The Disability Rights Fund’s National Coalition Funding Stream supports the advancement of the CRPD at national levels through lobbying for legislative changes (including but not limited to CRPD ratification), monitoring and reporting on implementation of the CRPD or other international human rights mechanisms, or following up on the recommendations made by UN human rights mechanisms to States in regard to implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs).
Priority Areas
- Ratification of the CRPD and/or the Optional Protocol (where not ratified)
- Passage of specific national legislation to accord with the CRPD
- Production of and/or follow up to alternative reports to the CRPD Committee
- Production of and/or follow up to reports submitted to other UN human rights monitoring mechanisms such as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council or to other Committees of Experts from other human rights treaties
- Advocacy to national or international agencies responsible for development planning to ensure that 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 to ensure formal inclusion of DPO representatives in national governmental implementation and/or monitoring of the CRPD.
Funding Information
- Grant amounts will range from USD 30,000–50,000 per year (USD 60,000 to 100,000 over the course of two years).
- Grants will support activities to be implemented over the course of two years, however grants are given one year at a time. A second year grant will be awarded only with satisfactory completion of the first year.
Eligibility Criteria
- National Coalitions of three or more organizations where the Coalition is conceived and led by a DPO may submit applications.
- Applications from National Coalitions must be submitted by one managing DPO with national scope on behalf of the Coalition.
- Applicant organizations will be responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant.
- National 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.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications electronically at the address given on the document provided on the website.
For more information, please visit Disability Rights Fund.