British Embassy Kathmandu, call for bids: LGBT+ Enabling Fund

Description

1) Objective

The British Embassy in Kathmandu is inviting organisations to submit project proposals that support LGBT+ awareness, advocacy, and artistic expression in Nepal. The British Embassy in Kathmandu (BEK) has a small pot of funding to scale up their ambition to support LGBT+ awareness, advocacy, and artistic expression in Nepal. They will fund a maximum of 3 LGBT+ organisations across the following areas:

• celebrating LGBT+ arts, culture, and expression: funding to showcase artist creativity and visibility
• Catalytic Advocacy Fund: funding to focus on important advocacy work that will help shift the dial on promoting and expanding LGBT+ rights and awareness in Nepal
• capability and awareness-raising activities: funding to provide trainings that will increase capability, awareness and understanding on LGBT+ rights, correct terminology and how to be a proactive ally in Nepal for organisations in the development sector including BEK

2) Eligibility

Organisations must be officially registered, have registered bank account and can demonstrate their ability to deliver. Organisations must have in place policies and procedures to effectively manage fiduciary and safeguarding risks.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Nepal.

4) Budget

Funding is available in allocations of NPR 954,000 or up to NPR 1,900,000 if the organisation is covering one or more of the key themes (point 2).

5) Application

Organisations must email their completed project proposal form (ODT, 58 KB) and activity based budget template (ODS, 8.73 KB) to sally.duncan@fcdo.gov.uk and akriti.gautam@fcdo.gov.uk by 11:59pm GMT on 23 April 2024.