Deadline: October 6th 2023 | Supporting Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to work on NDC Implementation in Kenya
| Title: | Supporting Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to work on NDC Implementation in Kenya |
| Organisation: | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Fund/Benefit: | KES 4,000,000.00 |
| Deadline: | October 6th 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | All countries |
To submit proposals for the award of grants in innovative and transformative, informing policy and methodologies that can influence and shape the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), local communities and indigenous peoples organised through civil society organisations, community forest associations, or communities that depend on forests are invited to do so by UNDP Kenya through the Climate Promise and funding from the UK’s Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
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The purpose of this request for proposals is to raise funds to improve stakeholder engagement methods and procedures across the nation so that Indigenous peoples, local communities, and civil society organisations may all participate in the implementation of the NDC. A regional capacity building initiative that promotes understanding of the NDC process and supports the full and effective engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC)s in the same would also help these efforts.
Additionally, activities will be firmly rooted in the objective of protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local community stakeholders, such as women and youth, and will take advantage of the chances for Indigenous Peoples and local communities to contribute to the success of NDC implementation.
Objectives
The following are the goals of this Grants programme:
- To improve and test Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ contributions to Kenya’s REDD+ Strategy and NDC implementation, particularly those led by women and young people.
- To increase stakeholder participation in the NDC and REDD+ Strategy implementation processes.
Thematic Subjects
- Increasing the scope of schemes for landscape restoration, reforestation, and afforestation.
- Improving governance and the application of policies to minimise the transfer of forests to other land uses;
- Increase the productivity of planted forests; and Improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and skills in value chains related to forests.
Financial Details
- Budgets for proposals up to KES 4,000,000.00 will be taken into consideration.
- By June 30, 2024, all activities supported by this Grants project must be completed.
The Basic Principles
- When creating their grant project applications, applicants are expected to take into account the following core principles and guidelines:
- Submission by indigenous organisations, or civil society groups working on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, especially those led by women or young people.
- Costs/budget, scope, time period, benefits/impact, hazards, and sustainability are all project activity parameters.
- An inclusive strategy that celebrates the diversity of young people, women, and men; creative initiatives, such as those using natural solutions, etc.
- Contributions to NDC implementation while taking the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into account.
Results Areas
- Scale and Speed – To facilitate the delivery and monitoring of NDC targets across sectors, countries have successfully built inclusive and gender-responsive governance and financial frameworks.
- Increasing Ambition: In line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, countries have devised long-term net-zero and climate resilient development paths.
- Permanent Inclusivity: Crucial social actors are systematically empowered and engaged to help hasten the implementation of the NDC and long-term net-zero and climate resilient development paths.
Unqualified Projects
The following project submissions are not qualified for funding
- Ideas for projects that are exclusively or mostly focused on individual sponsorships for attendance at workshops, seminars, conferences, and congresses;
- Suggestions for projects that exclusively or mostly deal with individual scholarships for training or academic programmes;
- Strategies for credit or loans;
- Proposals for projects that only or mostly include capital expenditures, such as purchases of land, structures, machinery, cars, etc.
- Applications for projects that do not show that individuals or groups of people are treated equally on the basis of their gender, sexual orientation, religious views, or lack thereof, or their ethnic origin;
- Cash contributions, involvement in political or religious organisations;
- Project proposals that finance unlawful acts, including but not limited to terrorism, or that do not uphold UN principles are not acceptable.
eligibility requirements
- A Kenyan civil society organisation or an organisation representing Indigenous Peoples that is registered under the Societies Act is required to apply for a grant; Indigenous Peoples organisations that are not registered may apply through a reliable partner who will serve as their fiscal sponsor.
- Be in charge of the project’s planning and management directly, without using a middleman.
- possess a bank account.
- Indigenous organisations led by youth and especially by women are strongly urged to apply.
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