Human Rights, Roma Inclusion and Domestic and Gender-based Violence

Programme Summary

Objective

Human rights situation improved and discrimination and extremism combatted at national level

Programme summary

Programme Concerns

Approximately 30% of the total eligible expenditure shall be allocated to the programme area ‘Domestic and Gender-based Violence’. The remaining 70% of the total eligible expenditureshall be allocated between the programme areas ‘Human Rights - National Implementation’ and ‘Roma Inclusion and Empowerment’. At least 45% of this amount shall be allocated to the programme area ‘Roma Inclusion and Empowerment’.

No more than 50% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme area ‘Domestic and Gender-based Violence’ shall be available for infrastructure (hard measures).

The CoE shall be involved in the programme area ‘Human Rights – National Implementation’, while FRA shall be involved in the programme area ‘Roma Inclusion and Empowerment’.

The implementation modalities including the possibility of a small grant schemes and the programme administrative structures may be further explored during the concept note phase.

The maximum level of funding available for infrastructure (hard measures) from the total eligible expenditure of the programme area “Roma Inclusion and Empowerment” shall be identified in the concept note.

The programme shall aim at combatting all forms of discrimination and exclusion. It shall also enhance the capacities of the relevant national institutions. Emerging forms of gender-based violence, such as online harassment, bullying or stalking will be also addressed within the programme.

The programme shall foster the implementation of human rights standards in the Czech Republic. It shall also directly target vulnerable groups at high risk of discrimination and exclusion, such as Roma. Victims and witnesses of domestic and gender-based violence, especially children and vulnerable groups, including migrants and Roma women shall be addressed.

Bilateral Ambitions

€ 650,000 shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.