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Departmental Reports
Since 2023, the Shared Island Civic Society Fund has awarded €5 million to 171 projects supporting North-South cooperation, with fifth-round decisions pending.
66. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on the Shared Island Civic Society Fund. [68957/26]
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Since its launch in 2023, the Shared Island Civic Society Fund (SICSF) has provided some €5 million supporting 171 projects across the island of Ireland to encourage practical North-South cooperation and engagement. The maximum grant awarded to any project is €50,00.
The Fund is an important component of the Shared Island initiative, which supports collaboration on joint projects between grassroots community organisations and their cross-border counterparts with the overall objective of strengthening North-South civic, economic and political links.
Some of the sectors supported by the SICSF to date include: Business and Social Enterprise, Community and Voluntary Sector, Environmental Awareness, Migrant Communities, Sport, Trade Unions, Women’s Groups and Youth Engagement.
The SICSF is now in its second, three-year cycle, which will run until 2027, with an annual budget of €2 million. The application window for the fifth round of funding closed on 2 June 2026. Assessments of the applications have taken place, and the approved projects for this round will be announced in the near future.
Full details of all funding rounds can be found on the Shared Island Civic Society Fund website: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-foreign-affairs/services/shared-island-civic-society-fund/.