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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF)’s Russell E Train Education for Nature (EFN) Program is inviting proposals focused on collaborative capacity building related to environmental and social impacts and risks of development projects on ecosystems and their services and enhancing inclusive conservation and sustainable development.

The Environmental and Social Impact Grant aims to provide competitive financial support to teams and institutions working in Kenya, Tanzania, and Madagascar focusing on enhancing capacities to address environmental and social impact assessment capacity building needs with an emphasis on local communities and local practitioners.

The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Grant, supported by Charlotte Bingham, seeks to build capacity and empower communities to achieve development objectives and inclusive conservation with projects that robustly address environmental and social issues. Charlotte believes the key to attaining inclusive conservation and sustainable development is collaboration at the local level among those who are engaged in development, conservation, and environmental and social impact assessment.

The proposals should target diverse audiences involved in addressing social and environmental issues associated with the execution and management of conservation and development initiatives, particularly with a focus on WWF key goals including climate, food, forests, freshwater, oceans, and wildlife.

Focus Areas

• Proposals should seek to engage diverse groups and sectors with emphasis on the following:

  • Developing skills, good practice, and standards. These should include hands-on activities and case-studies that directly address the dual institutional challenges and gaps to understanding and mitigating the potential social and environmental impacts and risks associated with development programs and projects and opportunities for enhancing inclusive conservation objectives to achieve sustainable development.

  • Engaging diverse stakeholders, including gender mainstreaming and involvement of local and indigenous people and communities.

  • Fostering a professional network among individuals and organizations with emphasis on collaboration and information exchange. Priority will be given to proposals that seek to strengthen collaboration with local associations (e.g., conservation professionals, impact assessment professionals, environmental journalists, urban and regional planners or environmental lawyers), and regional bodies.

  • Strengthening institutional capacities to address governance challenges related to conservation, development, and infrastructure projects and to improving the expertise and experience of individuals and communities to achieve impact assessment and conservation outcomes collaboratively, including attention to cumulative effects, strategic level cooperation and the use of nature-based solutions to environmental impacts and risks.

Funding Information

• The proposed activities should be completed before August 2025 and applicants may request up to US$ 15,000 with strong budget justifications.

Eligibility

• Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility criteria to be considered for a grant:

  • Organization must be legally registered in an eligible country (Kenya, Tanzania, and Madagascar).

  • Teams or organizations must have a track record in capacity building related to environmental and social impacts, application thereof to local activities related to conservation and development; and ability to monitor results.

  • Organization must submit all required documents by the application deadline.

  • Organization must complete all grant activities before August 2025.

  • The proposals must include active learning, practical skill components, mentoring and/or field-based learning activity that build skills and knowledge for local stakeholders, institutions and networks. Priority is given to local organizations that focus on addressing challenges of development that affect ecosystems and their services and enhancing sustainable development and conservation.

  • Organizations must commit to show how they will accomplish expected outputs within the context of country-specific regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Organizations must commit to support work that is focused on WWF’s six ambitious goals including climate, food, forests, freshwater, oceans and wildlife.

Post Date: October 26, 2023