Call for Proposals: Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund.


Monday November 16th 2009 8:00 a.m.

The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund announces the third call for project proposals.

Grants will be made on a competitive basis
to support small-scale projects at the community level that deliver measurable results in
natural disaster risk reduction and/or in the reduction of the negative impacts of climate change
. Projects may range in duration from a
few months to two years in maximum duration.

Priority will be given to projects in the $25,000 to $75,000 CDN range. Projects outside this range may be considered on an exceptional basis;
however requests for project funding cannot exceed $100,000 CDN.

The CCDRM Fund is designed to support legally registered (or officially recognized), financially viable organizations from the following countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica,
St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

    Examples of eligible organizations include: NGOs community based organizations, governmental agencies, youth groups, women’s
    groups, church organizations, service clubs, fisher associations, and government agencies.

Before preparing a proposal please review the guidance information provided in the “Guide for Project Submissions”. Project proposals must
follow the format shown in the “
Application From”. Both documents as well as a list of Frequently Asked Questions can be downloaded from the
CCDRM Fund web page at
www.cdera.org/projects/ccdrmf. For assistance with questions of additional information please contact the CCDRM Fund
Coordinator, Leslie Walling (
ccdrmf.cancarib@gmail.com).

THE DEADLINE FOR PROJECT CONCEPT SUBMISSION IS: Sunday January 31st 2010 at 12:00 p.m. (GMT-04:00). Project proposals received
after this date will be reviewed under the fourth call for proposals in April 2010.

Please submit all applications by post, fax or e-mail to:
Fund Coordinator
Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Fund
C/o Canadian High Commission
Bishop’s Court Hill, P.O. Box 404
Bridgetown, BARBADOS.
Tel: (246) 429-3550
Fax: (246) - 429-3876
Email:
ccdrmf.cancarib@gmail.com
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