Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA) Call for Proposals and Terms of Reference
Deadline for application: 22 May 2006. Applicants must use the form included in the call.
Available funding: 9 projects are expected to be awarded grants of up to USED 70,000 each. Project development grants of up to USED 5000 are also available.
Regional scope: Developing countries of Africa and Asia.
Eligibility: The lead applicant must be employed with an institution based in a developing country of Africa or Asia; proposals must have at least two institutional partners that include one stakeholder organization and one scientific organization.
Award process: Outline proposals received by 22 May 2006 will be reviewed based upon criteria described in the call. Roughly 12 applicants will be invited by end of June to prepare a full proposal and to attend a project initiation workshop (tentatively scheduled for late August). Full proposals will be due in early September and final award decisions will be made by November.
Project Period: Projects selected for awards are expected to begin in January 2007 and be completed by June 2008 (18 month duration).
ACCCA Donors: ACCCA is funded by grants from the European Commission Europe Aid Cooperation Office and the United Kingdom Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
ACCCA Management Team: ACCCA is managed by UNITAR in partnership with the International START Secretariat, the Stockholm Environment Institute - Oxford, the Climate System Analysis Group of the University of Cape Town, Environment et Development du Tiers Monde, the Southeast Asia START Regional Center and the Temperate East Asia START Regional Center.
Contacts: For further information, please contact Annie Roncerel annie.roncerel@unitar.org or Neil Leary nleary@agu.org
Posted on April 12, 2006