To promote sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region, the Asia Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) invites proposals on sustainable development for the APFED Showcase Programme in the following thematic areas: (1) freshwater; (2) marine and coastal resources; (3) energy and air; (4) land management including urbanisation, rural development, forest, and biodiversity; and (5) waste/3R (facilitating actions to reduce, reuse, and/or recycle materials and to foster sound material cycle and circular economy), chemicals.



The APFED Showcase Programme grants up to US$30,000 to Asia Pacific sustainable development projects to showcase innovation in relation to policies, in relation to technologies, and innovation in the encouragement of social practices for sustainability. The granted funds may be used to support stakeholder consultations, feasibility studies, pilot scheme experimentation, and demonstration. It is a prerequisite that the proposed project aim to generate tangible outcomes in changing behaviours and business practices toward enhancing sustainability, and improving environmental performance. The completed proposals should be e-mailed to the address in the contact information below.



The deadline for application is May 31 2008.

Eligibility of applicants:

•  The organisation and project site(s) are in Asia and the Pacific region.
• An applicant must be a representative of an organisation that has been properly registered under the laws of the country for more than three years as an organisation working continuously for the promotion of sustainable development in a country in the Asia-Pacific region.
• The organisation must have sufficient capacities to implement the proposed activities.
• An organisation that fails to show its legal status and to present its recent annual report including financial statements at the time of concluding a contract shall be disqualified from receiving funds under the Programme.
• Applicant has never obtained funding from APFED Showcase Programme in the past.

Eligibility of projects:

•  Projects must demonstrate innovative policies, measures, and actions including community empowerment and technology application with a view to promoting behavioural changes toward achieving sustainable development and generating positive impacts on environmental performance in Asia and the Pacific.
• The concrete outcome must be demonstrated in terms of behavioural or environmental performance. In other words, the experimentation and demonstration of pilot schemes are essential components of the project. Therefore, a literature review, report writing, or organisation of meetings and study tours per se shall not be eligible.
• Projects must not have been implemented yet or must be at the very early stages of implementation.
• The incremental component for improving environmental performance within the ongoing or completed projects makes such a project eligible for the Programme.
• The project implementing organisation must have already secured core funds including in-kind contributions to support the implementation of the APFED Showcase project.
• Projects must be designed to be implemented in partnership with other relevant organisations and stakeholder groups as well as NetRes institutions.
• Projects must aim to demonstrate impacts that are measurable within the project implementation period.
• The project implementation period shall be from 6 months to 24 months.

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