Small grants, big impacts: workshop Afrikadag
On the 14th of April, Both ENDS wil host a workshop called 'Small Grants, Big Impacts' on the annual Africa day in Amsterdam. The workshop aims to demonstrate that so called 'small grants funds' effectively deliver (devopment and climate) money where it matters, to people that need it the most. Large development banks, funds, donors and governments could use small grants funds as alternative financing mechanisms to make sure their money benefits people and their environment now and it the far future.
Believe it or not, parts of the Sahel are becoming green and fertile. With a small grant of just 5000 euros, farmers in Niger have restored over 11.000 hectares of degraded land by using a cheap and effective traditional technique which had been long forgotten. Such small grants to grassroots organisations working worldwide to improve their environment, increase their resilience and uphold human rights, have huge impact.
Small and local for more impact on the ground
However, most financial institutions, donors and funds – including the Green Climate Fund - still prefer investing in large-scale projects which often show little sustainable impact on the ground. Small grants funds can provide the much needed channel between these funders and local communities, and assure financing reaches those who need it most and know best how to use it.
The alternative way forward
But how to make this shift in how financing is delivered? Based on concrete examples in Africa presented by Global Greengrants Fund and Both ENDS, a delegate of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs will reflect on the potential of small grants funds from a donor perspective, after which the audience is invited to actively engage in the discussion and together come to concrete recommendations.
Speakers:
Annelieke Douma, Both ENDS, coordinator Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action
Fiona Dragstra, Both ENDS, coordinator Communities Regreen the Sahel
Eva Rehse, executive director Global Greengrants Fund, UK
Dorien Lobeek, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Inclusive Green Growth Department - Climate Team
Facilitator: Alphonse Muambi
Voor meer informatie
Thema's
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Dossier
Small grants, big impacts
Small grants funds bieden een effectieve, alternatieve manier om geld van grote financiers terecht te laten komen bij lokale groepen en organisaties die wereldwijd werken aan een duurzame en rechtvaardige samenleving.
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Alternatief
Regreening
In verschillende landen in de Sahel heeft de lokale bevolking uitgestrekte stukken land hersteld door dat wat spontaan uit de grond komt te verzorgen, en jonge gewassen en bomen te beschermen tegen vee en andere gevaren.
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Dossier
Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA)
GAGGA bundelt de krachten van de vrouwenrechten- en milieubewegingen om een wereld te realiseren waarin vrouwen toegang hebben tot hun rechten op water, voedselveiligheid en een schone, gezonde en veilige omgeving.
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Evenement / 20 juni 2018
Adaptation Futures - Session on Small grants, big impacts
The Green Climate Fund aims to support transformational pathways to climate-resilient development, intends to reach those most vulnerable, and commits to a gender-sensitive approach. This session presents an important way of putting these commitments into practice: by engaging small grants funds. These funds can provide the much needed channel between large international institutions and local communities adapting to climate change, and assure financing reaches women and men to contribute to transformative climate action. But how to make this shift in how financing is delivered? The audience will be actively engaged in the discussion to come to concrete suggestions to strengthen local access and gender responsiveness of climate finance.
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Dossier
Green Climate Fund: oproep tot lokale toegang tot klimaatgeld
Lokale organisaties en groepen moeten toegang krijgen tot klimaatfinanciering uit het Green Climate Fund. Zij weten precies wat er in hun lokale context speelt en nodig is voor klimaatadaptatie.
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Evenement / 11 mei 2016
Adaptation Futures 2016, sessie
Both ENDS, MamaCash en FCAM zijn trots een bijdrage te mogen leveren aan 'Adaptation Futures 2016'. Adaptation Futures is de tweejaarlijkse conferentie van de Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA). De vierde editie, die dit jaar plaatsvindt, wordt gehost door de Europese Commissie en de Nederlandse overheid. Ook dit jaar zal de conferentie bezocht worden door een keur aan internationale wetenschappers, beleidmakers, bedrijfsleven en ervaringsdeskundigen op het gebied van oplossingen voor en aanpassingen aan klimaatverandering. Adaptation Futures biedt iedereen de mogelijkheid elkaar te leren kennen, ervaring en kennis te delen en elkaar te inspireren. De focus ligt op adaptatiemethoden en -oplossingen voor mensen, overheden en bedrijven. Het programma richt zich op alle sectoren en alle delen van de wereld.
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Evenement / 7 maart 2018
Women's Rights & Climate Finance Webinar: getting the money to the people
Join us for the third session of this five-part series on women's rights and climate finance, aimed at building knowledge and power to ensure finance flows benefit local women's groups, respond to community needs and respect human rights.
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Nieuws / 7 oktober 2018
Onze directeur op nummer 52 in de Duurzame 100!
Wij zijn apetrots dat onze directeur Daniëlle Hirsch dit jaar wederom is opgenomen in de Duurzame 100 van Dagblad Trouw en ook nog eens meer dan veertig plekken is gestegen! Danielle staat onder andere op deze plek in de lijst om haar kritiek op de vaak destructieve rol die Nederland als handelsnatie en grote veroorzaker van CO2-uitstoot in de wereld speelt (daarbij vaak gesteund door de overheid), maar ook om haar constructieve houding als het gaat om het vinden van alternatieven en oplossingen.
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Video / 12 september 2018
Water defenders
Latin American partner organizations of GAGGA launched the campaign "We, women, are water" in March 2018. This video was launched as part of this campaign, and emphasizes the role of women water defenders.
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Video / 12 september 2018
Water is a common good
The Latin American partner organizations of GAGGA launched the campaign "We, women, are water" in March 2018. This video was launched as part of this campaign, and emphasizes the importance of recognizing water as a common good.
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Video / 12 september 2018
Women are water
Latin American partner organizations of GAGGA launched the campaign "We, women, are water" in March 2018. This video was launched as part of this campaign, and emphasizes the role of women in the sustainable management of water in Latin America.
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Video / 28 augustus 2018
Webinar series: women’s rights and climate finance, #5
The fifth session of our five part series on women's rights and climate finance, Experiences and Perspectives of Women Engaging in Climate Finance, shared the insights of three activists who have been serving as GCF Monitors as part of the "Women Demand 'Gender-Just' Climate Finance" initiative. They spoke about their processes of learning about climate finance and connecting with others to monitor climate finance in their communities and regions, discussed the value they have found in this work, and answered questions from webinar participants.
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Video / 14 juni 2018
Webinar series: women’s rights and climate finance, #4
The fourth webinar of a five part series on women's rights and climate finance: Strategies for Organizing to Influence, Monitor, and Track Climate Finance (from Global to Local), focused on strategies to engage with various actors to both facilitate and advocate for the meaningful inclusion of the perspectives and experiences of women's groups, affected communities, and other civil society stakeholders in the design and implementation of projects and programs.
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Blog / 22 maart 2018
Kleine lokale organisaties in Mongolië brengen hoop in moeilijke tijden
Door Sander Hehanussa
"Hoeveel lagen kleding heb je aan? Een? Nee, dat is niet genoeg. Trek maar een skibroek over je spijkerbroek aan, en ruil je schoenen gelijk even in voor snowboots." Daar sta je dan, op dag 1 van je reis naar Mongolië. Ik hoorde al dat het er eind november erg koud is, en met -22 graden die ochtend was daar geen woord van gelogen.
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Video / 7 maart 2018
Webinar series: women’s rights and climate finance, #3
The third session of our five part series on women's rights and climate finance, Getting the Money to the People: GCF Accreditation and Enhanced Direct Action, focused on accessing the Green Climate Fund through working with stakeholders at the country level (engaging with the National Designated Authority), utilizing Enhanced Direct Access, and seeking accreditation.
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Video / 1 februari 2018
Webinar series: women’s rights and climate finance, #2
The second session of our five part series on women's rights and climate finance, Gender Mainstreaming in Climate Finance Mechanisms, provided an overview of how gender equality has been mainstreamed into global climate finance mechanisms, including a deep dive on gender considerations under the Green Climate Fund by Liane Schalatek of the Heinrich Boell Foundation - North America.
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Video / 14 december 2017
Webinar series: women’s rights and climate finance, #1
This Introduction to Climate Finance is the first of a five part series on women's rights and climate finance, aiming to build knowledge and power to ensure finance flows are benefiting local women's groups, responding to community needs and respecting human rights. This session will outline the climate finance landscape, as well as the key challenges and opportunities we hope to explore in this webinar series.
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Evenement / 14 juni 2018
Webinar: Strategies For Organizing To Influence, Monitor And Track Climate Finance
Join us for the fourth session of this five-part series on women's rights and climate finance, aimed at building knowledge and power to ensure finance flows benefit local women's groups, respond to community needs and respect human rights. The webinar will be conducted in English with simultaneous translation in Spanish and French.
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Externe link / 31 mei 2018
Vrouwenrechten- en milieubeweging bundelen de krachten (Jaarverslag 2017)
In -20 °C verzamelden zich 2.000 vrouwen op het centrale plein van Ulaanbataar, Mongolië, om hun ongenoegen te uiten over de vreselijk smog in de stad, veroorzaakt door drie grote kolencentrales. Snel daarna werden de vrouwen uitgenodigd bij de milieuminister om over de luchtvervuiling te praten.
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Nieuws / 8 maart 2017
Internationale vrouwendag is nog steeds keihard nodig
Vandaag is het internationale vrouwendag. Een dag die zo’n 100 jaar geleden voortkwam uit stakingen van vrouwen tegen slechte arbeidsomstandigheden in de textielindustrie. Sindsdien is er veel verbeterd voor vrouwen, maar moeten we helaas ook constateren dat mannen en vrouwen nog steeds niet gelijk zijn. In 1949 waarschuwde Simone de Beauvoir al dat je vrouwenrechten nooit als vanzelfsprekend kunt beschouwen, en recente ontwikkelingen zoals de aanscherping van abortuswetten in sommige landen, bevestigen dat. Ze laten zien dat ook in het ‘Vrije Westen’ vrouwenrechten nog helemaal niet zo vanzelfsprekend zijn.
