Applications Invited for OCEAN Grants Programme
Organization: Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN)
Apply By: 18 Mar 2024
Grant Amount: 250000 Pound
About the Organization
The Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme supports locally-led projects to deliver lasting change to the marine environment and coastal communities. We know community-led initiatives have huge potential to make a positive impact. Yet up until now, there has been insufficient competitive funding for programming that tackles marine issues and specifically focuses on reaching local communities and local organisations.
Despite 10% of the global population having high dependence on the nutritional, economic, and coastal protection benefits the ocean provides and it contributing US$1.5 trillion to the global economy, less than 1% (US$13 billion) of this total value was invested in the ocean economy through sustainable projects in the past decade. The OCEAN Grants Programme seeks to redress these imbalances by supporting people and communities impacted most acutely by climate change.
About the Grant
OCEAN is a new competitive grants scheme that will support innovative proposals from local coastal communities and organisations that aim to deliver marine protection and reduce poverty worldwide. It is part of the UK Government’s Blue Planet Fund – a £500 million programme supporting developing countries to protect the marine environment and reduce poverty – and aims to support the people and communities most impacted by declining ocean health and climate change through funding local solutions to local problems. OCEAN’s overall goal is to place the ocean on a path to recovery, and for local communities and nature to thrive side by side. To achieve this, grants will be awarded through two different funding pathways:
Community Grants:
Community Grants will support projects led by small to medium, local, in-country organisations working in an eligible country. Projects should deliver local solutions to local problems by increasing the capacity of local communities and organisations to tackle marine and poverty issues. Key eligibility criteria for the pathway includes:
- Grant Amount: Up to £250,000
- Project Duration: From one year up until 31 March 2029
- Eligible Organisations: Local / in-country organisations and communities groups with an annual income of less than £1 million
- Project Activities: Projects should focus on developing the capacity of local communities and organisations, alongside protecting, managing or restoring the marine environment and reducing poverty.
Partnership Grants:
Partnership Grants will support projects led by medium to large organisations that partner with locally led organisations and have the capacity to deliver projects at scale. Projects should deliver local solutions to local problems by partnering with and working alongside local communities and organisations to tackle marine and poverty issues. Key eligibility criteria for the pathway includes:
- Grant Amount: £250,000 to £3 million
- Project Duration: From one year up until 31 March 2029
- Eligible Organisations: Medium to large, well-established organisations with an annual income of more than £1 million
- Project Activities: Projects should focus on creating partnerships with local organisations, to scale up existing activities and aim to reach higher numbers of people, alongside protecting, managing or restoring the marine environment and reducing poverty.
Partnerships: All projects must partner with at least one local / in-country organisation registered in the same country as the project.
How to Apply
Community Grants
Stage 1: Currently OPEN – Date: 5th February 2024; Closing Date: Monday 18 March 2024
Partnership Grants
Stage 1: Currently OPEN – Date: 5th February 2024; Closing Date: Monday 2 April 2024
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