Deadline: 6 June 2014
The European Commission invites grant applications in the form of concept notes from eligible entities for the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Country Based Support Scheme (CBSS) Countering Harmful Practices that Legitimate Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Tanzania. The major objective of this call is to contribute to the fight against Harmful Practices, notably female genital mutilation, child marriage and killings of elderly people due to witchcraft accusations in Tanzania.
Grant applications can be made in between €150,000 and €150,000 which can be 50% to 90% of the total eligible costs of the action. The initial planned duration of an action must not be less than 12 months and more than 36 months.
Priorities:
- Promote civil society actions relating to adoption, ratification, and implementation of international human rights commitments, with specific reference to women and children rights
- Promote civil society action towards sensitization and advocacy of women and children rights and the fight against harmful practices
- Promote civil society action towards the implementation of national strategies to combat violence against women and children
- Promote research and data collection on harmful practices as well as collection of good practices to counter them
- Provide support and protection to women and children victims or potential victims of female genital mutilation, child marriage and/or killings due to witchcraft allegations
- Association with administrative authorities at national, regional and local level, academic institutions and local civil society organizations as well as religious authorities
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicant must be legal person in non-profit making institution.
- Applicant must be specific type of organization – civil society organizations, including non-governmental non-profit organizations and independent political foundations, community-based organizations and private-sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organizations and networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level; public-sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organizations and networks at local, national, regional and international level; national, regional and international parliamentary bodies; and international (inter-governmental) organizations as defined by Article 43 of the Implementing Rules to the EC Financial Regulation.
- Applicant must be established in the United Republic of Tanzania or in a Member State of the European Union or in a Member State of the European Economic Area (EEA) or in an accession or official candidate country as recognized by the EU or of a developing country as specified by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC). This obligation does not apply to international organizations.
- Applicant must 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.
- Applicant must be able to demonstrate to have carried out activities in the field of development as described in this call, proving their capacity to manage activities of a scale corresponding with the size of grant requested.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate a track record of engagement on human rights issues in Tanzania.
- Actions must address two or more priorities stated above.
For more information, please visit Countering Legitimate Sexual and GBV in Tanzania.
