Deadline: 01-Dec-21
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Georgia is pleased to announce a call for concept notes 2022 for Georgian civil society organisations under two instruments: MATRA programme and Human Rights Fund.
- MATRA: MATRA is a Dutch abbreviation and stands for “societal transformation”. The objective of the MATRA fund is to contribute to sustainable societal transformation by supporting reforms in the areas of rule of law, good governance and democracy. Focus of MATRA in Georgia is implementation of the Association Agreement between Georgia and the EU. Activities supported under the MATRA fund have to fall within the following areas:
- Rule of law, including reform of the judiciary;
- Public administration, including fight against corruption; promotion of integrity, transparency and accountability;
- Public order and law enforcement;
- Stability and security, with a focus on reconciliation, countering disinformation and prevention of hate speech;
- Democracy, including electoral processes and procedures, upholding the separation of powers and democratic participation, and inclusion of minorities.
- Human Rights Fund: Promoting and protecting human rights worldwide is a priority in the foreign policy of the Netherlands. The Dutch human rights policy focuses on six human rights priorities. These are:
- Freedom of expression, press freedom, freedom of internet;
- Freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), including freedom not to believe;
- Equal rights for LGBTQI persons;
- Support for human rights defenders and space for civil society;
- Equal rights for women and girls.
Funding Information
- Budget of the project can be between GEL 30,000 and GEL 280,000.
- Duration of the project: between 6 and 18 months.
Eligiblity Criteria
- This call is open to independent, non-partisan Georgian civil society organizations, which are registered and based in Georgia.
- An organization can submit only one proposal and only under one instrument; that is, either under MATRA or under Human Rights Fund.
- An organization implementing a project funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Georgia as of 31 December 2021 cannot apply. In case of organizations previously funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Tbilisi, preference will be given to those with at least a one-year gap between the project end date and the start date of the new project.
- Projects that largely or exclusively involve the delivery of goods or materials are not eligible;
- Projects can have a proposed start date any time between 1 April 2022 and 1 December 2022. However, applicants must take into account that it may take up to several months for winning projects to have the contribution formally approved. The means that your project might actually start several months later than you have originally proposed (but still in 2022.)
For more information, visit https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/latest-news/news/2021/11/01/call-for-concept-notes