Call: Country-Based Support Schemes (CBSS) - Colombia

The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) aims at providing support for the promotion of democracy and human rights in non-EU countries. The key objectives of the EIDHR are:

• Enhancing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in countries and regions where they are most at risk
• Strengthening the role of civil society in promoting human rights and democratic reform, in supporting the peaceful conciliation of group interests and in consolidating political participation and representation
• Supporting actions in areas covered by EU Guidelines: dialogue on Human rights, human rights defenders, the death penalty, torture, children and armed conflicts and violence against women
• Supporting and strengthening the international and regional framework for the protection of human rights, justice, the rule of law and the promotion of democracy
• Building confidence in and enhancing the reliability and transparency of democratic electoral processes, in particular through monitoring electoral processes

The annual action programs define objectives, fields of action, expected results, methods and the amount of financing planned. In unforeseen, exceptional or particularly urgent cases exceptional measures may be taken.

The current call for projects aims at the implementation of the objectives 1 and 2 of the strategy 2014-2020 of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR):

• Protecting human rights and its defenders in hazardous situations: The projects that are funded under this objective implement effective measures for the protection of human right defenders which find themselves at risk because of their function and whose basic rights are violated. Amongst others, the EIDHR contributes to their most basic needs being complied with and offers short- and long term help and support for their cause.

• Support for other EU Human Rights priorities: Under this objective, projects are funded that aim to defend economic, social and cultural human rights, in particular the fight against impunity.

Con la presente convocatoria se busca impulsar y fortalecer acciones propositivas y operativas que contribuyan a la protección y mejora de la situación de seguridad de individuos y colectividades reclamantes de tierras y a la realización efectiva de los derechos de las víctimas en el marco de la política de restitución, incluyendo los casos de segundos ocupantes de buena fe. En particular, se apoyará aquellas acciones que sean innovadoras y que fomenten diálogos locales, interétnicos y con la institucionalidad mediante la generación de mejores prácticas, acuerdos y resolución pacífica de las problemáticas asociadas.

Se favorecerán aquellas propuestas que incluyan co-solicitantes colombianos. En el caso de solicitantes no colombianos, éstos deberán obligatoriamente presentarse con un co-solicitante colombiano.

Las subvenciones solicitadas dentro de la presente Convocatoria de Propuestas estarán comprendidas entre los siguientes importes mínimo y máximo:

• Importe mínimo: 400,000 €
• Importe máximo: 600,000 €

Las subvenciones solicitadas dentro de la presente Convocatoria de Propuestas estarán comprendidas entre los siguientes porcentajes mínimo y máximo del total de costes elegibles de la acción:

• Porcentaje mínimo: 60% del total de los costes elegibles de la acción.
• Porcentaje máximo: 90% del total de los costes elegibles de la acción

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