Deadline- 25 July 2013
Proposals are accepted for Supporting a thriving civil society in the field through Country-Based Support Schemes under Europe aid. The aim of this program is to strengthen the role of Belarusian civil society in promoting human rights and democratic reform, in supporting the peaceful conciliation of group interests and in consolidating political participation and representation
Objectives-
- Enhancing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in countries and regions where they are most at risk.
- Strengthening the role of civil society in promoting human rights and democratic reform, supporting the peaceful conciliation of group interests and consolidating political participation and representation.
- Supporting actions on human-rights and democracy issues in areas covered by EU guidelines, including on human rights dialogues, on human-rights defenders, on the death penalty, on torture, on and children and armed conflict, on the rights of the child, on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them, on International Humanitarian Law and on possible future guidelines;
- Supporting and strengthening the international and regional frameworks for the protection of human rights, justice, the rule of law and the promotion of democracy.
- Building confidence in and enhancing the reliability and transparency of democratic electoral processes, in particular through election observation
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is € 565,000.00.The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 12 months nor exceed 36 months.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- be legal persons
- be non-profit-making
- belong to the following category as defined per article of the EIDHR Regulation- civil society organisations, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent political foundations; community based organisations, and private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations, and networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level; national regional and international parliamentary bodies; international (inter-governmental) organisations as defined by Article 43 of the Implementing Rules to the EC Financial Regulation
- be established in Belarus or in a Member State of the European Union or an accession or official candidate country as recognised by the EU or a Member State of the European Economic Area
- This obligation does not apply to international organisations, and 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
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