Deadline: 12-Jan-24
As part of the UK’s Building Resilience and Effective Refugee Response (BRAER) Programme, through the British High Commission in Kampala (BHC), the UK is issuing a call for proposals requesting organisations to submit a solution to the identified ‘clean cooking challenge’; searching for approaches to reduce the high level of woody biomass consumption in the refugee response.
Objectives
- Across all refugee settlements household cooking is identified as a substantial environmental issue: As per the Government of Uganda’s outcome document on Environment, Energy and Climate Change, up to 99% of refugees are reliant on woody biomass (firewood and charcoal) for cooking. This acts a major accelerant of deforestation.
- This project is therefore established to request solutions to this challenge: “What is the most effective way to reduce consumption of woody biomass within refugee settlements and host communities?”.
- In line with global commitments such as the Grand Bargain, as well as the Government of Uganda’s pledge to localise the refugee response, this project has been developed to test an approach on working closer with local organisations. In part, this will be a learning experience, with the ambition to strengthen the role of local and national organisations within the refugee response beyond this project.
- Some compliance/fiduciary training will be provided to grantees in line with organisational identified needs and stated preferences.
Project Scope
- The challenge they want to tackle is the high reliance and high consumption of woody biomass in refugee settlements. However, they are not prescriptive on the type of solutions they expect to see. They are open to innovative ideas and creative solutions to facilitate cleaner cooking. This could focus on cook stove technology, the type or amount of fuel used, or any other intervention that reduces the amount of woody biomass consumed.
Funding Information
- Awards of between £100,000 – £300,000 will be made to qualifying IPs.
Timeframe
- This is a one-year pilot and an Accountable Grant for the successful implementing partner (IP) will run for the financial year FY 2024-2025, therefore starting in April 2024 and concluding in March 2025. Please be sure that your proposed solution fits within this window, with implementation and budget spend completed before the end of March 2025.
Project Location
- Applications for projects in Bidi Bidi will be prioritised due to the level of environmental degradation in the area and the high prevalence of cooking on traditional/unimproved stoves. However, they will consider projects in any refugee settlement if a strong justification is provided.
- The project should ensure that at least 30% of the targeted population come from the host community, in line with standard protocol on the refugee response.
Eligibility Criteria
- British High Commission in Kampala is looking for local and national NGOs to submit solutions to reduce use of firewood and charcoal in the refugee response.
For more information, visit British High Commission in Kampala.