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2017 Call for Proposals
Deadline: 3 August 2017
Geographic Focus: Small Island Developing States
Award Amount: € 1-3 million
Blue Action Fund plans to finance individual grants (http://www.blueactionfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Blue_Action_Fund_Grant_Procedures_Manual.pdf) to selected marine/coastal conservation projects of NGOs in marine protected areas (MPAs) and their buffer zones, focusing on the most sensitive coastal waters of Africa, Latin America and Asia/Pacific. Its goal is to contribute to reducing the dramatic loss of marine biodiversity and to advancing local development, e.g. through stabilizing incomes in coastal communities or enhancing coastal protection.
This First Open Call for Proposals sets the strategic and geographic priorities that the Fund seeks to promote in its first open funding round. This document should be read in conjunction with the Grant Procedures Manual which provides more detailed information on both general project requirements and the application process.
Downloads{
Grant Procedures Manual (.pdf)
First Open Call for Proposals (.pdf)
Project Requirements
In general, the Blue Action Fund seeks projects which:
•Contribute to fulfilling Sustainable Development Goal 14 and Aichi Target 11;
•Are located in the marine waters[1] of overseas development aid (ODA) countries and support areas with significant marine biodiversity and potential for poverty reduction;
•Take an integrated, multi-pronged approach (i.e., contribute to marine protection as well as poverty reduction, sustainable & equitable use, community-based protection, etc.);
•Are scalable and if successful could be not only sustainable but transformative;
yet at the same time have the potential to show early impacts and results;
•Look beyond protecting a single MPA and consider MPA systems and/or promote regional approaches.
Eligible applicants are international or regional NGOs with proven experience in coastal and marine conservation, who have the capacity to plan, execute and monitor projects of the above-mentioned size.[2] Blue Action welcomes the applications of consortia of NGOs led by international and/or regional NGOs that include national NGOs or other local implementing partners. Consortia applications should demonstrate clearly the task sharing and the synergies between the applicants.
Blue Action’s procedures require that all projects must receive the endorsement of the appropriate authority/authorized body of the country or region.[3] Applicants must provide a certain minimum financial contribution as explained in the Grant Procedures Manual.
For this first call for proposals:
•the geographic focus is set on Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
•Blue Action’s contribution to the project can be budgeted at € 1-3 million
•the current expectation is that Blue Action will fund four to six grants from this call with a total volume of € 8-12 million.
Subsequent calls may have different geographic focus and scope.
VISIT:
http://www.blueactionfund.org/call-for-pro... and click ALL the links.
DEADLINE APPLIES!
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Read the full article HERE!:
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Juneteenth Freedom Celebrations in the Gullah/Geechee Nation!
Juneteenth is the oldest commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. The Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah, GA will host its 11th Annual celebration of Juneteenth with a Juneteenth lecture recounting the story of the Rev. Georgia Lisle by Jamaica-based lawyer and scholar Miguel A. Lorne. He will tell the story that connects Savannah to Jamaica at 6 pm on June 8th. Admission is free and open to the public.
The celebration at the Jepson Center for the Arts continues on Saturday June 10th with Juneteenth Family Day from 1 to 4 pm. The history of Juneteenth and freedom will be brought to life through cultural history dramatizations by Dr. Amir Jamal Toure and Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com).
Artists demonstrations and hands-on activities will take place in the museum studios. Admission is free and open to the public.
Read and learn more HERE!:
https://gullahgeecheenation.com/2017/06/08...
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