Indonesia: Wallacea Partnership Program Phase 2 Small Grants

Deadline: 16-Jan-21

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) has announced a request for proposals for the Wallacea Partnership Program Phase 2 Small Grants.

• Develop and strengthen fisheries resource management community or community-based sustainable small scale. Applications can be one or a combination of the following sub-topics:
  • Optimizing the ability of management of Fish Resources / SDI based communities in small-scale fisheries schemes through capacity building to coastal communities which includes training on; Coastal Community Institutions, fishery product standards for the market global, ecolabel certification, and sustainable fisheries practices
  • Encourage the implementation of regulations for the use of SDI at the village level or existing customs (customary law, perdes, etc.), both inside protected areas or not
  • Strengthening the role of existing local institutions including fishermen groups, cooperatives, and related organizations in the management of SDI, as well as assistance in the formation of similar community-based organizations
  • Support the eradication of IUU fishing in the context of small-scale fisheries from the aspects of legality and transparency through: legalizing fishing fleets artisanal under 10 GT and the application of the traceability system in each fishery supply chain level
  • Build partnerships with the private sector (Fish Processing Unit, Suppliers, associations, etc.) in an effort to implement these practices sustainable fisheries management to increase the value of its products
  • Assessment of characteristics and supply chains in small-scale fisheries schemes
  • Other SDI Habitat Management
• Strengthening community-based conservation actions in reducing threats to endemic, threatened, endangered, and marine species protected that are related to ecologically (Ecologically Related Species / ERS) with coastal fisheries. Applications can be either or a combination of the following sub-topics:
  • Increase the capacity of fishermen regarding endemic, protected and marine animals threatened with extinction through awareness-raising activities and trainings related include; ERS Handling Techniques on board and marine mammals stranded, environmentally friendly fishing techniques, and so
  • Strengthening the role of existing organizations or community groups in the framework of monitoring the exploitation of protected species (illegal trade, hunting, and so on)
  • Develop a guide to best practices ( best practices) in utilization of SDI to reduce threats to ERS animals
  • Initiate community-based GTS species habitat rehabilitation
  • Develop a participatory GTS-based species monitoring system communities in areas that are protected or not
  • Strengthen the implementation of NAP of priority species at site level
  • Campaign for protected marine species to increase awareness and encouraging behavior change at the site level
  • GTS baseline survey in each corridor
• Strengthening community-based marine protected area management. Applications can be one or a combination of the following sub-topics:
  • Increase the capacity and assistance of marine protected area management existing by local communities
  • Continue and assist the zoning plan for marine protected areas existing, and identification for new reserved areas
  • Strengthening of institutions or institutions at the local level in management and monitoring of marine protected areas
  • Build partnerships between local communities and regional governments and encouraging increased budgets for conservation actions
  • Lessons learned sharing workshop for stakeholders involved in the actions marine protection.
  • Community-based DPL initiation that is integrated with the principles EAFM
• Strengthening coastal community resources in the utilization of products fishery and its value chain for additional income and income alternative livelihoods. Applications can be one or a combination of the following sub-topics:
  • Development of alternative livelihoods (existing and new) as additional income from marine products through; reinforcement and empowerment of coastal women, formation of groups fishery product processing, fishery product processing training, technique packaging, marketing, and financial management
  • Bridging coastal communities with consumers at the local and external levels regions in the context of expanding the market for processed fishery products
  • Training and assistance for coastal communities in documenting results fish catch and daily transactions in order to support regional and national governments for production-marketing data needs local fisheries, as well as part of the EAFM (fisheries information recording)

• The proposer is a civil society organization working in one of the Priority Marine Corridor Funding Area within the biodiversity center Wallacea.
• The proposing institution has a legality and financial management system accountable.

For more information, visit https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2020-wallacea-small-grants