Open Call for Proposals: Yellow Sea Grant Programme

UNOPS is pleased to announce that a call for proposals for the Yellow Sea Grant Program is now open for eligible applicants from PR China and RO Korea (Deadline: 1 February).

With PR China and RO Koreaas the beneficiary countries, the program aims to achieve the following objectives:

  1. Support eligible non-for-profit social welfare organizations, fisheries associations and societies, research institutes, colleges and universities to achieve enhanced awareness and on-the-ground impact of local actions to contribute to restoring the carrying capacity of ecosystem provisioning, regulatory, supporting and recreational services of the Yellow Sea;

  2. Develop resource mobilization, organizational development and management capacity of non-for-profit social welfare organizations; and

  3. Through the YSLME platform, improve the overall capacity of society for region-wide ecosystem-based management.

All proposed activities must be completed by November 30, 2019. Proposals shall be submitted in English only and grants may be requested in either USD, CNY or KRW.

Please refer to the guidelines for call for proposal for details on eligibility, application procedures, template of application, etc. Full details can be found here: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/82316.

Applicants may send questions to Ms. Weijia CHEN at weijiaC@unops.org. Answers will be provided and published on the UNOPS website for easy reference by all potential applicants.

A second call for proposals will be launched at a later date based on the results of the first round of the call and feedback from stakeholders.

Deadline for Applications: 1 February 2019 (23:59, Copenhagen time)