Grant Workshop

(Darwin Initiative)
Bil 3/2022

Organiser : SBC Grant Review Committee

Types of funding offered for Round 29

1. Darwin Initiative Main

2. Darwin Initiative Extra
3. Darwin Initiative Capability & Capacity
4. Darwin Initiative Innovation
 Darwin Initiative Fund Round 29 (2022)
 ​ Darwin Main​ Darwin Extra​ Darwin Capability Darwin Innovation​
& Capacity​
Maximum  £600 000.00​ £5 000 000.00​ £200 000.00​ £200 000.00​
Quantum​
Duration​ 1 – 3 years​ 2 – 5 years​ 1 – 2 years​ 1 – 2 years​
Expected  May 2022​ May 2022​ September 2022​ September 2022​
Opening Date​
Expected  July 2022​ October 2022​ November 2022​ November 2022​
Closing Date​
Additional  • Projects • Scale up grant • Focuses • Testing
Information​ on addressing biodiver from Darwin Main​ training, networking, evi new approaches, overc
sity loss and dence gathering​ oming barriers of
degradation​ scaling up.​
• Poverty reduction​
• Building on
past successes
and lessons learnt. ​

Requirements​ • Encourage to contact UK Embassy and British High commission on the intent​
• Cover letter​
• Logframe​
• Theory of Change​
• Completion of the necessary documents according to the Flexi grant portal​
 Project Suggestions

Organiser : SBC Grant Review Committee

Running titles

1. Overcoming the gap of a value chain that raise the

livelihood of indigenous community through
benefit and sharing agreement and sustainable
supply of resources for trade. (Elaine)
2. Capacity building – Cultivar identification and
propagation (Suria)
3. Litsea Cubeba- waste repurpose (Diviana)
Running titles

4. Sekiu – Geographical indicator, genetic and

taxonomic inventory
5. Blockchain – new approaches, Microbe, Algae
(Harny)
6. Whitening substances – from plants, to go through
the list of TK plants
 Theory of Change

Organiser : SBC Grant Review Committee

Theory of Change

“A theory of change provides a roadmap to get you from here to there.

If it is good and complete, your roadmap can be read by others and
show that you know how to chart your course” – Centre for Theory of
Change
Theory of Change

Explains a pathway through which a specific goal can be achieved:

3 Major components:
1. Defines the result the organisation/project is trying to achieve
2. Defines a set of activities and outcomes which will help to achieve
the result.
3. Information (assumptions) on how these activities/outcomes will
lead to the result that the organisation/project wishes to achieve.
Theory of Change
It is a living document that
can be edited and improved
as the situation changes.
Theory of Change (TOC)

Step 1:
Selecting a leader and identifying participants in the development of the TOC

Who’s Involve in Developing the TOC?

• Members of management
• Implementation Staff
• External Stakeholders (If any)
• Implementation Partners (If any)
Theory of Change (TOC)

“ Best theories are developed with group input and the process is
beneficial to all who participate.”

A draft can be made by the leader, or a small group of participants, and

further perfected through interrogation and scrutiny by a larger group of
participants and stakeholders.
Theory of Change (TOC)

Step 3: Project Focused (Mission of the organisation)

Focus your project by stating the main strategy that you are
implementing. It should be clear what aspects of the problem you will
address (and how) and what will fall outside the scope of your project
Theory of Change (TOC)

Step 4: Outcomes Chain Development (Assumptions)

Shows the assumed cause-and-effect relationships between immediate,

intermediate and ultimate outcomes or impact.

Example

Access to books
that capture
imagination
Children read
Children enjoy Improved
more when they
stories & reading
are older Literacy
Parents reading
to their children
from young
Theory of Change (TOC)

Step 4: Outcomes Chain Development (Assumptions) - Continued

1. Top-Down method
2. Bottom-up method
3. Cluster of outcomes method
Theory of Change (TOC)

Final step: TOC developed

1. Connect outcomes with arrows and indicators.

2. Identify feedback loops.
3. Share with different stakeholders and role-players for additional
input, and continue to craft the TOC as the project progresses.
Theory of Change (Examples)
 Darwin Grant Details

Organiser : SBC Grant Review Committee

Darwin Initiative: Main

Quantum : £100 000.00 - £600 000.00

Duration : 1 – 3 Years
Expected opening date : May 2022
Expected closing date : July 2022

Darwin Main Projects must demonstrate through the use of evidence how they intend
to address the loss and degradation of biodiversity, and deliver poverty reduction
benefits. The available evidence is expected to be stronger than that required for
Innovation Grants, including building on the successes and lessons learnt from
elsewhere.
Darwin Initiative: Main

Application process happens in 2 stages.

Requirements of Stage 1:
- Completion and submission of application form through Flexi-
Grant portal.
- Cover letter with company/organisation letter head
- Include logical framework (Logframe)
- Theory of change (Optional)
- Letters of support from all partners
Darwin Initiative: Extra

Quantum : £600 000.00 - £5 000 000.00

Duration : 2 – 5 Years
Expected opening date : May 2022
Expected closing date : October 2022

Competitive Darwin Initiative Extra grants are expected to strongly demonstrate the
potential to scale further after completion and go on to successfully secure large-scale
support (or mainstreaming). projects will be expected to provide clear and strong
evidence on the potential to scale, with a corresponding higher ambition, significance
of outputs and quality of
proposal to match the scale of finance and opportunity.
Darwin Initiative: Extra

Application process happens in 1 stage.

Requirements :
- Completion and submission of application form through Flexi-
Grant portal.
- Cover letter with company/organisation letter head
- Include logical framework (Logframe)
- Theory of change
- Letter of support from all partners
- CV and Job Description of project staff
- Budget and company financial evidence
Darwin Initiative: Capability & Capacity

Quantum : £50 000.00 - £200 000.00

Duration : 1 – 2 Years
Expected opening date : September 2022
Expected closing date : November 2022

Competitive grants to support the capability and capacity within civil society, research
institutes and organisations of eligible countries to develop and deliver effective and
successful poverty-biodiversity projects. These can include structured training,
organisational development, network-building and evidence gathering elements.
Darwin Initiative: Capability & Capacity

Application process happens in 1 stage.

Requirements :
- Completion and submission of application form through Flexi-
Grant portal.
- Cover letter with company/organisation letter head
- Include logical framework (Logframe)
- Theory of change
- Letter of support from all partners
- CV and Job Description of project staff
- Budget and company financial evidence
Darwin Initiative: Innovation
Quantum : £10 000.00 - £200 000.00
Duration : 1 – 2 Years
Expected opening date : September 2022
Expected closing date : November 2022

Competitive grants for testing new approaches and developing a stronger

understanding of barriers to scaling. The available evidence to support the approach
may be weak or tentative, or come from a different sector beyond biodiversity
conservation-poverty reduction. Innovation projects can take on higher levels of risk,
including operational, delivery and contextual risk, in order to test and pilot innovative
ways to tackle the biodiversity conservation-poverty reduction challenge.
Darwin Initiative: Innovation

Application process happens in 1 stage.

Requirements :
- Completion and submission of application form through Flexi-
Grant portal.
- Cover letter with company/organisation letter head
- Include logical framework (Logframe)
- Theory of change
- Letter of support from all partners
- CV and Job Description of project staff
- Budget and company financial evidence
Darwin Initiative: Innovation

Assessor scoring criteria:

Areas of consideration
I. Score 1: Technical Merit of Proposed Project (0 -6 points)
II. Score 2: Biodiversity Conservation-Poverty Reduction Benefits of
Project (0-6 points)
III. Score 3: Innovation impact of the project (0-6 points)
Logical Framework (Logframe)
Organiser : SBC Grant Review Committee