Deadline: 24-Mar-24
The British Embassy in San Jose is now accepting project proposals in the area of human rights for the 2024-2025 period.
The British Embassy in Costa Rica, with responsibility for Nicaragua, aims to support short-term interventions valued at up to US$40,000 that focus on promoting and protecting human rights in Nicaragua.
Thematic Areas
- Proposals may cover any of the following areas of work:
- Promotion and protection of human rights
- Reducing vulnerability to modern slavery and human trafficking
- Kindly note that under this programme, they are unable to cover projects where the main focus is on gender and equalities issues like LGBTI+ rights, women’s rights and rights of persons with disabilities.
- They are looking for projects that deliver real, measurable results in support of the abovementioned priority areas in Nicaragua and are particularly interested in proposals aimed at the following objectives:
- Protecting the rights of marginalised groups, including through the prevention of human rights violations;
- Strengthening of protections for vulnerable groups such as women and girls, indigenous communities and migrants;
- Providing support to human rights defenders, especially through capacity building;
- Supporting the human rights work of civil society organisations.
Funding Information
- Maximum project budget limit: $40,000
- Projects will be funded for the period running from 1 May 2024 to 28 February 2025, with no expectation of continued funding beyond this period
- Project bid budgets should demonstrate 50% spend by 15 December 2024 and 100% spend by 28 February 2025
- Proposals must be submitted in United States Dollars (USD) currency
Eligibility Criteria
- They welcome proposals from legally constituted non-governmental, non-profit, charity and multilateral organisations. Unfortunately, they are unable to consider project proposals submitted by companies or for-profit organisations.
Ineligible
- Please be aware that project funding cannot be used to finance the following:
- Communications-related services, such as communications strategies, campaigns, website creation and/or maintenance, video and audio production
- Paid marketing activity, e.g. advertisements in newspapers, on radio or on social media
- Cash cards, money transfers or seed capital
- Purchase of groceries and household supplies
- Purchase or maintenance of IT or capital equipment
Criteria
- Project bids will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Alignment with the above-mentioned thematic priorities and outcomes
- Outcomes are achievable within the funding period (1 May 2024 to 28 February 2025
- Project design includes clear monitoring and evaluation procedures, as well as risk and financial accountability procedures
- Evidence of sustainability – demonstrating that project benefits continue after the funding ends
- Alignment with the Paris Agreement, demonstrating that a climate and environmental risk and impact evaluation was conducted and no environmental harm will be done
- Evidence that gender equality and inclusion of people with disability and protected characteristics have been considered
- Evidence that the organisation’s safeguarding policies ensure protection of beneficiaries
- Overall value for money
- Administration costs should not exceed 10% of the total project budget
For more information, visit British Embassy in San Jose.