NDICI – Global Europe Human Rights & Democracy Thematic Programme 2021 – 2027: country allocations for Sri Lanka and Maldives – 2021

Objectives

• To protect and empower human rights defenders and preserve the civic space
• To build resilient, inclusive and democratic societies, with a particular focus on: (a) enhancing electoral integrity and democratic institutions; (b) promoting political pluralism and inclusiveness, as well as active citizenship

Priorities

• Priority 1: Protection and capacity building specifically for human rights defenders and preservation of the overall civic space for civil society organizations to be able to operate freely
• Priority 2: Strengthen democratic, transparent and accountable institutions with a focus on electoral integrity, as well as on the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of Parliaments
• Priority 3: Enhance political pluralism and inclusiveness as well as active citizenship, with a particular focus on youth and women’s participation in public and political life

Among financed actions

• 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, medical, and legal assistance and any other type of support
• Training of human-rights defenders and CSOs active in Human Rights and Democracy

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Initial duration of the action: between 24 and 36 months

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a non-profit-making entity
• Be a CSO
• 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

• Amount of the grant: between 400,000 and 500,000 euro
• Co-financing rate: between 70 and 95% of the total eligible costs