The Western Balkans Fund has a long-standing tradition of publicly responding to all questions received after the launch of a Call (including those submitted during Info Sessions) 10 days before the application deadline.
We will continue to uphold this tradition by gathering questions sent via email at info@westernbalkansfund.org or raised during our Info Sessions.
Additionally, we encourage you to join us on our upcoming Regional Tour, where you can meet with us in person. Dates and venues will be announced soon.
To further assist with your application, we have compiled and published responses to frequently asked questions from previous Calls.
For any additional inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Should the partners be involved in the activities?
Yes, it is advised for the partners to be involved in the project activities.
Does the activity has to happen in all the project partner countries?
The activity/ies can occur in any of the WBF Contracting Parties. It is up to Lead Applicant and the project partners to decide what is the location of the activities
Do our project partners have to be regional NGO’s or could they be civil activists (physical persons)?
According to the eligibility criteria set in the “Grant Application Guidelines”, all the criteria that applies to the lead applicant also applies to the partners. Hence, partners need to be legal persons/entity as well and cannot be physical persons.
Can each faculty within the university apply with its own applications, or participation is allowed only on university level?
Faculties are eligible to apply individually to the Call for project proposals. Private universities are also eligible to apply for the actions that are non for profit in nature, hence faculties of private universities are also eligible to apply.
Can a newly established non-for-profit organization apply as a lead applicant?
Western Balkans Fund’s one of the target groups are the grass-root organizations which do not have an experience, hence this makes your organization eligible to apply for the WBF’s 4th Call of Project Proposals.
Should the Project Partners be similar organizations?
Project Partners have to fulfill all eligibility criteria’s as the Lead Applicant, however they are not obligated to be in the same line of activities as the lead organization providing that they will be in the same line on activities for the purpose of the project.
Are municipalities eligible to apply?
According to the “Grant Application Guidelines” , all local entities are eligible to apply and their actions described in the project should be non for profit.
If our organization has applied already for an EU project are we eligible to apply within this Call?
Your organization is eligible to apply within this Call for Proposals only if you are not applying with the same project you have submitted to other EU funded Calls.
Is 20% co-funding exclusively in-kind allowed and can a salary be presented?
The 20% co-financing can be presented as value (money) contribution or in-kind contribution
Can the 20% of co-financing come from other donors?
Yes the co-financing part can include other donors as well.
After the evaluation do those who did not pass, get feedback?
WBF will notify all applicants though OGMS on their application status. If they did not pass eligibility check or evaluation stage, unsuccessful applicants will have the right to enquire further clarifications within 10 working days of the notification.
Should one-month reporting period be included in the timeline?
Yes, the one month of the reporting period should be included in your 10-month project activity plan.
We didn’t receive any validation email after the registration to the WBF portal.
For all technical issues you can write to: support@wbfportal.org
Are media associations eligible to apply?
According to the eligibility criteria set in “Guidelines for Grant Applicants”, Eligibility of applicants (i.e., lead applicant and Partners) Media associations such as: organizations working with media, journalism and freedom of expression are eligible to apply.
Is it allowed to have partners from EU?
Upon satisfying eligibility criteria set in “Guidelines for Grant Applicants” Eligibility of applicants (i.e., lead applicant and Partners), section Mandatory Project Partners, the lead applicant can include additional partners who are outside of WB6 region. Their expertise and need for it need to be clearly presented in the project application and correlated to the proposed activities
