Deadline: 24 January 2016
CTI Private Financing Advisory Network is currently inviting applications for its CTI PFAN’s Programme for Financing Climate Change Projects to identify promising projects which have the capability of raising private sector financing while building resilience to climate change.
Eligible Countries
- East Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Southern Africa: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- West Africa: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo.
Focus areas
- Agriculture & Agri-business
- Water and Sanitation
- Forestry, Eco-system Services and Biodiversity
- Energy & Access to Energy (Climate Proofing of Energy Generation & Supply)
- Urban Development
Grants Available
Only business opportunities that require total capital in excess of US$ 500.000 (five hundred thousand US Dollars or currency equivalent) will be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must be located in a Sub-Saharan African country (mentioned above).
- Any projects that we consider appropriate for support in securing private sector finance may be included in our selection processes.
- This initiative is being sponsored by International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI), and the CTI Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN).
- It is organized in cooperation with the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT) and PPL International.
- Project Eligibility
- CTI PFAN seeks project proposals that are financially and technically viable, environmentally beneficial, and socially responsible and which build resilience or reduce vulnerability to climate change.
- Projects which reduce poverty and/or increase incomes for vulnerable populations are therefore eligible.
- Eligibility projects will need to demonstrate that they “help reduce the vulnerability of human and natural systems to the current and future impacts of climate change and climate-related risks, increasing or maintaining adaptive capacity and resilience in the targeted regions and countries through investment for project implementation.”
How to Apply
The submission of the Application together with the Project Proposal and Project Data Sheet must be sent to CTI PFAN Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator.
For more information, please visit Climate change Africa.
