From 30 November 2022 to 15 March 2023, small organisations are invited to apply for funding for climate and biodiversity projects. The call for proposals is aimed at small regional, national and local organisations based in ODA-eligible countries (except for current and potential EU member applicants, except Ukraine). IKI Small Grants provides funding of between 60,000 and 200,000 euros and is part of the German Federal Government's International Climate Initiative (IKI).
Ambitious project proposals should focus on one or more of the following IKI funding areas:
- mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions
- adapting to the impacts of climate change
- conservation of natural carbon sinks with a focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
- conservation of biological diversity
Small-scale projects on climate and biodiversity action worldwide
As part of the IKI small grants programme, many projects will be selected in the coming years through international calls for proposals and funded up to 200,000 euros each. Three calls for proposals have already been implemented, and more than 90 projects in over 40 countries have been selected so far. You can find an overview of the different projects in our projects section.
Implementing local initiatives and strengthening the organisations behind them
After passing a one-stage selection process, the selected organisations are accompanied and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, which implements the IKI Small Grants Programme on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Federal Foreign Office. IKI Small Grants aims to strengthen the capacities of implementing organisations. In addition to the individual support offered by GIZ during project implementation, all applicants are supported in measures designed to further develop the capacities of their organisations.
In this year's call, IKI Small Grants even more explicitly encourages applications that refer to the current United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, promote gender equality and/or involve youth.
More information, including funding information and application guidelines, can be found at HERE.
