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ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA TO ALLOCATE FACILITY GRANTS TO NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS

ELIGIBILITY

  • The beneficiary must be located in the Facility Partner Country it is applying from;
  • The beneficiary must be a (potential) stakeholder in the national forest programme process;
  • The beneficiary must be a non-profit making organization;
  • The grant must support priorities of the national forest programme process;
  • The beneficiary must be ready to provide a contribution, from own or other resources, equivalent to at least 20% of the eligible cost of the activity supported by the Facility.


BROAD CRITERIA TO SELECT STAKEHOLDER APPLICATIONS FOR FACILITY GRANTS

The selection aims at grants that provide the highest value added and play the most catalytic role in view of furthering the national forest programme process. To this end, the following broad criteria will be used to assess stakeholders' applications:

  • Degree to which different stakeholders -- in particular forest-dependent and indigenous people, and private forest industries -- have participated in the design and formulation of the application; higher involvement will be preferred.

  • Degree of consistency of the application with the Facility's strategy to support national forest programmes, in terms of
      - reducing poverty, and integrating the forest sector in other sectors;
      - developing a national consensus on how to address issues relevant to forests and trees; and
      - implementing international commitments.

  • Quality of the application in terms of
      - design: logical structure, technical soundness, feasibility, cost-effectiveness;
      - competence and capacity of applicant(s) to undertake the proposed activities;
      - complementarity and co-ordination with existing and/or foreseen development programmes supported from internal or external sources;
      - sustainability;
      - transparency and access to information to all stakeholders;
      - incorporation of training and learning processes.

  • Impact of the proposed grant in terms of
      - social, economic, and environmental benefits;
      - sustainable delivery of goods and services by forests and trees.