Please note that this is only for applicants from developing
countries in Africa and Asia.

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>>Call for Proposals:
>>Advancing Capacity to Support Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA)
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>>[NOTE: Please forward this announcement to list serves,
>>institutions and individuals with interests in climate change,
>>climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, management of
>>climate and other environmental risks, natural hazards, food
>>security, agriculture and grazing lands, water resources,
>>biodiversity conservation, natural resource management, economic
>>development, community development, livelihoods security, and/or
>>poverty alleviation. Newsletters, websites and other publications
>>have permission to reprint all or part of this announcement. Thank
>>you for your assistance.]
>>
>>Outline proposals are invited for climate change adaptation
>>projects to participate in the ACCCA project. Information about the
>>ACCCA project, the call for proposals, and an application form are
>>contained in the attachment to this email. The call will also be
>>available for download from www.accca.unitar.org (website to go
>>on-line week of April 10).
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>>Proposals are sought for projects in Africa and Asia that would:
>>    * Identify and prioritize climate risks of targeted
>> stakeholders and identify the climate influenced decisions that they face;
>>    * Assess available knowledge about risks and adaptation
>> opportunities, as well as synthesize the knowledge in terms that
>> are directly relevant to stakeholder concerns and decision-making needs;
>>    * Develop, test and disseminate risk communication materials
>> that are designed to assist adaptation decisions;
>>    * Use the risk communication materials in stakeholder forums to
>> develop recommendations for climate change adaptation and promote
>> their adoption; and
>>    * Identify critical knowledge gaps that impede effective
>> adaptation decisions and design assessment activities that would
>> generate new knowledge to fill them.
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>>Summary Information:
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>>Deadline for application:  22 May 2006. Applicants must use the
>>form included in the call.
>>
>>Available funding: 9 projects are expected to be awarded grants of
>>up to USD 70,000 each.  Project development grants of up to USD
>>5000 are also available.
>>
>>Regional scope:  Developing countries of Africa and Asia.
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>>Eligibility:  The lead applicant must be employed with an
>>institution based in a developing country of Africa or Asia;
>>proposals must have at least two institutional partners that
>>include one stakeholder organization and one scientific organization.
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>>Award process:  Outline proposals received by 22 May 2006 will be
>>reviewed based upon criteria described in the call. Roughly 12
>>applicants will be invited by end of June to prepare a full
>>proposal and to attend a project initiation workshop (tentatively
>>scheduled for late August). Full proposals will be due in early
>>September and final award decisions will be made by November.
>>
>>Project Period:  Projects selected for awards are expected to begin
>>in January 2007 and be completed by June 2008 (18 month duration).
>>
>>ACCCA Donors:  ACCCA is funded by grants from the European
>>Commission EuropeAid Cooperation Office and the United Kingdom
>>Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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>>ACCCA Management Team: ACCCA is managed by UNITAR in partnership
>>with the International START Secretariat,  the Stockholm
>>Environment Institute - Oxford, the Climate System Analysis Group
>>of the University of Cape Town, Environnement et Development du
>>Tiers Monde, the Southeast Asia START Regional Center and the
>>Temperate East Asia START Regional Center.
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>>Contacts: For further information, please contact Annie Roncerel
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>>Patricia Sipher, Program Coordinator
>>International START Secretariat
>>2000 Florida Avenue NW
>>Washington, DC 20009, USA
>>Tel: +1-202-462-2213
>>Fax: +1-202-457-5859
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