Deadline: 30 June 2018

Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) is seeking proposals from LGBTQI community-based organizations and initiative groups for its Small Grants program under the regional program “Right to Health” with the financial support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The Goal of the Small Grants Program is to increase advocacy capacity of underserved subgroups of gay and bisexual men, other MSM and trans people, experiencing intersectional stigma based on their HIV status, gender identity and/or involvement in sex work.

Objectives

• To strengthen advocacy capacity of community-based organizations that represent the underserved subgroups of gay and bisexual men, other MSM and trans people to advocate for the right to health;
• To raise the awareness within the underserved subgroups of gay and bisexual men, other MSM and trans people on their right to health;
• To advocate for the right to health for the underserved subgroups of gay and bisexual men, other MSM and trans people through engagement with national and international human rights mechanisms.

Grant Information

• Grant Budget: Up to 10,000 EUR can be requested.
• Grant Implementation Timeframe: Supported projects should be implemented during 12 months between September 2018 and August 2019.

Target Groups

• Trans people;
• HIV-positive gay and bisexual men, other MSM and trans people;
• MSM and trans sex workers.

Activities

Projects’ activities supported within this Small Grants Program can include but are not limited to the following:

• Advocacy activities, including media campaigns, etc.;
• Needs assessment, as a tool for advocacy activities within the proposed project;
• Data collection on stigma and discrimination and human rights violations in public sector;
• Educational activities (seminars, workshops, training sessions, development of training manuals, etc.);
• Capacity building and organizational development.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply online via given website.

Eligible Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine.

For more information, please visit Small Grants Program.