European Commission: European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights Country-Based Support Schemes for India

[Frank Evelio ARTEAGA]

European Commission: European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights Country-Based Support Schemes for India

Deadline: 23 April 2019

The European Commission is seeking Proposals for its grant program entitled “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights Country-Based Support Schemes for India” with an aim to promote democracy and human rights worldwide through support to civil society initiatives.

Priority Areas

• Priority A: to support human rights defenders and civil society organizations in countering human rights violations and attacks against fundamental freedoms through improved and equitable access to justice. This includes promotion of legal empowerment and awareness of the most vulnerable groups.
• Priority B: to improve accountability and transparency in the criminal justice system, ensuring upholding of the law and legal procedures with sensitivity to the rights of victims and the most vulnerable groups. This includes promoting impactful solutions through the use of technology to make the law work for people.

Size of grants

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

• Minimum amount: EUR 500,000
• Maximum amount: EUR 750,000

Eligibility Criteria

Lead applicant

• In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
  • be a legal person and
  • be a civil society organisations, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent political foundations, community based organisations, private sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations, and networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level or
  • be a public sector non-profit agencies, institutions and organisations and networks at local, national, regional, and international level 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.
• Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations

Co-applicant(s)

• Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
• Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.

Affiliated entities

• The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
• Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
  • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
      • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
        • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
    • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association) as the proposed affiliated entities.

How to Apply

In order to apply for the grants, applicants have to register themselves in PADOR, an on-line database via given website.

For more information, please visit Call for Proposals and download the guidelines.

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| Frank Evelio Arteaga F. |

| Presidente del Directorio |

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