Annual Report - Palestinian Center for Human Rights

5. Donors and Funding
Activity: Maintaining Contacts with International Donors, including writing
reports and proposals
• The International Unit continued to be the only source of donor reporting
from within the Centre.
• Staff in the Unit edited the 2004, 196 page, English Language edition of
the PCHR Annual Activities and Human Rights report.
• Staff continued to produce quarterly briefings for Christian Aid and
quarterly reports for Kvinna till Kvinna.
• Staff continued to produce reports for Dan Church Aid, including the
assessment of the 2 year grant, the special DCA Logical Framework
• Staff wrote the funding proposal for Development Cooperation Ireland.
• Staff wrote a supplementary funding application to KtK and to the
Norwegian Representative Office.
• Staff continued to work through NOVIB, as leader of donor consortium.
• Staff organised and participated in the PCHR NGO and governmental
donor consortia.
Outcome:
• Reports continued to be issued – though many deadlines were missed.
• Annual Report was printed and distributed on mailing list and website as
well as 500 printed copies.
• CA and KtK reports delivered within satisfactory timeframe.
• DCA reports delivered late.
• DCI offer PCHR another 1 year funding contract as opposed to the 3 years
applied for.
• Both KtK and the Norwegian Representative Office accepted
supplementary funding applications.
• NGO and government donors gained clearer understanding of PCHR’s
functions.
Activity: Searching for new sources of funding
• Staff wrote a proposal for the P.L.C. election-monitoring project and
distributed it widely.
• Staff followed up contacts made in 2004 with organisations such as
Trocaire (who funded the Presidential election monitoring project).
• Staff attended the Medical Aid for Palestinians UK dinner with Raji
Sourani, in which some contacts from the Arab world were sought.
• Staff coordinated proposal and participation of PCHR in € 3.8 million EU
project entitled “Empowering the Palestinian Judiciary”.
• With the assistance of NOVIB, International Unit staff wrote one
successful application for the EU EIDHR for the Legal Unit and DDU. (€
380,000)
• Staff provided commentary on the successful EIDHR application drafted
by PCHR’s Fundraiser in partnership with NOVIB on the Death Penalty.
(€ 300,000)
• Staff in the Unit played a key role in the successful PCHR effort to secure
a new funding grant from NOVIB.
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