Deadline: 29 February 24

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is accepting proposals for the Bio-Bridge Seed Funding Programme to address issues and challenges related to... biodiversity and present best practices and lessons learned.

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Information on financing

• As part of its mandate to catalyze and facilitate technical and scientific cooperation, the Bio-Bridge Initiative (BBI) currently provides seed funding of up to US$20,000.

What are the main services offered by BBI?

• Help Center:
  • to assist Parties in articulating their needs and requests for assistance and to facilitate the matching of needs with available support through effective partnerships.
• Interactive web platform:
  • providing a one-stop shop for submitting support requests and accessing information on existing technical support opportunities, as well as access to selected resources, including case studies, replicable success stories (“positive points”), best practices, and lessons learned.
• Meetings and roundtables:
  • To mobilize international, regional, and national organizations and networks to support the Bio-Bridge Initiative in facilitating TSC and to catalyze new TSC initiatives.
• Initial funding mechanism:
  • To provide occasional seed funding to catalyze TSC initiatives on specific topics related to biodiversity.

Geographical Focus

• Afghanistan , Albania , Algeria , Angola , Antigua and Barbuda , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bahamas , Bahrain , Bangladesh , Barbados , Belize , Bolivia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso , Burundi Cape Verde Cambodia , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Chad , Comoros , Cook Islands Ivory Coast Cuba , DRC Korea, DRC Congo, Djibouti , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Egypt , El Salvador , Equatorial Guinea , Eritrea , Swaziland , Federated States of Micronesia , Fiji , Gabon , Gambia , Georgia , , Guatemala , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Guiana , Haiti , Honduras , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jamaica , , Kenya , Kiribati , Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan Laos PDR, Lebanon , Lesotho , Libya , Madagascar , Malaysia , Maldives , Mali , Marshall Islands , Mauritania , Mauricio , Mongolia , Montenegro , Mozambique Myanmar Nauru , Nicaragua , Niger , Nigeria , Niue , Macedonia from the North, Oman , Pakistan Palau Palestine , Panama , Peru , Philippines , Qatar ,Russia , Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia , Serbia , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Solomon Islands , Somalia , South Sudan , Sudan , Suriname , Syria , Tajikistan , Thailand , East Timor , Togo , Tonga , Trinidad and Tobago , Tunisia , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Tuvalu , Ukraine , United Arab Emirates , Uruguay , Uzbekistan , Venezuela Vietnam Yemen e Zambia .

Election criteria

• Applicants from countries that did not receive funding during previous rounds of the Bio-Bridge Initiative are strongly encouraged to apply.
• The following institutions are eligible to apply for seed funding support:
  • Relevant government agencies, academic and other institutions research and non-governmental organizations in the Parties from developing countries and in the Parties with economies in transition;
  • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities;
  • The seed funding support is intended for project proposals that promote exemplary approaches to technical and scientific cooperation (TSC) between at least two countries.
• Eligible cooperation proposals must involve project partners and/or technical assistance providers from at least two or more countries.

For more information, visit CDB .