Deadline: 18 June 2019
Eurasian Coalition on Male Health – ECOM has opened a Call for Proposals from LGBTQ community-based organizations and unregistered initiative groups for Small Grants program under the regional program “Accumulation of community potential to bring the positive changes in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus”.
The program operates within the global consortia SHAG (Sustainable Health Advocacy for Gay men) under the leadership of MPact with financial support of the Robert Carr civil society Networks Fund.
The Goal of the Small Grants Program is to strengthen advocacy capacity of communities of gay, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), experiencing stigma based on their sexual orientation or HIV status in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus.
Objectives
- To strengthen advocacy capacity of community-based organizations that represents the communities of gay, bisexual men and other MSM in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to advocate for the right to health;
- To raise the awareness within the communities of gay, bisexual men and other MSM in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on their human rights, and right to health in particular;
- To advocate for the right to health for the communities of gay, bisexual men and other MSM in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan through engagement with national and international human rights mechanisms.
Funding Information
Applicants can request up to 6,000 USD.
Grant Implementation Timeframe
Supported projects should be implemented during 5 months between August and December 2019.
Target Group
- Gay and bisexual men, and other MSM;
- HIV-positive gay, bisexual men and other MSM.
Activities
Project activities supported within this Small Grants Program can include, but are not limited, to the following:
- Advocacy activities, including media campaigns, etc.;
- Needs assessment, as a tool for advocacy activities within the proposed project;
- Data collection on stigma and discrimination and human rights violations in public sector;
- Educational activities (seminars, workshops, training sessions, development of training manuals, etc.);
- Capacity building and organizational development.
Please note that all proposed activities within the submitted project proposal must be justified and contribute to ensuring the achievement of the Small Grants Program goal and objective(s).
Eligibility Criteria
- Within the 2019 Call for Proposals, ECOM invites to submit Proposals non-governmental community-based organizations and non-registered initiative groups from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
- Please note that organizations and initiative groups from Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan can also apply for this call to implement the activities targeted to above-mentioned countries (Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan).
- In the framework of this Call for Proposals, the priority is given to young organizations and initiative groups, ECOM members, and organizations and initiative groups that did not participate in ECOM’s Small Grants Programs in 2017 and 2018 as independent sub-recipients or as implementing initiative groups. More specifically, other things being equal, priority will be given to new organizations and initiative groups operating particularly in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Applications from consortia of organizations cannot be supported.
How to Apply
Fill the online application form via given website.
For more information, please visit https://ecom.ngo/en/small_grants_2019/