Call for bids in Myanmar: Magna Carta Fund 2021 to 2022

The British Embassy Yangon has £65,000 GBP available for work in support of human rights for fiscal year 2021 to 2022.

Themes/objectives

All project bids must aim to promote, protect, and improve human rights and the rule of law in Myanmar. Issues on which we welcome bids include, but are not limited to, the below:

• countering hate speech
• freedom of religion or belief and cultural rights
• freedom of expression, including media freedom and academic freedom

We welcome bids from organisations based in Myanmar and internationally. Projects do not have to implement inside Myanmar.

Selection criteria

Bids will be assessed against the following criteria:

• project impact: delivering sustainable, meaningful change to human rights in Myanmar
• project viability: including the capacity of implementing organisation to deliver outcomes
• project design: there must be clear links between the proposed activity and the project outcomes
• risk management: robust analysis of key risks, and a plan of action to manage and mitigate those risks
• value for money: including the number of direct beneficiaries and the scale of achievable outcomes

We draw your attention to the below key points:

• proposals can be up to £65,000 (approximately $89,000)
• the entire project must begin and complete in the period 01 December 2021 and 31 March 2022
• all funding must be activity-based (ie: not for general staff costs, office rental etc.)

How to bid