2020 Disability Rights Fund seeking LOIs from Disabled Persons’ Organizations in Indonesia (Round 1)

Deadline: 20 January 2020

As part of the first grantmaking round of 2020, Disability Rights Fund (DRF) has opened a Letter of Interest (LoI) process for Indonesia.

DRF grants support both the capacity of marginalized and emergent groups of PWDs to advocate for rights and inclusion, and ongoing efforts of national, state, provincial, regional, and district level DPOs to advance implementation of the CRPD and the SDGs.

In 2020, Disabled Persons’ Organizations (DPOs) from Indonesia, who did not receive a National Coalition, Mid-Level Coalition, or Small Grant in 2019, are invited to submit a Letter of Interest (LoI).

Funding Streams

Small Grants

• The Small Grants funding stream supports growth of a broader and more diverse disability movement to advance the CRPD at state and local levels. Organizations can use funds from DRF to strengthen the capacity of PWDs to participate more actively in decision-making processes in CRPD implementation and monitoring or to advocate for the advancement of rights defined in specific articles of the CRPD. In addition, this funding stream supports DPOs to participate in and influence decision-making processes related to implementation of the SDGs to ensure development efforts include all PWDs.
• While DRF welcomes applications from any DPOs, grassroots (rural), emergent (newly established) and more marginalized groups (such as women with disabilities, persons with psychosocial disabilities, persons with Albinism, Deafblind, etc.) are especially encouraged to apply for grants in this category.
• Grant amounts range from USD 5,000 – USD 20,000. Grants will support activities to be implemented over a period of one year.
• Small Grants applications should be aimed at one of the following the priority areas:
  • Increasing DPO capacity to participate in advocacy and decision-making processes regarding implementation of rights at local levels
  • Advocacy for inclusion of PWDs in government programs – such as education, health or justice – and in government budget planning and implementation at the local level
  • Increasing DPO capacity to participate in advocacy and decision-making processes regarding implementation of the SDGs
  • Advocacy for inclusion of PWDs in the planning, implementation and monitoring of local government development plans and programs (as part of SDG implementation)

Mid-Level Coalition Grants

• The Mid-Level Coalition funding stream supports civil society coalitions at sub-national levels, to ensure that national legislation and policy is implemented at these levels, including through establishment of budgets. In addition, this funding stream supports sub-national level coalitions to advocate that sub-national development programs, policies and plans aiming to implement the SDGs are inclusive of PWDs and use the CRPD as a guideline.
• Advocacy at sub-national levels is especially critical in federal systems and in decentralized political systems – which make up the majority of DRF’s target countries. Mid-Level Coalition grants enable grantees to collaborate at state (in a federal system), provincial, regional, or district levels.
• Because of the importance of joint advocacy at this level, only coalitions of three or more organizations will be funded. Applicant organizations leading the coalition should be DPOs, while partner organizations can be either DPOs or other civil society organizations, academic institutions or development NGOs active in the promotion of human rights.
• Grants for Mid-Level Coalitions are disbursed to one DPO with sub-national scope on behalf of the Coalition. Applicant organizations are responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant. Sub-national umbrella organizations or federations are considered one organization for the purposes of this application and therefore, must form a Coalition with at least two other organizations to be eligible. Both the applicant organization and the application aim must have sub-national scope.
• Grant amounts will range from USD 30,000 – 40,000 per year (USD 60,000 – 80,000 over the course of two years). Grants will support activities to be implemented over the course of two years, however grants are given one year at a time. A second-year grant will be awarded only with satisfactory completion of the first year.
• Mid-Level Coalition grants should be aimed at one of the following priority areas at district, provincial, regional, or state (in a federal system) levels:
  • Passage of specific sub-national legislation (including ordinances), policy, regulations, and/or budgetary priorities to accord with the CRPD
  • Advocacy for inclusion of PWDs in government programs, such as education, health or justice, at the state (in a federal system), provincial, regional or district level in line with CRPD articles
  • Advocacy to ensure that development stakeholders and development planning at sub-national levels, to implement the SDGs, are inclusive of PWDs and use the CRPD as a guiding document

National Coalition Grants

• The National Coalition funding stream supports advancement of the CRPD at national levels through lobbying for ratification of the CRPD/Optional Protocol (OP) or other international or regional human rights treaties protecting and promoting the rights of PWDs. The stream also supports lobbying for legislative, policy, and budgetary changes to advance the CRPD; monitoring and reporting on implementation of the CRPD or other international human rights mechanisms as they relate to PWDs; or following up on recommendations made by UN human rights mechanisms to States in regard to implementation of the rights of PWDs. In addition, this funding stream supports national-level coalitions to advocate for national development programs, policies, plans and budgets that aim to implement the SDGs inclusive of PWDs.
• This stream is intended for organizations that are prominent in the disability movement at the national level. Because of the importance of joint advocacy at this level, only coalitions of three or more organizations will be funded. Applicant organizations leading the coalition should be DPOs, while partner organizations can be either DPOs or other civil society organizations, academic institutions or development NGOs active in the promotion of human rights.
• Grants for National Coalitions are disbursed to one DPO with national scope on behalf of the Coalition. Applicant organizations are responsible for coordinating the Coalition and managing the grant. National umbrella organizations or federations are considered one organization for the purposes of this application and therefore, must form a Coalition with at least two other organizations to be eligible. Both the applicant organization and the application aim must have national scope.
• Grant amounts will range from USD 30,000 – 50,000 per year (USD 60,000 – 100,000 over the course of two years). Grants will support activities to be implemented over the course of two years, however grants are given one year at a time. A second-year grant will be awarded only with satisfactory completion of the first year.
• National Coalition grants should be aimed at one of the following priority areas: Development of a national platform to work on:
  • Passage or amendment of specific national legislation and policies to accord with the CRPD
  • Advocacy for budgetary measures as well as regulations to implement new or amended legislation and policy promoting the rights of PWDs
  • Production of and/or follow up to Alternative Reports to the CRPD Committee and other human rights treaty bodies or reports to the Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
  • Engagement with national government SDG focal point, civil society SDG platforms, and National Statistics Offices to ensure national action plans, programs, monitoring frameworks and data collection methods for implementing and monitoring the SDGs are inclusive of PWDs and use the CRPD as a guiding document
  • Advocacy to ensure inclusion of a disability perspective in national governmental implementation and/or monitoring of the CRPD
  • Ratification of the CRPD and/or the Optional Protocol (OP) (where not ratified), or of other international or regional human rights treaties relevant to the rights of PWDs

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to submit an LoI for the Small Grants, Mid-Level Coalition Grants, or National Coalition Grants funding streams, potential applicants must answer “yes” to all of the following questions:

• Is your organization a new applicant for DRF/DRAF funding? OR, if you have received a grant from DRF/DRAF before, was your organization not a grant recipient in 2019?
• Is your organization a local (as opposed to international) organization based in Indonesia?
• Is your organization a DPO, primarily governed by and composed of PWDs?
• Does your organization advocate for the advancement of rights of PWDs?
• Does your organization have legal registration and an organizational bank account (or fiscal sponsorship from an organization with legal registration and an organizational bank account)?
• Does the proposed project fit at least one of DRF’s priority areas (described above) for the Small Grant, Mid-Level Coalition Grant, or National Coalition Grants funding stream?

Mid-Level Coalition LoI applicants must answer “yes” to the following additional questions:

• Will the proposed project be led by a DPO?
• Will the lead DPO in the proposed project work in coalition with at least two other organizations?
• Does your organization work at sub-national, including state (in a federal system), provincial, regional, or district levels?
• Does the work your project proposes to do intend to reach sub-national, including state (in a federal system), provincial, regional, or district levels?
• Is your organization able to provide two past years of income and expenditure reports?

National Coalition LoI applicants must answer “yes” to the following additional questions:

• Will the proposed project be led by a DPO?
• Will the lead DPO in the project work in coalition with at least two other organizations?
• Does your organization work at the national level?
• Does the proposed project have national scope?
• Is your organization able to provide two past years of income and expenditure reports?

If you answered “yes” to the above questions, you may proceed with submitting a LoI.

For more information, visit http://disabilityrightsfund.org/2020-round-1-letter-interest-indonesia/