August 2018 - December 2019

Extension of the project with Additional Funding builds on the need for resources as indicated by the more than 140 applications received from eligible organizations in the 11 participating countries and the successful eight (8) national implementation by IPs Organizations. The sub-grantees supported represented less than 8% of the applications received and hence the need to address this demand with additional resources to scale up the outcomes and achievements, as well as sustain national visibility to the engagements with IPs. At the regional level, lesson learning and experience sharing through South-South exchanges and regional project workshops expands the reach across the region and beyond. These exchanges have further cemented partnerships and enhances collaborations among Indigenous Peoples organizations in the global south.

The focus of projects to be funded by the additional resources will largely be to support forest dependent IPs in enhancing their capacity to engage as well as contribute to the development of respective Programs in countries implementing emission reduction programs or designing these programs, as is critical for the long-term sustainability in financing forest conservation and management programs.

The implementation approach proposed is to use the current sub-grantees in countries with demonstrable progress indicating improved advocacy capacity of IPOs and those that have established considerable rapport with the national REDD+ Secretariats and other partners at the national level. National networks of IPs realized through self-selection under the readiness phase will be highly preferred as they provide engagement with a wider community of Indigenous Peoples organizations.

Five FCPF Anglophone countries (Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda) are eligible for national sub projects implemented within the identified Emission Reduction (ER) region. The current sub project partners in four of the countries have been mantained as implementing partners while in Ethiopia, a targeted call for proposal was issued to identified IP organizations with presence in the Oromia Region.