Deadline: 29-Feb-2024
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the Nationally Determined Contribution Support Programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation and Environmental Protection Agency, wishes to announce a call for proposals from NGOs/CSOs/CBOs, artisanal palm oil cooperatives/associations for energy efficiency and waste management in the small-scale palm oil milling and production sub-sector.
The overall objective of the call is to provide technical and financial support towards improved energy efficient production and sustainable waste management to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve worker and public health, and avoid environmental pollution.
UNDP Ghana together with MESTI and EPA, under the flagship UNDP Climate Promise programme being implemented in 120 countries, is advertising this 2nd call for proposals from NGOs, Community Based Organisations, and Associations to access Micro-Capital Grants for energy efficiency and waste management improvements in the artisanal palm oil sector. The projects, to be supported by this low value grants programme, is focused on the Central and Western Regions of Ghana and seeks proposals from applicants under any of these two categories:
- Artisanal Palm Oil Cooperatives/Associations: Already existing and recognized platform of artisanal palm oil producers that provides a collective voice for the members and steers the collective goals of the producers.
- CBO/NGO/CSOs: Community-based organizations, civil society organisations or nongovernmental organizations that work with one or more small scale palm oil producers in the informal sector and have support of these artisanal producers to represent them in making this application.
Funding Information
- The total grant funds requested per application must not be more than US$ 85,000 and must support at least 100 direct beneficiaries with 60% comprising women.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must be submitted by duly registered and legally recognised entities in Ghana; including NGO’s CSO’s, CBO’s, Artisanal Palm Oil Producer Associations/Cooperatives. Applying entities must have a solid management team, demonstrate strong evidence of credibility and experience in working with artisanal palm oil producers and millers, or of working in the palm oil production sector.
- Applicants must meet all the following criteria for your application to be considered:
- The applicant indicates and provides a 15% of matching funds to be committed towards total cost of the intervention. This can be financial or in-kind such as staff time logistics support, etc.
- Applicants must demonstrate that the project could not go ahead without UNDP funding or that, if it would go ahead anyway, it would be at a much-reduced pace or scale.
- The funding request is for specific identified areas and artisanal palm oil production groups, new equipment i.e. improved and efficient cooking and milling equipment with locally available parts that addresses the challenges enumerated above in Section A of this call.
- The equipment to be supplied to the artisanal palm oil producers and millers must be locally fabricated, of acceptable quality standard and sourced from an entity registered in Ghana.
- Applicants must demonstrate planned trainings on use of new equipment and on general best practices of resource use efficiency. Training of workers in best practices in palm oil processing including resource use efficiency, pollution control and waste management, equipment setting and maintenance documentation, financial management, record keeping, and leadership in business.
- Exploring the feasibility of collecting process waste/wastewater (palm oil mill effluent) to generate additional energy or processed for use as fertilizer on farms.
- Applicants must demonstrate monitoring and documentation plans over a specified period after equipment installation. This requires developing an environmental management system to monitor the operation of artisanal palm oil facilities.
- A consortium may be formed, but the lead applicant is responsible for the project/idea and must warrant that the permission of the other members has been obtained.
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