ILGA-Europe Human Rights Violations Documentation Fund - third call
ILGA-Europe announces third call for proposals within its Small Pilot Human Rights Violations Documentation Fund with support of the Sigrid Rausing Trust.
The goal of the fund is to promote documentation of cases of discrimination, hate crimes and other human rights violations against LGBT people according to the international human rights standards.
The small pilot fund will support small and medium-scale projects (up to 5,000 euros with no minimal amount requirement) intended to document (cases of) discrimination, hate crimes and other human rights violations committed on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, as well as dissemination of the documented information.
Priority areas:
- hate crimes and hate speech (including in media)
- human rights violations by law-enforcement authorities
- legal position of LGBT people in an eligible country
- freedom of assembly and association
- discrimination and hate crimes on the grounds of gender identity and expression
The information contained in the documentation reports will subsequently be used by ILGA-Europe in its lobbying activities with the European institutions: European Union, Council of Europe and the OSCE.
Eligibility criteria:
- proposals will be accepted from officially registered with local authorities LGBT organizations or initiative groups (in countries, where there are no registered LGBT NGOs);
- countries eligible are Western NIS (Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus), Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia), the Western Balkans (Albania and former Yugoslavia), the 12 new EU member states and the EU accession countries;
- for projects on documentation of human rights violations on the grounds of gender identity and expression ALL European countries are eligible
We strongly advise you to read supporting information on the documentation process on our web-site before starting to fill in the application form. You can find this information here: http://www.ilga-europe.org/europe/funding_capacity_building/funding_opportunities/ilga_europe_human_rights_violations_documentation_funds/human_rights_documentation_tools
Depending on the phase of documentation process, the Fund awards grants for two purposes: documentation grant and dissemination grant.
The documentation grant is awarded for the purposes of collection, organization, measurement and analysis of information). The applicants for documentation grants should not include dissemination activities or printing costs in their budget.
The dissemination grant is awarded for the purposes of publication (print, internet, CD, etc.) and / or use of documented data for advocacy. To apply for this type of grant, you already need to have information collected, organized and analyzed. Please, attach the information you want to disseminate to your application.
There are two different application forms: one for documentation grants and another for dissemination grants. Please, use the one that corresponds to your project’s objectives. You cannot apply for both grants at the same time. Successful applicants for documentation grants can apply for a dissemination grant after completing the first phase.
A budget should be annexed. It should not exceed 5,000 euros for a documentation grant and 2,500 euros for a dissemination grant. A maximum of 20% of the budget can go to overhead expenses (office costs). All other costs are eligible if justified by the needs of the project.
You can submit your application or ask any questions in relation to the Fund by e-mail: maxim@ilga-europe.org. The deadline for the third round of applications is 31 May 2007. The decision will be made by a board of independent experts within 1 month from the time the proposal was submitted.
ILGA-Europe looks forward to your applications!
