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Grants Awareness
Kiwa Initiative Local Projects
Component
IUCN Oceania Regional Office
16/17 • June • 21
This Initiative
is funded by:
In partnership
With:
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KIWA Initiative Local Projects Components
Outline1. Introduction of Kiwa Initiative
a. Donors + Partners
b. Components (local, regional,technical)
2. Overview of Kiwa Initiative Local Projects Component
a. Goal/Objective of the grants
b. Grant Funding Range and Duration
c. Eligibility – Countries, Organisations and Actions/Projects
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d. Application Process
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Kiwa Initiative Overview
Theme/Goal:
Biodiversity protection and climate change adaptation
using Nature-Based Solutions (NbS)
Components: Three Components:
1. Local Projects - Very small to medium sized grants: EUR 25k up to
EUR 400k
2. Large regional grants: EUR 1.5M up to EUR 5M
3. Technical Assistance for access to regional grants
Donors:
5 International donors:, European Union, France, Canada, Australia,
New-Zealand,
Budget:
A total budget of EUR 35M Officially launched in 2020
Eligible Countries
19 eligible PICTs: 16 Pacific islands countries + 3 French territories
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OVERALL KIWA INITIATIVE COMPONENTS
1. Local Projects
2. Technical Assistance
3. Regional Projects
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IUCN Oceania Regional Office
• Steering Committee• ORO Kiwa Initiative
Programme• Technical Support
IUCN French National
Committee
OCTs(French Polynesia, New
Caledonia, Wallis and
Futuna
ACPs(Melanesia, Polynesia
and Micronesia
Independent
Technical Experts
AFD• Kiwa Steering Committee
• AFD Secretariat
• Technical Task Force
• Partners (SPC/SPREP)
Finance Agreement
• Annual Reports
• Component updates
• Procurements
• Capacity Building
• Submit Concept and Proposal
• Contracts
• Capacity Building
• Technical Support
• Concept/proposal tech/
review support
On-granting
Agreement
• Full proposal
• technical review
Implementation
Flow-Map
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1. Kiwa Initiative Local Projects
OBJECTIVES
Very Small, Small, Medium Grants
Overall objective(s): Strengthening the resilience of
Pacific Island ecosystems, economies and communities
to the effects of climate change.
Specific objective(s): Improve access to funding
allocated to climate-change adaptation in terms of nature-
based solutions for local and national authorities as well
as regional organisations and civil society by
mainstreaming gender equality and a human-rights-
based approach.
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2. Funding Range and
Duration
Funding range Duration
Very Small €25,000 – 50,000
18 - 36 monthsSmall €50,001 – 100,000
Medium €100,001 – 400,000
Maximum of €1,000,000 for ODA-ineligible
French territories
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Eligible Countries and Territories (19)
Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji , French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru,
New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall
Islands, Samoa, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tokelau,
Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
Geographic.
ACPs (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia)
OCTs (French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna)
Eligible grantees
• Local civil society organizations
• Community-based organizations
• International non-governmental organizations
• Local and national public institutions and authorities
3. Eligible Countries and Entities
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4. ELIGIBILE - ACTIONS
Main Objective:
Nature-based solutions and
Climate Adaptations
Employs cost-efficient Nature-based
Solutions to achieve rights-based, gender-sensitive and socially
inclusive with measurable benefits
for climate change adaptation.
Specifically Projects that..
integrate climate adaption
into:-
• Conservation of Biodiversity
• Sustainable-use of biodiversity
and ecosystem services
• Enabling tools for
conservation and sustainable
use of biodiversity and
ecosystem services
what types of projects that will be
eligible?
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CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
• Eradication/control of invasive
species
• Coastal and marine ecosystem
and resource management;
• Threatened species and their
habitats;
• Vegetation/habitat mapping for
restoration and conservation
actions
• Establishment/extension of
Community conserved areas
• Strengthening Resource
Management
• Research can be funded if it is
accompanied by clear and
tangible on ground follow-up
actions, delivered within the
project term.
SUSTAINABLE USE
• Support livelihood options for
biodiversity, ecosystems and
ecosystems services (e.g.
ecotourism);
• Establishment of new financing
mechanisms eg conservation
(e.g., links to Payments for
Ecosystem Services, biodiversity
offsets…);
• Analyses to better
understand/quantify the threats
on biodiversity (including
socioeconomic studies);
• Actions to reduce detrimental
edge effects and to protect core
refugia for species populations
• Actions to maintain hydrographic
integrity and contiguity in
freshwater ecosystems
• Agricultural and fisheries good
practices promoting species
conservation
ENABLING TOOLS
• Support for public
awareness, education
campaigns, training
and capacity-building;
• Support to local
stakeholders (e.g., local
communities and
authorities) to help
protect/manage
biodiversity, ecosystems
(e.g. ecosystem
management,
participatory
Examples – not exhaustive. Applicants are encourages to propose innovative approaches that align with
NbS and climate adaptation
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Definition
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are defined by IUCN as
“actions to protect, sustainably manage, and
restore natural or modified ecosystems, that address
societal challenges effectively and adaptively,
simultaneously providing human well-being and
biodiversity benefits”.
5. Nature-based solution and Climate Adaption
definition and examples
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Demonstrate multiple
benefits
The implementation of cost-
efficient Nature Based
Solutions with measurable
and multiple benefits for
climate change
adaptation, biodiversity
and human well being
Explicit Design
The demonstration of the
links between project
activities/outcomes and
climate change adaptation
Appllying Nature-based Solutions
and climate Adaptation
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Addressing societal problems with
NbS and Climate Adaptation
A problem solving approach for nature and
society
Ensure your project address societal challenges caused by climate change with nature-based solutions
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EXAMPLES OF
NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS
(i) Ecosystem restoration approaches:
Ecological restoration: Control of invasive species, Re-introduction of native species…
Ecological engineering: Creation of artificial ecosystems, Re-vegetation for erosion control…
(ii) Issue-specific ecosystem-related approaches:
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction
(iii) Infrastructure-related approaches:
Natural and green infrastructure: reefs or mangroves
(iv) Ecosystem-based management approaches:
Integrated coastal zone management
Integrated water resources management
(v) Ecosystem protection approaches:
Area-based conservation approaches
Protected area management
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Societal Challenge• Climate change mitigation and adaptation • Disaster risk reduction • Economic and social development• Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss
Nature based Solution• Sea wall made of locally sourced boulders• Mangroves planted in front of the wall, to absorb and
contain tidal flows and diffuse waves and storm surges• Vetiver grass planted behind the wall, to form a strong
hedge, its deep roots hold in the soil, and can thrive even in soil inundated by seawater
Benefits• More effective and less expensive solution to protect
communities compared to concrete sea walls• Mangrove ecosystems also important local source of
food, sequester carbon, protect coral reefs by holding in soil, and are home to shellfish and other marine life
• Less erosion of soil and reduced impacts on local food crops
Hybrid Sea Walls, Fiji
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Societal Challenge• Climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Disaster risk reduction
• Economic and social development
• Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss
Nature based Solution• National protected areas legislation, network
and fund
• Palau National Marine Sanctuary
Benefits• Studies show the creation of the sanctuary will
increase diving tourism revenues, improve
local fisheries, and allow for the long-term
sustainability of marine resources.
• Healthy coastal ecosystems increase
resilience of coastal communities to climate
change
Palau National Marine Sanctuary
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Q & A Break
• Organisation eligibility
• Eligible Actions/Projects
• Nature-based Solutions and
Climate Adaptation
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Kiwa Initiative Local Projects
Grants Application Process
• Overview of Application Process
1. Issuing calls for concepts and proposals
2. Receiving concept notes and full proposals
3. Proposal screening and review
4. Grant award decision-making
5. Due diligence
6. ESMS
7. Contracting
8. Fund disbursement
9. M&E
10. Capturing lessons learned
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1. Issuing Call for Proposals
Grant Announcement:Grant Application Concept Notes will open on 22nd June 2021 for Very Small, Small and Medium
Size Budget range (€) Duration Concept proposal closing dates
Proposal Invitations
Very Small €25,000 – €50,000 Up to 18 months
September 30th 2021, 23:59 UTC+12:00 Fiji
November 1st 2021
(3months)
Small €50,001 – €100,000 Up to 24 months
September 30th 2021, 23:59 UTC+12:00 Fiji
November 1st 2021
(3months)
Medium €100,001 – €400,000 Up to 36 months
August 31st 2021, 23:59 UTC+12:00 Fiji
October 1st
(2 months)
Concepts development
2 months
Review 1 month
Proposal Development
2 months
Review 1 month
Award/Contracts 2 months
Notes:
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Grants Application ProcessProposal submission and review: Two-step
process
1. CONCEPT NOTE
• Applicant information
• Brief project description
• Alignment with Kiwa
Initiative Local Projects
investment priorities
• Project stakeholders
• Budget
• ESMS self-assessment.
2. FULL PROPOSAL
• Applicant Information
• Project Description (in greater detail
than the concept note)
• Logical Framework
• Detailed Workplan/Timeline.
• Detailed Budget Breakdown
• Provisions To Promote Sustainability
of project results and impacts
• Description Of Project Team
• Signed Letters Of Support
• Justification Of Link between the
proposed work and Kiwa-CA
investment priorities.
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Receiving Submissions & Review
Concept and Proposal submission and review:
- All interested parties will submit a concept note
using the provided template
- Only applicants with successful concept notes
will be invited to submit full proposals
- Successful small and medium grant concept
note applicants will receive their response with
instructions to complete a full proposal, using
the provided proposal template
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Grant Award Decisions:
• Full proposals are subject to a standard review
process – relevance, feasibility, technical quality,
and cost-effectiveness
• There is no obligation (or expectation) for IUCN
ORO to approve all full proposals for funding
• Once funding decisions have been made, all
applicants will be notified (by email).
• Grants by invitation: IUCN ORO may also award
grants by invitation
• Due Diligence & ESMS
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CRITERIA DETAIL
1. Relevance
• Alignment with Kiwa-CA investment priorities
• Consider national/regional context and “needs”
2. Feasibility
• Consider the complexity and scope of the proposed work
• Consider applicant management capacity and technical capacity
• Consider synergies with other projects/initiatives
3. Technical quality
• Consider whether proposed objectives are achievable and contribute to the proposed goal.
• Consider whether proposed activities contribute to the achievement of proposed objectives
• Consider if proposed activities generate proposed outputs and expected impacts.
4. Cost-effectiveness
• Consider if the proposed budget appropriate given the likely cost of the proposed work.
• Consider applicant capacity for financial management
Comply with the Kiwa-CA ESMS standards and principals
Assessment Criteria details
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CAPACITY BUILDING
o Weekly webinars every Thursdays at 10:00am: on
specific capacity building topics (concept & proposal
development, ESMS, Finance & Technical reporting
- 17th June awareness
- 24th June – Capacity building on concept notes
OFFICAL LAUNCH – 9:00AM JUNE 22ND (Fiji time)
Grant Support: Next Steps
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Q & A Break
• Grant Application Process
• General Questions
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
In partnership with:
The Initiative is
funded by:
www.kiwainitiative.org