Deadline: 15-Jun-22
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) is looking for applications to fund projects which benefit biodiversity in a wild landscape.
This focus on biodiversity will also address the importance that EOCA places on the issue of climate change. Projects should ensure that the habitats being conserved are those that sequester carbon, reduce emissions, enable adaptations to climate change, and/or protect against further habitat and biodiversity loss.
Projects must conserve, protect, enhance, restore, and/or reconnect habitats within a given landscape that are particularly important for the biodiversity there. It is also very important that the projects are beneficial to the local communities that live in, or near, these habitats. Projects should highlight how they encourage local stewardship of habitats, alleviate poverty, support local ecosystem services, while at the same time, having a link to outdoor enthusiasts who value these precious wild spaces.
Funding Information & Duration
The maximum amount will be €60,000 for up to THREE years – enabling impact over a larger landscape area and timeframe.
Eligibility Criteria
Non profit organisations can apply to EOCA for grants of up to €30,000 (€60,000 for June 2022 funding round) to implement a conservation project of up to 2 years (three years for June 2022 funding round) in duration in any country around the world except North America (US and Canada – where the Conservation Alliance provides funding for conservation efforts from the North American outdoor industry).
Criteria
- Using this criteria, the shortlist of projects is drawn up at the sole discretion of the General Managers, the Scientific Advisors and EOCA’s Board of Directors. The General Managers will seek further advice from EOCA’s Scientific Advisors if required. Due to the many diverse nationalities making up the whole panel, all applications must please be written in English.
- The projects to successfully win funding will be chosen from the shortlist via a public vote and/or an EOCA’s members vote (in March for applications received in November and October for applications received in June). In Spring 2017, 60.4 million people were reached through this process!
- The public vote involves some effort on the part of the projects involved, to mobilise supporters and generate votes for their project over a two week period. However, the process also gives projects a very valuable opportunity to raise the profile and awareness of their organisation and its work in an international arena.
- Members of EOCA can nominate up to three projects (from different, or the same organisations) each year. If you, as a conservation organisation, do not have any personal contacts to their members, please do not worry! Just apply directly!
For more information, visit https://www.eocaconservation.org/project-info.cfm?pageid=20