CEPF Call for LOIs: Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot Large Grants Programme

Deadline: 29 September 2017

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is currently accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) from non-governmental organizations, community groups, private, enterprises, universities and other civil society organizations for its Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot.

Strategic Direction & Priorities

• Empower local communities to protect and manage biodiversity in priority Key Biodiversity Areas
  • Support local communities to design and implement locally relevant conservation and sustainable management actions that respond to major threats at priority sites.
  • Support the development of economic models to improve both livelihoods and biodiversity conservation.
  • Build the technical, administrative and financial capacity of local organizations and their partners.
• Enable civil society to mainstream biodiversity and conservation into policy making and business practices
  • Support local research institutions to improve basic knowledge of biodiversity of priority ecosystems.
  • Support civil society to disseminate biodiversity information and influence political and economic decision-makers in favor of biodiversity and conservation priorities.

Funding Information

• This call concerns large grants over US$20,000.
• The current average amount in the hotspot is US$147,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Non-governmental organizations, community groups, private enterprises, universities and other members of civil society can apply for funding.
• Government-owned enterprises or institutions are eligible only if they can demonstrate that the enterprise or institution has:
  • a legal personality independent of any government agency or actor;
  • the authority to apply for and receive private funds; and
  • may not assert a claim of sovereign immunity

How to Apply

Interested applicants must apply online via given website.

Eligible Countries: Madagascar, Comoros.

For more information, please visit Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity.

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