RFPs: Special Fund for Nature-based Solutions Site-based Grants for Batanes (Philippines)

Aim

• To support participatory development, implementation, and enhancement of NbS projects for climate change adaptation, a Special Fund was established under the program. The Special Fund aims to:
  • Increase capacities of women and communities in developing/designing and implementing NbS with biodiversity co-benefits;
  • Ensure women and community participation in protecting, enhancing, and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity; and
  • Protect and enhance biodiversity that provides multiple ecosystem goods and services.

Funding Information

• Each site-based grant shall be between Php 2 Million and PhP 6 Million, with an implementation period of up to two years.

Eligible Activities

• Development and diversification of gender-responsive community enterprises and sustainable livelihoods, consistent with the manner of protecting biodiversity;
• Legitimization and registration activities of community organizations and groups and individual members;
• Community-based enforcement in upland and coastal/marine protection activities (i.e., patrolling, equipment, and tools);
• Localized, cross-sectoral partnerships and strengthening of organizations; and/or
• Community and gender empowerment critical to the protection of the ecosystems;
• Community-based food systems (i.e., communal garden, urban agriculture, farmers market) to support food availability.

Eligibility Criteria

• Site-based grants will be open to all eligible proponents interested in implementing projects in the target sites in Batanes. Entities eligible to receive funds under the Program include:
  • Non-government organizations (NGOs) active in the Philippines involved in environmental conservation, development, education, scientific research, ecosystems management, gender equality, and/or other related fields. NGOs refer to non-government organizations duly registered under Philippines laws;
  • Organized, registered and/or recognized community-based organizations, people’s organizations (POs), indigenous peoples’ organizations (IPOs), and/or women’s rights organizations (WROs) who work in the environment and/or development field; and
  • Other appropriate local or regional entities active in the Philippines.

Evaluation Criteria

• The proposal must meet the following general criteria:
  • Technical soundness and feasibility;
  • Financial soundness and feasibility;
  • Social soundness and feasibility;
  • Organizational capacity to implement the project;
  • Clear outcomes and results with high likelihood of achievement (feasible and attainable given the budget and duration).

For more information, visit Forest Foundation Philippines.