1. Small grant type 1: Collect evidence on barriers to finding people with TB who are missed by national programs and who delay access to care

Budget: up to 30,000 USD for an implementation period up to 9 months

Eligible countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

Implementation period: 01.04.2019 – 31.12.2019

Only 4 most successful applications will be selected! 

1. Small grant type 2: Advocate to bridge the gap between civil society and the health services to ensure quality people-centered TB care

Budget: up to 34,000 USD for an implementation period up to 12 months

Eligible countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Implementation period: 01.04.2019 – 31.03.2020

3 to 4 most successful applications will be selected! 

1. Small grant type 3: Implement community-based innovative tools

Budget: up to 34,000 USD for an implementation period up to 12 months

Eligible countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Implementation period: 01.04.2019 – 31.03.2020

3 to 4 most successful applications will be selected!

The deadline for proposals submission is March 15, 2019.

The same CSO can apply for one or more types of the announced grants. 

More information regarding selection process is included in the sections below and can be found in the attachments. 

The Call for Proposals is announced under the multicountry Program “Advancing People-Centered Quality TB Care – From the New Model of Care Towards Improving DR-TB Early Detection and Treatment Outcomes”, operating in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), funded by Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and implemented by Center PAS as Principal Recipient. 

The competition will support country-level civil society organizations, including TB affected communities organizations, (hereinafter referred to as CSO) from the above mentioned 11 countries, whose initiatives are aimed at helping to reduce stigma and discrimination of people who have experienced tuberculosis as a barrier to access and use of health and social care services, and advocate for integration of patient support package into the current model of care and/or implementing community-based innovative tools. 

The application and supportive documents should be submitted by e-mail not later than by March 15, 2019, 23:59 CET, at the address cristina.celan@pas.md with copy to svetlana.nicolaescu@pas.md. 

Questions regarding the call for proposals could be submitted at the same email addresses, until February 28, 2019. 

Funding under this Call for Proposals is conditional on successful applicants entering into a Grant Agreement with Center for Health Policies and Studies. The Grant Agreement will contain details about eligible expenses, reporting, donor requirements and other obligations that successful applicant must adhere to.

List of the documents, as well as other details can be found on the official web-page.