Grants for monitoring and documentation projects focused on the rights of religious minorities and/or the right to freedom of religion and belief in the Middle East and North Africa

Proposal submissions

Organisations with a focus on monitoring and documenting human rights violations will be prioritised.  Proposal submissions must demonstrate how their activities address and are directly related to:

a) supporting the rights of religious minorities and/or

b) promoting and protecting the right to freedom of religion and belief 

Terms of Reference

• The call covers project proposals to a maximum of 5,000 EUR.
• Project duration is a maximum of 6 months and must not exceed this in the project proposal.
• The project start date for this call is November 2021 and this should be reflected in the proposal.

Points to note

• Proposals must clearly explain how they will approach the call through clearly outlined project objectives with solid outcomes and outputs.
• Applicants should consider the sensitivities of developing a project proposal relating to religious minority rights and freedom of religion and belief in their country of choice.
• Ceasefire cannot transfer funds to Syria or Egypt due to legal and international restrictions. Applicants for projects focused on these countries must have access to an organisational bank account registered outside the country.

Applicant Criteria

• Be a non-governmental or civil society organisation working on related issues.
• Have experience in monitoring and documenting human rights violations.
• Be dedicated to inclusivity by involving religious and/or ethnic minorities in your community.
• Have a strong portfolio of successfully delivered projects.
• Applicants must submit evidence of a registered organisational bank account, otherwise they will not be considered.
• Have an organisational ethos in line with peaceful conflict resolution.

Project Selection Criteria

• An original approach to addressing the protection and promotion of religious minorities and freedom of religion and belief.
• Clear project objectives with focused outcomes and outputs that demonstrate how they will achieve at least 2 concrete improvements at the local/national level.
• A well thought out plan outlining how to reach the target beneficiary.
• A thorough, clear, and reasonable budget in EUR

Tips

• Consider incorporating Ceasefire’s civilian-led monitoring tool into your training: https://ceasefire-mena.ushahidi.io/views/map. More on Ceasefire’s civilian-led monitoring tool: https://www.ceasefire.org/what-is-civilian-led-monitoring/
• Think about how your activities focus on religious minorities or how they promote the right the right to freedom of expression and belief.
• Ask yourself: do your activities test new avenues to prevent/challenge discrimination against religious minorities or violations of freedom of expression and belief?
• Consider how your activities address intersectionality, by addressing the layered impact of other structural discrimination such as class, gender or race/ethnicity.