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Le Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial

The French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) has been working to promote protection of the global environment in developing countries since it was established by the French government in 1994. FFEM's fundings have historically been divided into areas of intervention: climate, biodiversity, international waters, land degradation, pollutants and the Ozone.

Support provider

France

Purpose of support

Project and program implementation

Eligible countries and regions

ODA-Eligible Countries

Eligibility criteria

All the projects presented to the FFEM must demonstrate that they allow for meeting eight criteria

contributions to the preservation of the global environment, contributions to local development,
innovative nature or contributes to disseminating or changing the scale of innovations,
demonstrative nature and reproducibility,
economic and financial sustainability after the project,
ecological and environmental viability,
social and cultural acceptability,
appropriate institutional framework.

The first two criteria (contributions to preservation of the global environment and local development) relate to FFEM objectives; the other criteria relate to project quality. The innovation criterion (innovative nature or contributes to disseminating or changing of the scale of innovations) is the link between these two groups since innovation is at once a strategic objective (promoting innovation) and a quality criterion.

Projects not eligible:

projects limited to capacity building and research with no links to a development project,
recurrent activities and running costs of institutions or organisations.

The FFEM does not finance research as such. However, certain research activities may be financed by the Facility within the following limits:
they form a minority part or component of a development project; they are exclusively targeted research activities.

Eligible countries

All developing countries eligible for official development assistance as defined by the OECD, with priority given to Africa and the Mediterranean.
French overseas areas may draw on FFEM financing through regional projects, but the FFEM contribution is then limited to 25% of the total cost of the project.

Financial instruments

Grants

Co-financing requirements (if applicable)

FFEM financing is usually about 13% of the total cost of the project.

Information on how to...

To submit a project opportunity note, you must contact one of the six FFEM members institutions (Ministry of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Sustainable Development, Research, Agriculture and the Agence Française de Developpement). If one of those institutions validates it, your Note will be submitted at first to the FFEM selection committee and then to the steering committee.

See more information here.

Climate objective

Adaptation, Mitigation, Cross-cutting

Sectors and themes

Agriculture, Energy efficiency, Forestry and Land-Use, Renewable Energy, Cities, Waste Management, Oceans and Coasts

Type of support provider

Bilateral

Type of recipient

Public entity at the national level, Public entity at the sub-national level, Public entity at the regional level, Private sector, Non-profit or civil society organization, Community-level organization, International organization

Co-financing required

Yes

Trustee or administrator

Agence Française de Développement - French Development Bank (AFD)

Contact information

http://www.ffem.fr/

ffem@afd.fr

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