The Small Grant Fund for World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was established to provide financial support to EAAFP Partners and collaborators from EAAFP Task Forces and Working Groups who plan to organize public events and/or conservation action-oriented workshops at national or local levels through participating in the World Migratory Bird Day.
EAAFP strongly encourages EAAFP Partners and collaborators to make an application for any suitable event or development of WMBD materials in local language that aims to raise awareness on the need of conserving migratory waterbirds and the value of their habitats in East Asian–Australasian Flyway.
WMBD is now celebrated twice a year, on the Second Saturday in May and in October. EAAFP Secretariat highly encourages Partners to celebrate WMBD on twice a year by opening two different deadlines for the small grant applications annually. Visit EAAFP World Migratory Bird Day website [here].
ELIGIBILITY
EAAFP Partners who plan to organize an event to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day 2024 in Partner countries included in the DAC list of ODA Recipients are our priority to support. (If you are not sure, please see the list of EAAFP Partners, and DAC list of ODA Recipients). If you are not the country focal point of EAAFP, please consult and plan with EAAFP focal point of your country before you apply.
Please note that this grant is to initiate a WMBD event, not to cover the costs for the existing WMBD event expenses. Applications with similar contents (location, target participants etc.) from the previous years may not be accepted.
APPLICATION
The application form must be filled out by an applicant or applicant’s organization. The applicant and/or applicant organization must be qualified for the eligibility criteria set for funding assistance under EAAFP WMBD 2024 Small Grants Programme.
For your budget planning, please note that maximum 1,000 USD will be allocated to each country. As the small-scale grant will be allocated on a first come first served basis, we recommend you submit the application as early as possible.
EAAFP World Migratory Bird Day Small Grant Fund Application (May 2024): [Open]
APPLICATION DEADLINE & PROCESS
The application deadline for WMBD 2024 Small Grants for May is 12th April, 2024. Please submit an application via email (Word or PDF document) at wmbd@eaaflyway.net.
After you submit your application to EAAFP Secretariat and we successfully receive your application, the approval of the successful proposal is made by the Secretariat. The applicant will hear the result within one or two weeks. Further progress will then be discussed individually. Please not that incomplete applications will not be processed.
Successful applicants have a responsibility to help translate the World Migratory Bird Day materials into their own languages which will be shared on the World Migratory Bird Day website (http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/about).
Successful Applicants of WMBD Small Grant Fund 2017
Successful Applicants of WMBD Small Grant Fund 2016
CONTACT US
If you have any questions regarding the World Migratory Bird Day Small Grant Fund, please contact to Ms. WenQing NG, Communication Officer, at communication@eaaflyway.net
