Deadline: 19-Dec-21
The Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) has launched a regional “COVID-19 Solidarity Programme 2020-2022: Call for Proposals on COVID-19 in Prisons and Mental Health Institutions” with the financial support of the European Union, and in partnership with People in Need and AFEW International.
The NHC, in cooperation with Human Rights in Mental Health (Federation Global Initiative in Psychiatry, FGIP), will deliver the activities of the Programme. This programme will support civil society organisations (CSOs) to respond to the immediate and longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Partnership countries.
Objectives of the Call
- NHC and FGIP seek to provide grants to CSOs to monitor the effect of COVID-19 prevention and treatment measures on the conditions of people confined to penitentiary institutions, detention and/or pre-detention centres in the Republic of Armenia. This includes the full range of relevant issues including (discontinuation of) health care, (lack of) contact with lawyers, relatives or loved ones, inclusiveness in COVID-19 vaccination programme in the country, and other related basic human rights. In addition to monitoring and reporting, the objective would also be to provide advice and assistance to stakeholders, including confined persons, personnel, relatives, lawyers, on problems they encounter in COVID-19 prevention and treatment.
- Organisations (or consortia) that already have access to penitentiary institutions under a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) of the Republic of Armenia or that through another agreement with authorities have access to these institutions are invited to submit a proposal. Applicants that do not have a formalized relationship with governmental bodies that provides access to penitentiary institutions need to prove they have a track record of obtaining reliable information based on monitoring and explain in detail how such information will be gathered.
- The aim of the proposal should be to facilitate specific attention for COVID-19 related issues in closed institutions in addition to ongoing work relating to conditions in penitentiary institutions.
- Selected organizations will be provided with documentation about international standards relevant to COVID-19 in closed institutions, and will have access for questions of methodology to advice from the pool of experts of NHC and FGIP on monitoring of and health care in penitentiary institutions.
Funding Information
- NHC and GIP will support CSO’s up to 6000 EUR. Only one applicant will be granted depending on the quality of the applications and respective situation in the country.
- Proposed project duration should lie between 9 and 12 months.
- NHC and FGIP reserve the right to suggest applicants to adapt or merge proposals.
Eligibility Criteria
- This call for proposals is open to non-profit-making civil society organisations or consortia of non-profit-making civil society organizations with the status of a legal person, established in the Republic of Armenia. In case of consortia, the main applicant will be responsible for the overall implementation of the action.
- All organizations should have a formalized relationship with respective governmental bodies that provides access to penitentiary institutions and the applicant needs to prove it has a record of working with these institutions.
- Applications should provide evidence of the following:
- Registration status as a non-profit organisation registered under national legislation
- At least four years’ experience delivering activities in line with the proposed project
- Experience with managing budgets of similar size
- Public administration institutions, state agencies, local or regional authorities, political parties or organisations affiliated with political parties are not eligible for this call.
- CSOs that applied for the LOT1 within the scope of this project (to monitor the effect of COVID-19 prevention and treatment measures on the conditions of people confined to mental health institutions) are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.nhc.nl/armenia-call-for-proposals-to-supply-equipment-to-counter-effects-of-the-covid-19-in-closed-institutions-lot-2/