CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNANCE
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Caribbean Islands
How can you apply for funding?
OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS
On August 15, 2013, a call for proposals was launched to invite letters of inquiry (LOIs) from civil society organisations for both small and large grant projects for all countries eligible for CEPF support in the region: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Opening date: 15 August 2013
Deadline date: 30 September 2013
See here for more information on the call in English, French and Spanish.
NOTE: CANARI has revised the letter of inquiry (LOI) template for small grants.
Please see here for the new LOI forms in English (Word version), French (Word version) and Spanish (Word version).
Who is eligible for funding?
Civil society organisations from 11 countries eligible to receive CEPF support can apply. The countries are: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity and World Bank client countries. In addition, the Bahamas and Barbados will be priorities for CEPF investment because of their eligibility to receive Global Environment Facility (GEF) funds specifically. The Greater Antilles nations of Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are of highest priority for CEPF investment as they have the highest priority Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs).
CANARI will be opening rolling calls for proposals over the next few years and inviting letters of inquiry (LOIs) from non-governmental organisations, community groups, universities and other civil society organisations. Applicants can apply for small grants (US$ 20,000 or less) or for large grants (between US$ 20,000 – US$ 1 million).
Past calls for proposals
- Regional Call for Proposals
On July 2nd, 2012, a call for proposals was launched to invite letters of inquiry (LOIs) from civil society organisations for both small and large grant projects for all countries eligible for CEPF support in the region: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Opening date: 2nd July 2012
Deadline date: 13 August 2012
See here for more information on the call in English, French and Spanish.
- Call for Proposals for Massif de la Hotte, Haiti
CANARI has opened a CEPF call for proposals for both small and large grants focused on the Massif de la Hotte key biodiversity area (KBA) in Haiti. Here are details of the call for proposals in English and French.
Opening date: 15 May 2012
Deadline date: 29 June 2012
A stakeholders' meeting was held on 30 March 2012, in La Borde, in the Massif de La Hotte KBA, Haiti, to discuss CEPF's strategy for the area, as well as actions that would lead to tangible conservation results with local stakeholders. Park Macaya, within the Massif de la Hotte KBA, emerged as the focus of the discussions.
See here for the report of the meeting.
- Call for regional projects
This call was opened to regional projects that are focused in two or more of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Bahamas.
This call was also opened to single-country projects based in the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Bahamas. See here for call document in English French, and Spanish.
Opening date: 21 September 2011
Deadline date: 17 October 2011
- Call for the Dominican Republic
This call was opened for projects in the Dominican Republic only. See here for call document in Spanish and English.
Opening date: 10 April 2011
Deadline date for small grants: 31 May 2011
Deadline date for large grants: 10 June 2011
- Call for Haiti and Jamaica
This first call for LOIs was particularly targeted at the islands of Jamaica and Haiti, two
countries identified as priority areas in the Ecosystem Profile for the Caribbean Islands
Hotspot, as they have some of the highest-priority Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) for
CEPF Investment in the Caribbean. See here for call document in English.
Opening date: 1 February 2011
Deadline date for small grants: 31 March 2011
Deadline for large grants: 30 April 2011 |
