Deadline: 31-Jan-22
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Armenia is pleased to announce a Call for Concept Notes for 2022 budget year for the civil society organizations, research institutes and individuals under two instruments: Human Rights Fund and MATRA programme.
Types of Instruments
- Human Rights Fund
- MATRA programme
Human Rights Fund
Human rights are the foundation of a democracy in which every person counts. The Netherlands strives to protect and promote human rights all over the world. The Human Rights Fund therefore supports organizations and individuals, that work for human rights worldwide. Promoting and protecting human rights worldwide is a priority of the Dutch Government foreign policy.
Priorities
- For 2022 the priorities for Armenia will be:
- Equal rights for women and girls
- Decreased occurrence of all forms of violence against women and girls in public and private life.
- Strengthened women’s voice, agency, leadership and representative participation in decision-making processes in public, private and civic sphere.
- Reinforced women’s economic rights and empowerment and female entrepreneurship encouraged.
- Women’s and girls’ rights protected in crisis and conflict situations and women’s meaningful participation and leadership in peace- and state-building promoted.
- Equal rights for women and girls is a cross-cutting theme and should preferably be integrated in all project proposals.
- Equal rights for LGBTI people, with a focus on:
- Decreased criminalization of sexual orientation and gender identity worldwide;
- Decreased occurrence of violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity;
- Increased levels of social acceptance of LGBTI people;
- Better legislation in place for LGBTI community.
- Human rights defenders and space for civil society, with a focus on:
- Increased (holistic) security of human rights defenders and CSO’s, with specific attention for women HRD’s and the most vulnerable groups of HRDs, such as land and environmental defenders and indigenous groups.
- Enhanced legitimacy for human rights defenders at the local, national and international level.
- CSO’s are able to address shrinking civic space and influence norms and decision-making.
- Freedom of expression and internet freedom, with a focus on:
MATRA programme
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. Activities supported under the MATRA fund have to fall within the following areas:
- Rule of law, including reform of the judiciary;
- Public administration and good governance, 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 the functioning parliament, electoral processes and procedures, upholding the separation of powers and democratic participation, and inclusion of minorities;
- Building resilient civil society.
Funding Information
- Budget must be realistic, for Human rights fund from EUR 0-50.000, for MATRA programme EUR 25.000-50.000, core funding is not allowed, overhead costs should be not higher that 7.5 % of the project;
- Duration of the project should be between 4 and 24 months.
Eligibility criteria
- This call is open to independent civil society organizations, research institutions and individuals, preferably based and operating in Armenia.
- Projects obligatory should met the requirements of the mentioned directions of the Human Rights Fund and MATRA programme.
- The Concept notes should be in line with the attached format, must have feasible, realistic goals and defined results and activities
For more information, visit https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/latest-news/news/2021/12/20/concept-notes-armenia