Deadline: 12-Mar-25
The United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) is accepting applications for the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Transformational Change Grant Program to support implementation of the Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework.
The Initiative works with over 50 developing countries ranging from large countries, like Nigeria, to small islands, such as Antigua & Barbuda, and has initiated three Regional Climate Action Transparency Hubs in Central Africa, Central Asia and Central America.
ICAT provides countries with tailored support and practical tools and methodologies to build robust transparency frameworks needed for effective climate action in sync with national development priorities.
The projects ICAT supports relate to: building or enhancing transparency frameworks for mitigation; building a monitoring and evaluation approach for adaptation; building or enhancing frameworks to track progress in implementing nationally determined contributions; assessing the impacts of climate policies; estimating or enhancing projections of greenhouse gases; integrating and/or aggregating climate actions at the subnational level and by non-State actors; building a tracking system for just transition processes; establishing or enhancing a climate data system; and putting in place a framework to track climate finance.
Objectives and Scope
- The objective of this grant is to develop a series of case studies to expand the knowledge base on possible applications and benefits of the Toolkit. To support this, ICAT is looking to identify local organizations (including governmental entities and non-governmental organizations, such as research institutions, think tanks, academic/university institutions or grass roots organizations) to apply the Toolkit in developing countries. The case studies should also result in feedback that will contribute to improving the Toolkit and its usability.
- The case studies could cover the assessment of various types of interventions:
- At a local, subnational, or national level;
- In any sector or cross-sectoral; and/or
- Applied either before implementation (for ex-ante impacts); during implementation (to track impacts); or after implementation (for ex-post impacts).
Funding Information
- The grant funding available under this Call for Proposals is up to USD 40,000 per grant.
Duration
- The expected duration of the grant/funding is seven months.
Target Beneficiaries
- Developing country governments and their partners that are planning and implementing policies, and/or assessing their impacts in the context of developing and implementing their NDCs, national or subnational low carbon strategies, nationally appropriate mitigation actions, and other mechanisms. Investment funds, multilateral development banks, private companies and organisations involved in carbon market and investment activities
Eligibility Criteria
- The following categories of applicants are eligible to apply under this Call for Proposals:
- government agencies;
- university, academic or research organizations;
- NGOs;
- think tanks;
- civil society organizations. and
- For-profit entities (registered companies)
- For-profit entities are required to demonstrate their ability to undertake the grant activities on a not-for-profit basis. Recovery of indirect costs of up to 10 per cent of the total grant funding are permissible.
- All countries can apply, however, the policy or action to be assessed must be from a developing country.
For more information, visit UNGM.