fpe grants program_may 2015

Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE)

GRANTS PROGRAM

Fer Ramirez

PDU Manager

I. About FPE

II. FPE Grants Program

a. Grant Type & Funding Levels

b. Project Strategies

c. Sites for Funding

d. Criteria for Assistance

e. Proponent Criteria

f. Required Counterpart

g. Submission

Presentation

Outline

• First Non-Government grant-making institution for the environment est. in 1992

• Created through a “Debt-for-Nature Swap”

• Focused on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development (BCSD)

What is FPE?

• Catalyst for Cooperation

• Grant-maker

• Fund Facilitator

Roles of FPE

Grant

Maker

Catalyst for

Cooperation Fund

Facilitator

FPE National & Regional

Environmental Agenda

Mining

Logging

Unsustainable Agriculture & Fisheries

Renewable Energy

Solid Waste & Air Pollution

Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction

Urbanization & Land Conversion

FPE Grants Program

To maximize CSO/NGO/PO potential for conservation

action

To enhance capacities to implement BCSD projects

Types of Grant Support

Competitive

Site-Focused

Pro-Active

Funding Level

Maximum of 200k

Maximum of 800k

Maximum of 2M

• Constituency Building

• Advocacy

• Research

• Environmental Defense

• Sites

Project Strategies

• FPE’s shortlisted sites

• Identified special sites for conservation

• Sites in the Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Priorities Program (PBCPP) list

Sites for Funding

Criteria for Assistance • Significant contribution to regional

and national environmental agenda

• Urgency or need for intervention

• Community or CSO-led, preferably with multi-stakeholder complementation

• Has the potential to sustain the impacts and outcomes

• Anchored on an integrated area development plan

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Filipino entity

• An NGO, PO, and/or private academic institution

• Duly registered with any of the following: SEC, CDA, DOLE-BRW

• Continuously in operation for a minimum of 3 years*

Proponent Criteria

*NOTE:

For organizations UNABLE to fulfill the eligibility requirement, an eligible intermediary organization can act as main proponent and assume fiscal responsibility for fund usage and ensure attainment of project objectives.

Proponent Criteria

DISQUALIFICATIONS:

• Those with an ongoing project with FPE

• Those that have pending accountabilities

• Those with questionable track record

Proponent Criteria

Minimum counterpart = 25% of the total project cost

May include funds sourced from other donors, and indicated in the project proposal under budget requirements

Proponent Counterpart

Submission of Proposals

RegistrationAllows the proponent to create their account .

1. Click the Register button in the Log in page.

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2. Fill up all the required fields in the registration form.

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Preference: GO-MIS - Applying grants on line through FPE website on trial mode until June 30, 2015.

1. Download the FPE project proposal template and Organizational Registry Form at www.fpe.ph

Submission of Proposals

2. Submit completed FPE Organizational Registry Form and Project Proposal & detailed budget to:

The Executive Director Foundation for the Philippine Environment E-Mail: fpegrants@fpe.ph Courier: 77 Matahimik Street, Teachers’ Village, Quezon City, Philippines 1101

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