Deadline: 29-Feb-24
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is accepting proposals for the Bio-Bridge Initiative’s Seed Funding Program to address biodiversity-related issues and challenges, and showcase good practices and lessons learned.
Funding Information
- As part of its mandate to catalyze and facilitate technical and scientific cooperation, the Bio-Bridge Initiative (BBI) currently provides seed funding of up to USD $20,000.
What are the main services offered by BBI?
- Helpdesk:
- assisting Parties in articulating their needs and requests for assistance and facilitating the matching of needs to with available support through effective partnerships.
- Interactive web platform:
- providing a one-stop-window for submitting requests for assistance and accessing information on existing technical assistance opportunities as well as accessing curated resources, including case studies, replicable success stories (“bright spots”), good practices and lessons learned.
- Meetings and roundtables:
- mobilizing international, regional and national organizations and networks to support Bio-Bridge Initiative in facilitating TSC and to catalyze new TSC initiatives.
- Seed funding facility:
- providing occasional seed funding to catalyze TSC initiatives on specific biodiversity-related topics.
Geographic Focus
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cook Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, DPR Korea, DR Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, , Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, , Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, , Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, , Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen and Zambia.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants from countries that have not received funding during the previous rounds of the Bio-Bridge Initiative are strongly encouraged to apply.
- The following institutions are eligible to apply for seed funding support:
- Relevant governmental agencies, research and academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations in developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition;
- Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities;
- Seed funding support is aimed at project proposals that promote exemplary technical and scientific cooperation (TSC) approaches between at least two countries.
- Eligible cooperation proposals must involve project partners and/or technical assistance providers from at least two or more countries.
For more information, visit CBD.