EligibIlity
Businesses can apply for a grant, a loan or both.
An applicant/business must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be a community-based enterprise
- Be in or close to a World Heritage site where the COMPACT program is implemented
- Have been identified by the local COMPACT coordinator
- Be legally registered and have a formal business structure and board
- Generate sales and/or have good relationships with supply chain buyers.
- Support biodiversity conservation
- Address rural poverty
- Have demonstrated a willingness to grow and learn
Some examples of eligible businesses include:
- Agroforestry: Shade-grown and sustainable agriculture buffering biologically important protected areas
- Ecotourism: Tourism products and services that protect biodiversity while providing employment and income for communities living near protected areas
- Wild-harvest products: Businesses that develop and promote oils, nuts, fruit, plants, fibers and other natural materials sustainably harvested near protected areas
APPLY
Download application forms:
- Request for Proposal (PDF - 276 KB)
- Solicitud de Propuestas (PDF - 247 KB)
- Application form (PDF - 347 KB)
- Formato de solicitud (PDF - 456 KB)
The forms are also available on the Small Grants Programme and UNF Community Based Enterprises Web sites.
Submission Deadlines
• Mexico: Sept 30, 2009
• Belize: Sept. 30, 2009
• Kenya: Oct. 30, 2009
• Tanzania: Oct. 30 2009