Digital Rights and Innovations in Law Competition – Ukraine

Deadline: 15-Sep-21

The International Renaissance Foundation is seeking applications for its Digital Rights and Innovations in Law Competition to provide support to civil society organizations for the protection of human rights in the context of the widespread use of digital technologies.

Convenient and accessible electronic services are gradually displacing complex and inefficient bureaucratic management mechanisms in various spheres of public life. Information technology has a high potential for change for the justice system.

Innovations in law can not only simplify access to legal services, but also create tools for accountability of law enforcement agencies and the justice system to society, and become an additional factor in building trust.

Contest participants

• Public organizations, unions, associations, societies and other associations registered in accordance with Ukrainian legislation as non-profit or charitable organizations.

Priorities

• Lot 1. Digital rights
  • Raising awareness of users of digital services on privacy protection
  • Creation and development of privacy information resources
  • Strengthening national privacy mechanisms, taking into account the standards of the European Union and the Council of Europe
  • Promoting respect for human rights / privacy, in particular in the areas of public health, security and law and order
  • Analysis and expert support of state structures in the observance of human rights / privacy principles in the implementation of technical solutions.
• Lot 2. Technological innovations in law
  • Development, support and implementation of technological solutions for:
    • communication, interaction and accountability of institutions of the civil security sector and the justice system;
    • expanding access to justice, in particular for vulnerable social groups.

Funding Information

• The minimum grant amount is UAH 100,000.
• The maximum grant amount is UAH 900,000.
• The optimal size of the grant is UAH 500,000 – 600,000.
• The total budget of the competition is UAH 4,000,000.

Criteria

Criteria for selection of competition winners:

• Substantive compliance of the project proposal with the priorities of the competition, awareness of the subject of the project proposal, convincing preliminary analysis of the problem;
• Logical construction of the project (clear and realistic action plan; level of involvement of partners; realism of achievement of expected results by means of the activity offered in the project);
• Performance (expected practical results at the exit, the impact of the project on target audiences; the availability of objective indicators, monitoring and evaluation of performance);
• Organizational and financial capacity of the organization and partner organizations (availability of expertise, previous experience on the project; availability of staff and necessary material resources (premises, equipment, etc.) required for project implementation; experience of successful project implementation and reporting; availability of other stable sources of funding organizations);
• Adequacy of the budget, its compliance with the content of the project and the conditions of the competition

For more information, visit https://www.irf.ua/contest/konkurs-czyfrovi-prava-ta-innovacziyi-v-pravi/