Background Minimum amount: 200 000 EUR
Maximum amount: 300 000 EUR
The European Union (EU) regards human rights and democracy as fundamental priorities and has been particularly active in this field. It promotes human rights in a variety of ways, including through guidelines and dialogue that form part of its political and human rights external policies and activities. Support for priorities and activities related to human rights is provided through a number of EU instruments in all countries.
The general objectives of the EIDHR are to contribute to the development and consolidation of democracy and the rule of law and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms within the framework of the European Union’s policy on development cooperation and economic, financial and technical cooperation with third countries, consistent with the European Union’s foreign policy as a whole.
This instrument is designed to help civil society become an effective force for political reform and defence of human rights. In doing this, it complements geographical programmes, which focus mainly on public s institution-building. The EIDHR offers independence of action, which is a critical feature of cooperation with civil society organisations at national level, especially in the sensitive areas of democracy, gender equality and human rights. Great flexibility and increased capacity to respond to changing circumstances or to support innovation, plus considerable independence of action, are among the features of the instrument.
Objectives
The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to contribute to strengthening the role of civil society in promoting human rights, equality, transparency and democratic reforms in the Republic of Moldova.
The specific objective of this Call for Proposals is:
Inclusive society participation
- Support and monitor the implementation of the Human Rights Action Plan and the Law on Ensuring Equality;
- Ensure inclusive participation in the society of vulnerable groups including people with disabilities, elderly, migrants, Roma, youth, people
living with HIV/AIDs;
- Strengthen involvement of civil society actors in supporting visibility and activities of the Council for Preventing and Combating
Discrimination and Ensuring Equality.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be a legal person and
- be non-profit-making and
- be specific types of civil society organisations such as: non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent political foundations,
community-based organisations and private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations and networks thereof at local,
national, regional and international level, or
- be an international or regional inter-governmental organisation and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as
an intermediary.
Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 1,000,000 under budget line 19.04.01 (European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights – EIDHR).
Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 200,000
- maximum amount: EUR 300,000
Deadline: 08 July 2014
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