Deadline: 31-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Kiwa Initiative Local Projects Component to strengthen the delivery and impact of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Programme, leveraging the respective roles, capacities, and unique features of the constituent parts of the Union – their Members, Commissions, National and Regional Committees and Secretariat.
Themes
- Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Enabling tools
Funding Information
- Amount:
- Very small: €25,000 – €50,000
- Small: €50,001 – €100,000
- Medium: €100,001 – €400,000
- Duration:
- Very small: Up to 18 months
- Small: Up to 24 months
- Medium: Up to 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- They support projects that Employ Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to achieve climate change adaptation benefits that are rights-based, gender-sensitive and socially inclusive. Specifically, integrating climate adaptation into:
- Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Enabling tools for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- The call is inviting concept submissions from the 19 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) listed: New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu
- The project should:
- Be implemented in one or more of the Kiwa Initiative eligible PICTs.
- Align with the Kiwa Initiative’s investment priorities.
- Apply NbS to climate change adaptation, including through biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and sustainable use of ecosystem services.
- Deliver more than research-based outcomes alone – research can be funded if it is accompanied by clear and tangible on ground follow-up actions, delivered within the project term.
- Comply with the Environment Social Management System standards and principles of the local projects component of the Kiwa Initiative
- Include objectives and activities that are realistic, achievable and cost efficient within the proposed project term and budget.
- Be in accordance with Anti-Money Laundering /Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML-CFT) requirements.
Ineligible
Projects which include the following topics cannot be supported under this grant scheme.
- Purchasing land.
- Activities that are illegal under local or international law.
- The physical resettlement of people.
- Activities that negatively impact (including removing or altering) physical cultural property, including those important to local communities and/or having archaeological, paleontological, historical, religious, or unique natural values.
- Activities on indigenous peoples’ lands or territories without having obtained their free, prior, and informed consent.
- Activities that include the procurement, handling, storage and use of unlawful pesticides.
- Activities likely to negatively impact vulnerable groups within local communities.
- Activities implemented with local communities, where there has been no prior consultation with said communities
For more information, visit https://www.iucn.org/regions/oceania/our-work/deploying-nature-based-solutions/kiwa-initiative/grant-call-kiwa-initiative-local-projects-component
