Deadline: 24 April 2019
The European Commission has announced its grant program entitled “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights Country Based Support Scheme for Tajikistan” to support civil society and human rights defenders in Tajikistan working on human rights and democracy issues.
The current call for proposals intends to contribute to the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda, particularly to SDG 16 by promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions, and to SDG 5 – achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Priorities
- Human Rights Defenders
- support, protection and defence of human rights defenders;
- actions against torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment;
- Promotion of Human Rights
- support and strengthening of national and international framework for the protection of human rights; concerted civil society monitoring of national and international commitments;
- support and strengthening of the National Human Rights Institution;
- promotion of the freedom of religion and belief;
- access to justice and the rule of law;
- support to gender equality (women’s rights, women in decision-making, right to participate in peace-building and reconstruction processes, fight against gender-based violence, etc.);
- protection of the social, economic and cultural rights, especially for groups particularly vulnerable to discrimination, such as women, children, migrants and the rights of persons belonging to ethnic minorities.
- Promotion of the development of a democratic political culture
- promotion of freedom of association;
- promotion of freedom of expression, namely support of independent media (both online/offline) and strengthening the role of media in the promotion of human rights.
Size of Grants
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: EUR 100 000
- maximum amount: EUR 300 000
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be a legal person and
- be non-profit-making and
- be a specific type of organisation as defined in Article 11.2(a); (b); and (c) of Regulation No 236/2014 such as: civil society organisations, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent political foundations, community-based organisations and private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations and, networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level; public-sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations and networks at local, national, regional and international level; international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 43 of the Rules of application of the EU Financial Regulation. and
- be established in a Member State of the European Union or an eligible country as stipulated in the CIR. As from 15 March 2014, pursuant to Commission Implementation Rules (CIR) Article 11 “Eligibility under EIDHR and the Instrument Contributing to Stability and Peace, participation in the award of procurement contracts or grants, as well as the recruitment of experts, shall be open without limitations”. and
- 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.
- Co-applicant(s)
- Lead applicants established in Tajikistan must act with at least one eligible co-applicant established in Tajikistan.
- Lead applicants not established in Tajikistan must act together with at least two co-applicants established in Tajikistan.
- 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.
- Affiliated entity(ies)
- 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, 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 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.
How to Apply
In order to apply for the grants, applicants have to register themselves in PADOR, an on-line database via given website.
For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2tSHOO6 and download the guidelines.