The Foundation for Partnership and Civil Society Development
Granting
The Foundation funds projects and programs of civil society organisations exclusively through public open calls for project proposals to ensure that all applicants have equal opportunities to obtain financial support.
The Foundation established cooperation with various stakeholders and developed high-quality models of funding:
Since 2006 Foundation Istria (co-)financed and announced different tenders:
- Tender "For institutional support" 2007-2012
- Philantrophic fond "Friends of Istria" 2011-2012
- Tender "Development of society" 2013-2014
- Tender "Micro actions" 2013-2014
- Tender "Philantrophy- backbone of sustainable societies" 2017
- In 2007 we formed Cities and municipalities Fund in cooperation with the cities and municipalities of the Region of Istria. As of 2024 The Fund has 18 members i.e. towns and municipalities: Buje-Buie, Labin, Novigrad-Cittanova, Pazin, Vodnjan- Dignano, Poreč-Parenzo, Rovinj-Rovigno, Svetvinčenat, Vrsar-Orsera, Marčana, Ližnjan-Lisignano, Medulin,Funtana-Fontane, Lanišće, Tar-Vabriga - Torre-Abrega, Vižinada - Visinada, Tinjan, Barban. The Fund combines the resources of all the 18 members and finances a tender called „Small projects for a better tomorrow“– a tender for community development projects which funds the best projects form civil society organizations from the Region of Istria.
- Since 2007 up to 2017 we were a part of the Decentralized model of providing financial support in cooperation with the National Foundation for Civil Society Development. This cooperation enabled the Foundation to open tenders for civil actions called “Our Contribution to Society” twice a year for organizations from 3 different regions - Istrian County, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, and Lika-Senj County. In 2013 the Foundation signed an agreement for cooperation in the implementation of the Extended decentralized model of providing financial support that gave the Foundation a greater task. Beside the tender for civil initiatives the Foundation now works as an executive body for Government bodies for the area of the 5 counties: Istrian County, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Sisak-Moslavina County, Krapina-Zagorje County and Karlovac County. Based on this agreement Foundation carries out the tender procedures for the following state bodies: Ministry of health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Policy and Youth, Office for Combating Narcotic Drugs Abuse.
- In 2018 the above mentioned Decentrilized model was redisigned and Foundation Istria, instead of providing financial support, started implementing programe „Active in the community“. This program was developed with the goal of increasing social capital in the 5 above mentioned counties, and is active to this day.
