{"id":482,"date":"2021-03-04T05:57:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T05:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/global-transformation-of-forest-for-people-and-climate-a-focus-on-west-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-03-04T05:57:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T05:57:55","slug":"global-transformation-of-forest-for-people-and-climate-a-focus-on-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/global-transformation-of-forest-for-people-and-climate-a-focus-on-west-africa","title":{"rendered":"Global Transformation of Forest for People and Climate: A Focus on West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the framework of the project \u201cGlobal Transformation of Forest for People and Climate: A Focus on West Africa\u201d funded par Sida, FAO, in collaboration with the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food of ECOWAS (ARAA \/ RAAF), is pleased to announce the&nbsp;<strong>launch of an open and competitive call for proposals for community-based forest\/land management demonstration initiatives.&nbsp;<\/strong>The project supports the implementation of the&nbsp;<strong>ECOWAS Forest Convergence Plan<\/strong>&nbsp;for the Sustainable Management and Use of Forest Ecosystems in West Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Through this call, the project will select and support small demonstration initiatives aimed to develop, demonstrate, and share knowledge about community-based sustainable land and forest management in West Africa and highlight its potential economic, social, and environmental contributions for the benefit of the population and the global environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you are interested in applying to this call, please note that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; The deadline for submission of proposals is 11 April 2021, 23:59 (GMT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; Submissions and queries should be sent only to this mailbox: FAO-SRO-Africa-Western (FAOSFW)&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:FAO-SFW@fao.org\">FAO-SFW@fao.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; All e-mails must indicate in the subject the specific purpose to facilitate the management of correspondence and ensure respect of confidentiality:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Expression of interest to submit a proposal OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Request for information\/clarification OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Submission of a proposal.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; Responses to single queries will be shared with all those who expressed interest in submitting a proposal.&nbsp; As indicated in the invitation, kindly indicate your interest in participating using the e-mail address provided above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; All requests for clarifications shall be submitted between 01 and 15 March 2021, 23:59 (GMT). After this date, no additional requests can be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8211; This call for proposals is open to international or national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), non-profit groups\/associations\/cooperatives, or similar entities legally constituted and recognized in at least one of the 15 ECOWAS member countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Among other eligibility criteria described in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/b\/s!Ak2rV0dejPlkgdEBy0WeKdGzuVymwg?e=CCRbxJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the invitation package<\/a>, proposals shall clearly explain how the planned actions to be funded are integrated into a community process and\/or participatory action plan covering at least two to three subsequent years, ensuring sustainability and continuity after project support.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the framework of the project \u201cGlobal Transformation of Forest for People and Climate: A Focus on West Africa\u201d funded par Sida, FAO, in collaboration with the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food of ECOWAS (ARAA \/ RAAF), is pleased to announce the&nbsp;launch of an open and competitive call for proposals for community-based forest\/land management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}