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    Reduce the Introduction of Invasive Alien Species by 50% and Minimize Their Impact
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    Reduce Pollution to Levels That Are Not Harmful to Biodiversity
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    Minimize the Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Build Resilience
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    Increase the Sharing of Benefits From Genetic Resources, Digital Sequence Information and Traditional Knowledge
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    Integrate Biodiversity in Decision-Making at Every Level
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    Enable Sustainable Consumption Choices To Reduce Waste and Overconsumption
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    Strengthen Biosafety and Distribute the Benefits of Biotechnology
    Target18
    Reduce Harmful Incentives by at Least $500 Billion per Year, and Scale Up Positive Incentives for Biodiversity
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    Mobilize $200 Billion per Year for Biodiversity From all Sources, Including $30 Billion Through International Finance
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    Strengthen Capacity-Building, Technology Transfer, and Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Biodiversity
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    Ensure That Knowledge Is Available and Accessible To Guide Biodiversity Action
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    Ensure Gender Equality and a Gender-Responsive Approach for Biodiversity Action
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    What does each Target means
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    Awareness increased
    Target2
    Biodiversity values integrated
    Target3
    Incentives reformed
    Target4
    Sustainable production and consumption
    Target5
    Habitat loss halved or reduced
    Target6
    Sustainable management of marine living resources
    Target7
    Sustainable agriculture, aquaculture and forestry
    Target8
    Pollution reduced
    Target9
    Invasive alien species prevented and controlled
    Target10
    Pressures on vulnerable ecosystems reduced
    Target11
    Protected areas increased and improved
    Target12
    Extinction prevented
    Target13
    Genetic diversity maintained
    Target14
    Ecosystems and essential services safeguarded
    Target15
    Ecosystems restored and resilience enhanced
    Target16
    Nagoya Protocol in force and operational
    Target17
    NBSAPs adopted as policy instrument
    Target18
    Traditional knowledge respected and integrated
    Target19
    Knowledge improved, shared and applied
    Target20
    Financial resources from all sources increased
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    What does each Target means
    Target1
    Plan and Manage all Areas To Reduce Biodiversity Loss
    Target2
    Restore 30% of all Degraded Ecosystems
    Target3
    Conserve 30% of Land, Waters and Seas
    Target4
    Halt Species Extinction, Protect Genetic Diversity, and Manage Human-Wildlife Conflicts
    Target5
    Ensure Sustainable, Safe and Legal Harvesting and Trade of Wild Species
    Target6
    Reduce the Introduction of Invasive Alien Species by 50% and Minimize Their Impact
    Target7
    Reduce Pollution to Levels That Are Not Harmful to Biodiversity
    Target8
    Minimize the Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Build Resilience
    Target9
    Manage Wild Species Sustainably To Benefit People
    Target10
    Enhance Biodiversity and Sustainability in Agriculture, Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Forestry
    Target11
    Restore, Maintain and Enhance Nature’s Contributions to People
    Target12
    Enhance Green Spaces and Urban Planning for Human Well-Being and Biodiversity
    Target13
    Increase the Sharing of Benefits From Genetic Resources, Digital Sequence Information and Traditional Knowledge
    Target14
    Integrate Biodiversity in Decision-Making at Every Level
    Target15
    Businesses Assess, Disclose and Reduce Biodiversity-Related Risks and Negative Impacts
    Target16
    Enable Sustainable Consumption Choices To Reduce Waste and Overconsumption
    Target17
    Strengthen Biosafety and Distribute the Benefits of Biotechnology
    Target18
    Reduce Harmful Incentives by at Least $500 Billion per Year, and Scale Up Positive Incentives for Biodiversity
    Target19
    Mobilize $200 Billion per Year for Biodiversity From all Sources, Including $30 Billion Through International Finance
    Target20
    Strengthen Capacity-Building, Technology Transfer, and Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Biodiversity
    Target21
    Ensure That Knowledge Is Available and Accessible To Guide Biodiversity Action
    Target22
    Ensure Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice and Information Related to Biodiversity for all
    Target23
    Ensure Gender Equality and a Gender-Responsive Approach for Biodiversity Action
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    Zero hunger
    Goal3
    Good health and well-being
    Goal4
    Quality education
    Goal5
    Gender equality
    Goal6
    Clean water and sanitation
    Goal7
    Affordable and clean energy
    Goal8
    Decent work and economic growth
    Goal9
    Industry, innovation, infrastructure
    Goal10
    Reduced inequalities
    Goal11
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Goal12
    Responsible consumption, production
    Goal13
    Climate action
    Goal14
    Life below water
    Goal15
    Life on land
    Goal16
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Goal17
    Partnerships for the goals
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Call for Proposals

The Secretariat for the Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) is pleased to announce that the SDM has opened a call for proposals for SDM 2023 projects. The SDM is one of the collaborative activities of the International Partnership for Satoyama Initiative which facilitate the implementation of activities under the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) through the provision of seed funding. The SDM selects up to five IPSI member organisations with convincing proposals through its selection process and criteria specified in this page. The upper limit of the grant amount for one organisation is twenty thousand (20,000) US dollars.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 15 August 2023. IPSI members are kindly invited to submit project proposals through the Online Application at the bottom of this page, or, if it does not work, by email to the SDM Secretariat (sdm@iges.or.jp). Project proposals for developing and/or implementing IPSI collaborative activities will be welcomed (see here for more about IPSI Collaborative Activities).

  • Deadline of applications: Tuesday 15 August 2023 (closed)
  • Applications submission: Online Application form (recommended), or email to sdm@iges.or.jp
  • Number of organisations to be selected: up to five IPSI member organisations
  • Grant amount per project: up to US$ 20,000
  • Project period: up to 12 months
Call for Proposals

Overall process

The SDM invites all interested and eligible IPSI members (see eligibility criteria) to apply for the SDM to implement the activities that fall under either of the four project types and address the SDM objectives using the format provided by the SDM. The SDM selects up to six projects from among the eligible applications through a three-step evaluation process (see Project selection).

The successful grant recipients prepare the grant agreement (GA) and the project implementation plan documents. IGES, on behalf of the SDM Secretariat, disburses the first instalment upon agreement on GA with each recipient. In the course of the project implementation, the grant recipients are recommended to provide updates to the SDM Secretariat when they make major progress.

The SDM mandates the grant recipients to submit the final project evaluation report at the project end. The SDM Secretariat, upon the endorsement of the final project evaluation report, disburses the final instalment.

Overall process Overall process

Project selection

The SDM follows a three-step process, eligibility assessment, screening and prioritisation, to select grant recipients. It first prepares a longlist of applications that fulfill eligibility criteria, and narrows it down to a short list after an evaluation against the screening criteria. The SDM Executive Board concludes the selection process among the shortlisted applications referring to the prioritisation criteria.

Project selection Project selection

1. Eligibility criteria

Eligibility criteria

  • The applicant is an approved member of the IPSI at the date of submission of the project proposal.
  • The applicant has agreed to act as focal point of the proposed project to be contacted by the SDM Secretariat, if the proposal is to be jointly implemented by more than one IPSI members.
  • The applicant has demonstrated sufficient institutional capability to implement the proposed project.
  • The applicant has demonstrated sufficient English proficiency to deliver a good project report.
  • The applicant is not a member of either the Advisory Group or the Executive Board of SDM.
  • Any applicant that makes an unequivocally false presentation of him/herself or his/her organisation will be excluded from the SDM.
  • The applicant does NOT have an ongoing SDM project as of the application date.

2. Screening criteria

Relevance

  • Addresses critical local needs.
  • Contributes to the SDM priority areas and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, particularly OECMs1, landscape/seascape restoration, conservation and collaboration with indigenous peoples and local communities, resilience enhancement, and sustainable food/material production.

Effectiveness

  • Specifies concrete outputs and outcomes of the project, and logically presents the project components and activities leading to these.
  • Engages multiple stakeholders necessary to generate intended outcomes.

Feasibility

  • Proposes activities that effectively utilise time and resources while fitting within the given timeline and budget.
  • Demonstrates appropriate implementation capacity of the proponent with clear roles of those involved.

Sustainability

  • Properly identifies the measures to mitigate possible risks that may emerge during the project implementation.
  • Identifies self-reliant operating mechanisms for the continuation and/or further development of project activities upon completion of the project

1Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures. See its guiding principles, common characteristics and criteria for identification in CBD/COP/DEC/14/8 Annex III
(https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-14/cop-14-dec-08-en.pdf)

3. Prioritisation criteria

  • Potential for an innovation or a best practice
  • Underrepresented regions, sectors and/or landscape/seascape types.
  • Implements an IPSI Collaborative Activity
    (https://satoyama-initiative.org/activities/ipsi-collaborative-activities/) that has already been endorsed by IPSI, or formulates a new IPSI Collaborative Activity.
  • Applicants not previously been selected by the SDM.
  • Demonstrates a strong need of support from the SDM (e.g., limited access to other funding sources).

Application

Please read this document carefully before preparing the application:

Application by Online Form

Please download and fill out the excel document, and upload it at the Online form below.

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ONLINE FORM

Upload documents and fill out the information by Online form.

Online Application

Application by email

If you want to apply by e-mail, please attach the following file and send it to the e-mail address down below.
sdm@iges.or.jp