As a part of the National Plan against gender violence, the Italian Department for Equal Opportunities issued a “Call for proposal to support anti-violence centers and public and private structures finalized to extend the number of services offered to the victims whose safety is particularly at risk and to open residential anti-violence centers in areas where the gap between demand and supply is wider”.

The following subjects may submit their projects, individually or combined: 

• Voluntary organizations (L. 11 agosto 1991, n. 266); 
• Social cooperatives (L. 8 novembre 1991, n. 381); 
• Associations of social promotion (L. 7 dicembre 2000, n. 383); 
• Non-profit social organizations (D.M. del 18 luglio 2003, n. 266); 
• Public welfare and charitable institutions and utility companies; 
• Authorities managing anti-violence centres, both residential or not, or other services to victims of gender violence or stalking and to their children.

The projects is finalized to realize the interventions provided in the following two lines of actions can be financed:

• LINE OF ACTION 1– Interventions to support anti-violence centers and public and private structures, finalized to extend the number of services offered to the victims whose safety is particularly at risk;
• LINE OF ACTION 2- Interventions finalized to open residential anti-violence centers in areas where the gap between demand and supply is wider.

The available finacial resoursec are Euros 6.000.000 for Line of action 1 (max 200.000 Euros of contribution that can be conferred) and Euros 4.000.000 for Line of Action 2 (max 400.000 Euro of contribution that can be conferred). The contribution of the Department will cover up to 90% of the total cost f the project. Applicant must provide a co-financing of 10%.

The expiry date to submit the projects is January 12th 2012.