Deadline: 31-Jul-23
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are pleased to announce the first call for proposals under the REDAA programme – Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia.
REDAA invites proposals for locally led initiatives to improve evidence, tools, and governance that can help people and nature thrive together in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. All proposals should positively address action for nature and climate and gender equality and social inclusion.
Thematic Priorities
- Applicants should demonstrate how their initiatives positively address integrated action for nature and climate, and gender equality and social inclusion. They will also address one or more of the following thematic priorities:
- Local research and capability for research: Locally led evidence generation, including on local and traditional knowledge, and developing local research capability, local research networks and appropriate data systems, and installing local research into national or regional information systems.
- Resource and land use assessments: Integrated multi-objective participatory natural resource and land use assessments, and decision support tools such as scenarios and spatial analyses that incorporate biophysical, social, political and economic data and information.
- Business models: Development by non-profit and community organisations, and co-development with enterprise partners, of productive business models based on ecosystem goods and services that are sustainable, equitable and climate-resilient.
- Financing mechanisms: Establishment of finance mechanisms and finance flows for locally led initiatives that are direct, patient and long-term.
- Inclusive governance systems: Improvements by locally led initiatives of the security of tenure and resource rights of Indigenous people and local communities, and of inter-disciplinary, cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder decision-making and governance of landscapes, ecosystems and restoration initiatives.
Funding Information
- Grant size: £200,000 – £500,000 (GBP)
- Duration of grants: 2 to 4 years.
Geographical Focus
- REDAA supports research-to-action initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
- Countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Eligibility Criteria
- Lead Organisations
- Concept Notes must name one Lead Organisation. This will be the organisation that will make an agreement with the REDAA programme and receive a grant, if the proposal is successful, and will be ultimately responsible for delivery and management of the project, including management of any partners and sub-grantees.
- Lead Organisations based within one of the three focal regions (sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or Southeast Asia) will be prioritised for funding. A minority of projects with lead organisations based outside the region or country of focus may be considered for funding if the proposals demonstrate strong partnerships with locally led organisations.
- Lead Organisations must be able to demonstrate that they are:
- Non-profit organisations, which may be non-governmental organisations, research institutions or community-based organisations that are legally registered in the countries in which they operate
- Experienced in the kind of work they propose to undertake
- Financially sound
- Staffed with the appropriate technical and financial capacity and expertise to manage and implement projects successfully and deliver technical and financial reporting.
- At Concept Note stage, the last three years of audited accounts for the Lead Organisation are requested, along with information about the average turnover (income) in GBP over the last three years. The expected annual expenditure of the proposed project must be no more than 25% of this average annual turnover/income figure.
- Partner Organisations and sub-grantees:
- The Lead Organisation may partner with one or more other organisations, including formation of a research consortium where applicable. In projects where Partner Organisations are involved, the project should be co-designed with those partners. Government agencies and inter-governmental and UN agencies may be vital project partners, and they strongly encourage such partnership, but they will not be eligible to receive funding from the REDAA programme.
- Partner Organisations which may also be eligible sub-grantees include:
- Other non-profit organisations, which may be non-governmental organisations, research institutions or community-based organisations
- Private sector organisations, businesses or business associations, which may be subcontracted to undertake specific planned actions for the project, provided this partnership can demonstrate value for money in its costs and benefits to the project
For more information, visit International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).