The global objective of this call for proposals is to improve governance and promote reform in Lebanon.

The specific objective of this call for proposals is to enhance the role of civil society actors as active pillars in enhancing governance, accountability and transparency in Lebanon.

The priorities of this call for proposals are:

• Strengthening the internal governance, organisational and institutional capacity of CSOs, mainly networks/coalitions/platforms, to contribute effectively and efficiently to the implementation of the 3RF and to be better equipped as an independent actor in the reform process
• Engaging CSOs in monitoring reform agenda, preventing and fighting corruption.
• Promoting a more strategic, inclusive, structured and sustainable collaboration and dialogue among CSOs and between CSOs, EU Delegation and the Government on sectors related to reform, recovery, and reconstruction as well as the SSF and CEDRE priorities;

The cross-cutting priorities of this call for proposals are:

• Gender equality: Gender equality constitutes a fundamental human rights principle and a common value of the European Union. The proposed actions should integrate a gender approach or include a gender component in the proposal under the priority areas listed above. This could include 1) engagement of women’s organisations and CSOs working on gender equality in the institutional framework for the implementation of the 3RF, and 2) enhancing the capacity of women organisations to reinforce the role of women as actors of development and change and to participate in policymaking and mainstreaming gender across policies in Lebanon.
• Rights-based approach: Actions must incorporate the five working principles of the RBA approach and to engage with citizens and communities in an inclusive manner in each phase of the project cycle.
• Youth engagement: Young people should be engaged in monitoring the implementation of the 3RF, participating in reform processes and assume leadership roles.