Deadline: 6 March 2015
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is currently accepting applications for its Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility (IPAF) 2015 grant cycle. By this call, the foundation aims to ensure that indigenous peoples’ communities in rural areas are empowered to improve their well-being, income and food security through self-driven development that builds on their identity and culture. The IPAF 2015 cycle will finance around 30 projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Since 2007, 100 small projects were financed in 40 countries by the IPAF for a total amount of about USD 2.6 million. The available grants financing under this call for proposals range between USD 20,000 to USD 50,000 and lasting up to two years.
Focus/Eligible Countries: IFAD developing Member States [Visit to see the complete list of countries]
Focus Areas: Indigenous Women with a focus on
- Food Security and Nutrition
- Access to Markets
- Land, Territories and Resources
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must be an indigenous or tribal peoples’ organization legally registered in an IFAD developing Member State.
- Not-for-profit/non-governmental organizations can apply if designated by the indigenous peoples’ communities to act on their behalf. Evidence of the Free, Prior and Informed Consent by the indigenous peoples’ communities needs to be enclosed to the application form.
- The applicant’s headquarters must be located in the country of grant implementation, which must also be an IFAD developing Member State. {see the list of eligible countries above}
- Only projects proposals that clearly/directly benefit indigenous peoples’ communities will be considered eligible for funding.
- Applicant should not be implementing an IFAD grant at the time of the application.
- For-profit organisations (e.g. for profit cooperatives) are not eligible for funding.
- Proposed project budget requests to the Facility should range between US$20,000 and US$50,000 and include a minimum contribution by the grant recipient of 20% of the total request from the Facility.
Application Process
All applications must be sent completed using the online form available on the website. Other things to be considered are-
- The completed application should not exceed 15 pages.
- Applications must be in English, French, and Spanish.
- Applications must include a copy of the certificate of legal registration of the organization under applicable law.
- Only one application can be submitted by each organization to 2015 IPAF.
For more information about this call for proposal, visit IFAD Call for Proposals.
