Deadline: 11 April 2019
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced two calls for proposals from the 1st edition of its ‘Waste’ Recovery Innovation Challenge (WRIC):
- Research: The WRIC will support at least 1 research project that will lead to the promotion and/or test of innovative solutions for the recovery of waste into other essential products/services, and/or waste reduction or avoidance. The research project should as part of its outcomes lead to an innovation or the creation of a sustainable business that has the possibility of making profit in the short, medium and long term; create employment and other income generation opportunities especially for youth, women and vulnerable people; and should lead to/contribute to bringing a lasting solution to a waste management challenge in a specific area/community or region.
- Advocacy/Awareness Creation: the WRIC will support at least 1 project that will lead to the promotion of best practices in waste management, and promotion of circular economy approaches in waste/sanitation management. The advocacy/awareness creation project should lead to increased understanding on opportunities for waste recovery or waste reduction/avoidance in Ghana and positive behavioural change from poor waste management practices to best and acceptable practices.
Categories
The projects supported during this first edition will fall under three categories:
- Private sector/businesses: providing a sustainable solution to an existing waste management challenge in a specific area; demonstrating the potential to be bankable and scalable; having the potential to create employment.
- Research: investigating innovative ways and scientific break-throughs in waste recovery, results of which can be turned into bankable and scalable business proposal.
- Advocacy/awareness creation: promoting the concept of resource recovery and its opportunities in Ghana in a circular economy context.
Eligibility Criteria
For Research Project:
Proposals must be submitted by applicants from research-focused and/or academic institutions, as well as individual researchers.
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria for their application to be considered:
- The total grant funds requested must not be more than US$ 40,000.
- Only one proposal can be submitted by an institution/individual.
- The funding request is for a specific, catalytic research project that addresses the challenge enumerated above. The WRIC/UNDP views innovation in its broadest sense including: i) a new approach, product, idea or service that has not been tested anywhere; ii) an approach, product, idea or service that is new to Ghana; or iii) an approach, product, idea or service that has not been applied to the waste management sector in Ghana but presents the best possible opportunity to provide lasting solutions.
- Applicants must demonstrate that the project could not go ahead without WRIC/UNDP funding or that, if it would go ahead anyway, it would be at a much-reduced pace or scale.
- Applicants may partner with other organizations, including NGOs and Community organizations. However, it is a condition that the lead applicant and implementer of the research project must be from research and academia.
- The idea must be implemented in Ghana by a researcher or research/academic body operating in Ghana.
- A consortium may be formed, but the lead applicant is responsible for the project/idea and must warrant that the permission of the other members has been obtained.
For Advocacy/Awareness Creation
Proposals must be submitted by applicants from Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society Organizations registered in Ghana.
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria for their application to be considered:
- The total grant funds requested must not be more than US$ 40,000.
- Applicants must demonstrate that the project could not go ahead without WRIC/UNDP funding or that, if it would go ahead anyway, it would be at a much-reduced pace or scale.
- An organization may partner with other organizations. However, it is a condition that the lead applicant and implementer of the project must be from an NGO or CSO.
- The idea must be implemented in Ghana by an NGO or CSO operating in Ghana.
- A consortium may be formed, but the lead applicant is responsible for the project/idea and must warrant that the permission of the other members has been obtained.
How to Apply
Applicants can download the application form via given website.
For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2FuusNq