We have just completed and submitted two ‘concept notes’ for this EU funding programme ( “environment and sustainable management of natural resources, including energy” ENRTP:
One on behalf of EAZA and Bird Life International for a project in Madagascar, and another on behalf of Save the Rhino and ZSL for work in Nepal.
This opportunity is now closed, but will likely open again towards the end of 2008. It offers up to 80% funding and projects can range from EU contributions of €800,000 to €3,500,000.
Although the initial 4 page Concept Form looks relatively straightforward (if these are successul, the applicant is invited to proceed to a full bid), a strong and appropriate concept is needed, as well as the partnership to go with this. All of which takes a lot of time to develop. So organisations thinking of bidding at the end of this year would absolutely have to start developing their project from now on.
ENRTP is one programme belonging to AIDCO. Occasionally other calls for bids may be of interest to conservation or zoological interests.
Here is the link:http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl
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