National Call for Grant Applications from CSOs in India
Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) kindly request you to submit National Call for Grant Applications from CSOs Legal Awareness and aid provision for communities in India’s Iron Ore Mining Areas.
The grant activities will be dedicated to developing interventions to make contributions towards greater rights awareness and enhancing access to remedy for vulnerable populations affected by iron ore mining operations by businesses across any one Indian state of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka or Goa. This Call for Grant of Applications is specifically for civil society actors with capacity for undertaking legal aid awareness and services.
Funding Information
Under the small grants programme, UNDP will contribute approximately 40,000 USD to a CSO found eligible under this Call for Applications.
Eligible Beneficiaries
Any individual or community whose human rights have been impacted adversely by mining operations undertaken by a business;
Any civil society organization, lawyer or paralegal volunteer supporting efforts of individuals and communities impacted by such operations;
A minimum of 50% of these beneficiaries will be women and girls, preferably more;
Special efforts to be made to reach out to beneficiaries belonging to vulnerable communities (including scheduled tribes and scheduled castes), persons with disabilities and any particular group that in the opinion of the applicant organization is disadvantaged and/or marginalized with respect to adverse impacts of mining operations by businesses.
Eligible Activities
The activities (indicative) are as follows:
Related to greater awareness (including legal) and access to remedies
Conduct legal awareness workshops for community members, human rights defenders, civil society actors, paralegal volunteers and lawyers related to
Issues including land rights, environmental rights, right to livelihood, free prior informed consent, processes related to effective public participation in social and environment impact assessments etc.
Building increased understanding of state legal aid services and Justice mechanisms to enhance accessibility
Support awareness generation efforts through development and dissemination of communications products related to key priority issues and supporting legal aid services (in forms including brochures, pamphlets, community radio broadcasts etc.)
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations are civil society organizations with demonstrated networks and capacities for delivering legal advisory and aid services to disadvantaged, vulnerable communities impacted by mining projects in India, preferably with focus on iron ore mining in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka or Goa.
Holding the necessary permissions to provide services as outlined in this ToR (along with documentation to support organization registration)
Demonstrated experience of at least 5 years in delivery of legal advisory and aid services to disadvantaged, vulnerable communities impacted by mining projects in India, preferably with focus on iron ore mining in one of the project states. Experience in sustainability, human rights and community development is also preferred.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=91810