Closing Date: August 30,2015.

The Foundation Future of the Carbon Market focuses on the support of market based programmatic emission mitigation approaches in developing countries. This includes in particular the CDM’s programmatic approach, Programmes of Activities (PoA), but also initiatives which are developed outside the framework given by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, can be eligible for funding, if they are aligned with the funding criteria.

Based on the belief that the principle underlying programmatic mitigation approaches is also of strategic importance for future mechanisms of international climate finance, the Foundation would like to fund measures that:

Closing Date: August 7, 2015.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is pleased to announce the Third Call for Concept Notes for the Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (CDRRF). The purpose of the CDRRF is to provide grants to communities across the Caribbean to support the costs of undertaking projects to strengthen the population’s ability to react to and reduce the risk of exposure to natural hazards. Concept Notes should depict innovative and transformative community-driven solutions in the priority areas of Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change Adaptation and related livelihoods projects. CDRRF will collect information on the lessons learned from each project that can be applied to other community projects. Information from a project that is found to be especially successful for one community will be shared with other communities. Non-Governmental Organisations, Community-based Organisations, Faith-based Organisations and Government Agencies as well as National Research Institutions in 18 Borrowing Member Countries of the CDB may submit Concept Notes to implement projects for up to 24 months ranging in cost from USD400,000 to USD650,000.

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Closing Date: October 27, 2015.

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) is launching the Technological Platforms to Strengthen Public Sector Accountability and Citizen Engagement call for proposals. This call for proposals is valued at up to twenty-five million Canadian dollars (C$25,000,000) over a period of five years. Canadian organizations may submit only one application for this call, either on their own or as the lead organization of a consortium.

The purpose of the Technological Platforms to Strengthen Public Sector Accountability and Citizen Engagement call for proposals is to fund initiatives that will support public sector institutions and civil society in their ability to advance equitable democratic reform, deliver effective and sustainable development results to citizens, improve service delivery, combat corruption, and engage meaningfully with citizens through the use of technological platforms.

All proposals must contribute toward the ultimate outcome and must demonstrate that they contribute toward one or more of the intermediate outcomes: