Deadline: 17 August 2017
The Disability Rights Fund’s Mid-Level Coalition funding stream supports civil society coalitions at sub-national levels to ensure that national legislation and policy addressing the rights of PWDs is implemented at these levels, including through establishment of budgets. In addition, this funding stream supports sub-national level coalitions to advocate that sub-national development programs, policies and plans are inclusive of persons with disabilities and to ensure that efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include all persons with disabilities.
Priority Areas
- Advocacy for passage of specific legislation, policy, regulations, and/or ordinances at the sub-national level to accord with the CRPD
- Advocacy to national or international agencies responsible for development planning to ensure that sub-national action plans and programs aiming to implement the SDGs are inclusive of persons with disabilities and use the CRPD as a guiding document
- Advocacy for governmental budgetary measures to implement the CRPD at the sub-national level
- Advocacy for implementation of SDGs at the sub-national level in line with the CRPD
- In Pacific Island countries only: Ratification of the CRPD and/or the Optional Protocol (where not ratified)
Funding Information
- Grant amounts range from USD 30,000–USD 40,000 per year (USD 60,000-USD 80,000 over the course of two years).
- Grants support activities to be implemented over the course of two years, however grants are given one year at a time.
- A second year grant is awarded only with satisfactory completion of the first year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Mid-Level Coalitions of three or more organizations, where the Coalition is conceived and led by a disabled persons’ organizations, may submit applications
- Umbrella organizations or federations are considered one organization for the purposes of this application and therefore, must form a Coalition with other organizations to be eligible
- Applications from Mid-Level Coalitions must be submitted by one managing DPO on behalf of the Coalition
- The applicant organization and the application aim must have scope at state (in a federal system), provincial, regional or district levels
- Applicant organizations are responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant
How to Apply
Interested applicants must download the application form via given website.
For more information, please visit DRF’s Mid-Level Coalition Grants.