Priorities and funded actions
Objectives
Lot 1:
- To protect and empower women: to the full enjoyment of all human rights, be they civil, political and economic rights
- To safeguard 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, online and offline
Lot 2:
- To empower civil society through digital technologies
- To strengthen capacity of local CSOs to engage in youth inclusion and empowerment
Priorities
Lot 1:
Priority 1 – Strengthened capacities of civil society, women and youth organisations in fighting against discrimination in all its forms and especially violence against women, and contributing to policy dialogue on gender equality and women’s rights and enabling the active participation and inclusive growth and decision-making through women empowerment
Priority 2 – Strengthened capacities of civil society organisations to exercise fundamental freedoms, to promote and protect freedom of opinion and expression by ensuring transparency and accountability, as well as strengthening media and digital skills and countering hate speech in the media
Lot 2:
Priority 1 – Strengthened capacities of civil society in strengthening digital skills in order to create an inclusive digital transformation; reducing the digital gender gap and other gaps related to age, disability, location, social and economic status; raising awareness of public authorities and citizens regarding the possible opportunities and challenges posed by the digital transformation, in line with the EU’s human-centric approach
Priority 2 – Strengthened capacities of local youth CSOs in promoting the rights of young people, including of those more marginalised, such as girls, youth with disabilities, and their empowerment and involvement in public affairs by promoting their participation in e-governance; supporting inclusive youth employment through digital and green skills development strategies, as well as opportunities for youth to become self-employed through supporting creative start-ups and initiatives to entrepreneurship and employability skills
Among financed actions
Lot 1:
- Advocacy, lobbying and development of strategies by CSOs to push for legal reform, influence policy-making, or counter restrictions imposed by States on CSOs and other non-state actors
- Providing psychosocial and legal assistance and any other type of support
- Promoting inclusive and strategic partnerships, networking and cooperation with CSOs and other relevant stakeholders or among CSOs
- Supporting CSOs and the media in promoting accountability and transparency at national and local level
- Supporting CSOs to strengthen the positive narrative of civil society, and counter defamation and hate speech
Lot 2:
- Application, adaptation and/or scaling of tested successful technologies: to increase awareness and civic engagement in public affairs and decision making through e-governance initiatives, to monitor implementation of public policy and the management of public funds through promotion of e-public services (e.g. e-justice, e-health, e-education)
- Support CSOs in strengthening digital literacy and skills in order to create an inclusive digital transformation
- Support to monitor, advocate and pilot more relevant education, vocational training and skills development strategies offering youth better chances for (self-)employment, including digital entrepreneurship
- Support for local and national youth and women’s civil society networks and platforms, and civil society participation in multi-stakeholder dialogue fora aimed at strengthening alliances for civil society with other actors including media, private sector, academia etc.
- Initiating, contributing to, and supporting policy dialogue on youth and gender equality and women’s rights and enabling the active participation of youth, youth organizations, women and women’s organizations in decision-making processes at all levels
Additional information
- This call for proposals is a restricted call for proposals. In first instance, only concept notes will be evaluated
- Initial duration of the action: between 24 months and 36 months
Eligibility
- Be a legal person
- Be non-profit-making
- Be non-governmental civil society organisation (international intergovernmental organisations are ineligible)
