Deadline: 30-Aug-22
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLFx) initiative is opening a call to support 5 GLF Chapters with seed funding to protect and restore forest areas in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on sustainable and inclusive landscapes, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement on climate change.
The GLFx initiative aims to decentralize and democratize access to knowledge, facilitate local–local and local–global knowledge exchange, provide local actors with targeted learning opportunities and resources, and support the scaling of positive action at the local level for global impact.
Why GLFx?
GLFx was created to improve landscapes from the ground up by harnessing the efforts of communities to promote sustainable landscapes. The initiative is powered by community action plans that aim to facilitate community mobilization training, the implementation of local restoration actions, and knowledge exchange.
What are GLF chapters?
- GLF chapters are groups of local change agents that mobilize their communities and stakeholders to hold place-based dialogues and promote sustainable landscape restoration. These local change agents are organized and legalized community-led or grassroots groups, such as NGOs or institutionalized stakeholder groups, who lead initiatives operating at the landscape level. They engage in learning, knowledge generation and sharing, and multi-stakeholder collaboration to scale up restoration, sustainable practices and socio-economic transformation in their landscapes.
- GLF chapters offer regular multi-stakeholder gatherings online or in person to mobilize their communities and coordinate local projects. GLF chapters host a minimum of one gathering each quarter, curate an online space for exchange on the GLFx platform, and support one or more action projects each year. Chapters are founded by a team of diverse individuals who submit an application to the GLF Secretariat.
Benefits
Selected chapters will receive:
- A seed fund of €5,000 to run chapter activities;
- Community mobilization training;
- Workshops and/or toolkits to facilitate the implementation of community action plans;
- GLFx secretariat support in key areas (e.g. technical support in the onboarding process on the platform, capacity development materials and learning opportunities);
- Networking with GLF charter members in their region and the GLFx chapter network;
- Promotional opportunities, such as being featured on Landscape News and the opportunity to take part in GLF events.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will be accepted from groups, networks or partnerships of stakeholders or grassroots initiatives that promote on-the-ground actions towards sustainable landscapes. They will prioritize initiatives focusing on the following: protecting forest areas, restoration activities, and agroecological and/or sustainable agriculture, including coffee production. Stakeholders must be based in LAC countries.
- Groups must be well organized, with an administrative structure to receive and manage funds at the bare minimum. Diversity is encouraged and will be taken into account during the selection process (e.g. gender balance within the team). The names, contact information and a brief profile of the working group or team should be included in the application.
- A group is made up of a dynamic and passionate chapter team with a strong commitment to promoting sustainable landscapes. The group should have a proven track record that:
- Demonstrates experience in mobilizing actors to facilitate local action;
- Provides regional or local experience that can be scaled to inspire or influence more on-the-ground actions;
- Contributes to a regional and global knowledge base on sustainable practices and/or accelerating restoration in landscapes.
For more information, visit https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/glfx-lac-call-for-applications/