DDP Grants Application Platform | Sustainable Protection Fund (Asia) 2023

The Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) is currently soliciting applications from Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia regions for Sustainable Protection Fund. The Sustainable Protection Fund (SPF) aims to help human rights organisations or collectives build their long-term digital security capacities. The priority groups for SPF 2023 are human rights lawyer organisations or network, journalists and media legal aid organisations and organisations or network providing support to gender based violence. The SPF scheme provides grants up to €20,000, and covers activities for a maximum of one year.

The list of countries that we cover under SPF 2023 Asia application:

Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and the Maldives.

What is the title of your application? *

This project name can be changed if a full proposal is requested.

Name of organisation *

Country of organisation *

The country where the organisation is located

Country of implementation

If your project will cover more than one country, please mention the countries. The list of countries that we cover under SPF 2023 Asia application:
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and the Maldives

Name of contact person *

Email address *

We will use this email address to communicate with you about your proposal. We recommend you to use secure email platforms.

Describe your organisation's mission, vision, and current strategy *

Describe the situation/problem you wish to address with this project *

Please also share relevant articles or evidences relevant to your security incident

Describe the concrete objectives and the activities you will carry out in order to achieve them *

How will Gender Equity and Diversity Inclusion be addressed through this project? *

Have the needs of beneficiaries or your organisation arising from their gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, ability, or religion been taken into account in the project?

Please give a brief timeline of activities in the project *

Have you identified clear indicators in order to evaluate the impact of the project, and a means of gathering them? Please detail below *

What possible risks (to your security, or that of your beneficiaries) may arise as a result of implementing this project, and how will you seek to mitigate them? *

How do you plan to build on or sustain the impact of this project beyond the period of implementation? *

Please give details of the individuals involved in carrying out the project and their qualifications *

Please provide name and contact details of two referees who can verify the legitimacy and quality of your work. *

Please include name, organisation and an active email address

Budget required for the project Upload *

Please indicate the total amount and provide an approximate breakdown of individual costs (Maximum amount as suggested in the invitation email) in excel sheet format Accepted file types are .doc, .docx, .odp, .ods, .odt, .pdf, .ppt, .pptx, .rtf, .txt, .xls, .xlsx

Are you likely to encounter difficulty of any kind receiving funding from Digital Defenders Partnership / HIVOS as a Dutch development cooperation organisation? *

(Financial or administrative restriction) We ask this because some countries have difficulty receiving foreign funding, however this will not affect how your application is assessed