Deadline: 19 April 2017
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)-Europe and COC Netherlands are currently accepting applications for its small fund “Allies in Action”.
‘Allies in Action’ supports impactful, creative, and genuine initiatives by local LGBTI communities and their allies that will unlock the power of person-to-person contacts and will enable committed individuals and collectives outside of LGBTI movements to become multipliers within their circles.
Objectives
- Supporting in planning, implementation, and reporting if selected for award
- Ensuring that both application and reporting processes are not too heavy, while turning them into our joint learning experience
- Connecting you with other individuals, groups, organisations, processes, and materials that you might find interesting and helpful in your work, or where your expertise or experience will benefit others.
Funding Priorities
- Initiatives that feed into, reinforce, and/ or diversify other ongoing efforts towards better environment for LGBTI persons and protection of their rights (by you or other organisations/groups).
- Genuine and innovative approach to action that is strongly rooted in local realities, with their limitations, opportunities, and existing relations.
- Willingness to share experience with colleagues and activists across the above-indicated countries and beyond.
Eligibility Criteria
Fund only support initiatives that:
- Are led by LGBTI persons and/ or allies of LGBTI (both registered NGOs and non-registered collectives can apply).
- Are implemented in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, or Ukraine.
- Are focused on a specific, carefully selected audience/ target group outside of LGBTI movement and serve to engage, inspire, mobilise individuals and collectives that are in a position to impact everyday realities of LGBTI persons, advocacy capacity of LGBTI organisations, and/ or proper understanding of issues pertaining SOGISC.
- Will be implemented in the period between June and November 2017.
- Demonstrate a clear vision of how this action contributes to a bigger change you want to achieve.
- Are concrete and scalable (i.e. with balanced, matching goals and actions).
- Are endorsed by LGBTI organisations (if proposed by an informal group of allies or activists).
- Require funding from ‘Allies in Action’ of no more than 5,000 euros (if your initiative will be additionally funded by someone else, then the total combined budget should not exceed 12,000 euros).
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Allies in Action.