FPE GRANTS PROGRAM 29 November 2014 | Bohol Tropics Resort

MISSION:

To effectively manage the endowment fund, build

constituencies and capacities for the environment, and

promote responsive policies and actions for biodiversity

conservation and sustainable development (BCSD).

FPE’s ROLES:

• GRANT-MAKER

• Fund facilitator

• Catalyst for cooperation

REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

AGENDA (REA) – Visayas

•Environmental degradation

Logging, mining, land conversion

•Marine & Coastal Conservation

•Climate Change and Renewable Energy

•Permaculture

Sustainable agriculture

Food & safety

Urbanization & land conversion

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

AGENDA (NEA)

• Mining

• Logging

• Unsustainable agriculture & fisheries

• Renewable energy

• Solid waste and air pollution

• Climate change and disaster risk

reduction

• Urbanization & land conversion

FOCAL AREAS

GRANT STRATEGIES

STRATEGY PURPOSE

Constituency-Building To build a constituency for biodiversity and environmental

concerns

Advocacy To support and promote environmental action

Research To provide solid science-based information to support

action

Environmental Defense (Endefense)

To support groups and actions that protect the natural

environment against environmental violators

Sites Support community-based projects that conserve and

rehabilitate identified environmental hotspots in the

Philippines.

STRATEGY EXAMPLES

of fundable activities

Constituency-Building

conferences / symposia resource management planning

environmental education community-based tourism

Advocacy mass media & information campaigns direct lobbying training Publications

Research Resource & socio-economic assessments Baseline surveys Impact assessments & evaluations resource valuation

Environmental Defense Litigation & related legal action Paralegal training

Sites Habitat restoration (e.g., forest, coral reef, mangrove rehab) Building local capacity for environmental conservation Enhancing sustainable, resource-based livelihoods

GRANT STRATEGIES

GRANT TYPE

SMALL = < Php 200,000 up to 1 year

MEDIUM = < Php 800,000 up to 1 year

LARGE = < Php 2,000,000 up to 2 years

• according to SIZE

• according to source

Competitive Proponent initiated

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Proactive FPE initiated • Priority Sites (key biodiversity areas)

• Special projects

GRANT CATEGORIES

FPE’s GRANTS

Monitoring & Evaluation Process

PROPOSAL

SUBMISSION

PROCESSING &

APPROVAL

PROJECT

NEGOTIATION

PARTNERSHIP

AGREEMENT

SIGNING

PROJECT M&E PROJECT

CLOSURE

SUBMISSION & APPROVAL

PROPOSAL from

PROPONENT REGIONAL UNIT

GRANTS PROCESS

EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR

DISAPPROVE APPROVE

SMALL

DISAPPROVE APPROVE

PROPOSAL from

PROPONENT REGIONAL UNIT

EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR

DISAPPROVE

APPROVE

MEDIUM

APPROVE CEO

APPROVE

DISAPPROVE

DISAPPROVE

GRANTS PROCESS

SUBMISSION & APPROVAL

PROPOSAL from

PROPONENT REGIONAL UNIT

COLLEGIAL

BODY

DISAPPROVE

APPROVE

LARGE

RECOMMENDATIONS PROJECT

DEVELOPMENT

COMMITTEE

(PDC) / BOT

APPROVE

DISAPPROVE

GRANTS PROCESS

SUBMISSION & APPROVAL

Project Negotiation &

Project Agreement Signing

APPROVAL

(RU, ED, BOT)

Project

Negotiation

Partnership Agreement

Signing

GRANTS PROCESS

GRANTS PROCESS

PROJECT MONITORING

SMALL MEDIUM LARGE

Reports 1-2, mid-year & final 2, mid-year & final 3, trimester

Project Visits opportunistic At least once At least twice

Assessment * none PEA

(case to case basis)

PYEA (multiyear projects)

PEA

* Project Year-End Assessment (PYEA) / Project End Assessment (PEA)

GRANTS PROCESS

PROJECT CLOSURE

ALL PROJECTS Final Report Submission

Review & Acceptance

Release of Retention Fund

Closure Letter

Project Partner

Regional Unit

Finance Unit

Regional Unit

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