Microgrants to carry out Evidence-Based Advocacy with Civil Society in Belize and Jamaica

Deadline: 9-Feb-24

The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities has announced the Microgrants to support the monitoring, documentation and collection of strategic information (the shared incident database) to carry out evidence-based advocacy with civil society in Belize and Jamaica.

Funding Information

• Maximum Amount: US$25,000 over the grant period
• Number of Grants: A total of three (3) grants will be awarded.

Implementation Period

• Sixteen (16) month grant commencing March 2024 (contingent upon a satisfactory progress evaluation after the first quarter of the grant has been completed).

Outputs/Means of Verification

• Del 1: Sensitize community members and duty bearers on SID
  • Number of community members sensitized disaggregated by population and gender
  • Number of and stakeholder sensitized
  • number of cases documented in the Shared Incident Database (disaggregated by age, KP community)
• Del 2: Collect, monitor and document cases of GBV and human rights violations using
  • Progress report detailing:
    • number of documented cases receiving redress by type of redress (disaggregated by age, KP community).
    • Number and description of cases and the legal or non-legal redress.
    • Description of the services provided (e.g., support from medical personnel)
• Del 3: Develop and implement Advocacy Plans using SID data and related assessments
  • Progress report detailing:
    • Advocacy Plan developed and implemented
    • Number of advocacy actions completed targetting duty bearers re HRV and KP. Description and evidence of the advocacy action and outcome.
• Del 4: Sensitization of duty bearers and rights holders re GBV and human rights issues using SID data
  • Progress Report detailing:
    • SID Data analysis conducted and disseminated
    • Number of duty bearers and rights holders sensitized re GBV and human rights issues using SID data

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

Deliverables

• This grant is an activity-based contract; therefore funding is contingent upon the achievement of certain deliverables.

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.

Eligibility Criteria

• Civil society and community-based organizations working with key population groups in Belize and Jamaica
• The organization must be legally constituted or have an experienced fiscal sponsor through which to receive money.

Criteria

• 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.