Grant: Disability Rights Fund (DRF) 2014 Posted by Sally Carlton on March 5, 2014 at 5:04pm in NGO Funding OpportunitiesView Discussions For more information, please visit: disabilityrightsfund.org/grantmaking Grantmaking To achieve the goal that persons with disabilities participate fully in society and enjoy equal rights and opportunities, Disability Rights Funds 2014 “Our Voices. Our Rights. Our Future.” grant cycle consists of two grant rounds. Grant Guidelines - Overview The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) seeks to strengthen the participation of Disabled Persons’ Organizations (DPOs) in the advancement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at country level in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and Eastern Europe. The 2014 “Our Voices. Our Rights. Our Future” grant cycle consists of two grantmaking rounds: 1. Round One: The first grantmaking round consists of a Request for Proposals (RFP) process for DPOs in Haiti, Indonesia, Lebanon, and two new countries, Malawi and Myanmar. Applicants from India and Ukraine must be invited to apply. Information about the RFP is described in more detail below. The deadline for applications is March 27, 2014. 2. Round Two: The second grantmaking round, consists of a Letter of Interest (LoI) process for DPOs in Bangladesh and Uganda and a Request for Proposals (RFP) process for DPOs in Rwanda and the Pacific Island Countries (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu). Applicants from Peru must be invited to apply. The LOI and RFP will be announced in Summer 2014. Explanation of the Request for Proposals process follows: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (For applicants from Haiti, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malawi, and Myanmar as well as invited applicants only from India and Ukraine) a) Single organizations or partnerships for Small Grants OR b) Mid-Level (state, regional, provincial, or district) DPO-led coalitions for Mid-Level Coalition Grants OR c) National DPO-led coalitions for National Coalition Grants The Small Grants funding stream helps organizations to build a broader movement to advance the CRPD at state and local levels. Organizations can use funds from DRF to strengthen the capacity of persons with disabilities to participate more actively in decision-making processes in CRPD implementation and monitoring or to advocate for the advancement of specific articles of the CRPD. While DRF welcomes applications from any disabled persons’ organizations (DPOs), we encourage grassroots, emergent and more marginalized groups to apply. Small Grants are one-year grants ranging between USD 5,000-20,000 which support activities under the following priority areas: (1) Increase DPO Participation in Decision-Making Processes Regarding the CRPD at State or Local Levels (2) Address implementation of CRPD Articles (3) Ratification of CRPD or OP (Pacific Island Countries only) Download more details about the Small Grants and the Application Form here. (MS Word) The Mid-Level Coalition funding stream supports civil society coalitions at sub-naional levels, to ensure that national legislation and policy is implemented at more local levels. Mid-Level Coalition grants enable grantees to collaborate at state (in a federal system), provincial, regional, or district levels. Mid-Level Coalition grants are two-year grants ranging between USD 30,000 – 40,000 per year (USD 60,000 – 80,000 over the course of two years) and must be conceived and led by a DPO. These grants support activities under the following priority areas: Development of a State (or regional, provincial or district) platform to work on: (1) Passage of specific legislation or policy to accord with the CRPD (2) Achievement of governmental budgetary measures to implement the CRPD (3) Ratification of CRPD or OP (Pacific Island Countries only) Download more details about the Mid-Level Coalition grants and the Application Form here. (MS Word) The National Coalition funding stream supports advancement of the CRPD at national levels through lobbying for legislative changes (including but not limited to CRPD ratification), monitoring and reporting on implementation of the CRPD or other international human rights mechanisms, or following up on the recommendations made by UN human rights mechanisms to States in regard to implementation of the rights of PWDs. This stream is intended for organizations that are prominent in the disability movement at the country level. Because of the importance of joint advocacy at this level, only coalitions of three or more organizations will be funded. Applicant organizations should be disabled persons organizations (DPOs), while partner organizations can be either DPOs or other civil society organizations active in the promotion of human rights. National Coalition grants are two-year grants ranging between USD 30,000 – 50,000 per year (USD 60,000 – 100,000 over the course of two years) which support activities under the following priority areas: Development of a national platform to work on: (1) Ratification of the CRPD and/or the Optional Protocol (where not ratified) (2) Passage of specific legislation to accord with the CRPD (3) Production of and/or follow up to alternative reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (4) Production of and/or follow up to reports to other UN human rights monitoring mechanisms such as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council or to other Committees of Experts from other human rights treaties. (5) Advocacy to national or international agencies responsible for development planning to ensure that the CRPD is taken into consideration in strategy and goal development & assessment Download more details about the National Coalition grants and the Application Form here. (MS Word) DRF supports projects that demonstrate a clear ability and commitment to contribute to the advancement of the human rights of persons with disabilities. Grants provide one- or two-year, project-specific support. Cross-disability and other partnerships in-country are strongly encouraged, as are projects which address particularly marginalized sectors of the disability community.
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