Deadline: 18-Mar-22
Kenya-UK PACT is inviting eligible organisations to submit proposals for innovative, capacity-building projects that help strengthen Kenya’s nature-based solutions sector.
Projects selected through this Kenya-UK PACT funding round will support the Government of Kenya’s ambitious goals for the nature-based solutions sector, set out in their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Kenya has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 32% by 2030.
Nature-based Solutions will be at the heart of delivering Kenya’s ambitious climate mitigation goals. The forestry sector alone represents nearly half of all abatement measures set out in Kenya’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which commits to reducing emissions by 32% by 2030.
What will Kenya-UK PACT be funding?
They welcome proposals for projects that will start on 1 July 2022 and end no later than 31 March 2025. Projects should focus on addressing key policy and institutional gaps in the conservation, management and restoration of forests, and the continued development and implementation of a national REDD+ system. All projects must embed Gender Equality and Social Inclusion considerations throughout. They will be looking for evidence that projects can help accelerate carbon emissions reductions and contribute to economic recovery objectives in Kenya.
Priorities
Within the Nature-based Solutions sector, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has outlined its priorities in the following policy documents. The Ministry has developed a new Forest Policy, a Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Strategy and Investment Plan, and a National Forest Management System framework; they set out key priorities for financing and implementing its ambitious goals.
Funding Information
Grants of between £250,000 and £1,000,000 per year, per project, with an overall cap of £2,000,000 per project, are available.
What are they looking for?
- In consultation with the Kenyan Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Kenya-UK PACT is seeking to fund projects that will strengthen regulation, coordination and financing of forest conservation and restoration activities. Projects will support emissions reductions and NDC implementation, enhance NDC ambition over time, and promote a green recovery.
- They are seeking applications for grant projects that support and respond to Government of Kenya objectives in the Nature-based Solutions sector. The support will focus both on addressing key policy and institutional gaps in the conservation, management and restoration of forests, and the continued development and implementation of a national REDD+ system. All projects must embed Gender Equality and Social Inclusion considerations throughout.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications are open to applicants registered as not-for-profit organisations including academic institutions, NGOs, professional associations or similar organisations that have the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver technical assistance projects in the priority sector outlined. For-profit organisations can participate as consortium partners to the lead implementing partner submitting a proposal.
For more information, visit https://www.ukpact.co.uk/news/uk-pact-call-for-proposals-nature-based-solutions-in-kenya-0?utm_campaign=Country%20programme