Fund for Bilateral Relations

One of the main objectives of the Active Citizens Fund programme was to support and strengthen mutual relations between the Czech Republic and the donor states. It was a collaboration between Czech civil society organisations and organisations from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

The fund for bilateral relations focused mainly on financing the following activities:

• study trips and work experiences with the aim of sharing experiences, know-how and examples of good practice
• participation in international events with the aim of establishing and strengthening contacts or presenting joint efforts
• collection of data or preparation of studies and analyses with the aim of obtaining information and sharing it, and increasing awareness of programme topics
• organization of seminars, conferences, workshops with the aim of establishing and strengthening contacts
• presentation or promotion initiatives with the aim of strengthening bilateral partnerships

What was achieved:

• Within the call for proposals of the Bilateral Relations Fund, a total of €156,588 was distributed to 25 bilateral projects that involved 941 people from the Czech Republic, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein in various forms of international cooperation
• In 2019, we co-organized the Active Citizen Fund Days on Civic Education in Oslo
• In the spring of 2024, we organized a study trip of Czech journalists to Oslo and sent other Czech journalists to a local journalism event in Bergen, Norway