1. Bilateral cooperation within the EEA Grants and NGO Fund
Lillian Solheim
Norwegian Helsinki Committee
22/11/2012

2. Experiences from 2004-2009 Large numbers of partnership requests
Voluntary work dedicated to project development
Positive feedback: added value of bilateral cooperation
Capacity-challenge
Bilateral fund

3. What role did Norwegian NGOs have?
Provide expertise and training
Mutual competence building
Exchange of experiences
30% of projects in Slovenia had partners

4. Bilateral partnerships: findings
Common understanding of content and strategy
Good project planning
Building good and sustainable relations
Common understanding of important values
Agreement of financial framework
Long-term perspective

5. Challenges Language issues Norway is an expensive country
Different administrative and bureaucratic cultures
3 donor countries, 15 beneficiary countries

6. Define your interest Why get involved? What is the right motivation?
What is your capacity as an organisation?
What are your strenghts and weaknesses?
What would you like to learn? What can you offer?
What is your target area of cooperation? Country of preference?

7. Establishing contact with a partner
3 scenarios:
You already have a contact
You are being contacted
You look for a contact

8. How to find a partner? Build on excisting contacts
European and International networks
NGO Fund launching conferences
Conferences and workshops
Ngonorway.org

9. Establishing contact with a partner
Fundamental questions
Are you compatible with the partner?
Will you have time to develop a project proposal in time for an open call?
Is there a programme in the target country which captures your area of interest?

10. ngonorway.org

11. NGO Partnership Portal

12. @ngopartnership

13. More information and contact