Call for Letters of Inquiry for Small Grants (Mauritius, Madagascar)

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and its regional implementation team (RIT) for the hotspot, are accepting letters of inquiry (LOIs) from non-governmental organizations, community groups, Indigenous peoples’ organizations, women’s groups, private companies and other civil society organizations for projects that address the eligible activities and geographies of this call.

Header photo: Mauritius kestrel. © Adisha Sewdyal

Mauritius

• Eligible Country:  Mauritius (including Rodrigues Island)
• Opening Date: Tuesday, 15th August 2023
• Closing Date: Saturday, 30th September 2023, 12 pm (Mauritian time, GMT+4)
• Maximum grant size: US$50,000

Madagascar

• Eligible Country:  Madagascar
• Opening Date: Tuesday, 12th September 2023 
• Closing Date: Monday, 23 November 2023 – 23:59 hours (Madagascar time) 
• Maximum grant size: US$50,000

Please read the detailed instructions, criteria and restrictions in the calls for letters of inquiry, available further below. 

How to apply?

Submit your application by the closing date as an e-mail attachment to cepfproposals@iucn.nl. Your application should be in English or French, and following the templates provided in the call for small grants below. Entitle your email with the following subject line: LOI_2/2023/SG_CEPF_”country”/”your organization”.

For example for Mauritius: LOI_2/2023/SG_CEPF_MUS/IUCN NL

Technical scope of the call

CEPF is looking for proposals focusing on the following Investment Priority as part of Strategic Directions 1 as detailed in the ecosystem profile: 

Strategic Direction 1: Empower communities and civil society to implement actions to improve the resilience of species, ecosystems, and human populations to climate change in priority Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs).

• Investment Priority 1.1: Implement Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) actions, including agroforestry, “climate smart agriculture”, eradication of Invasive alien species (IAS), restoration of degraded watersheds and coastal ecosystems (including wetlands, mangroves, reefs and seagrass beds), and promotion of sustainable management of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems.