Deadline: 23-Apr-24
The British Embassy in Kathmandu is inviting organisations to submit project proposals that support LGBT+ awareness, advocacy, and artistic expression in Nepal.
Objectives
- The work supported through this call for proposals will contribute to a world in which people are free and safe to play a full and active part in society, without fear of violence discrimination or stigma, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.
- BEK has a small pot of funding to scale up the ambition to support LGBT+ awareness, advocacy, and artistic expression in Nepal. The BEK LGBT+ Enabling Fund will provide small-scale strategic funds to support new, stand-alone, catalytic interventions around LGBT+ advocacy, creative expression and awareness raising.
- They are looking to fund a maximum of three LGBT+ organisations across the following areas:
- Celebrating LGBT+ arts, culture, and expression: Funding to showcase artist creativity and visibility – helping to break down barriers for expression.
- Ideas could include: support to a Pride Event at the Provincial level; a Drag Race; Art Show; Film Screenings; Poetry and Spoken Word Per-formance; Stand-up Comedy Event; Documenting and Storytelling of LGBT+ communities
- Catalytic Advocacy Fund: Funding to focus on important advocacy work that help shift the dial on promoting and expanding LGBT+ rights and awareness in Nepal.
- Ideas could include: advocacy and legal support for writ petitions; support to LGBT+ organisations to run advocacy and social norm change sessions with Government of Nepal officials, police and law enforcement agencies or within educational institutions; training workshops to equip LGBT+ individuals with political knowledge and awareness.
- Capability and Awareness Rasing Activities: Funding to provide trainings that will increase capability, awareness and understanding on LGBT+ rights, correct terminology and how to be a proactive ally in Nepal for organisations in the development sector including BEK.
- Celebrating LGBT+ arts, culture, and expression: Funding to showcase artist creativity and visibility – helping to break down barriers for expression.
Thematic Priorities
- Proposals will be considered on all aspects of LGBT+-led grassroots organisations, but priority will be given to:
- Multiple and intersecting vulnerabilities can result in specific challenges to different communities such as LGBT+ people with disabilities. The experience of people at the intersection of disability and diverse sexual orientations and gender identities are often overlooked or excluded from both disability and LGBT+ inclusion efforts.
- Within the LGBT+ community, there are groups that are particularly under-resourced such as organisations supporting intersex people, trans people and LBT women.
Funding Information
- Funding is available in allocations of NPR 954,000 or up to NPR 1,900,000
- Duration: The funding period is from June 2024 to March 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nepali based LGBT+ organisations that work on LGBT+ rights, advocacy and artistic expression are eligible to apply. This can be a civil society organisation or a not-for-profit private organisation.
- Organisations must be officially registered and have a registered bank account.
- Organisations must have in place policies and procedures to effectively manage fiduciary and safeguarding risks.
- Organisations are required to demonstrate:
- Deliver against one or more of the key areas; Funding should be used for new, small projects which have a catalytic or enabling effect.
- Evidence of consultation and co-design with local LGBT+ people.
For more information British Embassy in Kathmandu.
