SAVE THE DATE: Webinar on Global Affairs Canada’s Partnering for Climate March 7, 2022 (Eng) & March 9, 2022 (Fr)
CAIDP Members:
On Thursday, CAIDP participated in a webinar with representatives from Global Affairs Canada, the Climate Action Network, Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Association québécoise des organismes de coopération international (AQOCI) to discuss Minister Sajjan’s recent commitment of $315 million for Partnering for Climate: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa (see brief synopsis below and attached in pdf for more details).
Global Affairs Canada is seeking proposals through a new, open process: project concepts from organizations in Canada may be submitted to the open portal via Partners@International on an ongoing basis using the unsolicited concept notes mechanism.
To ensure a common understanding of the objectives of the Partnering for Climate envelope and the boarder climate commitment, share knowledge and provide more information on how to submit project concepts, including environmental coding requirements, GAC will be hosting a series of webinars:
The first in the series will be on:
March 7th, 2022 @3-4:30pm (English)
March 9th, 2022 @ 11:30-1pm (French).
GAC would like to encourage interested Canadian international development and environmental organizations and local partners to participate.
Priortity registration for Webinar instructions sent to members.
Full details on Canada’s Climate Commitment: https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/funding-financement/partnering-climate-partenariats-climat.aspx?lang=eng#a3_3
Brief synopsis:
As part of Canada’s doubling of its previous climate commitment from $2.65 billion to $5.3 billion and its objective to leverage the climate action expertise and commitment of organizations in Canada, $315 million has been allocated for Partnering for Climate to fund projects from civil society, Indigenous peoples and other organizations in Canada that will support climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world.
A total of $300 million in funding will support projects that use nature-based solutions to help countries, communities and people in Sub-Saharan Africa – a particularly climate-vulnerable region –to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change. This funding includes at least $20 million to help advance women’s rights and climate change adaptation.
A further $15 million in funding will support Indigenous peoples in Canada to partner with Indigenous peoples in developing countries across the world to achieve their climate action objectives. Global Affairs Canada will provide more information on this additional funding following further engagement to frame this component.
Project size and timelines: Global Affairs Canada is seeking projects in the range of $15 million to $40 million over fiscal years 2022/23 to 2026/27 for this funding envelope. An exception to the $15-million minimum project size will be made for programming in women’s rights and climate change adaptation, where projects of $5 million or more will be considered.
Country eligibility: Proposed NbS projects must take place exclusively in sub-Saharan African countries (including those identified as Small Island Developing States) that are eligible for official development assistance. Projects can be single-country, multi-country or regional (for example, focused on transboundary ecosystems like river basins, wetlands, coastlines, grasslands and/or savannas).
In addition to meeting all other criteria of Canada’s $5.3 billion international climate finance program, proposals for Partnering for Climate funding must carry out the following:
1. Demonstrate support for climate change adaptation as the principal objective (see: Project Coding - Policy Markers).
2. Include biodiversity as a significant objective (see: Project Coding - Policy Markers).
3. Include at least 1 gender equality outcome at the immediate outcome level (namely GE-1, to achieve a change in skills, awareness, or knowledge that contributes to gender equality – see Feminist International Assistance Gender Equality - Toolkit for Projects). For the $20 million earmarked funding for programming at the intersection of women’s rights and climate adaptation, preference will be given to projects that achieve a GE-3 coding and integrate a feminist approach consistent with the FIAP.