• Programmes & Projects
  
  
• Thematic Programmes
  
  
• Strategy Programmes
  
  
• Issue Programmes
  • Climate change and disaster risk reduction
    
    
  • Rural Livelihoods programme
    
    
  • Green Economy
    
    
  • Civil society and governance
    • Consolidating the role of civil society in biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean islands
      
      
    • Building capacity for equitable, effective and sustained participation of civil society organisations in biodiversity conservation in Caribbean islands
      
      
    • Building civil society capacity for conservation in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories
      
      
    • Improving governance through civil society involvement in natural resource management in the Caribbean
      
      
    • Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) Caribbean Programme
      
      
    • UNDP CBP Training Project

CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNANCE

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot

The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), in its capacity as the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) for the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot, is managing a US$6.9 million grant fund to support civil society’s contribution to biodiversity conservation in eleven Caribbean islands for 2010-2015.

What is the fund?

CEPF is a joint initiative of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the World Bank.  The goal of the CEPF is to support the work of civil society in developing and implementing conservation strategies, as well as in raising public awareness on the implications of loss of biodiversity. More information on CEPF can be found at www.cepf.net.

List of projects in the Caribbean

See a  listing of current small and large projects in the Caribbean including summary actions for each grant.

Tips for preparing a CEPF letter of inquiry

See what the CEPF Secretariat, the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) and the Regional Advisory Committee for CEPF (RACC) will be looking for when reviewing a CEPF letter of inquiry for both small and large grants.

Tips for preparing a CEPF letter of inquiry in English, Spanish and French.

Before submitting a letter of inquiry, applicants are encouraged to discuss proposal ideas and eligibility with the CANARI Regional Implementation Team who can be contacted at:

• cepf-rit@canari.org.         

Or contact:

• Anna Cadiz, CANARI Senior Technical Officer and RIT Manager
• Leida Buglass, RIT Country Coordinator for the Dominican Republic
• Paul Judex Edouarzin, RIT Country Coordinator for Haiti
• Nicole Brown, RIT Country Coordinator for Jamaica

CANARI's role as the Regional Implementation Team (RIT)

How can you apply for funding?

Information and resources for applicants

Capacité, CEPF Caribbean quarterly newsletter

CEPF Safeguards Policies

CEPF appraises projects not only on their technical merit, but also on their environmental and social ramifications. Therefore, procedures for addressing environmental and social issues are included in the project cycle management process. A driving principle of CEPF is to prevent and mitigate any harm to people and thus to incorporate environmental and social concerns as an intrinsic part of project cycle management.

For more information, see Safeguards Policies section on the CEPF website.

To date, there are 3 safeguards documents for Caribbean projects. For more information, see here:

• Fauna and Flora International (FFI): Pest Management Plan
• Environmental Awareness Group (EAG): Pest Management Plan
• International Iguana Foundation (IIF): Process Framework