Deadline: 8 February 2019

The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights Country Based Support Scheme (CBSS) for Sri Lanka – 2018-2019”.

The global objective of this call for proposals is the enhancement of democracy and human rights in Sri Lanka.

The specific objective of this call for proposals is to contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights, fundamental freedoms and to contribute to the strengthening of the international framework for the promotion and protection of human rights, justice and the rule of law in Sri Lanka.

Priorities

The priority of this call for proposals is:

• Promoting and defending freedoms of
  • expression and information,
  • assembly and association and
  • thought, conscience and religion

Size of Grants

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between EUR 400 000 and EUR 550 000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
    • be a legal person and
    • be non-profit-making and
    • be a civil society organisations, including non-governmental non-profit organisations and independent political foundations, community-based organisations and private-sector non-profit agencies, institutions, organisations and networks thereof 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.
  • No nationality restriction applies to applicants, co-applicants and, if any, affiliated entities. Projects submitted by applicants from Sri-Lanka are encouraged so as to promote ownership and strong local leadership. Eligible applicants with a nationality other than that of Sri Lanka must act together with at least one Sri Lankan organisation acting as a co-applicant.
  • Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations
• Co-applicant(s)
  • Where the lead applicant is not Sri Lankan, it must act with minimum one Sri Lankan co-applicant . The specific role and the involvement of co-applicant(s) in the implementation of the action will be explicitly evaluated at Concept Note and Full Application stage.
  • 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.
• 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 (grand daughter 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

• The application procedure consists of two phases:
  • Concept notes
  • Full applications
• The concept note together with the declaration by the lead applicant must be submitted at the address given on the website.

For more information, please visit
https://bit.ly/2BqXUSz and download the guidelines.