Deadline: 15 April 2016
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is seeking proposals from any qualified organization for its Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot, with an aim to identify targets that are quantitative, justifiable, and repeatable.
Expected outcomes
- Secure broad-based scientific agreement on the biological priorities for conservation, based on the latest scientific information available
- Provide an updated description of the socioeconomic factors that drive threats to natural resources, including changes over the last five years
- Provide an overview of civil society as a partner in conservation, with focus on recent development on the civil society sector in countries of North Africa and the Middle-East
- Define the CEPF niche and investment strategy for a new phase of investment 2017-2022
- Define the baseline biological indicators related to biodiversity, threats, and civil society against which the grant portfolio will be monitored
Funding Information
- The total budget that CEPF will allocate for this award, inclusive of all taxes, management support costs, or other indirect costs, is US$ 300,000.
- The period of performance is anticipated to be from 15 May 2016 through 30 April 2017.
Eligibility Criteria
- CEPF will accept proposals from any qualified organization anywhere in the world, including nongovernment organizations, private consulting groups, and both public and private universities.
- Government-owned enterprises or institutions are eligible only if they can establish 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
- is not able to assert a claim of sovereign immunity
- Organizations may choose to form a team, or consortium, for the purposes of submitting a proposal. If a consortium is submitting a proposal in response to this RfP, then one organization must be clearly identified as the lead. The lead organization will have final responsibility for submitting the consolidated proposal, and if successful, will be responsible for leading implementation, reporting to CEPF, receiving and disbursing funds, and coordinating the other members of the consortium.
How to Apply
Proposals must be submitted electronically via given website.
For more information, please visit Mediterranean Basin.
