Call #6 Protecting Human Rights through Climate and Environmental Actions
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About this call
Call #6 – Protecting human rights through climate and environmental actions is implemented under Outcome 2: Human rights strengthened, contributing directly to its achievement. This call aims to achieve the following objectives: To increase public awareness and policy engagement on human rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment by strengthening the advocacy and community involvement capacity of CSOs Projects approach (Small Grants): specific, small-scale interventions prioritising underserved areas, local advocacy, and community activation. Projects approach (Large Grants): systemic changes, policy implementation, and innovative initiatives. Target group: marginalized and vulnerable communities disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and by the socio-economic impacts of climate and environmental policy shifts. Communities, citizens, environmental activists, specialists, and specialized CSOs engaged in advancing environmental justice and a just green transition. In the case of Large Grants, up to 20% of the total project budget can be allocated for activities that contribute to the organizational development of the Applicant and, if the case, of the CSO Partner/s from Romania. In the case of Large Grants, between 3% and 5% of the total project budget may be allocated to monitoring and rapid response actions (addressing developments that affect civic space and the Programme’s areas of intervention in Romania, in particular democracy, rule of law, human rights, inclusion, organisational resilience, including actions to advance climate action and a just green transition.
Who can apply
Eligible Applicants are non-governmental and non-profit organizations, legally established in Romania, organized and operated in accordance with the relevant Romanian laws.