Grants Archive - Turquoise Coast Environment Fund

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Grant Making Strategy

The Turquoise Coast Environment Fund (TCEF), as a branch of the Conservation Collective, works in partnership with Support Foundation for Civil Society (STDV) as a local regranting partner in Turkey, using its local expertise and governance to support the process of selecting the best grassroots conservation initiatives protecting and restoring nature across the western and southern in-shore marine environments and coastal communities.

An Evaluation Committee consisting of the Steering Committee and Local Advisory Board of the TCEF will approve the grants. Each funding application will be evaluated in terms of relevant work already going on in the locality, where it fits into broader strategies, what will be achieved on the ground, and longer-term sustainability. Below is the list of criteria checklists with indicators for proposed projects or actions.

TCEF'S PREFERRED TYPES OF PROJECTS

Working Directly

Directly preserving, protecting and regenerating habitats/species or preventing, slowing down or helping us adapt to climate change.
Research or Analysis

Improving our understanding of conservation issues and ‘what works’ to protect, preserve and regenerate environments.
Engagement

Promoting and supporting collective action.
Campaigning

Helping businesses and consumers to act more sustainably.
Advocacy and Lobbying

Influencing governments and other institutions.

Grants and Timeline

The total amount will be 1,800,000 TRY. Grants up to TRY 350,000 in size will be considered for a direct grant from TCEF. Co-financing is encouraged in all applications.

Grants will be paid in installments based on the project’s timeline and budget upon the receipt of the signed Grant Agreement. Please note that payments are made in at least three installments via bank transfer. The final installment, corresponding to 10% of the approved total budget, is paid within one month after the final report is approved, proving that the grantee organization has fulfilled all the obligations in the signed agreement. Grantee organizations are required to keep the invoices of their expenditures within the scope of the grant for three years. If deemed necessary, a financial audit may be requested by the Support Foundation for Civil Society.

The application and review process will be carried out following the schedule below:

Announcement of the Fund: 19 December 2023

Application Deadline: 30 January 2024

Evaluation: February 2024

Approval announced: February 2024

Start of implementation: March 2024

Monitoring and Evaluation

The projects are expected to be clear and feasible, delivering measurable, sustainable, long-term high impact and potential for sustainable outcomes. Replicability and opportunities to scale will also be looked for, as will opportunities for capacity building and collaboration among a wide range of stakeholders, including local communities and authorities.

Projects should fit into the priority areas below:

Promoting sustainable food systems: Reflecting on the future of food systems by protecting, sustaining, and rebuilding the existing food-agriculture nexus. This will require a holistic approach, such as farm-to-fork strategies and consideration and management of all types of externalities and effects of food production systems.
Ecosystem-based management approaches for biodiversity conservation: Projects addressing land and marine biodiversity, innovative approaches promoting holistic, cross-sectoral, bottom-up, transparent, adaptive, inclusive, and participatory management of coastal use, including small-scale fisheries and other resources.
Legal and institutional support and empowerment of local NGOs: Projects empower local entities in various thematic areas including capacity building for knowledge base and networking, and the ability to use the right set of data to make informed decisions to mobilize conservation action in appropriate sites.

Grantees supported under the program are required to submit interim and final reports on dates determined in the grant agreement. Organisations supported by TCEF funds can also be visited at regular intervals and meetings can be requested by the Executive Director of TCEF.

Evaluation Committee

The Evaluation Committee consisting of the TPF, TMF, and TCEF’s Steering Committee, with input from TCEF’s Scientific Advisory Council, will review and approve the grants.

Evaluation Criteria

Each funding application will be evaluated in terms of relevant work already going on the ground, where it fits into broader strategies, what will be achieved on the ground, and longer-term sustainability. Grantees are expected to participate in various evaluation activities to measure the impact of the grant. These activities consist of completing various evaluation questionnaires and focus group discussions.

When To Apply

Applications will be open from 2 April 2024 until 8 May 2024 (18:00 Türkiye time).

Grant announcements will be made in June 2024.

For more information on the application guidelines and eligibility criteria, please visit: https://siviltoplumdestek.org/turquoise-coast-environment-fund/

How to apply

All applicants are required to fill out the application form in Turkish or English.

It is possible to download the *.pdf version of the application form to your device from here and save it into another file for ease of completion. Thus, you can proceed later by copying and pasting the relevant fields in the application form.

When submitting the application form, please also provide the following information:

A curriculum vitae of a person who will be primarily responsible for the application when/if the application is accepted.
A budget to realize your purpose in the application, including the amount you will request from the TCEF.
A clear timeline plan of project activities and outcomes.
Additional information, documents, publications, news, etc. that you think will strengthen your application.

We request that you attach all these files compressed in a single *.zip file. Applications will not be assessed before additional documents reach the SDTV.

If you have any questions or more information required, please get in touch with us via e-mail at aysegul@turquoisecoastenvironment.org

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Our grants

A Generation for Nature Conservation in Muğla

Bridging Seas and Societies: The Saros Bay Conservation and Restoration Planning

Strengthening the Legislative Capacity of Key Actors on Marine and Coastal Conservation

Fire and Climate Resistant Islands: Bozcaada and Gökçeada

Plastic Free Shores Plastic Free Waters

Conservation and Monitoring of Shark and Ray Species Habitats in Samandağ Hırlavuk Coast of Hatay

Strengthening Water Management and Biodiversity Conservation

Asi River and Delta Environmental Vision Planning

Monitoring and Ecological Assessment of Artificial Reefs

Discover the fish owl before it disappears

Inclusive Approach for Lake Gölbaşı (Hatay) Sustainability

Monitoring and Protecting the Sea Daffodils

Local Stewardship for Kavakderesi River

Community Gardens of Marmaris

Life in the Reeds: Poyraz Bird and Snake Fish

Invasive Alien Species in Datca-Bozburun

Birds and Biodiversity of the Ayvalık Islands

Seagrass Conservation in Bodrum

Monk Seals Protection

Plastic Pollution Awareness Raising in Antalya

Sea Turtles of Antalya

Marine Mammals of Turkey

Let Gediz Delta Live!

Nature and Culture in Aegean Coasts of Turkey

Conservation of Kavakderesi, Bodrum

Empowering Sustainability in Gökçeada

Post-fire Ecological Restoration

Protecting Gökçeada Salt Lake Wetland

Climate Resilience and Pollinator Habitats

Act4Species

Sustainable Travel from Marmara to Mediterranean

Grant Making Strategy

TCEF'S PREFERRED TYPES OF PROJECTS

Working Directly

Research or Analysis

Engagement

Campaigning

Advocacy and Lobbying

Grant criteria Overview

Grants and Timeline

Monitoring and Evaluation

When To Apply

How to apply