Applications Invited for Japan Fund for Global Environment Grants Program 2025

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About the Organization

In 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over 100 heads of state and government representatives of over 180 nations attended the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) for the conservation of the environment. In that same year in Japan before the Earth Summit, the Eminent Persons Meeting on Financing Global Environment and Development (Eminent Persons Meeting on Global Environment) was held. During these developments, the Japanese government, in addition to ODA-type cooperative aid between nations, expressed policies to support environmental conservation activities of NGOs.

Then the revision of the Japan Environment Corporation Law was performed, and the Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) was established in 1993. After that, the JFGE, Japan Environment Corporation, has been enacting various projects for the promotion and support of environmental conservation activities by NGOs. Later, JFGE is transferred to The Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency from Japan Environment Corporation in April, 2004.

The JFGE is supported by the government's endowment, individual donation and corporate contributions. The investment gains (interest) and subsidies from the government are applied for the projects that support NGO activities.

About the Grant

Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) provides grant to Non Governmental Organization (NGO)/Non Profit Organization (NPO) engaged in environmental activities.

Grant-eligible projects:

Projects eligible for the JFGE Grant (hereinafter “Grant-eligible projects”) are those that contribute to human welfare through environmental conservation and securing a healthy and cultural life for all individuals. Grant-eligible projects are classified into the following categories:

• Activities for environmental conservation implemented in developing regions by non-governmental organizations (not-for-profit organizations engaged in activities on their own initiative) with their primary offices in Japan, conducted in response to the needs of the local communities or non- governmental organizations in these areas, and that fall under any one of the following categories:
• Implementing local afforestation projects, projects to support the protection and propagation of wildlife, projects to prevent pollution arising from daily activities or other similar projects, to be carried out in developing regions with the participation of the local communities.
• Providing, through training or any other methods for local communities, the knowledge required for the implementation of local afforestation projects, projects to support the protection and propagation of wildlife, projects to prevent environmental pollution arising from daily activities or other similar projects, to be carried out by local residents in developing regions.
• Conducting research or holding international conferences to promote such activities as described in items a and b above.
• Activities for environmental conservation implemented in developing regions in response to the needs of local communities, and that are applicable to any one of the preceding items a, b or c, carried out by non-governmental organizations with their main offices in other areas than Japan.
• Activities carried out by non-governmental organizations with their main offices in Japan for the purpose of promoting environmental conservation in Japan, and that fall under any of the categories described below:
• Tree and grass planting projects, material collection projects for resources recycling and other projects that are significantly meaningful to or will be executed with the participation of a broad range of the Japanese population.
• Raising awareness and dissemination of knowledge related to environmental conservation targeted at a broad range of the Japanese population.
• Research activities aimed at the promotion of the activities listed in items a or b above.

The following projects shall not be supported by the grant: projects that are carried out as part of national policy measures in the areas of resources, energy, and others; projects aimed to introduce plants for pollution prevention or other purposes for use by a specific business ; projects for which a return of investment is expected; or any other projects that are not deemed appropriate for a non-governmental organization to undertake.

Other governmental subsidies, grants and committed finances cannot be applied concurrently for submitted projects.

Eligibility

• a nonprofit organization implementing environmental conservation activities in developing countries, countries which are listed as DAC ODA recipients.
• any agent (organization or individual) that has a bank account in Japan and can communicate with JFGE about the project both verbally and writtenly in Japanese.

How to Apply

Application period for FY2025 is from Nov. 11, 2024 to Dec. 2, 2024.

Please apply within this period through internet. Otherwise the application cannot be reviewed nor examined.

Guide Book of Grant Request 2025

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