Objectives
Through the participatory grantmaking model, we provide funding and structural support, including capacity strengthening, support in advocacy and coalition building, to key population-and/or key population-based organisations in the region.
We make a minimum of €500.000 per year available to key population-led and –based organisations to ensure:
- Access to HIV prevention, testing, treatment and adherence services for key populations
- Reduced inequalities, including stigma, discrimination and criminalization, that hinder an effective HIV response
- Community systems strengthening, that allows for increased access to finance, building or joining coalitions and contribution to the overall HIV response system strengthening.
Putting communities at the heart of the HIV-response
We know that directly supporting communities that are at the highest risk of infection is the most effective approach in the response to HIV/AIDS. They know best what they need to remove the barriers to prevention and treatment. Through the participatory grantmaking model, we provide funding and structural support, including capacity strengthening, support in advocacy and coalition building, to key population-led and/or key population-based organisations in the region.
In the CEECA region, we focus on the urgent unmet needs of key populations, strengthen the capacity of the community systems response –and its sustainability-, and address the scarcity and fragmentation of international funding for key populations. At the core of our work is cooperation: together with other HIV funders in the region, we strive for increased impact through complementarity of funding. From 2022 to 2025, we have made available €4 million for grants, and an additional €1.5 million to support long-term investments in the region.
