Dear subscribers,
Blue Action Fund is pleased to announce that a new open Call for Proposals has been launched on 15 April. This Call will focus on Africa’s Atlantic Coast covering the following countries:
Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, The Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa (Atlantic Coast).
Blue Action Fund seeks to support projects that result in newly established or better managed marine protected areas (MPAs) as well as enhanced livelihood conditions in coastal communities.
With this Call, Blue Action Fund anticipates to fund projects with a total volume of approximately EUR 15 million. If you would like to apply for this Call, please submit your Concept Note to us by 16 July 2021. More details can be found at www.blueactionfund.org/funding-opportunities.
Please ensure that you use the most recent version of our Concept Note Template and carefully read Blue Action Fund’s Grant Procedures Manual, the Environmental and Social Management System Guide as well as other supporting documents, which provide detailed information about our funding objectives and requirements – all these documents can be downloaded from www.blueactionfund.org/documents.
For those applicants who have not been previously awarded with a Blue Action Fund grant, we offer a Question-and-Answer Session via Zoom on 5 May 2021, 2-4pm (CEST). Please register by 30 April 2021 via [email protected].
Kind regards,
Markus Knigge
Executive Director, Blue Action Fund
