BLOCK GRANT

Human Rights Protection Program

The primary goal of the Block Grant is to create effective tools to eliminate social stereotypes, prejudice and to strengthen the judiciary and human rights advocacy, multiculturalism, non-discrimination, principles of legal state, democracy, human rights and freedom by supporting innovative and pilot projects.

Supporting the Right to Equal Treatment

 

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character!”

Martin Luther King, Jr.
                                                                                         (Clergyman and Civil Activist) 
  

                       

                        Projects supported within this priority aim to support and raise awareness about the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination.

                        Projects include the following areas of support: information campaign about the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination, elimination of stereotypes, xenophobia and social prejudices, implementation of anti-discrimination legislation, media campaigns, gender equality-promoting programmes, interdisciplinary approaches towards advocacy of equal treatment measures.

Projects:

  1. EDUCATIONAL AND ADVISORY SYSTEM TO PROMOTE RIGHTS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO EQUAL TREATMENT
    Slovak Disability Council      
  2. MULTILEVEL EMPOWERMENT OF EXPERT CAPACITIES IN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION DOMAIN
    Citizen, Democracy and Accountability
  3. GENDER EQUALS TO EQUALITY
    Civil Association We Mothers – Mothers Centre
  4. GOOD EXAMPLES– SUPPORT OF DEINSTITUTIONALISATION IN SOCIAL SPHERE
    Agency for Supported Employment
  5. THE WAY TO THE SAME SEX PARTNERSHIP LAW
    Initiative Otherness
  6. INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG THE PUBLIC ACTORS WORKING WITH DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
    Institute for Public Affairs
  7. PRO GENDER E-QUALITY     
    Pro Choice
  8. CHILDREN FROM MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES IN THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION REFORM
    Slovak Governance Institute
  9. TOGETHER AGAINST DISCRIMINATION OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
    The Association for Help to People with Intellectual Disability in the Slovak Republic
  10. SUPPORT OF AUTISTIC PERSONS RIGHTS TO EQUAL TREATMENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM OF PARTICULAR MEASURES
    Society for the Help of People with Autism

EDUCATIONAL AND ADVISORY SYSTEM TO PROMOTE RIGHTS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO EQUAL TREATMENT

Slovak Disability Council

Brief Description:
The project aims to broaden legal knowledge of visually-impaired individuals concerning their right to equal treatment. We also aim to increase the capacity of our Centre to provide legal assistance.

Aims:

  • To raise the awareness among the public on the right to equal treatment of visually-impaired   
  • To organise workshops of legal self-defence for visually-impaired individuals 
  • To raise the awareness among the visually-impaired on their right to equal treatment
  • To provide qualified assistance and advice  

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 1.311.580 SKK/ 43.536,48 EUR
Beneficiaries: visually-impaired individuals, UNSS professionals, the public
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.unss.sk   
Call: 1st (ended)

Publication

 

MULTILEVEL EMPOWERMENT OF EXPERT CAPACITIES IN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION DOMAIN

Citizen, Democracy and Accountability
Brief Description:
The aim of the project is improve professional konwledge of young students of journalism and law in the anti-discrimination field.

Aims:

  • To organise anti-discrimination workshops for law and journalism students led by experienced supervisors  
  • To prepare the participants for future career in the anti-discrimination field
  • To create new networks among professionals working in the anti-discrimination field
  • To enlarge existing sources of information concerning anti-discrimination

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 1.198.165 SKK/ 39.771,791 EUR
Beneficiaries: students of journalism, media, the public  
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.oad.sk   
www.diskriminacia.sk  
Call: 1st (ended)

 

GENDER EQUALS TO EQUALITY

Civil Association We Mothers – Mothers Centre

Brief Description:
Drawing from our experience in dealing with victims of domestic violence, this project aims to safeguard the right to equal treatment and gender non-discrimination. 

Aims:

  • To raise the awareness of the issue among young individuals
  • To broaden women’s understanding of the right to equal treatment
  • To disseminate information concerning the right to equal treatment
  • To launch an extensive PR campaign  
  • To engage the public

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 1.010.349,90 SKK/ 33.537,472 EUR
Beneficiaries: high school students, teachers, teaching assistant, University students, artists, media, NGOs, the public  
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.mymamy.sk  
Call: 1st (ended)

 

GOOD EXAMPLES– SUPPORT OF DEINSTITUTIONALISATION IN SOCIAL SPHERE

Agency for Supported Employment
Brief Description:
The project aims to examine the forms of social support and social care available for physically handicapped individuals. The project examines their social rights, too.

Aims:

  • To demonstrate examples of good practices in the field of social support for the physically disadvantaged.  
  • To raise the awareness among responsible activists and officials on the ways of successful social integration of physically disadvantaged individuals  
  • To advise on employment issues
  • To organise seminars and workshops
  • To make use of visual and printed aids like movies, videos, or brochures

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 1.817.000 SKK/ 60.313,35 EUR
Beneficiaries: physically handicapped adults, parents of physically handicapped children, DSS – Social Service Centres, employers, Offices of Social Affairs and Family, social workers, municipalities, the public
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.apz.sk  
Call: 1st (ended)

 

THE WAY TO THE SAME SEX PARTNERSHIP LAW

Initiative Otherness

Brief Description:
The project is a part of many initiatives we plan for the Year of Equal Opportunities to All (2007). It aims to stir a public debate on the possibilities to introduce Same Sex Partnership Law. 

Aims:

  • To disseminate information concerning the lives of gays and lesbians in order to prepare the ground for the Same Sex Partnership Law   
  • To prepare a radio-web-banner-poster campaign
  • To organise exhibitions and theatre plays
  • To provide the public with real-life experiences from other countries where a similar legislation is already in force  
  • To conduct barometers in order to examine public opinion  

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 1.348.983 SKK/ 44.778,032 EUR
Beneficiaries: the public, LGBT activists in Slovakia and abroad, politicians and responsible officials, LGBT individuals
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.inakost.sk  
Call: 1st (ended)

 

INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG THE PUBLIC ACTORS WORKING WITH DISADVANTAGED GROUPS

Institute for Public Affairs

Brief Description:
The project aims to encourage respect for basic human rights and civil liberties and raise the awareness about human rights issues among the public.

Aims:

  • To prepare an info-campaign on human rights issues for non-governmental activists who work in the field of human rights
  • To conduct a research on the issue of multilayered discrimination
  • To publish the research and its conclusions   
  • To prepare a workbook for non-governmental activists based on the results of the research

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 25.856,40 EUR
Beneficiaries: non-governmental organisations working in the field of human rights, public 
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.ivo.sk  
Call: 2nd (ended)

Publication 1, Publication 2

 

PRO GENDER E-QUALITY           

Pro Choice

Brief Description:
The concept of gender equality is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the field of human rights. Yet its successful implementation is the key to effective non-discrimination.

Aims:

  • To raise the awareness about the issue of gender equality
  • To contribute to successful implementation of the concept of gender equality
  • To prepare gender equality workshops
  • To incorporate the concept of gender equality into the Human Rights curriculum  

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 53.971,32 EUR
Beneficiaries: expert team of the client, NGOs working in the field of anti-discrimination, municipal coordinators of the high school “Human Rights Competition”, responsible municipal officials, high school pupils  
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.moznostvolby.sk  
Call: 2nd

 

CHILDREN FROM MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES IN THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION REFORM

Slovak Governance Institute

Brief Description:
The primary aim of the project is to improve the access to high-quality education for socially-disadvantaged pupils – the most striking problem of the Slovak educational system.

Aims:

  • To analyse relevant legislation and its impact on socially-disadvantaged pupils
  • To monitor the implementation of the Educational reform  
  • To offer effective assistance to teachers, pupils, and parents
  • To provide drafters of the Reform with a comprehensive feedback
  • To identify possibilities for an improved access to high-quality education for socially-disadvantaged individuals

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 67.299,96 EUR
Beneficiaries: teachers, pupils, parents, officials responsible for the Education Reform, the media    
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.governance.sk  
Call: 2nd

 

TOGETHER AGAINST DISCRIMINATION OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

The Association for Help to People with Intellectual Disability in the Slovak Republic

Brief Description:
The project aims to encourage equal treatment and equal access to basic human and civil rights for individuals who are mentally challenged. The aim is to completely eliminate their discrimination.

Aims:

  • To raise the awareness about non-discriminatory legal tools available to mentally-challenged individuals, their parents and guardians
  • To help develop key skills mentally-challenged individuals need   
  • To improve the capacity of parents, legal guardians, or relevant activists to help mentally-challenged people
  • To stir a public discussion on the possibilities of social inclusion of people with mental disabilities  
  • To initiate a much-needed reform of relevant legislation
  • To provide legal advice

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 69.607,65 EUR
Beneficiaries: mentally-handicapped people, their parents and guardians
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.zpmpvsr.sk  
Call: 2nd

Publications: Publication1, Publication 2, Publication 3, Publication 4

 

SUPPORT OF AUTISTIC PERSONS RIGHTS TO EQUAL TREATMENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM OF PARTICULAR MEASURES

Society for the Help of People with Autism

Brief Description:
The project aims to encourage equal treatment of people who suffer from autism or a similar disorder. 1 in 150 people suffers from autism.

Aims:

  • To monitor relevant legislation
  • To monitor its successful implementation
  • To identify examples of non-discrimination
  • To find possible of ways toward non-discrimination  

Factbook:

Grant Awarded: 81.938,63 EUR
Beneficiaries: autistic individuals,
Project/Responsible Institution webpage: www.sposa.sk   
Call: 2nd