The Think Tanks for the Future of EU Enlargement Program (TFEP) of the Open Society Institute – Sofia Foundation (OSIS) launched a call for proposals (CfP) for support to think tanks from the EU candidate and potential candidate countries, seeking to contribute to the EU enlargement process.
As there is a renewed momentum in the EU enlargement policy with a fresh commitment to the Western Balkans countries and the granting of candidate status to Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia, TFEP’s call for proposals addresses the need to incorporate the perspective of think tanks from the EU candidate countries on the EU accession process as well as allow them to contribute as sources of information and partners of leading think tanks in EU capitals working on these issues.
TFEP’s call for proposals is open to applicants from the EU candidate countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, and the potential EU candidate of Kosovo. Applicants from the Western Balkans will be given priority to stimulate the accession process in the region. Support to applicants from the other EU candidate countries will be provided in special circumstances.
The call for proposals is open for submissions from eligible applicants on a rolling basis from 7 May 2024 until 20 December 2025 with a cutoff date for activities of supported projects until 31 March 2026 (OSIS reserves the right to amend this policy, please check thenextmile.eu for updates). The text of CfP contains further details on the eligibility requirements, funding priorities, specific issues and supported types of activities, the application and selection process as well as links to the relevant application documentation, which are available on the website of the TFEP at thenextmile.eu.
The Think Tanks for the Future of EU Enlargement Program (TFEP) of the Open Society Institute – Sofia Foundation (OSIS) is supported by the Open Society Foundations (OSFs).
For more information about the Think Tanks for the Future of EU Enlargement Program, please see thenextmile.eu.
For more information about the Open Society Institute – Sofia Foundation (OSIS), please see osis.bg.
The full text of the call for proposals is available here.
