Dear Sir/Madam,
 
You are invited to submit your proposal for the Yellow Sea Grant Program.

After a long-awaited move, UNOPS is pleased to announce that call for proposal to apply for the Yellow Sea Grant Program has now been published on UNGM as per this link: https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/82316.

With PR China and RO Korea as the beneficiary countries, the Yellow Sea Grant 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 the 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 the society for region-wide ecosystem-based management.

The deadline for receipt of the call for proposals is 23:59, Copenhagen time, February 1, 2019. All proposed activities must be completed by November 30, 2019. Proposals shall be submitted in English only and grant can be requested in either USD, CNY or KRW. Applicants can ask questions by sending emails to Ms. Weijia CHEN at [email protected] and answers will be provided and published as well on UNOPS website for easy reference by all potential applicants. Please refer to the guidelines for call for proposal for details on eligibilities, how to submit, template of application, etc.  A second call for proposals will be launched later on based on the results of the first round of call and feedback from stakeholders.

The project looks forward to receiving your Proposal and thanks you in advance for your interest.

Best Regards