. For-profit (business) companies, universities or state institutions can not apply.

Evaluation Criteria

• Formal requirements.
• Human Rights relevance of the project to Mongolian needs and priorities. More sophisticated projects have a higher chance of success.
• Cost effectiveness and efficiency (including amount of co-financing).
• Feasibility and sustainability of project results.
• Effectiveness of project results, logic of the project.
• Each applicant may submit only one proposal.

For more information, visit Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ulaanbaatar.