Description Maximum amount: 800 000 EUR
The EU has a long commitment to promoting gender equality which forms an important pillar of the EU partnership with the Republic of Lebanon. According to the EU National Action Plan which encourages and supports Lebanon’s national reform objectives, promotion and protection of the rights of women is addressed among other areas in increasing their participation in public life, in the decision making and political positions as well as in promoting implementation of the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) which Lebanon ratified in 1997 with some reservations.
There has been slight progress in the last two decades in Lebanon in securing political, economic and social rights for women, including the ratification or accession by the Lebanese State to over nine gender related UN conventions, the submission of the first Universal Period Review in 2010 with over 18 accompanying shadow reports from NGOs and three national reports to the CEDAW Committee in the last 10 years. To date, civil society organizations have played a critical role in promoting gender equality by providing relevant services in the sectors of education, health, welfare, and economic development. They were also important in the provision of legal advice and agricultural outreach and many women’s organizations and human rights groups advocate for the amendments of existing laws and the promulgation of new ones, sometimes forming coalitions around themes of common concern – such as the nationality law, the call for a personal status code, and for a law against violence in the family. Effectiveness and outreach of the activities and actions of civil society organisations has however been undermined through their concentration in urban areas mainly rather than in rural and remote ones where they would be needed most.
Objectives
The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to promote gender equality in Lebanon through reducing inequality in rights at local, regional and national level.
The specific objectives are the following:
1. Combating poverty among Lebanese women.
2. Ensure gender equality in political life and decision-making processes.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be a legal person and
- be non-profit-making and
- be a specific type of organisation such as Civil Society Organisation (non-governmental organisation, public sector operator, local
authority) or network of CSOs and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with all actors and not acting as an intermediary and
- be an in-country CSO, with Headquarters in Lebanon and officially registered with the Lebanese competent authorities or
- be an EU Member State CSO, or
- a CSO established in an ENI country officially registered according to the relevant legislation in force in that country and mandatorily act
with co-applicants that are local CSOs from Lebanon.
Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 800.000
Size of grants
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 400,000
- maximum amount: EUR 800,000
Deadline: 24 September 2015
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