- Grant Amount – €200,000–€800,000
- Deadline – April 23, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The European Forest Institute (EFI) is inviting applications to support efforts to increase forest cover in Ghana with the ambition that the grant scheme as a whole contributes to restore 5 000 hectares.
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In doing so the grant scheme should also develop capacity of farmers and rural people to restore degraded forest landscapes with the ambition that the grant scheme as a whole will reach 20 000 individual farmers.
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Funding Information
- The overall indicative amount made available under this call for grants is EUR 2 400 000. EFI reserves the right not to award all available funds. Grants are available to farmer- or community-based organisations or consortium of not-for-profit entities, of which at least one applicant is a farmer- or community-based organisation. Applicants can request a contribution between EUR 200.000 and EUR 800.000.
- Projects are expected to start in June 2025 and last at least 25 months and up to a maximum of 28 months. The activities must be completed at the latest by October 2027.
Geographical Focus
- Proposed projects must target defined area(s) within the High Forest or Savanna forest ecological zones. Activities may occur in one or both of the forest ecological zones.
- Proposed activities should target specific areas where degradation or deforestation has occurred; including areas identified as important for biodiversity, ecosystem health, or climate goals or those where competing land uses threaten forest ecosystem integrity and resilience.
Eligibility:
- At least one participating entity is a farmer- or community-based organisation as registered by the local statutory departments in Ghana.
- All participating entities are a legal entity (legal person) registered in Ghana by an instrument governed by the national law of Ghana.
- All participating entities are registered in Ghana as a not-for-profit entity by the relevant statutory authority.
- Coordinator has experience from the last three (3) years in implementing a grant funded restoration project with a budget of the same or greater amount than the grant that the applicant is applying for.
- At least one of the participating entities has an active presence in the proposed project area(s) through members of the farmer or community-based organisations being located in the proposed project area.
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