Deadline: 11-Mar-22
UN Women is calling for proposals for Caribbean Spotlight Initiative Small Grants to Scale-up Technical Substantive Capacity of Caribbean Civil Society Organisations.
Purpose
To expand the technical substantive capacity of civil society organisations on ending violence against women and girls in the Caribbean Region.
UN Women’s Small Grants are designed to support institutional strengthening and capacity-building, especially for smaller organisations. This call specifically supports CSOs working in the area of family violence, especially responding to the needs of women and girl survivors as well those who face discrimination or marginalisation. Expressions of interest that in addition to the above, integrate intersectional issues and/or communities most impacted (e.g. rural women and girls, young people, women and girls with disabilities, queer, transgender, marginalised and gender non-conforming communities etc.) are highly encouraged.
Key Pillars
- Laws and Policies
- Institutional Capacities
- Social Norms and Behaviours
- Services
- Data Availability and Utilisation
- Women’s Rights Groups, Autonomous Social Movements, and CSOs
Programme Value
- Ensuring that countries without a country level Spotlight programme benefit from the regional public goods developed through the regional programme
- Supporting regional integration and functional cooperation both within and between regional institutions as approaches to ending family violence are mainstreamed into approaches to crime and security, health, justice and data, and research
- Building capacities of regional-level organisations to provide technical support to national institutions will contribute to sustainability
- Support the demands of civil society for inter-governmental and state action and accountability to end family violence.
- Provide models for Caribbean-specific community approaches to support behavioral and cultural change.
Funding Information
- Up to USD 25,000 equivalent per civil society organisation (CSO) for smaller projects
- Up to USD 50,000 equivalent per civil society organisation (CSO) for larger projects
Eligible Countries
- OECS countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Montserrat, St Kitts, and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines and countries with a Spotlight programme: Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant may apply if it:
- is a registered CSO in operation for at least three years; (women-led organisations are strongly encouraged to apply)
- is not on the Consolidated UN Security Council Sanctions List;
- is not being investigated for fraud, corruption, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or other wrongdoing;
- has not had funding received from UN Women entirely or partly written off by UN Women;
- is not currently engaged as an Implementing Partner (IP) or Responsible Party (RP) for UN Women;
- has not been engaged as an IP/RP for UN Women at any time after 21 November 2019;
- is not a government entity;
- is not a UN organization;
- is not an established CSO with the capacity to be engaged as an IP/RP;
- has sufficient capacity to collaborate with various stakeholders;
- has sufficient financial stewardship, including having adequate financial policies and procedures in place to manage the small grant; and,
- past performance has been deemed satisfactory by UN Women (if it has received small grants previously or been engaged as an IP/RP before 21 November 2019).
- Civil society organisations whose work has a direct impact on those at-risk or affected by family violence, in particular child survivors, women survivors and their children, families, groups facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination/marginalization.
NOTE: eligible organisations must be legally registered and operational for 3 or more years
For more information, visit https://caribbean.unwomen.org/en/stories/news/2022/02/caribbean-spotlight-initiative-small-grants-to-scale-up-technical-substantive-capacity-of-caribbean-csos