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.