Deadline: 3-Jul-23
The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities is providing micro grants to support the monitoring, documentation, and collection of strategic information to carry out evidence-based advocacy with civil society (the shared incident database).
Target
- To enhance the capacity of CSOs to document rights breaches, and enable data sharing to support redress through the establishment of the shared incident database (SID).
- This online platform is a comprehensive data collection system through which Civil Society Organisations can record, analyse and exchange information on incidents of rights violations.
Funding Information
- US$30,000 over two years US$15,000 per annum.
- Implementation Period: Two (2) year grant commencing July 2023 (contingent upon a satisfactory progress evaluation after the first quarter of the grant has been completed).
- Number of Grants: Five
Deliverables: This grant is an activity-based contract; therefore funding is contingent upon the achievement of certain deliverables.
Activities
- KP receive HIV, GBV and human rights related services.
- Collect, monitor and document cases of GBV and human rights violations using SID.
- Develop and implement Advocacy Plans using SID data and related assessments.
- Sensitization of duty bearers and rights holders re GBV and human rights issues using SID data.
Eligibility Criteria
- Civil society and community-based organizations working with key population groups in Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad.
- The organization must be legally constituted or have an experienced fiscal sponsor through which to receive money.
Requirements
- The organization must be a member or apply to be a member of SID to document cases of human rights violations.
- The organization must provide legal assistance to members of key populations, facilitating their access to justice.
- The proposal must prioritize actions and strategies in search of compensation/redress for damages.
- The organization must include in its indicators the following (among other indicators to be determined by the organization in its proposal);
- Number of cases documented in the Shared Incident Database (disaggregated by age, KP community); and number of documented cases receiving redress by type of redress (disaggregated by age, KP community).
For more information, visit Caribbean Vulnerable Communities.