Deadline: 3rd November 2023 | Local Climate Action Programme of USAID Morocco
| Title: | Local Climate Action Programme of USAID Morocco |
| Organisation: | United States Agency For International Development of Morocco (USAID) |
| Fund/Benefit: | $2 000 000 |
| Deadline: | 3rd November 2023 |
| Eligible Countries: | Morocco |
For the Local Climate Action Programme, the United States Agency for International Development in Morocco (USAID/Morocco) is looking for proposals from eligible regional Moroccan organisations.
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Objectives
- This activity’s goal is to promote systemic improvements that will increase resilience to the effects of climate change, particularly for marginalised populations, with an emphasis on women and girls. The programme encourages locally driven climate action that strengthens community resilience to the effects of climate change and gives women, youth, and other local stakeholders a platform to drive locally tailored responses to those consequences in Moroccan communities.
- Many different climate consequences and trends were highlighted throughout the Climate Listening Tour sessions. Concepts should address some of the main issues that have been prioritised across regions, particularly water scarcity issues like rainfall declines, droughts, restricted access to water and sanitation, decreased agricultural productivity, depletion of underground reservoirs, increased frequency of flooding, increasing demand on water resources, and restricted water recycling.
- Social effects include disproportionate effects on women and their ability to support themselves, effects on mental and physical health, youth migration to cities and other countries in search of employment opportunities, disproportionate effects on people with disabilities, and a lack of knowledge of the risks, effects, and solutions associated with climate change.
- Economic effects include limited employment and economic prospects, particularly in green economic sectors, lower agricultural revenues, and a limited capacity to diversify sources of income.
- The concerns and issues causing Morocco’s climate change are complicated and linked. A comprehensive local systems approach is required to bring about meaningful change because it addresses some of these major issues and involves a large number of local stakeholders in the development, adoption, and accountability of local solutions to regional problems.
Financial Details
- Depending on funding, USAID/Morocco plans to give a prime local partner one or more awards totalling up to USD $2,000,000 over the course of three to five years, subject to the availability of funds.
Approaches
- The planned activity ought to include the following crucial strategies:
- First strategy: bolster regional systems A local system is the network of stakeholders, including governments, civil society organisations, the commercial sector, academic institutions, ordinary individuals, and others, who work together to generate a particular development outcome.
- Understanding these players, their relationships with one another, and the motivations that drive them requires the use of a systems perspective.
- In order for local systems to become more climate resilient over time, strategies should aim to strengthen them. In order to effectively engage women and girls in climate action and resilience, as well as to catalyse climate action and resilience building, particularly for marginalised groups, the approaches must lead to systemic changes.
- Second strategy: Inclusion Empowering disadvantaged communities is at the core of this strategy because they are most affected by the adverse effects of climate change. The leadership of women, young people, and other underrepresented groups, such as people with disabilities, should be given priority by applicants in order to address the barriers to their participation in practises for adapting to climate change and in processes for the governance of natural resources and climate change.
- Additionally, the development of technical and/or soft skills, education about climate change issues, fostering traditional knowledge and creative livelihood strategies, and/or ensuring accessibility to information, technologies, and funding (loans, equity, or grants) could all contribute to the economic empowerment of these vulnerable communities.
- Approach 3: Scale and Sustainability: With the help of creative and inclusive initiatives, USAID aims to support vulnerable communities in their efforts to adapt to climate change and fortify their resilience through this activity. Instead of meeting every local demand, the resources offered by USAID are anticipated to close as many gaps as possible. As a result, applicants must distinctly define connections with significant local stakeholders, such as the Moroccan government, who can support and grow the activity’s goals in the long run.
- In order to expand the reach of solutions beyond the scope of the programme, applicants should suggest an approach(es).
- Approach 4: Identifying, Using, and Boosting Local Capacity Applications should include a deliberate plan for enhancing the following capacities:
- The larger neighbourhood system: Local actors, such as people, organisations, and networks, are partnered with in order to collaboratively improve the performance of a local system in order to achieve locally valued and sustainable development outcomes. This process is known as “local capacity strengthening.”
- Implementing partners: In order to more effectively carry out their mandate and contribute to positive development results, USAID encourages its implementing partner(s) to build up their own capacities in critical areas.
- A further recommendation from USAID is for applicants to think about what technical support their organisation would require to improve its ability to diversify its funding sources and achieve long-term financial sustainability.
Locational Considerations
- The following regions: Fes-Meknes, Souss-Massa, and Oriental are the focus of USAID/Morocco’s call for Concepts from Applicants. The applicants should suggest several (i.e., three or more) local communities1 within the chosen region(s) in order to test a local systems strengthening strategy.
- USAID is interested in studying methods used in many communities that have a variety of features (such as hilly regions, farming, oases, desert regions, etc.).
eligibility
- USAID invites ideas from a wide range of local actors that provide a comprehension of the development difficulties facing their communities or regions or who show a means to incorporate local objectives into their strategy.
Suitable Candidates
- Must be Moroccan local organisations. According to this APS Addendum, USAID will take into account the following factors when deciding whether an entity is a “local entity”:
- whether the company was formally established in accordance with Moroccan legislation;
- whether the entity is majority owned and managed by Moroccan citizens or lawful permanent residents; whether Morocco is the entity’s principal place of business or operations; and
- Whether the organisation is run by a governing board with a sizable proportion of Moroccan nationals or authorised permanent residents.
- must not have gotten more than $5 million in direct money from USAID (as a prime awardee) in the previous five fiscal years.
- cannot be a company with a U.S. basis. Organisations with a U.S. basis are not qualified to receive prime awards under this APS Addendum.
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