Deadline: 8-Feb-21
The Equal Rights Trust is pleased to launch nine new Impact Assessment mini-grants, available to individual equality defenders in Armenia, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Paraguay and the Philippines.
The grants will support equality defenders to undertake an assessment of the implementation of non-discrimination obligations in their country as part of efforts to evaluate and learn from work supporting civil society in these countries since 2017.
Funding Information
The Trust aims to award one grant in each of the target countries, each consisting of:
- The opportunity to undertake a structured supervised assessment of the implementation of equality and non-discrimination obligations in your country with the support of the Equal Rights Trust team;
- A cash grant of €500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Participants must be resident in one of nine countries. There is one grant available for participants in each of the nine eligible countries.
- All activities associated with the grant will take place remotely.
- Existing staff, consultants and fellows of the Equal Rights Trust are not eligible for this grant.
- Recipients will be responsible for any tax, national insurance or similar liability or contribution arising from receipt of the grant in their jurisdiction.
Entry Requirements
- As part of the work to support equality defenders, the Trust has created a comprehensive, online training programme on the rights to equality and non-discrimination, available in nine countries and eight languages, including English, Russian and Spanish.
- To be considered for the grant, participants should complete the Equal Rights Trust online training course, including the post-training assessment. The participant with the highest score on the course in each country will be given the opportunity to undertake the assessment of their country and receive the associated grant.
For more information, visit https://www.equalrightstrust.org/news/equal-rights-trust-launches-impact-assessment-mini-grants-nine-countries
