Magna Carta Fund

Description

1) Objective 

The Magna Carta Fund (MCF) is the Human Rights Department’s flagship programme for providing small-scale, agile funding for diplomatic missions to carry out impactful, strategically driven human rights work. Within the thematic/strategic parameters set out below, diplomatic missions have full control over the exact design and scope of project work to best develop an intervention that suits their specific in-country context and priorities and is complementary to any other financing they receive.

These are examples of some of the main topics the fund covers, although this is not an exhaustive list, and we are open to other thematic areas if you can demonstrate their close connection to human rights work in your country:

• Promotion of the universality of human rights.
• Support for human rights defenders/activists – protecting human rights defenders, capacity building, training.
• Support to civil society organisations’ (CSOs) human rights activity – capacity building, training, increased CSO engagement with human rights work.
• Strengthening human rights institutions and/or rule of law – improved reporting of human rights violations, improved mechanisms of accountability.
• Access to justice – torture prevention, death penalty, criminal justice/penal reform.
• Modern slavery – human rights in business and supply chains.

2) Eligibility

Non-profit organisations are eligible to apply.

3) Location 

Actions must take place in Guatemala and Honduras.

4) Budget 

Allocations of between £10,000 – £150,000 ODA (Official Development Assistance) can be available for Magna Carta Fund.

5) Application 

Proposals must be received by 23:55 PM (Guatemala time) on 15 November 2024. Proposals submitted after the set date and time will not be considered.