Deadline: 28 February 2018
Burung Indonesia, in its role as regional implementation team (RIT) for CEPF is currently inviting civil society organizations to submit letters of inquiry for its Wallacea Biodiversity Hotspot program.
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International (CI), the European Union, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation, and the World Bank.
Strategic Directions
- Address threats to high priority species.
- Improve management of sites (KBAs) with and without official protection status.
- Support sustainable natural resource management by communities in priority terrestrial sites and corridors.
- Strengthen community-based action to protect marine species and sites.
Grant Information
- CEPF anticipates making a maximum of eight awards under this call for proposals.
- The maximum request should be US$60,000.
- Applications in excess of this amount may be immediately rejected. Projects are expected to start on 1 July 2018 and must be completed by 31 October 2019 (15 months).
Eligibility Criteria
- Nongovernment organizations, community groups, private enterprises, universities and other civil society organizations may apply for funding.
- Applications from organizations that propose to build the capacity of local civil society and community groups.
- Projects must be located within the sites and countries identified in the ecosystem profile.
- Organizations must have their own bank account and be authorized under relevant national laws to receive charitable contributions.
- Government-owned enterprises or institutions are eligible only if they can demonstrate that the enterprise or institution meets all three of the conditions below:
- Legal personality independent of any government agency or actor.
- Authority to apply for and receive private funds; and
- May not assert a claim of sovereign immunity.
How to Apply
Letters of inquiry must be submitted through the ConservationGrants electronic portal via given website.
Eligible Country: Indonesia
For more information, please visit Wallacea Biodiversity Hotspot.