New Grant Scheme to fund Projects tackling the Open Burning of Waste

Deadline: 8-Nov-22

The Safer End of Engineered Life – Open burning grant scheme is looking to fund projects to tackle the open burning of waste that lead to a reduction of risk to human health and safety.

These activities must lead to a demonstrable impact(s) for the beneficiaries, which reduces the risks posed to vulnerable groups as a result of the open burning of municipal solid waste. The grants can either build on existing work or develop new activities.

Objectives

To raise awareness and broader understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the tackling of the open burning of municipal solid waste including any unintended consequences.
To facilitate the development of evidence and use of evidence-based approaches to mitigate the impact of open burning of municipal solid waste on human health and safety.
To increase knowledge sharing across region, cities and sectorial boundaries on effective implementation of phasing out of open burning of municipal solid waste.
To decrease the practice of open burning of municipal solid waste through evidence-based approaches.

Types of Grants

There are two types of grants available:

Impact grant (up to £60,000)
Baseline study and awareness-raising grants (up to £20,000)

Duration

The funding period for both grant types is up to 24 months.

Examples

Some examples may include but are not limited to:

reducing burning by introducing targeted improvements to solid waste management systems.
introducing/enhancing sustainable waste management initiatives which integrate informal workers as service providers and reduces their risks.
reducing the identified health risks for informal workers and small scale recyclers.
improving working practices and providing appropriate support and training to vulnerable groups.
introducing changes in policies and practices, which will bring sustainable changes in the system to reduce adverse impacts for the most vulnerable groups.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be associated with an eligible registered organization.
Eligible registered organizations include:
- non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- research institutions
- universities
- government entities
- semi-governmental organizations
- charities
- social enterprises
- commercial entities
If you are unsure if your organization is eligible, please contact the Engineering X team.
Applications from any country are eligible to apply.
Applicants from any discipline or sector are eligible to apply.
All applications must be submitted in English.

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