Deadline: 30-Jun-2026
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is inviting applications from non-profit organizations to support multi-hazard risk assessment, local risk mapping, and the development of an INFORM-based Risk Data Platform in Niger. The grant will support improved risk data harmonization, early warning for early action, disaster risk-informed planning, and institutional capacity building to strengthen Niger’s preparedness and resilience.
Grant Overview
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is inviting applications for a grant to support a Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment and the development of an INFORM-based Risk Data Platform and Local Risk Mapping in Niger.
The project aims to strengthen Niger’s national disaster risk reduction agenda by improving the collection, harmonization, analysis, and use of risk data for decision-making, early warning, preparedness, and resilience-building.
The grant is open to eligible non-profit organizations with strong experience in disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, risk mapping, and capacity building.
Project Purpose
The purpose of the project is to improve Niger’s ability to understand, map, monitor, and act on disaster risks.
The initiative responds to the country’s growing exposure to multiple hazards, including floods, droughts, strong winds, epidemics, food insecurity, and conflict-related shocks. These risks are being intensified by climate change, demographic pressures, and existing vulnerabilities.
The project will help address fragmented and non-harmonized risk data systems by developing a stronger risk data architecture and improving the use of risk information for anticipatory action and early warning.
Funding Amount and Duration
Applicants may request a maximum of USD 115,000 from UNDRR for project implementation.
The project duration must not exceed six months.
Key funding points include:
- Maximum grant amount: USD 115,000
- Project duration: Up to six months
- Eligible applicants: Non-profit-making organizations
- Geographic focus: Niger
- Main focus: Multi-hazard risk assessment, INFORM platform update, local risk mapping, and early warning integration
Key Focus Areas
The grant focuses on disaster risk reduction, risk data systems, and local-level risk analysis.
Key focus areas include:
- Multi-hazard risk assessment
- INFORM-based risk data platform development
- Local risk mapping
- Disaster risk reduction
- Risk awareness
- Early Warning for Early Action
- Data harmonization
- Risk analysis
- Capacity building
- Institutional strengthening
- Community resilience
- Disaster risk-informed development planning
- Risk data architecture
- GIS mapping and cartographic products
- Integration of alert thresholds and triggers
Why This Project Matters
Niger faces increasing disaster and crisis risks from natural hazards, climate change, epidemics, food insecurity, and conflict-related shocks.
Effective disaster risk reduction requires reliable, harmonized, and accessible data. When risk data is fragmented across different systems, institutions may struggle to identify emerging threats, plan early action, prioritize resources, and protect vulnerable communities.
This project matters because it will improve how hazard, exposure, and vulnerability data are collected, analyzed, mapped, and used for national and local decision-making.
Main Problem the Project Addresses
The project addresses the challenge of fragmented and non-harmonized disaster risk data systems in Niger.
Without integrated risk data, it becomes difficult to:
- Understand multi-hazard risk patterns
- Identify vulnerable communities
- Support anticipatory action
- Strengthen early warning systems
- Prepare local-level risk maps
- Guide disaster risk-informed development planning
- Coordinate national and local preparedness efforts
- Make timely decisions before disasters escalate
Expected Project Results
The project is expected to improve the availability and use of updated risk assessment data in Niger.
Expected results include:
- Updated multi-hazard risk assessments
- Improved INFORM Niger platform
- Harmonized hazard, exposure, and vulnerability data
- Operational Early Warning for Early Action indicators
- Recalculated risk scores
- Local-level multi-hazard risk maps
- Integrated alert thresholds in mapping products
- GIS files and cartographic atlases
- Stronger national and local capacity to use risk information
- Improved decision-making for preparedness, response, and resilience
Core Project Activities
The selected partner will implement technical, analytical, mapping, and capacity-building activities.
Core activities include:
- Conducting comprehensive multi-hazard risk assessments
- Collecting hazard, exposure, and vulnerability data
- Harmonizing risk datasets from multiple sources
- Updating the INFORM platform for Niger
- Developing or identifying Early Warning for Early Action indicators
- Integrating EWEA indicators into the INFORM model
- Recalculating risk scores
- Producing methodological documentation
- Creating detailed local-level multi-hazard risk maps
- Integrating alert thresholds into risk mapping products
- Generating GIS files
- Producing cartographic atlases
- Strengthening the capacities of national and local stakeholders
INFORM-Based Risk Data Platform
The project will update the existing INFORM platform for Niger using harmonized risk data.
An INFORM-based risk platform helps organize and analyze risk information by combining data on hazards, exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity, and other relevant indicators. This enables decision-makers to compare risk levels, identify priority areas, and support evidence-based planning.
The updated INFORM Niger platform will support national and local institutions in using risk information for disaster preparedness, anticipatory action, and development planning.
Early Warning for Early Action Component
A major part of the project is the integration of Early Warning for Early Action indicators into Niger’s risk information systems.
Early Warning for Early Action means using risk signals, indicators, and triggers to support timely action before a disaster or crisis worsens.
This component may include:
- Identifying operational indicators
- Developing triggers for early action
- Integrating alert thresholds into mapping products
- Connecting risk data with preparedness planning
- Supporting anticipatory decision-making
- Improving the use of warning information at national and local levels
Local Risk Mapping
The project will support the production of detailed local-level multi-hazard maps.
Local risk maps help communities and institutions understand where hazards, exposure, and vulnerabilities overlap. These maps can guide preparedness planning, emergency response, land-use planning, resilience investments, and community awareness activities.
Mapping products may include:
- Local-level hazard maps
- Exposure maps
- Vulnerability maps
- Multi-hazard risk maps
- GIS files
- Cartographic atlases
- Maps with alert thresholds
- Maps that support early warning and early action
Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening
The selected partner will work closely with national institutions and local stakeholders.
Capacity-building activities will help institutions and communities use risk information more effectively for planning, preparedness, early action, and response.
Capacity strengthening may include:
- Training national and local stakeholders
- Supporting the use of the INFORM platform
- Building skills in risk analysis
- Improving data management practices
- Strengthening GIS and mapping capacity
- Supporting early warning and anticipatory action systems
- Improving coordination across institutions
- Promoting disaster risk-informed development planning
Who Is Eligible?
Eligible applicants must be non-profit-making organizations.
Applicants should have demonstrated experience in disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, risk mapping, and capacity-building initiatives.
Eligible organizations must also show strong local partnerships and engagement mechanisms with regional and local stakeholders in Niger.
Applicant Experience Requirements
Applicants should meet the required technical and geographic experience conditions.
Applicants must demonstrate:
- Experience in disaster risk reduction
- Experience in early warning systems
- Experience in risk mapping
- Experience in capacity-building initiatives
- At least one relevant completed project in Niger during the last five years
- At least five years of experience in Africa implementing similar initiatives
- Strong partnerships with national, regional, and local stakeholders
- Ability to collect, harmonize, analyze, and present risk data
- Capacity to produce GIS files, maps, documentation, and risk analysis products
Target Stakeholders
The project will support national and local institutions, communities, and stakeholders involved in disaster risk reduction and risk-informed planning.
Target stakeholders may include:
- National disaster risk management institutions
- Local government structures
- Regional authorities
- Technical agencies
- Community stakeholders
- Early warning system actors
- Humanitarian and development partners
- Institutions involved in data collection and analysis
- Communities exposed to floods, droughts, epidemics, food insecurity, strong winds, and conflict-related shocks
How the Project Works
The project works by improving the risk data system from data collection to decision-making.
The implementation process includes:
- Collecting hazard, exposure, and vulnerability data.
- Harmonizing fragmented datasets into a more usable risk data architecture.
- Updating the INFORM platform for Niger.
- Conducting comprehensive multi-hazard risk analysis.
- Developing or identifying Early Warning for Early Action indicators.
- Integrating early warning triggers and alert thresholds into the risk model and mapping products.
- Recalculating risk scores based on updated and harmonized data.
- Producing methodological documentation to explain the data, tools, and approach.
- Developing detailed local-level multi-hazard risk maps.
- Generating GIS files and cartographic atlases.
- Strengthening the capacity of national and local stakeholders.
- Making risk information available for preparedness, response, resilience, and development planning.
How to Apply
Applicants should prepare a proposal that clearly demonstrates technical expertise, local experience, and the ability to deliver the project within six months.
Application Preparation Steps
- Confirm organizational eligibility
Applicants should confirm that they are a non-profit-making organization. - Review technical requirements
Applicants should carefully review the focus on multi-hazard risk assessment, INFORM platform development, local risk mapping, early warning indicators, and data harmonization. - Demonstrate Niger experience
Applicants must show that they have completed at least one relevant project in Niger during the last five years. - Show regional experience in Africa
Applicants should demonstrate at least five years of experience in Africa implementing similar disaster risk reduction, early warning, risk mapping, or capacity-building initiatives. - Describe the data approach
The proposal should explain how hazard, exposure, and vulnerability data will be collected, harmonized, analyzed, and integrated. - Explain the INFORM platform update
Applicants should describe how the existing INFORM platform for Niger will be updated and improved. - Include EWEA indicators and triggers
The application should explain how Early Warning for Early Action indicators, triggers, and alert thresholds will be developed or identified. - Describe mapping outputs
Applicants should specify how local-level risk maps, GIS files, and cartographic atlases will be produced. - Include a capacity-building plan
The proposal should explain how national and local stakeholders will be trained and supported. - Show local partnerships
Applicants should demonstrate strong engagement mechanisms with regional and local stakeholders. - Prepare a realistic workplan
The workplan should show how all activities will be completed within six months. - Prepare a clear budget
The requested amount should not exceed USD 115,000 and should align with the proposed activities.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Applicants should avoid submitting proposals that are too general or do not demonstrate strong technical capacity.
Common mistakes include:
- Not proving non-profit status
- Failing to show completed relevant experience in Niger
- Not demonstrating at least five years of similar experience in Africa
- Providing weak details on data harmonization
- Ignoring the INFORM platform update requirement
- Not explaining Early Warning for Early Action indicators
- Leaving out local-level risk mapping outputs
- Not including GIS files or cartographic products
- Providing a weak capacity-building plan
- Failing to show partnerships with national and local stakeholders
- Submitting an unrealistic six-month workplan
- Requesting more than USD 115,000
- Not linking activities to disaster risk-informed development planning
Tips for a Strong Application
A strong application should be technical, locally grounded, and focused on practical risk information use.
Applicants should:
- Clearly explain the risk context in Niger
- Show strong experience in disaster risk reduction and early warning systems
- Demonstrate proven mapping and GIS capacity
- Present a clear methodology for multi-hazard risk assessment
- Explain how data will be harmonized and validated
- Show how the INFORM platform will support decision-making
- Include practical EWEA indicators and triggers
- Provide clear mapping outputs and documentation
- Demonstrate strong institutional partnerships
- Include a realistic six-month timeline
- Show how national and local stakeholders will use the outputs
- Connect risk analysis to preparedness, resilience, and development planning
Key Terms Explained
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
A multi-hazard risk assessment analyzes risks from multiple hazards, such as floods, droughts, epidemics, food insecurity, strong winds, and conflict-related shocks.
INFORM Platform
An INFORM platform is a risk analysis tool that brings together data on hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and coping capacity to support decision-making and risk prioritization.
Early Warning for Early Action
Early Warning for Early Action means using warning indicators and triggers to take timely action before a hazard or crisis becomes worse.
Risk Data Harmonization
Risk data harmonization means combining and standardizing data from different sources so that it can be analyzed consistently and used for decision-making.
Local Risk Mapping
Local risk mapping involves creating maps that show where hazards, exposure, vulnerabilities, and risk levels are concentrated at local or community levels.
Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster risk reduction refers to actions that reduce exposure, vulnerability, and disaster impacts while improving preparedness, resilience, and response capacity.
GIS Files
GIS files are digital geographic data files used to create maps, analyze locations, and visualize risk patterns.
Cartographic Atlas
A cartographic atlas is a collection of maps that presents geographic, hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and risk information in a structured format.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the purpose of this UNDRR grant?
The grant supports a Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment, the development of an INFORM-based Risk Data Platform, and Local Risk Mapping in Niger.
Who can apply?
Non-profit-making organizations with relevant experience in disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, risk mapping, and capacity building can apply.
What is the maximum funding amount?
Applicants may request a maximum of USD 115,000 from UNDRR.
How long can the project last?
The project duration must not exceed six months.
What experience must applicants have?
Applicants must have completed at least one relevant project in Niger during the last five years and must have at least five years of experience in Africa implementing similar initiatives.
What hazards will the project address?
The project responds to risks including floods, droughts, strong winds, epidemics, food insecurity, and conflict-related shocks.
What is the INFORM platform used for?
The INFORM platform is used to organize and analyze risk data so that national and local decision-makers can better understand risk levels and prioritize preparedness, early action, and planning.
What activities will the project support?
The project will support multi-hazard risk assessments, INFORM platform updates, data harmonization, EWEA indicator development, risk score recalculation, local-level risk mapping, GIS file generation, cartographic atlas production, and stakeholder capacity building.
Why is local risk mapping important?
Local risk mapping helps institutions and communities understand where risks are concentrated, which areas are most vulnerable, and what actions are needed for preparedness and resilience.
Conclusion
The UNDRR grant for Niger supports a critical effort to strengthen disaster risk reduction through better risk data, improved early warning indicators, and detailed local risk mapping. By updating the INFORM Niger platform, harmonizing hazard and vulnerability data, producing risk maps, and building stakeholder capacity, the project will help national and local institutions make informed decisions, support early action, and strengthen resilience against multiple hazards.
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