Sustainable Protection Fund: Open Call for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia 2025
Next deadline: Jun 13, 2025
The Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) is pleased to announce an open call for applications to the Sustainable Protection Fund (SPF), dedicated to human rights organizations and collectives in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. This fund supports efforts to build long-term, holistic digital security capacities to safeguard your work and communities.
What We Offer:
- Grants up to €15,000 to implement tailored digital security strategies
- Support for activities spanning 12 months, focused on strengthening internal systems, tools, and knowledge
Target Groups:
- Media freedom and freedom of expression
- Civil and political rights advocacy
- Feminist, LGBTQ+, and gender justice movements
Eligible Countries:
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Georgia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Moldova
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
Important Note:
This fund is exclusively for activities that enhance your organization's or collective's own digital security capacities.
The SPF does NOT fund outward-facing activities (e.g., public campaigns, digital security training for external groups, or direct service provision to beneficiaries).
For questions related to the application process, please reach out to
team@digitaldefenders.org
Regional Partnership Fund (Asia) 2025
The Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) is currently soliciting applications for Regional Partnership Fund. Through Regional Partnership Fund, DDP aims to support regional-based organisations who provide services in the sphere of holistic security to regional human rights defenders and organisations under digital threat. The activities of the Regional Partners should be aimed at improving the holistic security of the final beneficiaries, with the maximum grants amount as mentioned in the invitation email, for a period of 1 year (2025-2026).
Make sure to submit your application by June 6, 2025.
The list of countries that we cover under this application:
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and the Maldives. .