Deadline: 18-Feb-24
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Budapest has opened its annual call for applications from Hungarian organisations to the Human Rights Fund.
The Human Rights Fund (HRF) is a tool of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to support activities of civil society around the world with the goal of achieving tangible results in improving human rights.
Priorities
- The HRF is meant to support activities in line with the five priorities of the Dutch human rights policy:
- Supporting human rights defenders;
- Freedom of expression, internet freedom and independent journalism;
- Equal rights for LGBTIQ+’s;
- Equal rights for women and girls;
- Freedom of religion and belief.
Funding Information
- The requested contribution should fall within the range of 5.000-25.000 euro per project.
Eligibility Criteria
- Project proposals need to meet the following criteria in order to be considered:
- The applying organisation must be based in Hungary.
- If your organisation has been financially supported by the Embassy in previous years, projects should be finished in a satisfactory manner before the starting date of a new project.
- The project must start in 2024. The proposed projects should finish within three years after the starting date.
- Proposals must be submitted through a filled in standard application form, which you will find at the bottom of this page.
- The proposal should include clear and feasible goals and durable expected results.
- Project proposals must be concise and focus on the intended activities and results. Filled in formats longer than 4 pages in total (incl. attachments) will not be taken into consideration.
- Please do not send any attachments, such as letters of recommendation or other background documents, supporting your application as they will not be taken into consideration. Only short addendums elaborating on the requested information in the standard application form will be accepted when relevant.
- Focus of the project should be on at least one of the priority areas of the Dutch human rights policy mentioned above.
For more information, visit Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.