On Monday 20 September, the European Commission announced an additional €119.5 million in support of democracy and human rights for 2021.
EUR 100.8 million of this funding will support civil society organisations, democracy activists and human rights defenders in 116 countries. These funds will come from the country allocations under the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), and will be managed by EU Delegations.
An additional EUR 4 million from the EU’ Human Rights Crises Facility will provide rapid and confidential support to civil society organisations in complicated situations.
EUR 5 million will be allocated to the Democracy Support Alliance to support data collection and analysis, and to strengthen cooperation between the EU and its Member States in the areas of democracy and human rights.
The Global Campus of Human Rights will receive EUR 4.9 million for the academic year 2021-2022. This network of 100 universities was established by the EU to advance regional and global cooperation in human rights education through seven regional masters programmes.
Finally, the EU will support the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights with EUR 4.8 million for its 2021 budget. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)