Applications Invited for IKI Small Grants on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Nature Conservation

About the IKI:

International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) finances climate and biodiversity programmes in ODA eligible states. They support programmes on policy advice, capacity building, technology cooperation and investment as well as the implementation of policies and strategies.

IKI Small Grants:

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to carry out international calls for small scale projects, the IKI Small Grants scheme.

With the IKI Small Grants scheme BMU therefore extends their IKI strategy and outreach to small organisations to encourage active citizen involvement and local approaches to threats caused by climate change and biodiversity loss. They will be supported through the financing of projects including capacity building and aided where possible and necessary by GIZ in integrating their activities into national policy objectives.

BMU has commissioned GIZ in the context of the project “Capacity Building and Finance for National and Local Action on Climate and Biodiversity” to implement the IKI Small Grants funding scheme. The call for project proposals, the selection process and the disbursement of funds are handled by GIZ and in accordance with GIZ procedures.

The IKI Small Grants scheme is exclusively aimed at promoting the work of small organisations in developing and emerging economies further defined below.

Objectives:

The focus of the IKI Small Grants scheme is to provide support to the implementation of both the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in implementing the Paris Agreement as well as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in addressing the global loss of biodiversity (Aichi Targets and the goals of the future post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework)

As a primary goal project proposals have to clearly address one of the IKI funding areas:

• Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
• Adapting to the impacts of climate change
• Conserving natural carbon sinks / forestry
• Conserving biological diversity

Please note that project proposals must clearly focus on solving challenges related to climate change or nature conservation. Proposals with another key focus will not be considered.

Nevertheless, cross-cutting topics such as sustainable urban development and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) are also eligible for funding. Please refer to the IKI homepage for details on the IKI funding areas: https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/issues/

Proposals that include social and economic co-benefits or contribute to good governance as secondary goals are welcome.

Conditions for funding:

The IKI Small Grants scheme will select project proposals with a funding volume of up to EUR 100,000 (one hundred thousand euros). Proposals which exceed this amount will not be considered. Project funding will only be granted to

• not-for-profit organisations,
• for-profit non-government organisations if they pursue strictly non-profit objectives within the scope of their proposed project.

Individuals or natural persons, one-man/woman organisations and government organisations are not eligible for funding. Also excluded are branches of organisations based in a non-ODA country.

Applicants will have to meet a set of requirements such as legal status and accounting capabilities and provide evidence for these.

• The average annual revenue of the organization in the last three years shall not exceed EUR 500,000 (five hundred thousand euros).
• The funding volume shall not exceed one third of the average annual turnover of the last three years.
• For project proposals with a funding volume of over EUR 50,000 (fifty thousand euros), the applicant organization must employ a software-based accounting system which meets its respective national standards.
• The applicant has to have dedicated accounting staff and have accounting principles that ensure internal as well as external control mechanisms.
• There have been no allegations or investigations of corruption or other offences (e.g. fraud, embezzlement, breach of trust) against the organization, its board members or officers in the last 5 years.

General funding priorities:

In the context of the above mentioned funding areas the IKI Small Grants scheme is looking to support projects that focus on areas such as,

• present new approaches to climate and biodiversity protection,
• promote policy development (local, regional, national or transnational),
• place climate change or biodiversity issues on the agenda of local development and poverty reduction strategies and planning processes,
• address the risks, challenges and opportunities of global transition, global megatrends (e.g. digitalization, urbanization) and social change with regard to climate change or biodiversity loss,
• develop innovative technologies, tools or methods to address climate or biodiversity related problems,
• strengthen networks, knowledge sharing and cooperation of organisations working on
• climate change and biodiversity related issues,
• develop and promote the use of climate smart technologies,
• contribute to awareness raising and education,
• reduce multiple anthropogenic pressures on vulnerable ecosystems,
• develop and introduce economic incentives favorable for climate and biodiversity.

Deadline: 5 March 2020

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