Deadline: 28 April 2017
The Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), through funding of One Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD 1.4M) provided by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is seeking applications for its Special Climate Change Adaptation Fund (SCCAF) under the project “Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanisms for PPCR Jamaica”.
The Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) is a grant making institution established to provide funding to NGOs involved in the management and sustainable use of Jamaica’s natural resources, and in issues of child survival and child development.
Thematic Areas
- Soil Conservation/Protection of soils from Water Stress or Soil Erosion
- Rehabilitation/regeneration of degraded lands
- Construction of check dams
- Construction of live barriers
- Aforestation/Reforestation
- Rehabilitation or regeneration of degraded forested lands
- Establishing new forests
- Agroforestry
- Climate Smart Agro-businesses/Tourism Businesses
- Agro-processing businesses: Rehabilitation/Retrofitting/Expansion of Infrastructure for storage or processing of agricultural products
- Improving the Resilience of Tourism businesses to the effects of Climate Change
- Climate Resilient Cropping Systems
- Aquaponics
- Greenhouse farming
- Propagation/Use of climate resilient crops
- Water Management
- Water conservation
- Water recycling systems
- Rain water collection
- Small water systems to support water-deprived communities
- Establishment/Rehabilitation of small water systems to support sustainable agricultural practice in isolated communities for income generation.
- Disaster Preparedness
- Assessing the vulnerability of communities or agro/tourism businesses to climate hazard
- Developing community or agro/tourism business Disaster Preparedness plans
- Renewable Energy Systems for increasing resilience to Climate Change
- Applications of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as a part of a wider project for increasing resilience to climate change
- Management of Agricultural Waste
- Projects / Programmes for reduction, use and or recycling of Agricultural waste to increase resilience to climate change
- Climate Smart Building – Sustainable building practices and facilities for extreme climate events and Structural adjustments that increase climate change resilience, etc.
- Roof insulation and/or envelope improvements
- Green roofs
- Rain gardens
- Climate change resilient additions to existing storage infrastructure
- Protection from Sea Level Rise
- Construction to protect structures from the effects of sea level rise
Funding Information
Budgets must be appropriate. Only a maximum equivalent to J$5,000,000 can be approved per grant.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants from the SCCAF may be accessed by community based organizations (CBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), other civil society groups (CSGs) and selected public sector agencies, for clearly defined high priority activities, particularly related to building resilience to climate change and particularly to develop, test and demonstrate approaches, best practices and solutions, contributing to livelihoods protection and poverty reduction.
- Each CBO/NGO/CSG must be legally registered in Jamaica as a non-profit entity, a cooperative or a society. Each organization must display evidence of the existence of:
- An executive body,
- Annual financial statements,
- Minutes of their meetings and
- Evidence that the community or stakeholders are aware of the project and its likely impact.
- Public sector entities must be working at the community level implementing projects that seek to enhance their own capacities and/or the capacities of related communities to cope better with the increased changes to frequency, intensity, duration, and distribution of climate-induced hazards and vulnerability.
- Special consideration will be given to women’s groups and vulnerable groups.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Jamaica
For more information, please visit Environmental Foundation of Jamaica.