Grants and funding for social organisations

ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT - PUBLIC AFFAIRS ITALY

United States · US

Who can apply Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

The U.S. Mission to the Republic of Italy’s Public Affairs Section (PAS) is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement outlining funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. PA Italy invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the United States and Italy through cultural and exchange programming that highlight shared values and promote bilateral cooperation. All programs must include a significant American cultural element, connection with American expert(s), organization(s), OR institution(s) in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. Priority Program Areas: American and Italian voices countering malign influencers and misinformation campaigns Promoting strong transatlantic relations; Creativity and innovation in education and the arts, and problem solving of issues of mutual interest to both countries; American Studies, particularly American History and Literature, to include university linkages; Promoting diversity and inclusion; Empowerment and prosperity through STEM education and entrepreneurship; American English Language Study; Media Literacy.

Request for Information (RFI) No. 95332421K0004 - Community Engagement Services for the Solomon Islands Threshold Program

United States · US

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Serving the energy-climate policies of the Rhône territories

France · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat

Created by the inter-municipal communities and agglomerations of the Rhône, the Department of Rhône, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, the Hespul association, and private sector stakeholders, the Agence Locale de la Transition Énergétique du Rhône (ALTE 69) is a non-profit association. As defined in its statutes, its objective is to encourage, support, promote, and animate, by all means at its disposal, the implementation of the energy transition. Within the framework of sustainable territorial development and the fight against the causes and effects of climate change, it participates in the establishment of a sober, efficient, and renewable energy landscape. It supports users (communities, residents, and more broadly all local stakeholders) in their efforts for energy saving, the use of renewable energies, and energy innovations. It deploys shared expertise at the departmental level to provide a public service, independent of energy and material suppliers. The main areas of expertise are: monitoring energy consumption; high-performance buildings, in construction and renovation; energy production...

Restore and enhance "Major Heritage Sites"

France · FR

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat

This aid aims to: Strengthen the attractiveness of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté through the restoration and enhancement of the region's major heritage sites, Support heritage projects included in the 2015-2020 State-Region plan contracts, Support major heritage sites that are part of cultural and tourism development projects. Eligible expenses: Carrying out a study to define the cultural project related to the monument or site, Restoration of architectural elements or site reinforcement, Enhancement of a monument or site through the implementation of permanent facilities for various audiences. Investment grant. Project engineering studies: minimum expenditure €10,000, maximum rate 40%, Restoration works: minimum expenditure €50,000, maximum rate 20%, Enhancement: minimum expenditure €30,000, maximum rate 40%. As part of the regional investment acceleration plan, a 10% bonus is possible for heritage restoration works.

Fund a project within the framework of "New Spaces, Innovative Villages (ENVI)"

France · FR

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

You have a creative, exemplary, innovative project, with residents, in a village aiming to: ensure the conditions for "living together": a project likely to improve social connection, revitalize local life, and encourage the participation of all citizens in civic life, promote citizen-led local governance, by fostering the involvement of local stakeholders in local life and citizen participation through collective and collaborative actions. Operation: Carry out an investment operation, Implement a development project.

Support for the purchase and installation of information panels in pastoral areas

France · Occitanie

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

The Departmental Council supports the purchase and installation of information panels in pastoral areas.

Support for summer pasture guarding by shepherd farmers

France · Occitanie

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

The Departmental Council provides support for summer pasture guarding by shepherd farmers. Beneficiaries include shepherd farmers, trainee shepherds, Pastoral Groups, Pastoral Land Associations, and Local Authorities. The amount of aid for guarding by a shepherd farmer ranges from €762 to €1,220 per position, depending on the number of farmers, the number of animals guarded, the duration, the size, the terrain, and the accessibility of the summer pastures. Payment of the aid will be made at the end of the summer pasture season after verification of the shepherd farmer's presence and the duration of the guarding.

Participate in the capital increase of real estate SEMs

France · FR

Who can apply Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)

Its objective is to participate in the capital increase of SEMs that carry out ambitious development projects with strategic stakes in their territories (projects with sector stakes or in connection with the support of major clients). Supported projects: Capital increase to provide the financial means to support a major strategic project in your territory. Leverage effect on other shareholders of the SEM and on private financiers of real estate holdings.

Support for pastoral road works and pastoral improvements

France · Occitanie

Who can apply Intercommunalité / Pays

The Departmental Council supports pastoral road works and pastoral improvements (fencing, sorting pens, cabin renovation, water point development, etc.) through co-financing from FEADER. The FEADER grant application file can be obtained from GIP CRPGE (Resource Center for Pastoralism and Space Management). The aid is valid for 2 years. The aid is paid in installments or in full.

Implement preparatory studies for the implementation of incentive-based pricing for public waste services

France · FR

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Collectivité d’outre-mer à statut particulier

With incentive-based pricing, the amount of the household waste collection tax or fee varies according to the quantity of waste produced. Its objective is to reduce users' waste production, improve separate collection performance, and also control collection costs.

Support communities in improving, renovating, and creating social rental housing

France · FR

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

Contribute to the financing of construction, improvement, and renovation operations for communal or inter-communal social rental housing Develop, improve, and re-qualify the communal or inter-communal housing supply in rural areas, in order to meet the needs of populations and environmental, social, heritage, and accessibility challenges (e.g., space preservation, density research). Encourage project owners to integrate an environmentally friendly approach, aiming for high energy performance by, for example, using renewable energies, controlling water consumption, using materials with a satisfactory environmental balance, and limiting the environmental nuisances of construction sites Encourage project owners to develop, beyond compliance with labor codes and public procurement, social integration clauses in contracts and/or to use specific structures (adapted companies, economic integration structures, social and solidarity economy companies, etc.) and/or by employing apprentices.

Support for Knowledge and the General Inventory of Heritage

France · FR

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

The Occitanie Region is responsible for the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage. It is responsible for the scientific validity of the knowledge actions carried out in the regional territory. The objective of this program is to identify, understand, study, and promote all of the regional heritage. Improve and enrich knowledge and support the conduct of the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage in the regional territory Ensure the quality and validity of recorded knowledge with a nationally developed and approved method Support and ensure the establishment of competent heritage services as close as possible to the territories Ensure the dissemination of quality scientific knowledge to the widest audience and specialists

Support for the operation of CFA-OFA - 2021

France · FR

Who can apply Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat

Context and objectives The regional support scheme for CFA-OFA aims to: contribute to the development of training offers that meet balanced territorial planning, close to the public and economic needs, support the opening of targeted training courses in response to the skills needs of local businesses and in light of employment opportunities. This scheme is structured around two areas of intervention: Support for existing training courses within the framework of territorial planning and responding to economic development needs Support for the opening of new training courses to support the strategic sectors of the regional economy. Beneficiaries Apprenticeship Training Centers (CFA) or Apprenticeship Training Organizations (OFA) providing apprenticeship training located in Occitanie and meeting the obligations provided for in Law No. 2018-771 of September 5, 2018 “for the freedom to choose one's professional future”, in particular the declaration of activity with the DIRECCTE Amount and conditions for awarding the aid The amount of the subsidy is established following the examination of the application file submitted...

Funding European mobility for students in health and social fields

France · FR

Who can apply Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat

The Occitanie Region supports and accompanies schools in the health and social fields wishing to integrate European internships into their training programs for their students at levels 3 and 4. In a changing economic and social context, European mobility accelerates return to employment or entry into training. Aware of these challenges, the Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée Region, with the financial support of the Erasmus+ Agency, contributes to the socio-professional integration of apprentices by promoting international openness as a lever for developing citizenship and professional skills. Financial and technical support mechanisms are available to structures offering level 3 and 4 training in the health and social sector to support them in developing international mobility actions. Nature of eligible expenses Eight categories of expenses are eligible for a lump-sum rate: preparatory visit costs, departure preparation and language training costs, mobility costs (travel and accommodation), cultural costs, communication costs, insurance costs...

Support for investment in biogas production unit projects.

France · FR

Who can apply Commune

Context and objectives Becoming a " Region with Positive Energy " requires supporting project owners in making investments in renewable energies, particularly for biogas production unit projects. Amount The calculation of regional financing is based on an economic analysis of the project, verifying its profitability level without subsidy and ensuring correct economic profitability with subsidy (by analyzing the Internal Rate of Return "project after tax").

Funding for the valorization of cultural heritage and archaeology

France · FR

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)

Context and objectives In the operational chain of heritage, valorization is situated in continuity with knowledge (inventory) and conservation-restoration. The Region is strongly committed to sharing knowledge with the general public. It aims for an improvement of mediation and the dissemination of knowledge , for everyone's access to heritage in all its forms. The Region wishes to align its actions with those of other partners and use heritage as a lever for collective territorial projects . In conjunction with cultural heritage professionals and particularly with their organized networks, the Region wishes to promote the pooling and professional quality of heritage valorization operations with a view to dissemination to the widest possible public. Beneficiaries Local authorities and public institutions (mixed syndicates, EPCC, etc.), associations, and SCI. Operations must be organized within the Occitanie territory. The financial intervention of the Occitanie Region is a selective aid dedicated to high-quality operations whose ambition and cultural interest are of regional dimension. The amount of aid takes into account, in particular: …

Assisting urgent road repair work following bad weather

France · Occitanie

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

The Emergency Road Weather Fund (FURI) intervenes with municipalities and EPCIs in the department in case of damage caused to communal roads and civil engineering structures by a climatic or geological event. Departmental aid intervenes in addition to state aid under the "Natural Disaster Solidarity Fund" or "exceptional credits for damage caused by public calamities". Departmental aid intervenes for damage not covered by insurance.

Benefit from a GIS (Geographic Information System) and build mapping data

France · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)

Created in 2014, ATD16, the Charente Technical Agency, provides support and engineering to Charente elected officials to successfully carry out their community projects. In 2018, it merged with the Charente IT syndicate to broaden its scope in digital and IT matters. ATD16 assists communities with their territorial projects related to geographic information (PLU, Environmental diagnostics, public space development, etc.). The Agency has developed a mapping service, Géo16 , which allows you to consult the mapping data necessary for managing your files. Specific business management software for a given domain (cemeteries, sanitation, land law, DICT, etc.) are available to best manage your municipal or inter-municipal projects. A creation tool also allows you to create your own mapping data. ATD16 also offers to help you with addressing normalization by mapping addresses and transmitting them to the National Address Database.

Benefit from digital assistance

France · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)

Created in 2014, ATD16, the Charente Technical Agency, provides support and engineering to elected officials in Charente to successfully carry out their community projects. In 2018, it merged with the Charente IT union to expand its scope of action in digital and IT matters. In terms of digital and IT, the agency supports you on public administration business software . The technical agency also offers assistance and configuration of a public procurement buyer profile.

Benefit from legal assistance

France · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)

Created in 2014, ATD16, the Charente Technical Agency, provides support and engineering to elected officials in Charente to successfully carry out their community projects. ATD16 offers legal assistance to local authorities in all areas of local management (excluding urban planning and human resources) The legal department also assists you in the drafting of public procurement consultation documents (administrative documents).

Benefit from project management assistance for your public spaces and public buildings projects

France · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département

Created in 2014, ATD16, the Charente Technical Agency, provides support and engineering to Charente elected officials to successfully carry out their community projects. ATD16 acts as a project management assistant for public spaces and public buildings . Project managers will visit your site with you and any partners you wish to involve, to offer you a feasibility study for the project, an estimate of projected costs, and information on available funding mechanisms (grants, FCTVA). After the feasibility phase is approved, ATD16 will help you recruit your future project manager by offering to draft your tender documents and assisting you with offer analysis. The agency can go further by providing operational monitoring of your recruited project manager. In terms of roadworks, you can benefit from an estimate of your municipal road maintenance works and priorities for action.

Funding the construction or restructuring of a rural school

France · Occitanie

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

Departmental aid for the construction or restructuring of school buildings in municipalities with fewer than 2000 inhabitants: cost of works over 150,000€ excl. VAT (municipality) to 240,000€ excl. VAT (EPCI) Aid for classroom opening: cost of works over 80,000€ excl. VAT (municipality) to 150,000€ excl. VAT (EPCI). Ceiling for eligible expenses: 1 M€ Aid conditional on obtaining financial aid under the Rural Development Fund (FAR)

Participate in urban planning networks, meetings, and exchanges

France · Bretagne

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

The Aménagement service of the DDTM 29 manages several practitioner networks in Finistère: the "ADS club": for instructors in the application of land use law for local authorities and experts from the DDTM; the "planning club": for agents responsible for urban planning - SCoT, PLU(i) - and operational urban planning in EPCIs, study offices responsible for these documents, and "associated public bodies" structures the ECOQUARTIER club, for all stakeholders in the Ecoquartier approach at the local, national, and even European level The objectives pursued by these networks are: to exchange on public policies on the latest legislative and jurisprudential developments to share best practices and feedback Each network relies on: several meetings per year a regional platform for documentary exchange possible ad hoc expertise on a specific need expressed by a local authority.

Obtain proximity technical support for the implementation of priority public policies and upstream support on associated regulatory procedures

France · Bretagne

Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays

The relevant services according to the concerned domain, or in case of multiple domains, the "Inter-services Territories Public Policies, Partners and Projects" Workshop (AIT4P) of the Departmental Directorate of Territories and the Sea of Finistère, are the local contacts for elected officials who wish to be accompanied and supported in the implementation of projects related to the following priority public policies: Town center development Energy transition Water quality Advertising Road safety Sustainable building and accessibility Biodiversity Risks Urban planning This aid is materialized by global planning advice, occasional interventions or networking. Depending on the identified need, it can take different forms: methodological support, pre-diagnostic observation, upstream advice, feasibility observatory analysis... The various services provide, in a logic of administrative simplification, upstream strategic advice taking into account the local context and the specificities of the project, and help to smooth out the complexity of the procedures inherent in development and planning projects…