Minority Rights Group is accepting applications from human rights and minority rights/ minority groups led nonprofit organizations based in Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco and Palestine for advocacy grants. These grants are available for Human Rights Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) aim to maximize the attention toward the situation of minorities and marginalized communities in the target countries.
As part of our project Minorities, Accountability and Civic Space (MACS), the grants seek to enhance engagement and advocacy for the rights of minority groups and marginalized communities by funding project-based activities including monitoring and robust evidence production, advocacy activities, and engaging with the public discourse.
Essential information
Budget available: Each grant awarded will be 33,000 euros, and all selected projects are required to operate within this fixed budget.
Timeline: The duration of the grant may last up to 18 months. The budget must include a line for communication, and an option line for an advocacy mission, when relevant.
How to apply: Organizations wishing to apply for these grants should submit an application form and a budget using the form on this webpage. You can apply in English, Arabic or French. For any enquiries, please click here to email the MACS team.
Deadline: 4/5/2025
Eligibility
For your application to be considered, applicants must:
- Be a human rights or minority rights/minority-led organization. Organizations focused on policy research, legislative reform, democratic development with a human/minority rights component in their work are also welcome to apply.
- Be a non-for-profit civil society organization (official registration is not necessary).
- Be based in one of the project countries: Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia.
- Be a community-based organization and/or an NGO that has a track record of working with disadvantaged ethnic, religious, or cultural minorities or marginalized groups such as migrants, refugees, LGBTI, or persons with disabilities, and is rooted in these marginalized communities.
- Be committed to involving various minorities and other marginalized communities in their broader activities.
- Must have skills in project management, risk management, and financial management.
- Be an organization that has no public debt, complies with anti-corruption measures, and proves absence of conflict of interest.
- Have the ability to receive funding, either through their own organization or an agreed upon alternative arrangement which aligns with approved protocol.
- Have an established track record of similar work in one of the project countries.
- Must have noticeable experience in financial and narrative reports development and M&E.
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