- Grant Amount – Less than $40,000
- Deadline – August 25, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal and Marine Zone (PRCM), in collaboration with UEMOA, the World Bank, and several technical partners (Abidjan Convention, IUCN, CSE, RAMPAO, IRD, ACECoR), is launching a call for projects aimed at strengthening the resilience of West African coastal areas.
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This call for projects is based on an approach based on subsidiarity, territorial anchoring, equity, linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as sustainability.
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Objectives
- The Call for Projects (CFP) is a strategic lever for developing and supporting innovative, high-impact local initiatives in the field of coastal resilience. It aims to meet the overall objective of the WACA ResIP Project and to strengthen the direct involvement of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the preservation and sustainable development of coastal ecosystems.
- Specifically, this APP aims to:
- – Strengthen the ecological, economic and social resilience of coastal communities to the effects of climate change, through local solutions for sustainable resource management, environmental restoration and environmental risk reduction;
- – Support pilot projects that experiment with new approaches or strengthen existing initiatives in environmental education, shared governance, advocacy or social innovation;
- – Promote nature-based best practices (nature-based solutions – SfN), likely to be replicated or scaled up in other contexts in the sub-region;
- – Strengthen the technical, organizational and operational capacities of CSOs and local community networks, by facilitating their professionalization, networking and integration into regional coordination mechanisms;
- – Create a space for dialogue and co-construction between local stakeholders, researchers, communities and decision-makers, by facilitating the articulation between traditional knowledge, technical innovations and public policies.
- Through these objectives, the APP aims to strengthen the participatory, inclusive and territorialized dimension of the WACA ResIP Project, by stimulating bottom-up innovation and promoting lasting alliances between coastal resilience actors.
Funding Information
- Requested budget amounts must be less than USD 40,000.
Duration
- Projects must be implemented over a maximum period of 12 months for CSOs (and associations). An exceptional extension may be considered, upon request, justified and accepted by the PRCM.
Geographic Focus
- The APP covers the nine beneficiary countries of the WACA ResIP Projects: Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, GuineaBissau, Mauritania, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal and Togo.
Eligibility:
These criteria apply to all types of projects submitted under this call and revolve around the following points:
- Be a legally constituted civil society organization (CSO) (NGO, associations, cooperatives, EIG, women’s or youth group, etc.), active in the coastal zone of one of the nine WACA ResIP Project countries;
- Community-based organizations (CBOs) or village committees involved in natural resource management, coastal management or local governance in the coastal zone of one of the nine WACA ResIP Project countries;
- Regional or national networks or platforms for coordinating CSOs working in the marine and coastal zone in West Africa in the fields of the environment, local development or action research;
- Provide proof of legal existence of at least 12 months on the date of submission of the project;
- Demonstrate the ability to produce transferable results (publications, tools, platforms);
- Provide financial statements or a statement of resources for the last year of activity.
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