European Commission CFPs: Unlocking the Full Potential of Timorese Persons with Disabilities and LGBTQI+

Deadline: 2-May-22

The European Commission (EC) is calling for proposals for unlocking the full potential of Timorese persons with disabilities and LGBTQI+.

Objectives

• The overall objective of the Global Europe Human Rights and Democracy Thematic Programme is to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law worldwide. The programme on human rights and democracy, built upon the key features of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), is a major flagship tool of the EU.
• The global objective of this call for proposals is to support civil society actions that contribute to unlocking the full potential of PwD and LGBTQI+, and leading to the full enjoyment of their human rights, particularly social and economic rights in Timor-Leste.
• The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
  • To promote equality, inclusion and respect for diversity for PwD and LGBTQI+;
  • To enhance the access of PwD and LGBTQI+’s to adequate education and vocational training opportunities, and to promote decent working opportunities.

Priorities

The priority of this call for proposals is to protect and empower individuals, particularly PwD and LGBTQI+, especially youth, women and grass-root Timorese civil society organisations working with PwD and LGBTQI+. The actions to be financed must focus on activities that promote PwD and LGBTQI+’s social and economic inclusion, and their related social and economic rights.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 600 000.
• Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
  • minimum amount: EUR 550 000
  • maximum amount: EUR 600 000
• Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum percentages of total eligible costs of the action:
  • Minimum percentage: 60% of the total eligible costs of the action.
  • Maximum percentage: 90% of the total eligible costs of the action.

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant
  • 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 (CSO)  and its associations.
    • be established in  any country.
    • 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.
    • International organisations  are NOT eligible, nor can act as co-applicant(s) under this call for proposals.
• Co-applicant(s)
  • Lead Applicants not established in Timor-Leste must act together with at least two co-applicants being CSOs established in Timor-Leste, of which one CSO working with PwD and the other CSO working with LGBTQI+.
  • 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.
  • If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicants will become beneficiaries in the action (together with the coordinator).
• Affiliated Entities
  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with 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, 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 a 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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