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COBERM A Joint EU-UNDP Initiative E u r o p e a n U n i o n What is COBERM?

COBERM is a joint EU-UNDP initiative that promotes involvement of local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in a wide range of areas and activities, including support to immediate and concrete initiatives, seeking to have a demonstrable impact on building confidence among communities affected by conflict.

COBERM has been set up in May 2010.


In the following five years (2010-2015), it had successfully implemented 137 sub projects and building on this success, a third phase of COBERM was launched in January 2016.

COBERM is an apolitical, impartial and flexible mechanism.

The main aims of COBERM are the following: Support 1) opportunities; innovative people-to-people confidence-building 2) Help create an environment conducive to fostering peace, stability and human security.
COBERM III Round II Call for Project Proposals Following a first Call for Proposals in February 2016, under which 21 projects were selected for funding, second Call was launched in August 2016.

Total of 136 project ideas were received from 128 local and 8 international CSOs.

Criteria for evaluation of project ideas included: impact on confidence building, conflict sensitivity, sustainability, feasibility and cost efficiency.
As a result of a thorough selection process, 24 organizations were invited to submit full project proposals.

The full project proposals were further assessed against the above mentioned criteria and, as a result, 9 projects were selected for funding.

10% 17% 14% 8% 22% 12% 17% Environment Women Public Diplomacy Human Security Innovation Media Youth Table 1.
Round I and Round II Financial Overview Strengthening Civil Society Capacity Component Total amount of projects funded in Round I and Round II Total amount of projects funded in Round II Romanian Government contribution Capacity building trainings held in 2016 USD USD USD USD 2,395,584 628,301 10,903 46,996 Table 2.
COBERM III Round II Thematic Analysis Theme Women Youth Environment Media Public Diplomacy Human Security Innovation USD 138,747 88,788 108,087 60,872 109,105 73,730 48,972 Number of projects 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 A Peacebuilding Programme Development workshop with specific focus on strengthening skills and capacities of CSOs in conflict-sensitive programming, increasing knowledge of confidence building concepts and peace-building strategies, as well as international best practices in this field was held in September 2016 for 24 CSOs.
Other capacity building activities included over 50 online PCM consultations for CSOs with an international PCM expert, as well as two trainings on grant management guidelines.

All these capacity building activities included a networking component.

A total of 50 CSOs benefitted from the aforementioned activities that enhanced their skills as a result.

COBERM III Round III information A third call for project ideas will be announced in Spring/Summer 2017.
For more information, please contact us at: coberm@undp.org January 2017 Projects funded under Round II Project title Strengthening Confidence-Building through Coordinated Activities in the Environmental Field (parallel initiative) Brief description The project aims at supporting activities for saving Colchian Box Tree and contributing to confidence building among expert communities by sharing expertize/experience in addressing urgent environmental problems Budget 60,587 USD Contribution to the Revival of Colchian Box Tree (parallel initiative) The project aims to develop effective Box Tree ecosystem recovery mechanisms through implementation of appropriate agricultural interventions, including rehabilitation of damaged areas with involvement of local communities and relevant experts 47,500 USD Fostering #PeaceVR: Reconciliation Through Virtual Reality, Arts and Technologies Informed Societies for Peaceful and Inclusive Development Prevention of Gender Based Violence Confidence among and Building Professionals (parallel initiative) Mainstreaming Gender Based Violence Eradication Measures (parallel initiative) The project aims to support interaction of talented youth and provide new learning opportunities by using innovative technologies, such as a Virtual Reality tool.
The envisaged confidence building results will be based on realization of outputs reflecting common interests of the young generation and new professional development opportunities The project aims to produce a focused and sustained analytical coverage of confidence building initiatives as well as conflict transformation related activities implemented by local and international CSOs as well as other relevant development actors 48,972 USD 60,872 USD The project aims to contribute to confidence building through bringing together CSOs representatives and relevant experts to jointly address the issue of gender-based violence and promote gender equality 73,155 USD The project aims to raise public awareness on gender based violence issues, as well as create conditions for a multi-sectoral response to its eradication 65,592 USD # Sports Games "Children of the Caucasus" 88,788 USD The project aims to contribute to confidence building through using sports as a common space for connecting young people 8 9 Promoting Discourse Rationalization for the Dialogue in Piloting Socio-Economic Projects Support to Inter-Community Partnership and Cooperation across Abkhazia The project aims to increase cooperation and communication to stimulate rational discourse on peaceful conflict transformation and rethinking of dominant conflict settlement approaches 109,105 USD The project aims to contribute to building confidence through enhanced mutual engagement and improved cooperation practices among multi-ethnic communities through provision of a multifaceted support to entrepreneurs engaged in small/medium-sized businesses 73,730 USD 2