Deadline: 16-Sep-21
The UNDP Governance for Resilient Development in the Pacific (Gov4Res) Project is launching a Small Grant Initiative to provide funding and technical support for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) in the Pacific to design and implement resilient community projects
Purpose of the Initiative
- The primary purpose of the Small Grants initiative is to fund community development projects that have a high development impact and are aligned to government priorities. An integral component of this initiative is the integration of risks to ensure that projects address climate and disaster risks and have gender and social inclusion considerations at their core. This is in line with UNDP’s Low Value Grants modality, which aims to strengthen institutional capacities, support community-based initiatives and support CSOs/NGOs involved in addressing climate change actions and gender equality activities.
- Collaboration with local and subnational government in the identification, design and delivery of projects will be strongly encouraged, for instance identification of projects through formal government planning processes. This way, the community can work closely with sub-national and/or local government to ensure solutions and best practices can be replicated and scaled in other communities. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate that the priorities being addressed have 2 come through the local/sub-national development planning process and that diverse groups within communities contributed their expertise to identifying these priorities. The Small Grant Initiative is open to seven countries in the Pacific in this round with more countries in subsequent calls. Eligible countries to apply includes: Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Areas of Intervention
- Promoting resilience in agriculture and food security projects
- Promoting resilience in community water resource management projects
- Promoting resilience in public-health and sanitation projects
- Promoting resilience in community energy projects
- Promoting resilience in small-scale infrastructure projects
Funding Information
- The Community Resilience Small Grants Incubator offers grants from USD5,000 to a maximum of USD30,000 per project depending on criteria ofselection,management arrangements in place and experience of applicants.
- Implementation period for approved projects will be between 8 to 12 months, depending on the size and scope of the community project.
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered CSOs and NGOs in the Pacific region that are either involved in community development in one or more of the areas of interventions or are interested in integrating this approach into their existing development/community programmes.
- Community Based Organisations (for example: youth groups, women’s groups, disabled persons organisations, religious groups, as well as social enterprises) that are involved in community development, are encouraged to apply with a letter of support from local/subnational government partner or registered CSOs and NGOs
- Consortia of CSO/NGO/CBO are also encouraged to apply (for example: registered CSO/NGO can partner with a CBO where the impact is more sustained).
- Applicants are encouraged to submit their letters of partnership with local/subnational government stakeholders, CSO/NGO partners, government gender machinery and government agencies responsible for climate change and disaster risk management. Selected applicants might be required to submit support letters from partner public agencies. Land access/ title rights may also need to be submitted where applicable.
For more information, visit https://www.pacific.undp.org/content/pacific/en/home/sustainable-development/gov4res-small-grants-initiative-call-for-concepts.html