CFPs: International Climate Initiative’s Small Grants Programme

Deadline: 15-Jan-25

The International Climate Initiative is accepting proposals for the Small Grants Programme to support small, local organisations in the implementation of their climate and biodiversity projects.

The IKI Small Grants programme is a complementary instrument within the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

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).

Areas

• Project proposals must focus on one or more of the following IKI funding areas:
  • Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions
  • Adaptation to the impacts of climate change
  • Conserving natural carbon sinks with a focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
  • Conserving biological diversity

Funding Information

• IKI Small Grants selects project proposals with a total funding volume between EUR 60,000 and EUR 200,000.

Duration

• The duration of the projects covers a minimum of twelve months and a maximum of two years.

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).
• However, 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 country cannot be funded.
• The applicant organisation must have been operative for at least three years.
• 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.

For more information, visit IKI.