Norad’s Department for Civil Society under the Norwegian Forest
and Climate Initiative (NICFI) announces a call for proposals
from civil society organisations working on Climate and
Forest issues. The new grant scheme will run over a period of five
years.
In order to achieve these outcomes, four thematic areas are of particular importance. Therefore, applicants are asked to submit
proposals within the following thematic areas:
- Indigenous and Other Forest-dependent Populations’ Rights and Interests
- Commodity Supply Chains and Green Growth
- Legality, Transparency and Governance
- International Consensus on REDD+
Who can apply?
Priority will be given to civil society actors working within the field of reduced deforestation and forest degradation in
targeted developing countries.
Inter-governmental organisations outside the UN may in exceptional cases receive support. Independent competence centers or
think tanks with an idealistic, non-commercial purpose may also receive support.
The applying organisations are invited to present proposals
that can contribute to one or several of the following outcomes for the grant scheme:
- Incentives to achieve REDD+ efforts are established through the new international climate regime and/or other climate, environment and development funding streams.
- Governments in targeted developing countries have implemented REDD+ related policies, measures and safeguards, such as policies for green growth, sustainable livelihoods, land use-planning, the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities and women’s rights.
- Private sector actors have implemented social and environmental policies and practices that reduce the pressure on forests, and are engaged in global public private partnerships to reduce deforestation.
