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Mission

Mission. The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST) promotes regional cooperation and good governance in the Wider Black Sea region; accountable, transparent, and open governments; strong, effective civic sectors; and independent and professional media. Objectives.

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Mission

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  1. Mission The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST) promotes regional cooperation and good governance in the Wider Black Sea region; accountable, transparent, and open governments; strong, effective civic sectors; and independent and professional media.

  2. Objectives • Building trust and strengthening the performance of democratic institutions • Improving citizen participation in the democratic processes • Fostering regional networks and cross-border cooperation

  3. How? BST provides grants to local and national NGOs in the Wider Black Sea Region, to governmental entities, community groups, policy institutes, other associations to implement projects in the four programmatic areas of the Trust: Civic Participation, Cross-border Initiatives and Eastern Links, and Confidence Building.

  4. Grantmaking • Maximum duration of projects is 12 months • BST grants generally range from $5,000 and $75,000 • Average grant will be between USD $20,000 – 24,000 • There are no application deadlines • Final decisions are typically announced within 10 weeks of application.

  5. Funding opportunities

  6. Success stories

  7. Organization: “White Horse” Gallery Project Title: Transforming garbage into art Geography: Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine www.ninagallery.ru

  8. Organization: Civilitas Foundation & Anadolu Kultur Project Title: Climbing the Mountain Geography: Armenia, Turkey www.civilitas.org

  9. Organization: Kadir Has University & Center for Applied Policy Research & Institute for Regional and International Studies Project Title: Black Sea Young Reformers Geography: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine www.bsyr.org

  10. Organization: Civil Society Development Foundation Project Title: Black Sea NGO Forum Geography: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine www.blackseango.org

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