Under the Central African Regional Program for the Environment, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is offering grants to local NGOs, CBOs, non-governmental research centres, independent researchers, university students, women and minor groups for implementing projects on sustainable conservation of forests in Central Africa. The objective of this Small Grant Program is “strengthening civil society for sustainable forest conservation in Central Africa.” Detailed objectives of the program are:
1- Promote and build constituency for conservation among civil society;
2- Foster partnerships between landscapes consortia and local civil society in the field;
3- Fill gaps in conservation’s analytical agenda including the design of a suitable mechanism to provide feedback to local communities on conservation strategies, exchanges of field experiences and success stories between and within landscapes;
4- Facilitate the participation of Central African institutions and governments in CARPE activities;
5- Reinforce the capacities of local civil society in institutional development and strategic planning;
6- Effectively integrate CARPE activities in the field with host country institutions;
7- Identify Natural Resources Management policies that require country team advocacy for policy reform or development;
8- Raise local, national and regional awareness of CARPE objectives and achievements;
9- Foster gender equity.
The domain of intervention includes: Capacity Building; Natural Resources Management Policy; Natural Resources Management governance; Capitalization and sharing of lessons learned; Gender equity; Landscape issues related to policy and to build constituency for its sustainable management; Bush meat management in term of Policy and regulation to set forth for advocacy.
There are two deadlines for accepting the proposals during 2010. The first deadline is 31 January 2010 and the second deadline is 30 June 2010. For more information, visit this link.
