Grants and Contributions

This project aims to promote peace and stability in conflict-affected states.

This project aims to increase stability in Coastal West Africa to prevent spreading violent extremism. The project supports early response to conflict and potential extremist attacks in the border areas of Burkina Faso and Benin by establishing a localized early warning system. It also seeks to promote community stability and human security. Project activities include: (1) improved access to early warning information for residents of the project areas, particularly for women, youth, and marginalized groups; (2) increased stakeholder capacity to prevent and mitigate violence, including violent extremism; and (3) increased community capacity to identify and address security threats, including enhancing situational awareness and timely decision-making to avoid danger during active crises in the project areas.

The proposed grant will allow the ACS to carry out the activities required for its operations as outlined in the ACS work plan approved by Arctic Council Ministers, and as overseen by SAOs and Permanent Participant Heads of Delegation, including but not limited to:

This project aims to enhance the well-being of unpaid caregivers and care receivers, particularly women and people with disabilities in selected municipalities in Havana and Pinar del Río, Cuba. Humanity and Inclusion seeks to partner with Cuban organizations to transform how care work is seen and provided, especially for the benefit of women caregivers and care receivers with disabilities. This aligns with the changes being implemented in Cuba around care work for life and Canada´s feminist approach to unpaid and paid care work. Project activities include: (1) supporting collection and analysis of data on care, gender and disability by reference centers in both provinces; (2) providing technical assistance, equipment and materials to local care system institutions and civil society organizations; (3) reviewing and transforming local development strategies from a care, gender and disability approach; (4) implementing community awareness programs on equal sharing of care, including innovative initiatives with

This project supports the South African government to improve accountability, efficiency and transparency in the public administration to promote inclusive and gender-responsive governance. Project activities include: (1) developing and implementing comprehensive strategies to prevent and address all forms of harassment; (2) enhancing anti-corruption and discipline management systems; and (3) implementing robust lifestyle audits and optimizing procurement policies to promote sustainability and accountability within the climate and energy sectors in South Africa.

The project aims to reach 12,000 public servants within 49 national departments, 114 provincial departments, 8 cities, and 205 local municipalities.

This project aims to contribute to the United Nations (UN) capacity to address and mitigate misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and hate speech in peace operations. Project activities include: (1) delivering training-of-trainers courses to troop and police instructors from contributing countries and field missions; (2) supporting the UN Department of peace operations team in developing and delivering training, and supporting field personnel responsible for information operations in field missions; (3) developing and training on new tools to address and mitigate misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and hate speech in UN peace operations; and (4) strengthening strategic and digital communications to support UN peace operations.

This project aims to improve the protection of Indigenous peoples at risk of cultural and physical extinction and environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) from the Colombian departments of Arauca, Caquetá, Cauca, Guaviare, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santa Marta and Sierra Nevada.

Project activities include: (1) providing technical assistance to authorities to help them adopt and implement protection measures for Indigenous people; (2) supporting Indigenous peoples with technical assistance and facilitating their participation in dialogue with state institutions. It does so to increase gender-inclusive individual and collective rights in implementing protection policies and improve Indigenous justice and self governance in the peace processes impacting their territories; (3) advocating for increased engagement by Colombian authorities to protect Indigenous people’s rights to land and resources; (4) building the technical capacities of national and local level institutions to protect EHRDs and

This project supports the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) capacity build uniformed men and women medical and paramedical personnel for peace operations. UNITAR delivers basic field trauma training, including mental health components, and advanced medical training or a training of trainers. The United Nations (UN) selects troop- and police-contributing countries based on their ranking, participation in previous trainings, and come from Africa and Asia. Project activities include: (1) conducting needs assessments; (2) undertaking a preparatory workshop for trainers; (3) delivering up to 4 3-week basic field medical training, including mental health components; (4) delivering up to 4 2-week advanced medical or mental health training; and (5) delivering up to 4 2-week trainings of trainers course on basic field medical training.

Taking care of gender-based violence survivors in eastern DRC.

This project aims to empower adolescent girls and young women (AGYM) to exercise their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Assiut and Minia Governorates, Upper Egypt. The project focusses on enhancing knowledge of SRHR and improving access to gender-responsive adolescent-friendly SRHR services, including family planning, and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) support. The project seeks to improve the capacity of civil society, government and institutional actors to promote SRHR and gender equality in public policies and programs. Project activities include: 1) training and coaching health facility staff and private providers to improve service delivery of gender-responsive, adolescent-friendly and environmentally friendly SRHR and SGBV to AGYM; 2) rehabilitating and improving health facilities to better meet the needs of AGYM, including those living with disabilities; 3) organizing training and social engagement initiatives to enhance knowledge and attitudes of SRHR topics, life skills, health and nutrition, positive gender norms, and SGBV for AGYM and their parents, as well as religious and community leaders; and 4) providing capacity-building support and training to government and civil society actors, including women’s rights organizations (WRO), to better mobilize public support and advocate for the implementation of government SRHR and GE policies. The project will target about 100 health facilities, and directly benefit approximately 39,434 people, including 33,500 direct beneficiaries and 5,934 intermediaries.