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INTRODUCTION
The Brazil Human Rights Fund invites groups, collectives and organizations that act in the defense of socioenvironmental rights of traditional communities to present proposals for funding in the context of the Traditional Communities Fighting for Climate Justice call for proposal.
Support to the resilience of traditional communities in the Amazon and outside it is central to the fight for climate justice. This call for proposal aims to support the strengthening of the ways of life of traditional communities from all regions in the country.
At least 20 proposals will be funded, with sums of up to R$ 50.000,00 (fifty thousand BRL, around 10,000 USD) for a maximum period of 12 months, totaling R$ 1.000.000,00 (around 200,000 USD) in grants. At least 10 proposals will necessarily be in the Amazon and in the Cerrado (central Brazilian biome).
Proposals can be sent starting from November 27th 2023, until 23:59 (BRT) of January 31st 2024.
CONTEXT
According to reports from the Intergovernmental Pannel on Climate Change (IPCC), over 40% of the world population is already in high vulnerability to climate change. In the global South, this vulnerability is even deeper, exacerbated by intrinsically related historical factors, such as social inequality, land injustice, environmental racism, among others.
Additionally, in the latest years Brazil has seen a process of advancement in the unlimited exploitation of its biomes, observing a growth in the illegal occupation and conflicts in protected areas.
Among the most affected by these processes are the traditional communities throughout the country, who, being particularly connected to the territories they inhabit, use the natural resources not only for self-sustainment, but also for social and cultural reproduction and for religious practices. Impacting their lands means profoundly impacting their ways of life. And many studies prove: forests, meadows and waterscapes find their safest havens in traditional territories.
Therefore, supporting the ways of life of traditional communities also means safekeeping sustainable practices, with the preservation of biodiversity and promotion of the resilience of ecosystems, in a wide strategy for climate and environmental justice encompassed by this call for proposal.
PROPOSALS THAT THIS CALL AIMS TO SUPPORT
The Traditional Communities Fighting for Climate Justice Call for Proposal will support groups, collectives and organizations that act in the defense of socioenvironmental rights and of traditional communities.
We encourage the registration of proposals that present alternatives for the facing of environmental racism and the impacts of climate change, focusing in, among other themes:
- Right to land and territory: activities that aim to enable protective and monitoring actions of the territories, access to natural resources, construction of instruments for territory management, such as Usage Plans;
- Productive alternatives: support to sustainable practices of management and production that contribute to strategies of protection and community permanence in the traditional territory, as well as in the preservation of biodiversity;
- Formation activities: strengthening of communities, organizations and leaderships through formation activities geared toward themes of socioenvironmental rights and climate;
- Advocacy activities: support to advocacy activities, that aim to ensure the rights of traditional communities and guarantee that their voices are heard in the process of construction of policies and strategies for fighting climate change.
The general objective is to strengthen the capacity and activities of traditional communities, in the context of climate emergency and the necessity of supporting actions of advocacy, defense to rights and traditional territories.
ON THE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES THIS CALL FOR PROPOSAL AIMS TO SUPPORT
We will consider projects sent by organizations, groups and collectives that defend the rights of traditional communities in all the national territory. We will accept projects from:
– andirobeiros (traditional communities living off the andiroba tree);
– evergreen flower catchers;
– benzedeiros (practitioners of traditional African healing and magical practices);
– caatingueiros (communities from the caatinga, a Northeastern Brazilian biome);
– caboclos (mixed communities of Indigenous and European ancestry);
– caiçaras (traditional communities of the Southeastern Brazilian coast);
– castanheiras (traditional communities living off the extraction of Brazil nut);
– pickers of mangaba fruit;
– cipozeiros (traditional communities living off the extraction of vines);
– free pasture communities;
– extrativistas (communities engaged in low-impact extractive activities);
– coast and sea extrativistas;
– faxinalenses (traditional communal farming communities from Southern Brazil);
– geraizeiros (traditional communities from the Cerrado in Northern Minas Gerais);
– ilhéus (traditional islander communities);
– isqueiros (traditional fishing communities from Piauí);
– morroquianos (traditional communities from the Morraria region in Mato Grosso);
– pantaneiros (traditional communities of the Pantanal marshlands);
– artisanal fishermen;
– piaçaveiros (traditional communities living off the piaçava palm fibers);
– romani peoples;
– terreiro peoples and communities/ peoples and communities of African origin;
– pomeranian peoples;
– babaçu coconut breakers;
– raizeiros (practitioners of traditional folk healing practices);
– ribeirinhos (traditional communities from river margins);
– retireiros do Araguaia (pastoral communities from Araguaia);
– vazanteiros (traditional communities from the São Francisco river valley); and
– veredeiros (traditional communities from the Cerrado).
We will prioritize proposals from groups, collectives and organizations with little access to financial resources.
We also value operations based on the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, including in an intersectional manner, considering the way by which climate change affects disproportionately marginalized and vulnerable groups, and that the overlapping of different types of discrimination can worsen that situation.
QUANTITY AND SUM OF THE FUNDING
At least 20 grants of up to R$ 50.000,00 (fifty thousand reais, around 10,000 USD), will be realized, being that at least 10 will necessarily be projects originated in the Amazon and Cerrado. The period of execution of the projects must be of a maximum 12 months.
CONDITIONS TO APPLY
Each organization, group or collective may present a single project. Should a single organization, group or collective send more than one project, ONLY the last registered one shall be considered.
- Projects from organizations, groups and collectives with little to no access to other sources of resources will have funding priority.
- We will accept proposals from non-profits organizations, groups and collectives, even if they are not yet formalized and/or do not have a CNPJ (Brazilian document for legal entities).
- It is allowed to present concomitant proposals for other open calls from the Brazil Human Rights Fund.
- We will not accept projects presented by governmental organizations, universities, international organizations, political parties, small or medium sized enterprises, micro enterprises and individual micro entrepreneurs.IMPORTANT DIMENSIONS IN THE SELECTION OF PROJECTS– Adequacy to the call for proposal theme, that is, defense of the socioenvironmental rights of traditional communities and fight for climate justice;- Focus in the defense of rights;- Existence of links between the proposing organization and the groups and/or communities affected by the problem that is intended to be faced;- Network coordination and multiplying effect;
– Adequacy of the budget to the proposed activities;
– Innovative and non-conventional proposals of action;
– Regional diversity;
– We will not support initiatives exclusively geared towards professional or educational training, cultural production, assistance support, academic research.
HOW TO SEND YOUR PROJECT?
You can send your proposal in three different manners: via WhatsApp, e-mail or through the Project Portal.- WhatsApp: download the registration form in this link, fill it in and send it to the (11) XXXXX-XXXX number. Await confirmation of registration.
- E-mail: download the registration form in this link, fill it in and send it to the [email protected] email address. Remember to answer all the questions in the form, because the lack of response results in the exclusion from the selection process. There are only 14 questions, beyond the necessary information.
- Project Portal: before beginning to fill in the form in the Project Portal, make a draft using the registration form in this link. Registration must be done at once, since the portal doesn’t allow saving parts of the form to complete it later. That will allow you to know the contents of the form before starting the process.
To register in the Project Portal, follow the instructions below, depending on your situation:
- If you have already sent projects, access the portal in this link, insert your username and password. Should you not remember your password, click “Forgot the password” and follow the instructions to create a new password. Access through here the step by step.
- If you are registering for the first time, access the portal in this link, click “First Access” and fill in the information for your group. Access through here the step by step.
Don’t leave it to the last moment: create/update your password or register your organization, group or collective now and send your project the earliest possible. Remember we will not accept proposals sent after 23h59 of January 31st 2024 (BRT).
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROJECT AFTER IT IS SENT TO THE BRAZIL HUMAN RIGHTS FUND?
The Brazil Human Rights Fund’s team does an initial analysis of the total of received projects and, afterwards, the projects are forwarded to a Selection Committee composed of independent specialists, with no connection to the Foundation. The Committee will meet to indicate which projects will be funded, leaving the final decision to the governance of the Brazil Human Rights Fund.DISCLOSURE OF THE RESULTS
The result of the selection process will be informed through the Brazil Human Rights Fund’s website and social media starting from 04/04/2024.IN CASE OF QUESTIONS
Questions will be answered only through e-mail, please write to [email protected]Questions about registration mechanisms will be answered through the [email protected] e-mail
Attention: before sending the e-mail, we suggest attentively reading the entire call for proposal with the contained orientations and the “Frequently Asked Questions” section (in the + sign at the grey bar atop this page in the call for proposal, right below the title). Should there still be questions, write us.
