April 15, 2026
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8th Call for Proposals is now open – APPLY NOW

This new opportunity, part of the Grants for Grassroot Initiative Portfolio, will remain open to all regional organisations and other eligible stakeholders until 20 April 2026

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The Western Balkans Fund is happy to inform you that one of its biggest funding opportunities of the year for civil society organisations and other eligible beneficiaries across the region is now OPEN TO ALL APPLICATIONS!

Grant for Grassrooot Initaitive, the 8th Annual Call for Proposals of the WBF, has a total budget of 360.000 EUR, supporting regional grants with up to 15.000 EUR. To be eligible, each applicant should create a regional partnership with at least two regional partners.

Over the course of the previous seven Calls for Proposals, we have distrubuted over EUR 2 million in grants, supporting over 200 regional projects and helping strengthen cooperation, dialogue and people-to-people links throughout the region.

The deadline for applications is 20 April 2026.

Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the Guidelines for Application, available at the bottom of this page and on the application portal. BUTTON

To identify regional partners, interested organisations may also visit the dedicated WBF Partnership Platform on Facebook. BUTTON

To register for an Info Session, please fulfil a simple REGISTRATION FORM – LINK

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This Call is co-funded by the European Union, IPA – Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance III under the Civil Society Facility and Media Programme for the Western Balkans and Türkiye