Deadline: 15 September 2014
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) Eastern Afromontane Regional Implementation Team invites civil society organizations to submit Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) to implement projects with large grants (more than USD20,000) and small grants (USD20,000 or less) in Ethiopia, Rwanda, DRC, Tanzania and Zambia.
Applications from organizations that propose to build capacity of local civil society and community groups are particularly encouraged.
Note the Deadlines:
- Large Grants – 15 September 2014
- Small Grants – 29 September 2014
Strategic Directions
Strategic Direction 1: Mainstream biodiversity into wider development policies, plans and projects to deliver the co-benefits of biodiversity conservation, improved local livelihoods and economic development in priority corridors.
Strategic Direction 2:To improve the protection and management of the network of KBAs (Key Biodiversity Areas/high conservation value areas) throughout the hotspot.
Key Biodiversity Sites
- Ethiopia – Sheka Forest (Metu-Gore-Tepi), Awi Zone, Little Abai, River, Mount Guna, Wadela, Lake Tana, Aliyu Amba-Dulecha, Ankober-Debre Sina Escarpment, and Guassa Plateau/Guassa Grassland Reserve
- Rwanda – Lake Kivu
- DRC – Lake Kivu
- Tanzania – Kitulo Plateau, Livingstone Mountains Forests, Mbeya Range, Mount Rungwe, Njombe Forests
- Zambia – Mafinga Hills
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants can be non-governmental organizations, community groups, private enterprises, universities and other civil society from .
- Projects must be located within the sites in Ethiopia, Rwanda, DRC, Tanzania and Zambia identified above and in the Ecosystem Profile.
- Organizations must have their own bank account and be authorized under relevant national laws to receive charitable contributions.
- Government-owned enterprises or institutions are eligible only if they can demonstrate that the enterprise or institution has a legal personality independent of any government agency or actor; has the authority to apply for and receive private funds; and may not assert a claim of sovereign immunity.
- Applicants must submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) in English or in French using the form on the website. The completed form must be submitted electronically via email by the deadline.
For more information, please visit Call for Letters of Inquiry.
