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EL*C announces Resourcing Lesbian Movements Program

Deadline: 12-May-25

The EL*C EuroCentralAsian Lesbian* Community is happy to announce its Resourcing Lesbian Movements Program in Europe!

The goal is to build capacities of EL*C member organizations across the European Union, to support them in becoming a strong voice for lesbian communities, and in shaping rights protection and policy-making.

Funding Information
  • The project request can be minimum 5,000 EUR and maximum 30,000 EUR.
Duration
  • The length of the project may be between 6 months and 8 months.
Project objectives to be supported
  • Projects which contribute to increasing/ developing/ strengthening one or more of the below, in order to benefit lesbian communities:
    • NGO capacity to protect and promote the rights of lesbians, especially in the field of rights protection, monitoring, implementation and advocacy;
    • NGO advocacy and watchdog role;
    • NGO involvement in policy and decision-making processes with local, regional and national governments;
    • awareness raising about EU rights and values regarding lesbians in support of NGOs watchdog and advocacy work.
Eligible Activities 
  • Desk research (research cannot be the main purpose of the action), baseline studies
  • Training actions, study visits, field trips and internships
  • Facilitation of contacts, consultations and discussions between different stakeholders
  • Communication and information activities
  • Organization of conferences, roundtables, workshops and seminars
  • Promotion of the implementation of adopted laws and regulations
  • Advocacy for the revision of existing legislation and adoption of new legislation in accordance with EU standards and requirements
  • Establishment of dialogue with political parties, groups of parliamentarians or legislative bodies
  • Documentation and monitoring activities, as well as monitoring international commitments
  • Publication of monitoring reports
  • Drafting policy or legislation recommendations
  • Public awareness raising campaigns
  • Publication of leaflets, manuals on best practice
  • Testing of innovative approaches
  • Community building activities in support of NGOs watchdog and advocacy work,
  • Internal/organizational capacity development activities
  • Service provision to community members, in support of NGOs documentation and monitoring activities
Eligibility Criteria
  • Applicants meeting the following eligibility criteria will be considered for funding:
    • Approved full member organization of EL*C at the time of submitting the application (an organization is an approved full member after going through a separate application process for membership and receiving a formal notification about approval of membership)
    • Legally registered, non-profit and non-governmental, civil society organization in their country of operation
    • Established in a Member State of the European Union (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
    • Respecting EU values including values such as dignity, equality and justice

For more information, visit EL*C.