Capacity Building Program for CSOs and Local Communities (Fiji, Vietnam, Nepal)

Deadline: 30-Sep-21

Applications are now open for the ANSAB-FCPF Capacity Building Program on REDD+ in Asia-Pacific to strengthen the engagement of targeted forest-dependent beneficiaries in REDD+ processes and decision making at the country and regional levels.

As a part of the Project, ANSAB invites civil society organizations (CSOs) from Fiji, Nepal and Vietnam to submit their expression of interest for possible funding to implement sub-projects in each country.

Funding Information

The amount you can apply for should not exceed US $90,000 for duration of not more than 9 months inclusive of progress reports preparation and submission.

Capacity building activities should enable participants to:

Understand the phenomenon and impacts of climate change on local communities including the issues of land tenure, land/forest management, non-carbon benefits, carbon accounting/Monitoring Reporting and Verification, locally-based sustainable livelihoods, and governance issues in the context of REDD+ and Emission Reduction Programs (ERPs) in the respective countries;
Understand the REDD+ mechanism, including its threats and opportunities for CSOs and local communities, and the mechanism that allow communities to voice their concerns and objectives;
Realize respective roles and responsibilities of CSOs and local communities related to climate change mitigation and adaptation through sustainable management of forests and other resources;
Participate in REDD+ processes, including the integration of community land-use mapping, national Strategic Environmental and Social Assessments (SESAs), Safeguards Information Systems (SIS), Benefit Sharing Plans of the ERPs and community-level monitoring and reporting;
Affirm the need for a rights-based and ecosystem approach to climate change;
Conduct monitoring of national REDD+ activities; and
Determine the ways forward vis-à-vis REDD+ and other international processes and measures.

General Criteria for the Proposals

Proposed activities are to be implemented in Fiji, Nepal and Vietnam for the benefit of local communities. The eligibility criteria for the proposals are:

Activities are implemented in the target country for the benefit of civil society and local communities;
The main focus of the capacity building activities is on strengthening the knowledge of targeted CSOs and local communities on REDD+ at the national level;
The proposal includes a description of the methodology for the planned activities;
Activities reinforce national REDD+ efforts and ERPD preparation and implementation where applicable;
The proposal will also allocate a portion of the funding to facilitate dialogue between prominent CSOs working on forestry and REDD+ issues with the respective REDD+ focal point, FCPF CSO observers, and local and national government offices engaged in REDD+;
Activities are aligned with the relevant country’s agreed engagement strategies with the World Bank;
National capacity building activities are in line with the REDD+ initiatives and COVID response programs in the country;
The proposal ensures active and proportionate participation of women and youth (including scheduling of meetings that take account of restrictions on women’s time and travel for cultural and workload reasons), and includes activities that build women and youth’s capacity and awareness in appropriate methods;
The proposal explains how the activities supported by the project will be maintaned beyond the lifetime of the consultancy; and
The proposal shows how the support will be leveraged to attract additional financial support (cash and/or in-kind but not mandatory)