Deadline: 15 January 2017
The Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Clearinghouse is seeking proposals for its 10YFP Trust Fund with an aim to promote sustainability all along the food value chain, from farm to fork. It does so through concrete activities including in the areas of awareness raising, capacity development, facilitating access to knowledge and information, and strengthening partnerships.
The 10YFP Trust Fund is one of the means of implementation of the Ten Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (10YFP). It is used to support programmes and initiatives to shift towards SCP patterns that respond to the national and regional priorities of developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
The Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme is a global multi-stakeholder initiative with the goal to accelerate the shift towards more sustainable food systems.
The theme of the Call for proposals is “Tackling the food and nutrition challenge through multi-stakeholder collaboration – Adopting a systems approach to promote sustainability along the food value chain”.
Funding Information
- Available funds: up to US$ 500,000 to support up to 5 project proposals.
- The expected size of Immediate Action Projects is US$ 50,000 – 80,000, and the expected size of Strategic Impact Projects is US$ 100,000 – 200,000.
- Duration of projects: Minimum 6 months – Maximum 1 year for Immediate Action Projects.
- Minimum 1 year – Maximum 2 years for Strategic Impact Projects. Please refer to Applicants Guidelines for more information
Eligibility Criteria
- The call is open to all actors of the SFS Programme (programme partners, MAC members and Co-Leads).
- Only applicants with headquarters in developing countries and countries with economies in transition are invited to submit proposals in response to this call.
- An executing agency can optionally be designated by the applicant to implement the project.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website. The selection process is divided in two stages:
- Submission of application form (cover page and concept note)
- For selected applicants only: submission of full proposals.
Eligible Countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial, Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
For more information, visit http://www.scpclearinghouse.org/10-yfp-trust-fund