Fwd: Call for proposals - Defenders in Development

[Ayo Adebusoye]

Dear Esteemed Colleagues,

FYI if interested.

with love,

AAA

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From: Paul-Gilbert Colletaz <paul-g...@forus-international.org>
Date: Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Subject: Call for proposals - Defenders in Development
To: Paul-Gilbert Colletaz <paul-g...@forus-international.org>

Dear All,

I hope that you are well.

If you have not been in contact with me yet, it is a pleasure to electronically meet you, my first name is Paul-Gilbert and I started working with Forus in early July in the position of Fundraising manager.

 

With this short message, I wanted to make you aware of the funding opportunity below.

https://rightsindevelopment.org/news/open-call-for-proposals-defenders-in-development-policy-grants/

The funder aims to award a limited number of small grants (up to USD 5,000) to support groups from the Global South to carry out work to prevent and address risks human rights defenders face, when raising their voices about projects financed by development banks.  

The grants can support projects which align with the goals of the DID campaign, including but not limited to the following:

1. supporting human rights defenders in conducting advocacy with development banks on their reprisal-related and civic space concerns, pushing development banks to have better policies and practices to prevent and respond to reprisals, or to address civic space issues; 
2. supporting advocacy actions and campaigns to hold development banks accountable to their commitments on reprisals;
3. supporting human rights defenders in researching and documenting reprisals against defenders in the context of development projects;
4. supporting human rights defenders in researching and documenting the bank’s lack of due diligence on reprisal risks in the context of their projects.

Proposals must meet the following criteria: 

1. have a component related to civic space, the security of defenders or reprisals (such as threats, attacks, judicial harassment, etc) against human rights defenders;
2. involve at least one development finance institution or have the potential to involve at least one development finance institution.

Examples of the types of projects which the policy grants could support include (this is a non-exhaustive list):

• supply chain research: support for salary for a staff person or external consultants to identify linkages between cases of reprisals and projects funded by development banks;
• advocacy: Support for a staff person to raise cases of reprisals or civic space issues with the development banks;
• convening: funds for meeting and logistical costs associated with facilitating a meeting, conference or consultation on a topic related to the development banks and reprisals and/or the campaign’s objectives;
• research and documentation: Conducting research which supports the goals of the campaign such as into what failures by the development banks have led to a specific reprisal, or into trends in a region related to reprisals linked to development projects.

Alongside the funding, the campaign coordination team will offer support and expertise on the topic of development finance. It is therefore not expected that recipients will be experts in this topic. Reporting requirements and deliverables will be agreed once the grant is confirmed. 

If you foresee an active role for Forus to play in the project you propose, please let me know and specify where, on what and how.

Forus cannot be a lead application for this call for proposal and submit an application for a consortium.

Applications can be submitted in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

If you are interested to apply but you need more information or clarifications, please send an email to:  DiD_poli...@proton.me 

 
I wish you all a good end of the week,

Paul-Gilbert Colletaz Fundraising manager |  Responsable de Captación de Fondos |  Responsable de la collecte de fonds
+ 33 (0) 6 23273095
paul-g...@forus-international.org
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www.forus-international.org

 

[Chris Azor IPCRC]

Dear Comrade,

Many thanks for sharing.

Please, accept the assurances of our highest regards,

Sincerely,

Prince Chris Azor,
President

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[Imaobong Abraham]

We received

Thanks for sharing

Pat

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 1:42 PM Ayo Adebusoye <ayo....@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Gasweez]

Well-received and Thanks for sharing.

OA Ogunbiyi, mni

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[The Pukiche Foundation]

Thank you very much. 

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[Evans Enwefah]

Well received with thanks

CADEF

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[Administrator]

Well received. Thanks a bunch.

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