Within the Fund for Transparent Slovakia, through the 2025 Watchdogs of Public Procurement grant call, we decided to support projects focused on identifying shortcomings, proposing systemic improvements, and increasing civic pressure for the effective management of public resources.
- Transparency International Slovakia
Project name: The Bill for EU Funds: How Does Slovakia Compete for Public Money? - Stop Corruption Foundation
Project name: Responsible Procurement: A Guide for Officials and Citizens - Slovensko.Digital
Project name: Digital Oversight of IT Procurement
Grant calls of 2025 were also announced under the Impact Lab programme, which develops the skills of civil society organisations thanks to the European support.
Impact Lab provides strong support to civil society organisations. Through Impact Lab, we help organisations grow, become stronger, and enhance their innovation potential. We use modern tools from the startup community (the incubator and accelerator), as well as workshops and mentoring.
In 2024 and 2025, early-stage organisations in the Impact Lab Incubator received a unique educational programme focused on financial sustainability, impact measurement, and the overall organisational set-up, as well as a grant of up to €20,000.
For established organisations, the Impact Lab Accelerator offered a three-month tailored mentoring programme provided by experts from the business and education sectors, workshops, and a grant of up to €60,000.
The Fund for Transparent Slovakia supported projects within Impact Lab focused on strengthening democracy.
Impact Lab Accelerator’s 2025 supported organisations in the field of trengthening democracy and its institutions (1st instalment):
- VIA IURIS
Project name: Protecting the Civic Society in Slovakia
Impact Lab Accelarator’s 2024 supported organisations in the field of democracy and the rule of law (2nd and 3rd instalments):
- Bystriny
Project name: Bystriny a Opravári spoločnosti (Bystriny and Society Repairers) - Slovak Governance Institute
Project name: Message to the Mayor of the New Generation: Improving Communication Between Citizens and Local Government for Greater Responsiveness - VIA IURIS
Project name: Protecting the Civic Society in Slovakia
