Grants to support those involved in the protection of Human Rights in Cameroon

Deadline: 24-Jun-24

The European Commission is offering grants to support those involved in the protection of human rights in Cameroon.

Program Objectives 

• The general objective of this call for proposals is to support the implementation of the recommendations accepted by Cameroon within the framework of the Universal Periodic Review for the year 2023.
• The two specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
  • Strengthen the capacities of local civil society in monitoring and data collection; data analysis; reporting; advocacy and external communication so that it is able to support the recommendations accepted by Cameroon as part of the 2023 UPR.
  • Support the establishment of a structural dialogue between civil society and national institutions competent in the field of human rights protection, in order to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations of the 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review formulated towards Cameroon.

Sectors or Themes

• Human rights and democracy in the following areas: civil society and its capacity building; Dialogue between civil society and national institutions; Universal Periodic Review.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals amounts to EUR 930,000.
• Amount of grants:
  • Any grant requested under this call for proposals must be between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
    • minimum amount: 450,000 EUR,
    • maximum amount: EUR 465,000.

Duration

• The initial planned duration of an action cannot be less than 36 months nor exceed 48 months.

Types of Activities

• Information, awareness, education and training activities;
• Capacity building activities;
• Networking and dialogue facilitation activities between actors who are not used to dialogue;
• Pilot activities;
• Direct assistance activities for vulnerable people;
• Legal and judicial assistance activities;
• Production, co-production and/or distribution activities of media products;
• Communication and visibility activities around the support provided by the EU.

Location

• The actions must be implemented throughout the national territory of Cameroon.

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant(s)
  • To qualify for a grant, the lead applicant must:
    • be a legal entity and
    • have no profit motive and
    • belong to one of the following categories of organizations: non-governmental organization, public sector operator, local authority, and
    • be established in a member state of the European Union or in a member state of the European Economic Area or in a member state of the OECD or in the Republic of Cameroon,
    • This obligation does not apply to international organizations;
    • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and the affiliated entity(ies) and not act as an intermediary.
• Co-applicant(s)
  • The co-applicants participate in the development and implementation of the action, and the costs they bear are eligible in the same way as those borne by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must meet the same eligibility criteria as those that apply to the lead applicant itself.
  • Co-applicants must sign the mandate form.
  • If the grant is awarded to them, possible co-applicants become beneficiaries within the framework of the action (with the coordinator).
• Affiliated entities
  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
  • Only the following entities can be considered affiliated with the lead applicant and/or co-applicant(s):
    • Only entities that have a structural link with the applicants (the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
    • This structural link mainly encompasses two notions:
      • Control on annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain forms of undertakings:
        • Entities affiliated with an applicant may therefore be:
          • Entities controlled directly or indirectly by the applicant (subsidiaries or first-tier subsidiaries) or controlled by an entity itself controlled by the applicant (sub-subsidiaries or second-tier subsidiaries). This is valid for other control levels;
          • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, these may be entities controlling a company controlling the applicant;
          • Entities at the same level of direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies);
      • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as, for example, a network, federation or association of which the proposed affiliated entity is a member, or the applicant is a member of the same entity (for example, a network, a federation or an association, etc.) than the proposed affiliated entity.

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