EU Grants to Promote Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights

The European Commission has issued a worldwide call for proposals under the ‘Investing in People’ programme which pursues a broad approach to development and poverty reduction, with the general aim of improving human and social development levels in partner countries in accordance with the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals.

This call for proposals is for ‘Promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights – universal access to reproductive health’ with the overall objective of contributing to poverty reduction and to improving the well being of populations in developing countries through better reproductive health and informed family planning choices. The specific objective is to contribute to improved universal access to reproductive health in developing countries which have the worst indicators.

Priority will be given to measures that clearly identify and target the most vulnerable people with the least access to reproductive health; and collaborate closely with the public sector in the country where the action takes place, including them as a partner,6 and support the implementation of public policy and capacity building designed to give better access to Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH).

Eligibility
Organizations based in developing countries or European Union that have at least five years’ experience of working in the field relevant to this call for proposals can apply besides those from the European Union. For projects proposed in exclusively in the least developed countries, applicants from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland and United States may also apply. In addition, applicants from Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Turkey, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia the following countries are also eligible.

Proposals which demonstrate the following aspects will be considered favorably:

promote comprehensive measures to increase tailored access to reproductive health at local, national or — where relevant — regional level;

add value and seek synergy with existing SRH measures and with other major health projects and initiatives in the country;

demonstrate alignment with national or subnational health policies, strategies and plans and include strategies on how to ensure country ownership and credible sustainability;

align with relevant national and international policies, such as the programme of action of the ICPD and its daughter agreements and support regional agreements in the domain, such as the Maputo Plan of Action and the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal

Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) in Africa. Furthermore, alignment with best practices and UN guidelines in the field of sexual and reproductive health will be valued;

strengthen local civil society organisations and local authorities (technical cooperation, capacity building, redistribution of grants).

Grant
Any requested contribution under this Call for Proposals must fall between the minimum amount of €2,000,000 and the maximum amount of €6,000,000.

Application
All applicants have to be registered at PADOR before applying for this opportunity, and write a Concert Note.

In the Concept Note, applicants must only provide an estimate of the amount of contribution requested from the Contracting Authority and an indicative percentage of that contribution in relation to the total amount of the Action. Only the applicant invited to submit a full application in the second phase will be required to present a detailed budget. The elements outlined in the Concept Note may not be modified by the applicant in the full application form. The EU contribution may not vary from the initial estimate by more than 20%. Applicants are free to adapt the percentage of co-financing required within the minimum and maximum amount and percentages of co-financing.

Concept Notes must be submitted in one of the following EU languages: English, French, Spanish or Portuguese. The deadline for submission of Concept note is 10 December 2013 at 16:00 hrs (Brussels date and time).

Deadline: 10 December 2013
Open to: organizations based in developing countries or EU that have at least five years experience of working in the field relevant to this call
Grant: ranges between €2,000,000 and €6,000,000

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