ILGA- Europe’s Allies in Action Small Fund: Understanding of Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Deadline: 18 September 2016

ILGA- Europe and COC Netherlands together invite proposals for small funding program ‘Allies in Action’, designed to foster an enabling environment for LGBTI equality work in the specific project countries. The program aims to create ways for local LGBTI advocates and groups to involve more supporters in their work.

Allies in Action’ will support impactful, creative, and genuine ideas by local LGBTI communities and those who are ready to contribute by action and knowledge to better environments for LGBTI and to a better understanding of sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics (SOGISC).

Objectives

Establishing cooperation between LGBTI groups and professionals who have advocacy potential
Raising awareness of specific professional groups about LGBTI-specific issues
Expanding the network of support for LGBTI people and LGBTI organisations
Increasing access to professional assistance for LGBTI people in the area

Priority Areas

Initiatives that feed into, reinforce, and/or diversify other ongoing efforts towards better environment for LGBTI persons and protection of their rights
Genuine and innovative approach to action that is strongly rooted in a local reality, with its limitations, opportunities, and existing relations;
Duration of action or initiative of no more than 6 months in total (from receipt of the award to its completion and reporting);
Willingness to share experience with colleagues and activists

Funding Information

The funding allotment will be of not more than 5,000 Euros.

Eligibility Criteria

The program supports initiatives that:

Are led by LGBTI persons and/ or allies of LGBTI (with no limitation in regards presence or absence of official registration of the group);
Are implemented locally by groups in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, or Ukraine;
Are focused on a specific, carefully selected audience/ target group outside of LGBTI movement and serve to engage, inspire, mobilise individuals and collectives that are in a position to impact everyday realities of LGBTI persons, advocacy capacity of LGBTI organisations, and/ or proper understanding of issues pertaining SOGISC;
Demonstrate a clear vision of how this action contributes its bit to a change you want to achieve in your environment;
Are concrete and scalable (i.e. with balanced, matching goals and actions);
Are endorsed by LGBTI organisations (if proposed by an informal group of allies or activists).

How to Apply

Interested applicants must submit brief proposals in a prescribed format via email.

Eligible Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, or Ukraine

For more information, please visit Allies in Action.