In order to apply for a grant, you must first have a mandatory conversation with a Cultural Protection Fund Grants Manager, which will enable us to assess your eligibility to submit an online application form. Established in 2014 by the NEPAD Agency with support from the Government of Germany, the Fund offers technical and financial assistance to AU Member States, Regional Economic Communities and … To enhance human and institutional capacity related to transparency in South Africa. Phillips provided an overview of the ACCF, a $15.3 million trust fund with contributions from Germany, Italy, and Flanders, which provides grants to African governments and non-governmental organizations to scale up access to climate finance and pilot adaptation initiatives in line with Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement. In 2009 NDF shifted focus from soft loans for social and economic development to grants for climate change efforts. [KAMPALA] The Ugandan government has cautioned organisations implementing climate change projects that do not meet the country’s priority adaptation programmes of action that they will lose their funding.

The Fund aims for a 50:50 balance between mitigation and adaptation investments over time. Please note, due to the small budget for this pilot round, we will only invite a small number of full applications. To arrange your mandatory conversation email cpfapplications@britishcouncil.org with the following information: Please note that you will only be invited to have a mandatory conversation if your project falls with the Cultural Protection Fund's definition of cultural heritage, natural disasters and climate change, and eligible activities. A project budget and cash flow must be uploaded to the online application form. A template is available to download below. Aissata Boubou, head of the climate finance unit at the Centre de Suivi écologique in Senegal gave an overview of the ACCF’s efforts to support south-south cooperation through a Community of Practice of Direct Access Entities, which is a joint government and civil society initiative to enable sharing of best practices around accessing international climate finance. These projects also support the accreditation process of national institutions to the GCF. A template is available to download below. Africa Climate Change Fund “The ACCF is supporting African countries to strengthen their capacities to access international climate funds and to pilot innovative small scale climate adaptation projects” The ACCF is not currently accepting new proposals. A project plan must also be uploaded to the online application form. Climate change mitigation measures are targeted at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by improved energy efficiency, increased use of renewable energy sources, carbon sequestration, substainable transport initiatives, enhanced waste management and sewage treatment. The debate around climate change often focuses on the targets that need to be achieved. Now closed, the latest new round of grants was open for applications for projects (up to £125k) relating to preparedness measures to protect cultural heritage against the effects of natural disasters and climate change in one or more of the following countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. However, NDF has a considerable credit portfolio with loans outstanding under the old mandate. The program provides advisory support on project and business plan development, project and business structuring and accessing finance, at no costs. Africa, Rwanda Development of GCF Proposal on Maputo Urban Transformation Project (MUTP) [NDF C125] 9.1.2020 The project will share with the World Bank (WB) the costs of preparing a full Green Climate Fund (GCF) funding proposal package, including the required technical studies and assessment reports. The event, moderated by the African Development Bank’s Manager of Climate Finance, Gareth Phillips, aimed to showcase the ACCF’s work to support African countries in unlocking and absorbing climate adaptation finance through a pipeline of 15 projects. The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) recently convened an event titled “Supporting African countries to unlock and absorb climate adaptation finance” at the 25th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) in Madrid, Spain.

It also aims for a floor of 50 percent of the adaptation allocation for particularly vulnerable countries, including Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and African States. NDF provides grant financing for interventions targeting adaptation to and mitigation of climate change in low-income countries.

However, NDF has a considerable credit portfolio with loans outstanding under the old mandate. Once eligibility has been confirmed, applicant organisations are then invited to complete the online application form. This pilot round will help to test the Cultural Protection Fund’s approach to developing our work in this area. Lassina Coulibaly, coordinator of the ACCF’s project on supporting the transition to a climate-resilient green economy in Mali, said: “The development of a national environment finance strategy is critical to boost the country’s resource mobilization efforts and a portfolio of five projects for consideration by the private sector.”, Balgis Osman, climate change expert at the African Development Bank, shared the experience of the regional project to enhance access to information in Africa through 25 country climate change profiles. Phillips cited the fund’s current portfolio of eight projects, six national (Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Eswatini and Zanzibar) and two regional.

Uganda developed National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) priorities in 2007 and relies on the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), a programme administered by the World Bank to help … If you are not invited to apply this does not mean that your project cannot be submitted to future Cultural Protection Fund funding rounds. The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) recently convened an event titled “Supporting African countries to unlock and absorb climate adaptation finance” at the 25th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) in Madrid, Spain. This document is available to download below. NDF provides grants by co … •Capacity Building Programme to Implement South Africa's Climate National System Life (US$ 1,100,000 - Co Financing US$ 2,289,065) (UNEP). If you are unsure about your eligibility, Details about your organisation, as well as your partner organisations and your track record delivering similar projects, The location, significance and value of the Cultural Heritage that you aim to protect, The threat to the Cultural Heritage due to natural disasters and/or climate change, The activities you are proposing to protect the cultural heritage at risk, Whether or not you will be invited to apply, Name and location of the applicant organisation, Name and location of any partner organisations, Brief description of the project including the heritage, the risk and the proposed activities (100 words). NDF provides grants by co-financing projects with its partners in countries which are eligible for support from IDA and which have previously received NDF support. The grant operations under the new mandate are mainly funded from repayments of existing credits. Mandatory conversations are now closed - and we are no longer accepting expressions of interest.

Adaptation measures to address adverse effects of climate change include strenghtening of traditional coping mechanisms and practices, research and planning as well as “climate proofing” of sectors, geographic areas and projects. More information NDF Strategy Guidelines for Project Identification and Screening     NDF Disbursement Instructions, NDF - Financing for climate change and development projects, Guidelines for Project Identification and Screening, addressing the mitigation of climate change, supporting the adaptation to climate change, related to infrastructure, natural resources and capacity building, in low-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, in cooperation with multilateral and bilateral development institutions. In 2009 NDF shifted focus from soft loans for social and economic development to grants for climate change efforts. The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland). Through the NEPAD Climate Change Fund, the NEPAD Agency aims to strengthen the resilience of African countries to climate change by building national, sub-regional and continental capacity.