Advocacy and Public Engagement Grants for Civil Society Organizations in the MENA Region

Deadline: 5-Nov-23

The Minority Rights Group is accepting applications from human rights and minority rights nonprofit organizations based in Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco and Palestine for advocacy grants.

These grants are available for Human Rights Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) aim to maximize the attention toward the situation of minorities and marginalized communities in the target countries. As part of the project Minorities, Accountability and Civic Space (MACS), the grants seek to enhance engagement and advocacy for the rights of minority groups and marginalized communities by funding project-based activities including monitoring and robust evidence production, advocacy activities, and engaging with the public discourse.

Funding Information

• The amount available for each grant is up to 33,000 euros. 6 grants will be awarded for each of the four countries targeted by the project.
• The duration of the grant may last up to 18 months.

Activities

• Examples of activities this grant will cover:
  • The grants will cover one or a combination of activities that aims to advocate and engage the public on issues and challenges faced by minorities and marginalized groups. This can include (but not limited to):
    • Advocacy activities aimed at local, national and/ or international level.
    • Activities targeting the wider public through media and public awareness activities.
    • Research activities and robust evidence production.
    • Documentation, monitoring and reporting activities.
    • Litigation and legal assistant including the provision of legal support to marginalized communities.

Eligibility Criteria

• For your application to be considered, applicants must:
  • Be a human rights or minority rights organization. Organizations focused on policy research, legislative reform, democratic development with a human/minority rights component in their work are also welcome to apply.
  • Be a non-for-profit civil society organization (official registration is not necessary).
  • Be based in one of the project countries: Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia.
  • Be a community-based organization and/or an NGO that has a track record of working with disadvantaged ethnic, religious, or cultural minorities or marginalized groups such as migrants, refugees, LGBTI, or persons with disabilities, and rooted in these marginalized communities.
  • Be committed to involving various minorities and other marginalized communities in their broader activities.
  • Must have skills in project management, risk management, and financial management.
  • Be an organization that has no public debt, complies with anti-corruption measures, and proves absence of conflict of interest.
  • Have the ability to receive funding, either through their own organization or an agreed upon alternative arrangement which aligns with approved protocol.
  • Have an established track record of similar work in one of the project countries.

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