A call for proposals has been launched under the project WE GOV! with a budget of €200,000 and in order to fund innovative micro projects in the field of governance and capacity building of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the MENA region.

WE GOV! is a three year project co-funded by the European Commission and implemented by GVC and its partners : ACCUN (Tunisia), Ya Basta (Italy), ACHRS (Jordan), MA'AN and HAI (Palestine) across four countries: Jordan, Libya, Palestine and Tunisia.

Thorough a sub-granting mechanism, this call aims at funding CSOs projects between 8 - 12 months, either at national or at regional level and will contribute to the following objectives:

- To support CSOs practicing social accountability and good governance principles. - To establish participation in decision making process and dialogues between CSOs and government institutions. - To expand civil society space and increase democracy in action through networking, participatory activities linking CSOs and governmental institutions in the four countries targeted by the CfP. - To reinforce CSOs capacity to contribute to the building of an enabling environment by ensuring their independence, internal governance, transparency and accountability. - To highlight the regional dimension of the EU policy in the Southern Neighbourhood Region and specifically in the 4 partner countries targeted by WE GOV! project.

Project proposals must be submitted no later than 11 December 2016.