NDICI-Global Europe Thematic Programme on Human Rights and Democracy in Guyana

Deadline: 23-Aug-22

The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals for NDICI-Global Europe Thematic Programme on Human Rights and Democracy.

Objectives

• The general objective of the global Europe Thematic Programme on Human Rights and Democracy Country-Based Support Scheme and this call for proposal is to support national (local) CSOs, democracy activists and Human Rights Defenders working on critical human rights and democracy issues in partner countries.
• The global objective of this call for proposals is promotion and protection of: (l) human rights and fundamental freedoms, (11) democracy, and (111) the rule of law.  The action will achieve this by supporting and strengthening civil society organisation (CSOs) democracy activists and human rights defenders working on critical human rights and democracy.
• The specific objective(s) of this call for proposals are:
  • To strengthen CSOs in utilizing relevant platforms that will foster inclusivity, transparency and accountability aimed at enhancing democracy and governance in Guyana.
  • To support actions that strengthens Gender Equality & Sustainable Empowerment and Socio- economic advancement of Women and Girls, as well as children rights.
  • To create an enabling environment for the protection of human rights, and to strengthen the Capacity and engagement of CSOs in their advocacy and raising public awareness of their human rights and how to seek redress for rights violation.

Priorities

The priority(ies) of this call for proposals are:

• Support actions to promote and advance responsiveness and accountability through citizen engagement and full participation of women, youth, vulnerable and marginalised persons in enhancing democracy in Guyana.
• Protecting and empowering individuals and organisations to contribute to the full enjoyment by everyone of all human rights, be they civil, political, economic, social or cultural rights, with a focus on women and children rights.
• Safeguarding fundamental freedoms, including harnessing the opportunities and addressing the challenges of new technologies to create and maintain an environment conducive to the full exercise of all fundamental freedoms.
• The promotion of equal rights for all and the fight against discrimination based on any ground and, in particular, on sex, social origin, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 348,000.
• Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
  • minimum amount: EUR 150,000
  • maximum amount: EUR 348,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant (s)
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
    • be a legal person or a natural person and
    • be non-profit-making and
    • be established in  a Member State of the European Union or Guyana,
    • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary and
    • International organisations are NOT eligible, nor can act as co-applicant(s) under this call.
• Co-applicant(s)
  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.
  • Co-applicants must sign the mandate in Part B Section 4 of the grant application form.
  • If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicant(s) (if any) will become beneficiary(ies) in the action (together with the coordinator).
• Affiliated Entities
  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
  • Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to coapplicant(s):
    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
      • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
        • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
    • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.

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