Deadline: 21-May-25
The Forest Foundation Philippines is accepting proposals for its PCP4NbS Special Fund for Nature-based Solutions Thematic Grants.
To support participatory development, implementation, and enhancement of NbS projects for climate change adaptation, a Special Fund was established under the program. The Special Fund aims to:
- Increase capacities of women and communities in developing/designing and implementing NbS with biodiversity co-benefits;
- Ensure women and community participation in protecting, enhancing, and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity; and
- Protect and enhance biodiversity that provides multiple ecosystem goods and services.
Geographic Scope and Priorities
- Thematic grants are open to NbS projects located in areas and sites in the Philippines with rich biodiversity and high climate vulnerability, which seek to respond to climate change impacts, address societal challenges, provide biodiversity co-benefits, and promote gender equality in natural-resource management.
- The Program shall prioritize NbS proposals which are supported by existing baseline assessments and studies. These may include, but are not limited to, vulnerability and risk assessments, biodiversity assessments, and gender-based analyses.
Funding Information
- Each proposal for a thematic grant shall be between Php 1 Million and PhP 4 Million, with an imlementation period of two (2) years starting in July 2025 onwards.
Eligible Activities
- Thematic grants shall support projects that demonstrate NbS for climate adaptation through interventions such as integrated risk management, ecosystem restoration, and biodiversity conservation. These activities shall promote disaster risk reduction and participatory protection, management, and enhancement of forests and coastal and/or marine ecosystems that provide multiple products and services.
- This RFP shall prioritize NbS projects focused on conserving and protecting coastal and marine ecosystems.
- At the same time, the proposals may also include the following or similar activities in support of NbS, while clearly prioritizing the NbS and demonstrating complementation of activities:
- Development and diversification of gender-responsive community enterprises and sustainable livelihoods, consistent with the manner of protecting biodiversity;
- Legitimization and registration activities of community organizations and groups and individual members;
- Community-based enforcement in upland and coastal/marine protection activities (i.e., patrolling, equipment, and tools);
- Localized, cross-sectoral partnerships and strengthening of organizations;
- Community and gender empowerment critical to the protection of the ecosystems.
- Proponents are also encouraged to develop projects that align with existing local/community plans and frameworks, and consider past projects implemented in the area.
Eligibility Criteria
- Thematic grants will be open to all interested eligible proponents in any part of the Philippines. Entities eligible to receive funds under the Program include:
- Non-government organizations (NGOs) active in the Philippines involved in environmental conservation, development, education, scientific research, ecosystems management, gender equality, and/or other related fields. NGOs refer to non-government organizations duly registered under Philippines laws;
- Organized, registered, and/or recognized community-based organizations, people’s organizations (POs), indigenous peoples’ organizations (IPOs), and/or women’s rights organizations (WROs) who work in the environment and/or development field; and
- Other appropriate local or regional entities active in the Philippines.
- Implementation may be through integrated projects by one organization, or several organizations in a consortium, agreeing to perform or achieve particular outputs, for example in support of a common project outcome, conservation agreements, or a project based on local development plans.
- Priority will be given to women’s rights organizations.
- Proponents are encouraged to provide confirmation of support for the proposed project from the target community or community beneficiaries, and to demonstrate established partnership or engagement with the relevant local government unit(s).
For more information, visit Forest Foundation Philippines.