CFPs for European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (Turkey)

Deadline: 16-Mar-21

European Union (EU) has announced a call for proposals for the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Turkey Program.

Since 2002, EIDHR has provided support to more than 150 projects in Turkey addressing issues ranging from freedom of expression to improved access to justice, fight against torture and impunity, women’s rights, protection and respect of cultural diversity.

This support has been instrumental in complementing Turkey’s reform efforts by enabling better participation of organized citizens in the reform process.

Objectives 

• The global objective of this call for proposals is to support and empower civil society in the protection and promotion of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms and thus contribute to the opening of civic, democratic, and civil society space.
• This call for proposals is aligned with the EU’s priorities as identified in policies and regulations, notably the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy and the specific human rights guidelines adopted by the EU.
• The specific objective of this call for proposals is “to strengthen civil society’s involvement in the making, implementation, and monitoring of human rights policies at local and national levels”. In addition, proposals can address (a) any situation where violation of human rights is observed or where there is a need for promotion of human rights; and/or (b) supporting the resilience of civil society and civic actors to new and modern challenges, including but not limited to digital security and public health risks such as COVID-19.

Priorities 

The priorities of this call for proposals are:

• Children and women’s rights, combating gender-based violence, rights of LGBTI persons;
• Non-discrimination, rights of persons belonging to minorities, freedom of religion or belief;
• Right to fair trial, fight against impunity, prevention of torture and ill-treatment, human rights in prison;
• Freedom of expression, assembly, and association.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 3,300,000. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award all available funds.
• Size of grants: Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
  • Minimum amount: EUR 300,000;
  • Maximum amount: EUR 600,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant(s): In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
  • Be a legal person;
  • Be non-profit-making;
  • Be a civil society organisation;
  • Be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary;
  • No nationality restriction applies to lead applicants and, if any, to co-applicants and affiliated entities.
• Co-applicant(s)
  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.
  • Co-applicants must sign the mandate form.
• Affiliated entity(ies)
• The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with an affiliated entity(ies).
• Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
  • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements, and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
      • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
        • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
    • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as an e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.

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