Consulate General of Belgium: Call for proposals - Human rights and digitalization

This call for proposals sets the following geographical and thematic policy priorities:

 

· The proposals will contribute to improve the current human-rights situation in the Gaza Strip;

· Among the vulnerable target groups that could be aimed, this call for proposals will preferably target on: Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs); young unemployed people; women and children; people with disabilities;

· In terms of human-rights and among the priorities of the Kingdom of Belgium, this call for proposals will especially target: the right of women and children in a fragile context (right to education , right to physical and mental health); the fight against extreme poverty and insecurity (in particular: right to an adequate standard of living, to a healthy environment and use of natural resources, right to housing); the fight against impunity (accountability), to enable victims of human rights violations to be heard ; freedom of expression;

· The digital technologies must play a strategic role in the implementation of the proposed activities and will therefore facilitate: information sharing in order to bring data to the users; data analysis; planning (particularly for reconstruction or access to basic services, in compliance with the human rights and needs of communities); education; advocacy; empowerment and capacity building.