📋 Tender Overview
Contract partner: horizont3000 - Austrian Organisation for Development Cooperation
Country: Philippines Contract type: EU supplementary financing Project start: January 2, 2025 Funding amount: € 146,700.00 End: 01.01.2028
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Overall goal
The project objective is to establish structures and programs in 30 archdioceses that actively promote respect for human rights in the Philippines and protect human rights defenders.
Expected results
1) 30 archbishops/dioceses have established Justice and Peace Units, which are committed to promoting and protecting the human rights of vulnerable groups, particularly children, indigenous peoples and those affected by environmental degradation, through a rights-based approach;
2) Evidence-based human rights documentation structures have been established to advocate for the rights of those affected and to report on violations;
3) Human rights defenders are legally protected and are supported by a trusted legal team and receive humanitarian assistance.
Target group / Beneficiaries
480 direct beneficiaries (2,400 people in total), including parish social workers, members of grassroots or faith communities, and human rights defenders;
Regions: Mindanao, Visayas, Luzon
Activities
• Capacity building: Extensive education and training programs will increase awareness and understanding among target groups, enabling them to respond more effectively to human rights issues. This will lead to the creation of programs and structures at the archdiocesan and parish levels that contribute to social awareness and humanitarian services to empower communities.
• Networking, partnerships and alliances: Mobilising collective support through alliances and partnerships aims to influence social policies and practices.
• Research and documentation, as well as information processing and dissemination: Advocacy efforts are founded on collecting data and documenting human rights violations and support legal action. Research and documentation activities form the basis for comprehensive reports that can be used to promote truth and justice.
• Legal and humanitarian assistance: Providing legal assistance and humanitarian assistance to survivors, witnesses, and their families will protect and defend their rights. This includes temporary shelter for victims and witnesses of human rights violations, allowing them to seek justice in a safe environment.
• Advocacy and Lobbying: Includes working with municipal, city, and barangay governments to promote the implementation of human rights policies, as well as establishing coordination mechanisms with local governments to advocate for the respect and protection of human rights, including networking with international NGOs and human rights activists and in international forums. All DSACs will implement advocacy components.
General activities: Baseline study and gender analysis; knowledge management and experience capitalization tools for knowledge sharing an
