Overview
Donor: | Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) |
Application procedure: | Online Application |
Donor base: | United States |
Reference number: | - |
Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
Deadline: | 13.02.2025 |
Financial details
Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
Minimum grant size: | 50.000$ |
Total available budget: | - |
Funding type: | Grants |
Maximum grant size: | - |
Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Climate Change
- Environment & Natural Resources
Project Locations
America
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Description
1) Objective
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), as regional implementation team (RIT) for the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot, are inviting letters of inquiry (LOIs) from non-governmental organizations, community groups, private enterprises, universities and other civil society organizations active in the eligible geographic areas in Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
This investment phase seeks to improve the capacity of civil society organizations to reduce threats to globally important biodiversity in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot. Projects supported under this phase should help:
• Increase the capacity of civil society organisations to reduce key threats to biodiversity;
• Increase the organizational capacity of civil society organisations;
• Increase the capacity of civil society organizations to participate in conservation-related networks; and/or
• Reduce threats to biodiversity at Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs).
2) Eligibility
Eligible applicants non-government organizations, community groups, indigenous people’s organizations, women’s groups, private companies and other civil society organizations.
3) Location
Actions can take place in Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines.
4) Budget
Grants must be greater than US$50,000.
5) Application
Applicants must respond to the call via the ConservationGrants electronic portal. CEPF will not accept letters of inquiry via email or any other mechanism. Closing Date is 13 February 2025.