The Norwegian Climate and Forest funding to Civil Society
Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) has issued a call for proposals for funding for civil society organizations for the grant period 2021-2025.
NICFI supports efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries through efforts to improve forest and land management in tropical forest countries and by reducing the pressure on tropical forests from global markets.
Civil society organizations are invited to present proposals for projects that contribute to NICFI’s strategic goal, which is that reversed and reduced loss of tropical forest contribute to stable climate, protect biodiversity and enhance sustainable development.
Priority geographic focus for funding are countries with which NICFI has established large partnerships. This includes Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Guyana, DR Congo, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Liberia, Ethiopia and Indonesia. However, strategic projects focusing on other important tropical forest countries will also be considered.
Projects targeting drivers of deforestation in emerging economies and developed countries with significant import markets for commodities linked to forest loss are also highly relevant. All projects must demonstrate a plausible causal link to reduced deforestation and to sustainable development effects in developing countries with tropical forests.
All projects need to have a theory of change that clearly shows how the project will lead to one or several of the outcomes in NICFI’s strategic framework.
Target Group: The final target groups for the grant scheme are population groups in developing countries that depend on tropical forests for subsistence, as well as all other population groups from these countries that will benefit from reduced greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The tropical forests and their carbon stores also constitute a target group in themselves.
Projects must address one or more of the five following areas:
- Indigenous peoples, local communities and environmental defenders
- Deforestation-free supply chain and financial markets
- Reduce forest crime and improved forest monitoring
- Mobilizing ambition and support for forest friendly products
- Groundbreaking ideas to reduce deforestation
The project must comply with the OECD/DAC criteria for official development assistance (ODA). All projects must demonstrate a plausible causal link to sustainable development effects in countries on DACs List of ODA Recipients with tropical forests.
Organization & Country Eligibility: Civil society organizations working within the field of reduced deforestation and forest degradation in the prioritized NICFI partner countries.
Consortia led by a civil society organization that demonstrate added value through complementary expertise and working methods will be prioritized. No applicant may lead more than one consortium and, at the same time, be a member of more than two other consortia. Exemptions may be made for local partners. Local partners must be representative and legitimate civil society actors, i.e. established organisations that represent target groups and driving forces in the country in which the intervention will be implemented.
