Grants for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: GRIP

One of the main activities of NCIV is the administration of the Grants for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (GRIP). With GRIP NCIV seeks to increase financial support to small-scale initiatives coming from organizations of Indigenous Peoples in order to promote, at the local level, the recognition and implementation of their right to self-determination.
Besides the empowerment of Indigenous Peoples organizations GRIP focuses on the following articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:

• Right to Freedom, Peace and Security (art.7),
• right to practice and revitalize Cultural Traditions and Customs (art.11),
• right to participate in Decision-making (art. 18),
• right to Land, Territories and Resources (art.26),
• Particular attention to the Rights and Special Needs of Youth and Children (art.22)
• All the Rights and Freedoms recognized are equally guaranteed to Male and Female Indigenous Individuals (art.44).
• From the Convention on Biological Diversity GRIP focus on article 8(j):
• Protection of Indigenous Knowledge, Innovations and Practices.

GRIP was made possible through contributions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dpts DMV/MR, Novib and NC-IUCN

> Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of GRIP are Indigenous Peoples organizations. GRIP will only fund Indigenous Peoples organization’s own initiatives or initiatives of NGO’s that work to organize Indigenous Peoples who have not yet been able to establish their own organization.

(see: list of ODA countries).

> Some Examples of GRIP Supported Activities

• Local workshops, training sessions and other educational activities on promoting the recognition and implementation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples in general or Indigenous women.
• Means to map and demarcate Indigenous Peoples’ territories.
• Means to support legal cases on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, such as the costs for hiring lawyers.
• Means to participate in local, regional and national meetings concerning the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
  

> Criteria for funding

the project proposal must be submitted by a representative Indigenous Peoples’ organization or by an NGO if an Indigenous People has not been able to establish its own organization (see: above).

• the project must fall within the main objectives of the fund (see: articles mentioned above)
• the project proposal must give all the requested information on which a granting decision can be taken, such as which activities will be carried out, and in which way and to what extent these activities will contribute to the recognition and implementation of their rights
• the maximum budget of the project should not exceed € 10.000.

Please, bear in mind that the budget of GRIP is very limited, which means that the more you restrict your project budget is, the more project proposals of Indigenous Peoples can be awarded.

> Limitations

GRIP does not support:

- Development and humanitarian projects
- General projects for peace or democracy
- Projects from (semi-) governmental institutions
- Scientific research
- Consultations of foreign experts
- Purchase of land or any other real estate or production means
- Projects from North America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand

You can direct your project proposal or request for information to the Co-ordinator of GRIP, Ms. Angeline A. van Achterberg.
(see: format for project proposal).

Ms. A.A. van Achterberg
Co-ordinator GRIP
Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples - NCIV
P.O.Box 94098
1090 GB Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Email: angeline@nciv.net
Tel: ++31-20-693 8625
Fax: ++31-20-665 2818

Download GRIP information

> List of ODA countries

In Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Fiji, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyz Rep, Laos, Lebanon, Micronesia Fed. States, Malaysia, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestinian Admin. Areas, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

In Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros. D.R. Congo, Congo Rep., Cote Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

In Central and South America: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominic. Rep, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.