Deadline: 20th June 2025
The partnership of A Rocha Ghana, Wacam, and the Nature and Development Foundation, part of the BRACE Project, invites CSO applications for funding in three thematic areas aimed at enhancing policy influence and human rights in the extractive sector for sustainable environmental management and governance in Ghana.
- Thematic Focal Area 1: General CSOs intervention for Sustainable Minerals Governance in the Extractive sector.
This funding targets CSOs working in the extractive sector. A total of four (4) CSOs will be selected based on defined eligibility criteria. The funding will support activities aligned with; evidence gathering, advocacy and engagement with duty bearers; awareness-raising with affected communities; and communications.
Total Budget under this theme is GHC 440,000 (GHC 110,000 for each successful applicant organisation).
- Thematic Focal Area 2: CSO’s working in CREMA landscapes.
This support is for CSOs located within the operational ares of the targeted CREMAs below to support in the implementation of CREMA management plans, with focus on the following areas: Resource Utilisation, Resource Improvement, Resource Monitoring, and Resource Protection.
Targeted CREMAs include;
ATEWA, AYENSUANO, OTADE3 BOSOMTWE, RIVER ASUOPRI, ASUO BIA NKYIRIMMA, ACHICHIRE SURESO PABASEMAN
Total Budget for this thematic area is GHC 220, 000 (GHC 110,000 for each successful applicant per organization).
N.B; CSOs should be operational within the region/district where the CREMAs are located
- Thematic Focal Area 3: Flexible Funding for CSOs on General Environmental Related Policy Influencing and Advocacy Interventions
Year 1 (2025): 2 CSOs will be selected.
Year 2 (2026): 1 CSO will be selected.
Total Budget for this thematic area is GHC 38,500 per organization.
N.B Each applicant may apply to only one thematic area. Multiple applications across different themes will not be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
- Are you non-partisan?
- Are you a CSO/NGO?
- Are you registered? Please send a copy of your registration certificate with your application
- Do you have a minimum of one year’s documented experience in implementing projects that fit with the specified eligible activities? (outlined above).
- Do you have a dedicated finance/accounting staff with evidence of internal separation of
accounting duties? - Do you have evidence of mainstreaming social inclusion and gender in their projects?
- Do you have evidence of capacity for proper financial and narrative reporting?
- Have you managed a project budget equivalent to or later than the project budget you are requesting?
Application Process
Submit a complete application including the following documents:
- Project narrative proposal (Arial font, size 10, single spacing – use attached template)
- Project logframe (Template Attached)
- Project budget (Template Attached)
- Copy of organisation registration certificate,
- Evidence of mainstreaming social inclusion and gender into projects
- Evidence of capacity for proper financial and narrative reporting (5 and 6 can be
combined in, for example a project narrative and financial report) - Copy of latest annual accounts.
Submit your application and supporting documents via email to: [email protected], and
[email protected] in copy.
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