Call for proposals: International Climate Initiative Small Grants 2025 (Between EUR 60,000 and 200,000)

Deadline:15^th January 2025

The international call for proposals by IKI Small Grants addresses regional, national, and local organisations based in ODA-eligible countries (except for current and potential EU member candidates, other than Ukraine). They are invited to apply directly for funding for local or regional climate and biodiversity action and projects. IKI Small Grants provides funding of between EUR 60,000 and 200,000 and is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Government.

Ambitious project proposals should focus on one or more of the following IKI funding areas:

• Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
• Adapting to the impacts of climate change
• Preserving and restoring natural carbon sinks with a focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
• Conserving biological diversity

The selected organisations are accompanied and supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, which implements the IKI Small Grants Programme on behalf of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the Federal Foreign Office (AA) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).

Funding

Between EUR 60,000 and 200,000

Eligibility

• In general, applicants should be not-for-profit organisations. Private companies
  are eligible if they pursue strictly non-profit objectives as part of their proposed
  project. Individuals or natural persons, one-person organisations and
  governmental organisations are not eligible for funding.
• Applicants must be based and registered in countries that fulfil the criteria
  for Official Development Assistance (ODA) defined by the Development
  Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
  Development (OECD)1 However, except for Ukraine, proposals for projects in
  countries that are official or potential candidates for EU membership are not
  eligible for IKI Small Grants2. Organisations that are not financially and legally
  independent and branches of organisations based in a non- eligible country
  cannot be funded.
• The applicant organisation must have been operative for at least three years (36
  months by the time of the submission deadline).
• Over the last three years the applicant organisation must have generated an
  average annual revenue of at least EUR 60,000 and no more than EUR
  500,000.
• The applicant organisation must have dedicated accounting staff and have
  accounting principles that ensure internal as well as external control
  mechanisms. The applicant organisation must also employ a software-based
  accounting system which meets its respective national standards.
• The applicant organisations must implement the projects themselves. Consortia
  are not eligible and forwarding funds to other implementing organisations is not
  permitted

Eligibility Check

Organisations interested in submitting a proposal must first pass an eligibility check based on the criteria listed above. In this first stage, submit your application through the platform providing information on your organisation together with the following supporting documents:

• Registration certificates
• Financial statements covering the last three available years including relevant information on the applicant’s revenue
• Completed revenue template
• Accounting & procurement guidelines

Application Documents

Funding Information 2024 (PDF, English, 586 KB)

Application Guideline 2025 part 1 (PDF, English, 716 KB)

Revenue template (XLSX, English, 635 KB)

For more information and application.