Deadline: 8-Apr-22
The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) is inviting proposals for its Mini-Grants to support advocacy campaigns focused on reducing the incidence and impact of gender-based and intimate partner violence on key population groups.
The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) and its partners Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) and El Centro de Orientacion e Investigacion Integral (COIN), have received a Global Fund grant which will bring together organizations with complementary mandates, technical expertise, and constituencies in a harmonized approach to leverage and support the effort of communities, civil society actors governments and technical partners in advancing the regional HIV response.
This project provides a unique opportunity to institutionalize partnerships between civil society and governments to achieve and sustain effective programs that meet the needs of key populations (KPs) and diminish the HIV epidemic
Objectives
- The project seeks to achieve the following objectives:
- To reduce structural barriers to key population services including stigma & discrimination and gender-based violence;
- To improve knowledge generation and use of strategic information on key populations for decision-making and advocacy by communities and other stakeholders;
- To increase domestic resources for effective key population programming; and
- To mobilize resources for key population organizations.
Funding Priorities/ Areas of Interest
- CVC is pleased to announce funding for small grants to support Advocacy Campaigns inclusive of associated/related actions in support of key population groups, specifically women and girls, transwomen, and men who have sex with Men. The campaign should focus on the following general areas:
- to improve laws and policies focused on GBV and/or IPV or to promote the development of strong zero-tolerance policies
- strengthening the health sector’s response to GBV and IPV including screening for abuse, risk assessment, providing medical care, counseling referrals to a network of service providers, and community-focused prevention initiatives.
- To improve intersectoral coordination and monitor progress in developing national plans and policies on violence – creates commitment and political space for dialogue between civil society and the state e.g. scorecards
- Development of community-based networks for coordinating services to victims, improving access to justice, and promoting violence prevention – to enhance the quality of care provided to survivors, help mobilize public support for survivors and decrease tolerance of violent behavior e.g. coordination meetings
- Community-based educational activities to:
- increase knowledge of legal and social rights and empower persons to seek help for abuse; and
- promote community-wide changes in attitudes and practices related to gender norms and violence-related attitudes and behaviors against select KP groups.
- Social media campaigns designed to document disseminate and promote services for survivors of GBV and IPV provided through multi-sectoral initiatives include telephone hotlines, emergency shelters, police intervention, legal assistance, counseling, psychological care, support groups, income-generation programs, etc.
Funding Information
- Each organization may apply for an award of a maximum of US$5,000 USD to support project-related costs for up to five (5) months. Allocations for salaries, stipends, incentives, and overheads should not exceed 40% of the total budget for the grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- Civil Society Organizations serve key populations that are based in Belize, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago.
Criteria
- Project proposals will be reviewed and scored against the criteria outlined below:
- Relevance: Are objectives based on good evidence as to which kinds of interventions are most effective? Does the project target a clear population or sub-population? (e.g. transgender sex workers, as opposed to sex workers in general)
- Efficiency: Are available financial and other resources (including collaboration and resource-sharing with partners and volunteer contributions of labor, expertise, and material) being used to good advantage? Does the project use resources creatively and get the biggest “bang for the buck?”
- Sustainability: Does the proposal identify how the project’s outcomes/outputs will be sustained in the future, beyond CVC support?
- Rights-focused: Is the project rights-based? Does it promote the human rights of vulnerable groups? Does it make reference to the international human rights framework?
- Leverage: Will this grant result in outside support or government buy-in?
- Strength of plan and measurable outcomes: Does the proposal have a clearly defined plan of action with measurable outcomes for success?
- Documentation: Does this proposal include a reasonable plan for communicating the project’s successes and the lessons learned?
- Partnerships/Collaborations: Does the project reflect collaboration between multiple groups, especially those with different levels of capacity and expertise including the government?
For more information, visit https://www.cvccoalition.org/blog/call-proposals-mini-grants-support-advocacy-campaigns-focused-reducing-incidence-andimpact