Deadline: 30-Apr-22
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is calling for proposals for Legacy Landscapes Fund (LLF).
The Legacy Landscape will typically be surrounded or adjoined by a neighboring “Buffer Zone” where either by regulation or management practice it is recognized that economic activities should be limited to those that are consistent with the conservation values of the LL.
Funding Information
- Both offer a $1 million annual grant designed to support the relevant LLF Program Area sustainably.
- For its Perpetual Grants, LLF requires a minimum co-financing of $10 million and a maximum of $15 million, so that the LLF funding partner provides at least 1/3 of and a maximum of one-half of the grant total.
- LLF’s Sustaining Grant program supports the LL with a $15 million grant in tranches of $1 million per year over 15 years.
This Grant Program Guide provides information on LLF’s program broken down into five sections:
- What are Legacy Landscapes and where do LLF grantees work?
- Who are eligible grantees and how do they work?
- What means will be available to grantees and how will they be sourced?
- How will calls for proposals be structured, and grants awarded?
- Grant Reporting and Monitoring
Geographical Priorities
- Proposals in this call must be for Legacy Landscapes located in an ODA country.
- Accordingly, they are encouraging applications for a Perpetual Grant (with a minimum $ 10 Mio commitment) for an eligible Legacy Landscape in one of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Eligibility Criteria
- LLF grantees will be Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) or locally based actors (ICCAs, etc.) with proven credentials in the following areas:
- Track record of impactful conservation work at scale
- Experience in implementing large grants including financial and administrative systems sufficient to manages such grants
- A legal base to work in the country and region of the LL (MoU or other) and a proven track record of conservation work in the region of the proposed LL
- Familiarity and established trustful relations with:
- relevant government agencies (national and local) in which the LL is located, and
- local communities, grassroots organizations and or local stakeholder groups in the area in which the LL is located
- Adherence to human rights, social and environmental standards as laid down in the World Bank and UN standards (and as shall be further developed in an Environmental and Social Management System describing the environmental and social requirements and standards for LLF’s overall grants program and its implementation (the “Program ESMS”).
- Consortia of NGOs (or of an NGO and a locally based actor) will be considered provided that the consortium arrangement
- demonstrably adds value compared to a sub-grant arrangement,
- includes no more than three consortium members and
- is organized so that a single lead grantee would receive and distribute the funds to the other consortium members. OECMs working in the LLF Program Area could also be part of a consortium or a sub-grantee.
For more information, visit https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/2400