The "Support to the European Endowment for Democracy" project covers the operating costs of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED), a foundation whose main purpose is direct grant-making to organisations that work to promote democracy and human rights through specific flexible procedures.

The financial support to the EED is dedicated to covering the foundation’s operating costs, including:
- Functioning of the mechanism of financial support (direct grant support to beneficiaries);
- Implementation of other activities that the EED performs as part of its mandate: seminars, studies, conferences, publications, networking events, workshops, training and visibility activities, capacity building for beneficiaries etc.

-Contributing to the democratisation and to the social and economic development of partner countries by supporting pro-democracy activists.
-Providing direct support to target groups through grants, which is the main purpose of the EED, which is funded through voluntary contributions received from the EU Member States and other stakeholders.
-Implementation of other activities that the EED performs as part of its mandate: seminars, studies, conferences, publications, networking events, workshops, training and visibility activities, capacity building for beneficiaries etc.