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Grant Invitation for Small NGOs: The IKI Small Grants 5th Call Open for Applications!

Deadline: 13-Mar-24

The 5th Call for Proposals of the IKI Small Grants component ‘International Calls’ is now open.

Objective
  • The IKI Small Grants programme is a complementary instrument within the International Climate Initiative (IKI). It serves to support small, local organisations in the implementation of their climate and biodiversity projects. IKI Small Grants is commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) in close cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office (AA) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).
  • IKI Small Grants focuses on small regional, national, and local organisations in ODA eligible countries. Through annual calls for proposals, IKI Small Grants provides project funding to encourage active civil society engagement and implement effective, locally adapted approaches to the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss. In addition, it supports small implementing organisations in further developing their capacities and strengthening their professional networks by customized measures. This aims to foster them as agents of change for climate and biodiversity action on the ground.
Focus on IKI Funding Areas
  • Project proposals must clearly focus on one or more of the following four IKI funding areas:
    • Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
    • Adapting to the impacts of climate change
    • Conserving natural carbon sinks/REDD+
    • Conserving biological diversity
Priorities
  • They explicitly encourage projects which:
    • Support the implementation or increase the ambition of nationally determined contributions (NDCs).
    • Support action on the ground to contribute to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030.
    • Address the risks, challenges and opportunities of global megatrends (e.g. increasing demand for natural resources, rapid urbanization, digitalisation, pandemic) in the context of climate change and biodiversity loss.
    • Support a just transition of economies towards decarbonization including fair social change especially for vulnerable groups.
    • Strengthen networks, knowledge sharing and cooperation of organisations working on climate change and biodiversity related issues.
    • Develop and promote the use of climate smart technologies.
    • Contribute to awareness building and education regarding climate change and biodiversity.
    • Engage in cross-sectoral and multi-stakeholder cooperation and/or involve the local population.
    • Support the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework of the CBD.
Funding Information
  • IKI Small Grants selects project proposals with a total funding volume between EUR 60,000 and EUR 200,000.
Project Duration
  • The duration of the projects covers a minimum of twelve months and a maximum of two years. In exceptional cases, durations of up to three years can be acceptable if justified appropriately. The project start should be planned for the first quarter of 2025 or later.
Eligibility Criteria
  • In general, applicants should be not-for-profit organisations. Private companies are eligible if they pursue strictly non-profit objectives as part of their proposed project. Individuals or natural persons, one-person organisations and governmental organisations are not eligible for funding.
  • Applicants must be based and registered in countries that fulfil the criteria for Official Development Assistance (ODA) defined by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Please note that, except for Ukraine, proposals for projects in countries that are official or potential candidates for EU membership are not eligible for IKI Small Grants. Organisations that are not financially and legally independent and branches of organisations based in a non- eligible cannot be funded.
  • The applicant organisation must have been operative for at least three years (36 months by the time of the submission deadline). Over the last three years the applicant organisation must have generated an average annual revenue of at least EUR 60,000 and no more than EUR 500,000.
  • The applicant organisation must have dedicated accounting staff and have accounting principles that ensure internal as well as external control mechanisms. The applicant organisation must also employ a software-based accounting system which meets its respective national standards.
  • The applicant organisations must implement the projects themselves. Consortia are not eligible as this could entail forwarding project funds from the lead organisation to partners in the consortia. Forwarding funds is not permitted.
Ineligible
  • In the current call for proposals, IKI Small Grants does not support:
    • government organisations (e.g., ministries, municipalities, public universities)
    • branches of organisations based in a non-ODA country
    • Consortia are not eligible as this would imply the forwarding of project funds from the lead organisation to partners in the consortia. The forwarding of funds is not permitted.
    • Research projects will not be financed unless they have a strong implementation component. This means that basic research projects concentrating mainly on data collection, evaluation, and publications are not eligible as such. However, a project that has its main focus on addressing the needs of target groups and through this achieving substantial changes in the IKI Small Grants’ funding areas is welcome to carry out project related research as a side activity.

For more information, visit International Climate Initiative.