Deadline: 13 December 2016
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is inviting civil society organizations to submit Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for its Wallacea Biodiversity Hotspot.
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International (CI), the European Union, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation, and the World Bank. A fundamental goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation.
Priorities and Strategic Direction
- The marine and terrestrial sites and corridors in Timor-Leste.
- Address threats to high priority species.
- Improve management of sites (KBAs) with and without official protection status.
- Support sustainable natural resource management by communities in priority sites and corridors.
- Strengthen community-based action to protect marine species and sites.
- Engage the private sector in conservation of priority sites and corridors, in production landscape, and throughout the hotspot.
- Enhance civil society capacity for effective conservation action.
Grant Information
Typical grants from CEPF are for US $100,000 for between 12-30 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-government organizations, community groups, private enterprises, universities, and other civil society organizations may apply for funding.
- Applications from organizations that propose to build capacity of local civil society and community groups are particularly encouraged. Projects must be located within the sites and countries identified in the Ecosystem Profile.
- Organizations must have their own bank account and be authorized under relevant national laws to receive charitable contributions.
- Government-owned enterprises or institutions are eligible only if they can demonstrate that the enterprise or institution:
- has a legal personality independent of any government agency or actor;
- has the authority to apply for and receive private funds; and
- may not assert a claim of sovereign immunity.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit an LOI in English via given website.
For more information, please download the pdf Wallacea Biodiversity Hotspot.
