Open for applications: F. M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Impact Deadline 3 December 2025 The Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University has opened applications for the 2025 F. M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Impact, offering an annual global award of USD $150,000 in unrestricted funds to amplify and accelerate enterprises…
Climate Skills Global Collaboration Grants Programme 2025 Deadline 14 November 2025 The British Council will be launching the Climate Skills Global Collaboration Grants 2025 in October, offering £85,000 for international partnerships to develop youth green entrepreneurship skills. The focus is on strategic partnerships between UK institutions and local organisations in partner countries, co-designed and delivered…
Deadline 31 December 2025 The Global Citizen Education Fund, in partnership with FIFA, is now inviting applications from grassroots and community-based organizations worldwide that aim to expand access to quality education and sports for children in underserved communities. This initiative seeks applicants who use sport as an educational tool to empower children and help them…
Call for Entries: 19th SEARCA Photo Contest Deadline 30 November 2025 The 19th SEARCA Photo Contest invites Southeast Asian nationals to capture the unseen journeys that connect producers, markets, and communities through the theme “Beyond the Harvest: People and Processes in the Agriculture Value Chain.” The 19th SEARCA Photo Contest, themed “Beyond the Harvest: People…
Deadline 15 March 2026 The Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund supports and advises innovative investigators across the world who are working to reverse climate change. Applicants should write a grant request that demonstrates how they would spend $75,000 usefully on EIA, predictive impact modeling, and/or engagement efforts with potentially impacted stakeholders – from local communities…
Deadline 10 December 2025 The European Union has opened a new funding opportunity aimed at supporting Asia’s transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient, and circular economy. This programme seeks to promote sustainable value chains between Asia and the EU while contributing to local economic recovery and a more competitive, environmentally friendly economy. The initiative focuses on…
Source of Pictures: https://www.borgenmagazine.com/social-forestry-in-indonesia-tackles-poverty/ Updated and Refined by Happy Tarumadevyanto – happy.devyanto@environmental.asia Almost all small farmers in Indonesia, even those producing flagship commodities, face structural challenges that make them unconfident in their own businesses and make it difficult for them to be directly recognized (branded) by regional or national markets. The problem does not lie…
Photo: agroindonesia.co.id, https://ugm.ac.id/en/news/20087-social-forestry-for-national-food-sovereignty/ Updated and Refined by Happy Tarumadevyanto – happy.devyanto@environmental.asia The gap between permit issuance (Legal Access) and business success (Income Generation) in Indonesia’s Social Forestry (PS) program is a complex and multidimensional issue. Expectations regarding the ability of forest farmer groups to immediately become viable (profitable and independent) business entities are often too…
