Closing Date: January 31, 2014.

The Nordic Climate Facility (NCF) has launched the Fourth Call for Proposals on this year’s theme “Inclusive green growth projects contributing to private sector development”.

The Nordic Climate Facility (NCF) has launched the Fourth Call for Proposals on this year’s theme “Inclusive green growth projects contributing to private sector development”. The deadline for submitting applications is 31 January 2014 via the on-line application platform here.
 

The aim of NCF is to promote the transfer of technology, expertise and innovative ideas between the Nordic countries and low-income countries facing challenges related to climate change. The main goal is to bolster the capabilities of low-income countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change challenges and implement sustainable development measures that will reduce poverty.

Grant financing of up to EUR 500,000 can be granted to partnerships between relevant Nordic (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland) institutions, organisations, companies, authorities and qualified local partners in low-income countries. A minimum of 20% co-financing is required.
NCF is financed by the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) and administered by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO). The total budget for the Fourth Call is EUR 4 million.

In its previous calls, NCF has received 442 applications, and 40 climate projects have been financed by the facility. The projects relate to mitigation of climate gases as well as to adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Since the inception of the facility in 2009, 11 projects have been completed.

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Forest Landscape Restoration can bring back life to degraded (e.g. forest fires) or clear-cut areas (e.g. deforestation, extractive activities). When carefully planned, forest restoration activities can provide environmental services to the local community and develop new habitats in formerly bare areas. Restoration and reforestation activities also provide an excellent way to involve local stakeholders, generate income, and allow communities to connect with nature and become a vested part of a larger conservation program. Connecting corridors, creating buffer zones, improving degraded lands, restoring watersheds, and expanding forest cover are just a few ways that forest landscape restoration can have real and lasting impact for conservation. EFN, with generous funding from the UPS Foundation, has launched a special grant opportunity focused on supporting communities in regaining ecological integrity and enhancing human wellbeing in deforested or degraded forest landscapes.

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

Local organizations from the following WWF-US priority ecoregions are eligible to apply.

·         Mesoamerican Reef (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)

·         Tropical Andes (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)

·         Coastal East Africa (Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania)

·         Madagascar

·         Eastern Himalayas (Bhutan, Nepal)

·         Greater Mekong (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam)

·         Borneo and Sumatra (Indonesia)

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for an EFN Reforestation Workshop Grant, an organization must meet the following criteria:

1.      Be a legally registered organization in a WWF-US priority ecoregion.

2.      Conduct reforestation /restoration activities in a WWF-US priority ecoregion (priority is given to local organizations conducting tree planting activities).

3.      Include an active learning, practical skill component, or field-based learning activity that builds skills and knowledge for local stakeholders as part of the project activities.

4.      Priority is given to local organizations that have not yet benefited from this opportunity.

5.      Complete all grant activities before August 31, 2014.

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