Deadline:30th June 2024
REDAA invites proposals for locally led, multi-locational, research-to-action for restoration programmes in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. In this second REDAA Grant Call, up to nine Programme Grants of between £1,000,000 and £1,500,000 (GBP) will be offered to the best proposals for substantial programmes.
Reversing Environmental Degradation in Africa and Asia (REDAA) catalyses research, innovation and action to help people and nature thrive together.
REDAA grants fund research-to-action initiatives that are locally led and help both people and nature to thrive in a changing climate. Projects can be focused on improving evidence, using new tools or strengthening governance systems to support actions that are nature positive, strengthen local livelihoods and tackle the impacts of climate change.
This is an exciting opportunity to improve how nature is nurtured, accessed, and used to effectively and equitably restore ecosystems and reverse environmental degradation.
Grants will fund programmes of four years, with implementation of these programmes expected to begin on 1 February 2025. Grants will be awarded via a two-stage proposal process: Stage 1 for Concept Notes; followed by Stage 2 for Full Proposals. Only applicants who are successful at Stage 1 will be invited to submit Full Proposal s in Stage 2.
Funding
- For Grant Call 2 REDAA will fund programmes at a budget scale of between £1,000,000 and £1,500,000 (GBP).
Eligibility
All programmes should:
- Involve research-to-action for ecosystem restoration in more than one location and these locations may be in more than one country in the region. Proposals will describe the rationale for the choice of locations and the scale of operations in them
- Include rigorous research and its translation into effective engagement with, and improvement of, inclusive decision-making at policy level
- Strengthen local research-to-action capability and leadership of such capability
- Expect to achieve specified positive outcomes for nature (improvement and/or restoration), climate (mitigation and/or adaptation), and people (local livelihoods, gender equality and social inclusion)
- Include specific actions that emphasise one or more of the following:
- Use of legal tools to secure local rights and strengthen local nature stewardship and restoration
- Development of finance mechanisms that support local nature stewardship and restoration, and
- Development or strengthening of productive ecosystem-based enterprises that are sustainable, equitable and climate-resilient.
Some proposed programmes may include an on-granting initiative (grants scheme) among other planned activities, to support the capability and actions of civil society organisations, community based organisations or business entities running small locally led restoration activities.
Eligibility: Lead and Partner Organization
Concept Notes must name one Lead Organisation. This will be the organisation that will make an agreement with the REDAA team and receive a grant, if the proposal is successful, and will be ultimately responsible for delivery and management of the programme, including management of any partners.
Lead Organisations should be based within one of the six regions that are the focus of Grant Call 2. A minority of programmes with a Lead Organisation based outside the region or country of focus may be considered for funding if the proposals provide a strong rationale for why the organisation is not in the region, as well as demonstrating strong partnerships with locally led organisations. The Lead Organisation should partner with at least one other sub-grantee.
At a minimum, the programme should be structured as a partnership of two organisations (including the Lead Organisation) which must include a non-profit research/academic organisation and an action-oriented non-profit organisation.
Programmes may be structured to include more partners than this minimum. In addition to the Lead Organisation and the required non-profit sub-grantee, other non-profit organisations, private sector organisations and governmental organisations can programme partners.
Organisations eligible for funding in such wider partnerships include:
- Other non-profit organisations, which may be non-governmental organisations, research institutions or community-based organisations
- Private sector organisations, businesses or business associations, which may be sub-granted (or contracted via a consultancy agreement) to undertake specific planned actions for the programme, provided this partnership can demonstrate value for money in its costs and benefits to the programme.
Government agencies and inter-governmental and UN agencies are not eligible to receive funding from REDAA. However, these agencies may be vital programme partners, and REDAA encourages in-kind partnership where relevant.
Lead Organisations must be able to demonstrate that they are:
- A non-profit organisation, which may be a non-governmental organisation, research institution or community-based organisation that is legally registered in the country in which it operates
- Experienced in the kind of work they propose to undertake
- Financially sound
- Staffed with the appropriate technical and financial capacity and expertise to manage and implement programmes successfully and deliver technical and financial reporting, and
- Able to demonstrate proven management systems that can achieve impact with programmes at a budget scale of between £1,000,000 and £1,500,000 (GBP).
Lead Organisations must provide the last three years of audited accounts and details of average turnover (income) at Concept Note stage. The expected annual expenditure of the proposed programme must be no more than 25% of this average annual turnover/income figure.
An organisation may only lead on one proposal but may be involved as a non-leading partner in more than one proposal. Country offices of a worldwide entity will be considered as subsidiaries, even if legally registered in the country. Therefore, worldwide entities will be considered as one Lead Organisation. The Lead Organisation cannot be changed between Stage 1 (Concept Notes) and Stage 2 (Full Proposals).
Further information about REDAA is provided in the REDAA Strategy and detailed information on the focus and eligibility for this call for proposals is provided in the Guidance for Applicants document.
For more information and application.