Deadline: 31 October 2017
Applications are open for the Fonds SUEZ Environment Initiatives to combat exclusion by favouring inclusion and consequently sustainably improving the living conditions and autonomy of persons via access to essential services and social insertion. The Fonds supports concrete actions in favour of:
- Access to essential services (water, sanitation and waste) for disadvantaged populations in developing countries;
- The insertion of vulnerable populations thanks to employment and training in France;
Focus Areas
- Improving access to essential services for underprivileged people in developing countries: drinking water, sanitation, waste management.
- Social and Professional Inclusion of people facing hardship in France, through employment and training.
Priorities
- Supporting and providing assistance to development projects through financial and technical partnerships established with international solidarity support organisations and non-profit making specialist institutions as well as companies involved in the social and solidarity economy.
- Supporting emergency humanitarian operations in the field of access to essential services.
- Supporting and assisting social and professional inclusion projects, promoting employment and training. The Fund is thereby committed in the long term, contributing to the social and economic stimulation of local areas.
- Boosting the capacities of local players and disseminating know-how by supporting the professionalisation of services, the implementation of specific training courses, the networking of those involved. .
- Encouraging innovation and applied research that can be adapted to the realities of developing countries by supporting research and development programmes and organising a Award to reward and promote proven innovative projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- For the access to essential services projects: the Fund supports projects implemented in developing countries. It does not support undertake work in what are called developed countries within the scope considered.
- The Fund wishes to focus its activity on urban and peri-urban problems: projects in these areas will therefore be given priority consideration. Rural projects will not, however, be ruled out provided they result in a sustainable structure for managing the services provided.
- For the “social inclusion” projects: the Fund focuses on projects in France.
- The Fund supports projects submitted by project leaders that are legally recognised as an association.
- The Fund does not support projects submitted by individuals.
- The Fund places great importance on the way with which actions are implemented in the field, and gives priority to applicants who have local offices or can demonstrate a close partnership with a local structure.
- Particular attention will also be paid:
- to the commitment and support shown towards the project by local stakeholders: user associations, resident groups, local authorities, etc.
- to the extent in which the project is in line with national or regional policies in the give area,
- to its coherence with other projects implemented on the same subject in the same area.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial, Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
For more information, visit Fonds SUEZ Environment Initiatives.
