Deadline: 31-Aug-20
The Department Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) has launched a call for applications for the “Driving Force for Change” pilot youth support initiative.
Through the pilot initiative, the department will be providing project preparation development support equivalent to ZAR 1 million to successful applicants.
Through this pilot initiative they hope to provide the support to enable the youth to becoming that “Driving Force for Change” and develop and lead environmental initiatives that puts us on the path of a low carbon and climate resilient development pathway.
Areas that Qualify for Support
The following represents the results areas that would qualify for the support:
- Climate Change
- Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity
- Reduce and/or avoided greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
- Waste
- Reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
- Biodiversity and Ecosystems
- Equitable benefit and sustainable use, conservation, management of species and ecosystems and restoration of degraded ecosystems.
Award Information
DEFF will provide support equivalent to ZAR 1 million. Each successful applicant is eligible to financial support of up to ZAR 100 000 per project.
Eligibility Criteria
The following represents the applicants eligible to apply:
- Youth organisation; youth-led organisations; and organisations undertaking youth climate, waste, biodiversity, forestry and fisheries related implementation.
Activities Eligible for Support
- Stakeholder engagement and consultation
- Prefeasibility studies
- Feasibility studies
- Project structuring
- Identification of full project financing
Evaluation Criteria
The following represents the criteria by which proposals will be evaluated:
- The environmental impacts of the intervention: e.g. Indicative CO2 emissions reduced or avoided; total number of direct or indirect beneficiaries; waste minimized, avoided or reduced; biodiversity conserved.
- The economic impacts of the intervention: e.g. youth employment opportunities created; new economic opportunities, economic innovation, etc.
- The social impacts of the intervention.
- The potential for innovation, transformation and paradigm shift.
- The soundness of the implementation and financial plan.
- The potential for replicability and scalability.
- The potential to catalyse or leverage financial resources.
- The sustainability of the project.
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