This document outlines the FPE Grants Program which aims to manage an endowment fund, build constituencies for environmental protection, and promote policies for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. It provides an overview of the program's roles, focal areas of funding, grant strategies and types, and monitoring and evaluation process. The regional environmental agenda focuses on issues like logging, mining, and climate change. Grant strategies include constituency building, advocacy, research, and environmental defense. Projects are categorized by small, medium, or large grants depending on size and source of funding. The application and approval process varies based on grant size, and accepted projects undergo negotiation, monitoring, and closure procedures.

1. FPE GRANTS PROGRAM
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2. MISSION:
To effectively manage the endowment fund, build
constituencies and capacities for the environment, and
promote responsive policies and actions for biodiversity
conservation and sustainable development (BCSD).
FPE’s ROLES:
• GRANT-MAKER
• Fund facilitator
• Catalyst for cooperation

3. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
AGENDA (REA) – Visayas
•Environmental degradation
 Logging, mining, land conversion
•Marine & Coastal Conservation
•Climate Change and Renewable Energy
•Permaculture
 Sustainable agriculture
 Food & safety
 Urbanization & land conversion
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
AGENDA (NEA)
• Mining
• Logging
• Unsustainable agriculture & fisheries
• Renewable energy
• Solid waste and air pollution
• Climate change and disaster risk
reduction
• Urbanization & land conversion
FOCAL AREAS

4. GRANT STRATEGIES
STRATEGY PURPOSE
Constituency-Building To build a constituency for biodiversity and environmental
concerns
Advocacy To support and promote environmental action
Research To provide solid science-based information to support
action
Environmental Defense
(Endefense)
To support groups and actions that protect the natural
environment against environmental violators
Sites Support community-based projects that conserve and
rehabilitate identified environmental hotspots in the
Philippines.

5. STRATEGY EXAMPLES
of fundable activities
Constituency-Building conferences / symposia  resource management planning
 environmental education  community-based tourism
Advocacy mass media & information campaigns  direct lobbying
 training  Publications
Research Resource & socio-economic assessments  Baseline surveys
 Impact assessments & evaluations  resource valuation
Environmental Defense Litigation & related legal action  Paralegal training
Sites Habitat restoration (e.g., forest, coral reef, mangrove rehab)
 Building local capacity for environmental conservation
 Enhancing sustainable, resource-based livelihoods
GRANT STRATEGIES

6. GRANT TYPE
SMALL = < Php 200,000 up to 1 year
MEDIUM = < Php 800,000 up to 1 year
LARGE = < Php 2,000,000 up to 2 years
• according to SIZE
• according to source
Competitive Proponent initiated
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Proactive FPE initiated • Priority Sites (key biodiversity areas)
• Special projects
GRANT CATEGORIES

7. FPE’s GRANTS
Monitoring & Evaluation Process
PROPOSAL
SUBMISSION
PROCESSING &
APPROVAL
PROJECT
NEGOTIATION
PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
SIGNING
PROJECT M&E
PROJECT
CLOSURE

8. SUBMISSION & APPROVAL
PROPOSAL from
PROPONENT
REGIONAL UNIT
GRANTS PROCESS
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
DISAPPROVE APPROVE
SMALL
DISAPPROVE APPROVE

9. PROPOSAL from
PROPONENT
REGIONAL UNIT
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
DISAPPROVE
APPROVE
MEDIUM
APPROVE CEO
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
DISAPPROVE
GRANTS PROCESS
SUBMISSION & APPROVAL

10. PROPOSAL from
PROPONENT
REGIONAL UNIT
COLLEGIAL
BODY
DISAPPROVE
APPROVE
LARGE
RECOMMENDATIONS
PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
(PDC) / BOT
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
GRANTS PROCESS
SUBMISSION & APPROVAL

11. Project Negotiation &
Project Agreement Signing
APPROVAL
(RU, ED, BOT)
Project
Negotiation
Partnership Agreement
Signing
GRANTS PROCESS

12. GRANTS PROCESS
PROJECT MONITORING
SMALL MEDIUM LARGE
Reports 1-2, mid-year & final 2, mid-year & final 3, trimester
Project Visits opportunistic At least once At least twice
Assessment * none PEA
(case to case basis)
PYEA (multiyear projects)
PEA
* Project Year-End Assessment (PYEA) / Project End Assessment (PEA)

13. GRANTS PROCESS
PROJECT CLOSURE
ALL PROJECTS Final Report Submission
Review & Acceptance
Release of Retention Fund
Closure Letter
Project Partner
Regional Unit
Finance Unit
Regional Unit

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