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BACKGROUND  \nSmall Grants Program (SGP) under Hariyo Ban Program II is designed to ensure innovation, flexibility and responsiveness to the dynamic policy environment and political and socio-economic transition. This SGP program will support innovation, provide technical assistance, capacity building and to grab new opportunities that arise in the fields of biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, livelihoods, gender and social inclusion (GESI), and governance. The SGP will focus on ecological and community resilience building and will be used to issue sub-awards to implement activities that:  \ni) Are not specified in the regular Hariyo Ban work plan;  \nii) Arise during the program implementation;  \niii) Are for the purpose of: Promoting innovative science and technology, or piloting new approaches, concepts or tools, or capacity building and/or innovative approaches onemerging issues with strong learning opportunities, or support to capacity enhancement of the government of Nepal (GoN) agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs), community based organizations (CBOs) and/or groups to leverage funds (cash or in-kind) from other government or non-government sources to scale up Hariyo Ban program interventions and it’s results/impacts.  \niv) In many cases actively support government’s policies, plans and priorities.  \nMoreover, such sub-awards will help achieve Hariyo Ban Program - II objectives in general, and directly contribute to one or more results, and have defined target(s) that, in most cases, also contribute to one or more monitoring and evaluation (M & E) indicators specified in the Hariyo Ban M & E plan in particular. Small Grants Program will not be used to support routine operational activities such as maintenance, repair and day to day operations.  \nThe Small Grants Program for Civil Society Organization (CSO) is a competitive process for NonGovernment Organizations (NGO), private sector organizations, consulting firms, academia, media and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) covering academic and action research; testing  \ninnovative approaches and ideas; capacity building; creating cross-sectoral linkages; and taking successful approaches to scale.  \n2. ELIGIBILITY  \nEligible organizations include Nepalese CSOs (NGOs, academic and research institutions, community based organizations), private sector organizations, consulting firms, individuals, and media houses) . International organizations can partner with Nepalese organizations in the applications, but proposals must be submitted by Nepalese organizations as the lead partner.  \n3. GEOGRAPHIC AREA  \nThe geographic coverage for field implementation of SGP funded activities is limited to Hariyo Ban Program-II working landscapes in Nepal, the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) and Chitwan Annapurna Landscape (CHAL), including protected areas therein. In addition, proposals on policy and capacity building can be implemented at national level.  \n4. PRIORITIZED THEMES/FOCUS AREAS  \nPrioritized areas/themes for SGP applications for this year is provided in Annex III.  \n5. FUNDING DURATION AND LIMITS  \nMaximum duration for implementation ofSGP is one year. The size of the grant will be between USD 10,000 and USD 50,000 for a single project. This excludes any matching funds brought by the applicant.  \n6. APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND NOTIFICATION  \nProposal format (template is provided in Annex I), organizational profile format (Provided in Annex II) and major themes and sub-themes (Annex III) can be downloaded from the WWF Nepal Program website. Proposals must be submitted in electronic form (soft copy) in the prescribed format tobe considered eligible for review along with a cover letter. All proposals must be accompanied by organizational profile of the applicant as a separate document in the same e-mail. Applicants must maintain anonymity throughout the proposals. 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