We know everyone is busy with COP but just in case you
find this helpful and your node is able to apply; please see the funding
opportunity below, the deadline for applications is 5 December 2018. As
always, feel free to reach out to us should you need any support or guidance in
with the application process.
2019 JFGE Grant: Providing Grants to NGOs/NPOs
engaged in Environmental Activities in Developing
Countries
Deadline: 5 December
2018
Japan
Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) is currently accepting applications 2019
grant program to provide grant to Non Governmental Organization (NGO)/Non Profit
Organization (NPO) engaged in environmental activities.
The Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE), a division of the Environmental
Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan (ERCA) was established in 1993 by
an initial endowment from the Japanese government together with contributions
from the private sectors, including individuals and private corporations. The
interest accrued from these fund management is then used to support for the
activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and
non-profit organizations (NPOs) aiming at environmental
conservation.
Grant Categories
& Amount Available
- Entry Grant: Grant
to support grass-roots projects to expand
- Grant Period: 1 year (One term per
organization)
- Range of Grant Amount (per year) is Minimum 500,000 JPY
~ Maximum 3,000,000
JPY
- Continuous-Project
Grant: Grant to support grass-roots projects to take a root in
the site as self-sustain project
- Grant Period: Maximum 3 years (One term per
organization)
- Range of Grant Amount (per year) is Minimum 500,000 JPY
~ Maximum 3,000,000
JPY
- General Grant: Grant
to support organizational growth by realizing projects efficiently through
refining skills
- Grant Period: Maximum 3 years (two-year-break required
for organization received Regular Grant for two terms in a
row)
- Range of Grant Amount (per year) is Minimum 2,000,000
JPY ~ Maximum 6,000,000
JPY
Eligible
Projects
Conservation projects that fall into following categories are
eligible:
- Nature protection, conservation and
restoration
- Forest conservation and tree/grass planting
- Anti-desertification
- Agriculture of environmental conservation type
- Mitigation and adaptation to climate change
- Building of a recycle-oriented society
- Air, water and soil conservation
- Comprehensive environmental education
- Comprehensive environmental conservation
projects
- Other environmental conservation
projects
Eligibility
Criteria
- Environmental conservation projects implemented in
developing areas by Non-Japanese NGO
- Applicant must meet all of the following
criteria:
- The organization must be a non-governmental
organization(NGO) or a non-profit organization (NPO)
- The organization must possess an Articles of
Incorporation or its equivalent by laws
- The organization must possess a well-established board
of directors and work forces that make decisions for the organization and
implements the proposed project
- The organization must possess an accounting structure
capable of bookkeeping and self-auditing
- The organization must possess an office that serves as a
base of their project
- The organization must prove that they have enough
capacity to execute the proposed project by presenting the firm evidence,
such as activity report of previous project and
achievements
- Note: JFGE grant for
overseas is exclusively for the environmental conservation activities
implemented in developing countries and areas.
How to
Apply
Applicants can download the application form and follow the instructions
given on the website.
Eligible
Countries:
- Least Developed
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Cambodia,
Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gambia,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati,
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho,
Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Sao
Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan,
Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu,
Uganda,
Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia.
- Other Low Income
Countries: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Zimbabwe.
- Lower Middle Income Countries and
Territories: Armenia,
Bolivia, Cape Verde, Cameroon,
Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, El
Salvador, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras,
India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya,
Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Moldova,
Mongolia, Morocco,
Nicaragua, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Papua
New Guinea, Philippines, Sri
Lanka, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Tunisia,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, West Bank and Gaza
Strip.
- Upper Middle Income Countries and
Territories: Albania,
Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Belize,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,
Brazil,
Chile, China
(People's Republic of), Colombia, Cook
Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gabon, Grenada,
Guyana,
Iran, Iraq, Jamaica,
Kazakhstan, Lebanon,
Libya, Malaysia,
Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Montserrat, Namibia,
Nauru,
Niue, Palau, Panama, Peru, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Samoa, Serbia, South Africa, Suriname,
Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna.
For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2fYH1D3
Kind regards,
Janet
Kachinga
Network Development
Officer
Climate Action Network-International
(CAN)
Skype: Janet.ck
Phone: +27 71 774
8210
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