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New Grant Program COMMUNITY-BASED FORESTRY INITIATIVE Funded by The Ford Foundation. Project Managers: The Aspen Institute Rural Economic Policy Program and The Pinchot Institute for Conservation * This is a fund out of the US. I wanted to know if groups in Canada can apply. This is the following response I received. " Thank you for your interest in our program. There is no reason to exclude groups from Canada from applying. However, we wish to emphasize that the program is designed to address the needs and conditions of US based programs working within the specific US policy and tenure context. Please let us know if you have additional questions." Barbara Wyckoff-Baird Given this response I would say that most groups funded would be from the US however there might be an opportunity to partner with groups in the US say in Maine to do a joint program and comparison. Look at different policies in North American context. Just a thought Rochelle A Request for Proposals (RFP) has been announced by the Ford Foundation for short-term organizational development grants for domestic community-based forestry projects. This is a planning component, and is the first phase of what will become a multi-year initiative. Phase One is designed to help grantees refine their strategic plan and/or project concept prior to moving on to implementation. Each proposal will need to address three key aspects of the project: social, environmental and economic. Fifteen to twenty awards will be made, up to $40,000 each. Proposals for Phase One are due July 1, 1999. The selection team is looking for a mix of applicants (including small emerging organizations) whose proposed paths seem relevant to the larger field of community-based forestry and who stand a reasonable chance of succeeding at the project that they propose. The full RFP is available on-line at http://www.aspeninstitute.org/rural/. You may also contact the Initiative managers by e-mail at forestry@aspeninstitute.org or phone at (202) 736-3851, or write to us at Ford Foundation Community Forestry Initiative, c/o The Aspen Institute, One Dupont Circle N.W., Suite 700, Washington DC 20036. Please do not contact the Ford Foundation directly. _________________________________ Rochelle Owen Community Animation Program 16th Floor, Queen Square 45 Alderney Drive Dartmouth, N.S. B2Y 2N6 902-426-2578 (ph) 902-426-2062 (fax) http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/ecoaction/home.html CAP Atlantic provides information, training and animation to community groups working on issues that link human health and the environment. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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