Deadline: 18-May-22
The British Embassy invites interested organisations to send in their project proposals to become implementers for their 2022-2023 Bilateral Programme.
The Bilateral Programme is the main channel through which the British Embassy finances projects in Venezuela. These should contribute towards achieving results within strategic objectives and expected outcomes identified by the Embassy, which benefit Venezuela.
Through this programme, the Embassy has supported various projects on areas such as human rights and democracy, economic reform, sustainable development and energy.
Thematical Areas
- Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders
- Improved capacity of civil society organisations to carry out independent and impartial evidence collection on human rights violations, in line with international standards
- Promoting Democracy
- Stronger capacity to support the medium-long term strengthening of Venezuela’s democratic institutions
- Improved local level municipality/council cross-party collaboration and effectiveness
- Increased civil society capacity to champion constitutional elections, good governance, transparency and/or rule of law
- Climate and Biodiversity
- Increased capacity for climate mitigation or adaptation, including through but not limited to clean energy and nature-based solutions
- Improved management of ecosystems, with a focus on actions to tackle deforestation and support sustainable land use
- Enhanced monitoring of environmental pressures and threats, as well as climate risks
- Promoting Economic Stability
- Improved data collection capacity and access to key macro-economic and socio-economic information
- Strengthened independent efforts to support improvements in the business environment, including through policy proposals
- Promoting Gender Equality and Female Empowerment
- Enhanced awareness of sexual health, reproductive rights and gender-based violence, especially for teenagers
- Increased access to education and improved prospects for women in the labour market
- Promoting Gender Equality and Female Empowerment
- enhanced awareness of sexual health, reproductive rights and gender-based violence, especially for teenagers
- Increased access to education and improved prospects for women in the labour market
- LGBT+ rights
- Formation of a broad, politically diverse LGBT+ rights coalition to advocate non-discriminatory measures at local/national levels and reach progressive milestones
Who may send in their project proposal?
- State institutions – at all levels
- Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), legally registered
- Universities
- Think tanks
- Private sector and commerce and industry chambers
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/british-embassy-caracas-launches-2022-2023-bilateral-programme