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Grant, Job and Training
Opportunities
Positions
Available
UNDP GEF is starting the
implementation of a major ($30 million, 6 year) SME
financing and biodiversity conservation initiative in
Central America through a project with CABEI (Central
American Bank for Economic Integration). The project is
called CAMBio - Central American Markets for Biodiversity:
Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
within micro-small and medium size enterprise development
and financing. UNDP/GEF is, therefore, recruiting for five
full-time positions (Terms of Reference below), which will
be stationed within CABEI, Honduras. Once the full-time team
is operational, UNDP/GEF will carry out a search for
international advisors and NGOs to support the team.
TORS:
Project Coordinator
Banking Expert
Biodiversity Expert
Policy Expert
Specialist in micro, small and medium sized enterprises
Funding Opportunities
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Division of International Conservation
Starting October 1st, 2005, the USFWS Division
of International Conservation will be accepting proposals for the next fiscal
year for the grants programs listed below. The grants are reviewed on a rolling
basis each time a program receives enough submissions to hold a committee review
session (typically every few months). The reviews will continue until the funds
are fully obligated for this fiscal
year.
African Elephant Conservation Fund
Asian
Elephant Conservation Fund
Great
Apes Conservation Fund
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Neotropical Migratory
Bird Conservation Fund
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund
Wildlife without Borders:
Mexico,
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Russia
Supporting
Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development (SEED) Awards
– Call for Submissions
(Deadline Sept 15)
The Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and development
(Seed) Awards, an international biennial competition, is
designed to support innovative, entrepreneurial
partnerships. Through the provision of targeted services,
support, training and exposure to additional networks, the
Seed Initiative helps young and promising partnerships
bring their initiatives to fruition. The award is not
monetary but a comprehensive package of tailor-made services
from a range of organizations. Submissions should be made
from 1 July to 15 September. More information and
application forms are available on:
www.seedinit.org.
International Foundation for
Science (IFS) Research Grants
The IFS Granting Programme is open for project proposals from developing country
scientists who meet the eligibility criteria and conduct research on the
sustainable management of biological resources. Proposed projects must be
related to the sustainable utilization of the biological and/or water resource
base. IFS is specifically targeting scientists in countries with developing
science and technology
infrastructures. Research grants are awarded up to a maximum value of US$12,000
for a period of one to three years and may be renewed twice. They are intended
for the purchase of equipment, expendable supplies, and literature. Deadlines
are June 30 and December 31. Find out more at the IFS
website.
The Small Grants Programme for
Operations to Promote Tropical Forests
This program, sponsored by the European Commission and implemented by UNDP and
SEARCA, offers grants to civil society organizations for country-level projects
that promote sustainable forest management and use by local stakeholders in
South and Southeast Asia. The countries they are currently working in are
Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
Read an update
about the project here or go directly to their website at:
http://www.sgpptf.org/home.asp.
Grants for Conservation Finance
or Payment for Ecosystem Services Projects
UNEP-DGEF is inviting interested institutions to submit a proposal on
Conservation Finance or Payment for Ecosystem Services.
Email the CFA UNEP Representative
to find out more about the requirements of the program.
The Wildlife
Conservation Society sponsors a Research Fellowship Program (RFP), a
small grants program designed to support individual field research projects that
lead directly to the conservation of threatened wildlife and wildlife habitat
and that are based on sound and innovative conservation science. In addition,
the RFP aims to build
capacity for the next generation of
conservationists. The upcoming deadline is September 1. Read more about the program
and its restrictions as well as download the application
here.
And remember that the
World Wildlife Fund's Russell E. Train Education for Nature
Program maintains a
funding
source database with information on more than 150 grants,
scholarships and fellowships for conservationists throughout
the world.
Online CPF Sourcebook on Funding
for Sustainable Forest Management
http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf-sourcebook
has been developed to help users efficiently locate global funding sources for
sustainable forest management projects. The sourcebook, developed and maintained
by UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with the
Collaborative Partnership on Forests Network (CPF) and the National Forest
Programme Facility. compiles information on funding sources, policies and
delivery mechanisms, with particular focus on projects in developing countries.
Its contents come from various sources: donor agencies and countries, CPF
members, international forest-related organizations and instruments,
developments banks, private sources, regional processes, foundations and
international non-governmental organizations. A major component of the
sourcebook is the database of funding sources which contains information on over
600 funds and is a valuable starting point in the search for funding
opportunities. You can download a pdf version, or search it online.
Training Courses
The World Bank Institute's "Environmental
Economics for Development Policy" two-week course will be held
October 9-20, 2006 in Pretoria, South Africa. The EEDP course provides an
introduction to environmental economics for persons with some previous economics
background, building on the World Bank's experience in using environmental
economics to address environmental issues at the macro, sector, and project
levels. Since 1998, the course has increased in scope and reach, thanks to
fruitful interactions between the internationally renowned faculty and the
highly qualified participants.
Some of the faculty this year include John Dixon, Maureen Cropper, Jeff Vincent,
and Ann delos Angeles.
The course is aimed at policy-makers, economic and environmental advisors,
public and private sector professionals, representatives of nongovernmental
organizations, and academics.
In order to apply for this course, please complete the following application
form and submit via email as soon as possible to
ssittig@worldbank.org.
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