The U.S. Agency for International Development Mission in the Philippines (USAID/Philippines), invites applications for funding from all eligible organizations to carry out activities that will contribute to the improvement of natural resource security and governance in the Philippines.

Goal: The Goal of this Addendum is to advance natural resource resilience and security through the increased participation of CSOs, media and communities in natural resource governance.

Objectives

• Enhancing the capacity of local civil society organizations (CSOs) and communities to demand for and participate in good natural resource governance and the media to report on it;
• Enhancing legal frameworks, including customary rights to land and coastal areas, within biologically significant areas, and the appropriate allocation of rights to natural resources; and
• Improving the transparency and accountability for how natural resources are managed, extracted and brought to market.

Funding Information

USAID intends to provide funding for this activity in the range between $14 million to $16 million over a period of five (5) years.

Geographic Scope

• The grant portion of this activity will be implemented primarily at the site level. However, implementation at the site level should always have an eye towards replication and scale-up. Twenty to thirty percent of the activity will specifically go towards replicating and scaling-up interventions across the Philippines.
• This may include establishing or strengthening a network of natural resource governance CSOs across the Philippines to more effectively advocate for environmental policies and procedures. A platform for CSOs peer-to-peer learning and exchanges is another idea to consider.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.