Deadline: 24-Nov-22
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe is launching a call for proposals to co-fund local initiatives developed by local authorities in Georgia.
The local initiatives will mainstream equality and diversity in local public life as well as enhance inclusion of underrepresented communities with the special focus on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), persons with disabilities (PwD), minorities, and other vulnerable groups. Proposals should aim at strengthening human rights protection and democratic public participation at local level, ensuring that both civil society and citizens have a meaningful impact on decision making processes.
Objective
The grants will fund local initiatives designed to strengthen the mainstreaming of human rights principles, equality, and diversity in local life and political action as well as to enhancing inclusion of underrepresented communities with the special focus on IDPs, PwD, minorities, and other vulnerable groups.
Funding Information
- The Council of Europe intends to award up to 10 grants to the target local authorities for a maximum amount of 20 000 GEL (twenty thousands) each. The indicative available budget under this call for local initiatives is 200 000 GEL (two hundred thousands).
- The Council of Europe reserves the right not to award all available funds depending on the project proposals received and on the outcome of the call for proposals.
Means of Action
Initiatives may include one or more of the following means of action (non-exhaustive list):
- Adopting relevant measures to increase gender equality and the inclusion of underrepresented groups, with a special focus on minorities, IDPs and other vulnerable groups.
- Develop, implement, and monitor strategies, action plans, measures (including methodologies and tools) and/or policies to
- Increase in the participation of underrepresented groups (i.e. minorities, youth, women, etc) in local decisionmaking;
- Raise citizens’ awareness on human rights and/or gender equality as well as on local authorities’ relevant services, including non-judicial grievance mechanisms;
- Apply gender budgeting, engaging local gender equality councils and municipal gender advisors in policy and budget planning and implementation;
- Introduce, pilot, and evaluate the effectiveness of new or revised data collection methods, including disaggregated in terms of gender and social determinants (e.g. age, ethnicity, etc.).
- Adopting relevant measures to prevent and combat discrimination, enabling equal participation and representation in local decision-making, and considering different sensibilities and needs. Develop, implement, and monitor strategies, action plans, measures (including methodologies and tools) and/or policies to
- Strengthen the capacities and effectiveness of thematic councils (e.g. Gender Equality Council, Disability Council, etc);
- Encourage representatives of vulnerable groups (i.e. minorities) to participate in the thematic councils;
- Support the development of informal fora for dialogue on human rights at the local level;
- Develop and/or review internal anti-discrimination policies, codes of ethics, and/or codes of conduct.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant, an applicant must:
- Be a local authority member of the Forum of Exchange on Human Rights developed in the framework of the project.
- Be entitled to carry out activities described in its project proposal in the respective municipality.
- Have sufficient financial capacity (stable and sufficient sources of funding) to maintain its activity throughout the period for which the grant is awarded and to participate by way of its additional own resources (including human resources or in-kind contributions).
- Have sufficient operational and professional capacity, including staff, to carry out activities described in its project proposal.
- Have a bank account.
For more information, visit https://www.coe.int/en/web/tbilisi/-/call-for-proposals-for-local-initiatives-on-mainstreaming-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-in-local-public-life-in-georgia