Budget: 1.200.000 (EUR)
Background:
The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in December 2006. This instrument took the place of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights, which was created at the initiative of the European Parliament in 1994. The entry into force of this specific instrument on 1 January 2007 makes it possible to give financial support for activities to strengthen democracy and the human rights in the world under 2007-2013 financial perspectives. This world-wide program is a complementing instrument to the European Union's various national and regional cooperation programme.
The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals :
Objective 1: Enhancing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in countries and regions where they are most at risk
Objective 2: Strengthening the role of civil society in promoting human rights and democratic reform, in supporting conflict prevention and in consolidating political participation and representation;
Objective 3: Supporting actions on human rights and democracy issues in areas covered by EU Guidelines, including on human rights dialogues, on human rights defenders, on death penalty, on torture, and on children and armed conflict, on the rights of the child, on the violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them, on International Humanitarian Law and on possible future guidelines;
Objective 4: Building confidence in and enhancing the reliability and transparency of democratic electoral processes, in particular through election observation.
Eligibility criteria:
There are three sets of eligibility criteria, relating to:
- The applicant, the entity submitting the application form, if any, its co-applicant(s) (where it is not specified otherwise the applicant and the
co-applicant(s) are hereinafter jointly referred as the "applicants"), and, if any, their affiliated entity(ies);
- Projects for which a grant may be awarded;
- Types of cost that may be taken into account in setting the amount of the grant.
Deadline: 12 April 2013
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