The living conditions of LGBTI people are influenced by where in the Nordic region they live. In the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland, there are particular challenges regarding access to support, targeted initiatives and networks. At the same time, knowledge about the conditions for LGBTI people in the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland is limited, which affects the ability to design targeted initiatives and action plans.

Deepati Forsberg is a project coordinator at NIKK and responsible for the Nordic LGBTI Fund. She hopes that this year’s call for proposals will be at step towards a Nordic region where everyone has equal rights and opportunities , regardless of where they live:

We hope that this year’s call for proposals will enable us to fund projects that can help to increase knowledge and understanding of the problems that limit the rights and opportunities of LGBTI people. At the same time, we aim to provide organisations in the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland with better opportunities for cooperation and exchange of knowledge.

Apply for funding – and make a difference!

The criteria for applying for funding from this year’s call for proposals are the same as in previous years. Among other things, the project must involve at least three different organisations from at least three different Nordic countries (or at least two from the Nordic region and one from Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania). The difference for this year’s call for proposals is that the lead organisation must be from the Faroe Islands, Greenland or Åland.

Read more about this year’s call for proposals and please let any organisations that might be interested in applying know. Information about the call is available in English, Faroese, Greenlandic and Swedish.