Bio-Bridge Initiative 
                                         Funding Proposal Form 
                                                           2022
               The aim of the Bio-Bridge Initiative (BBI) is to facilitate technical and scientific cooperation among Parties
               to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and to its Protocols, under Article 18. As part of its
               mandate, seed funding support of up to US$ 20,000  may be provided to incubate projects and
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               partnerships that promote  exemplary  technical and scientific cooperation approaches ,  particularly
               South-South and triangular cooperation, to address biodiversity-related issues and challenges. 
               The CBD Secretariat is now accepting proposals under the Bio-Bridge Initiative’s new round of
               demonstration projects. The applicable requirements and assessment criteria are available here. The
               present application form should be completed for consideration for seed funding. 
               The contact person of the main applicant (project lead) will receive all correspondence regarding this
               submission to BBI, on behalf of all project partners. It is strongly encouraged for applicants to contact
               their CBD National Focal Points to avoid multiple proposals on the same topic from the same country
               and to promote stronger collaboration and alignment on various thematic areas.
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               This form, which shall not exceed 10 pages,  should be submitted as a Word file containing a digital
               signature or as a signed and scanned PDF file in combination with an unsigned Word file to the following
               e-mail address: bbiproposals@cbd.int before the deadline specified in the notification or announcement.
               Applicants from developing countries and countries with economies in transition as well as indigenous
               peoples and local communities are eligible for funding. Applicants from developing countries and
               countries with economies in transition that have not received funding during the previous rounds of the
               1 Technical and scientific cooperation refers to a process whereby two or more countries or institutions pursue their individual or
               collective biodiversity-related goals through cooperative actions and/or exchange of scientific knowledge, expertise, data,
               resources, technologies and technical know-how. Technical scientific cooperation can include human resources development,
               institutional building, exchange of expertise, joint training, joint research, joint development and diffusion  of technologies
               (including indigenous and traditional technologies), and the transfer of technology and know-how.
               2 Excluding the partners’ commitment letters and the logframe template, as applicable, which can be included as annexes.
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                                                               www.cbd.int
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                 Bio-Bridge Initiative are strongly encouraged to apply.  Priority is given to applicants from least developed
                 countries, small island developing States and megadiverse developing countries.
                 The specific instructions indicated in italics on the form below may be deleted before submission.
                                                                                 Sustainable      Biodiversity-
                                              Biodiversity     Biodiversity      use of wild        related         Follow-on
                        Please indicate       and climate       and health       species and     technologies      cooperation
                        under which             change                          wildlife trade        and            projects
                    1   project category                                                          innovations
                        the proposal is 
                        being submitted           ☐                ☐                ☐                ☐                 ☐
                    2    Title of the project
                         Country of the main 
                    3    applicant (project 
                         lead)
                         Name of requesting 
                    4    government agency, 
                         institution or 
                         organization
                    5    Website
                                                   First and last names: 
                                                   Department or unit: 
                                                   Position: 
                    6    Contact person            Email: 
                                                   Phone number: 
                                                   Address: 
                 3 Applicants from the following countries are strongly encouraged to apply: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and
                 Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei
                 Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cook Islands,
                 Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, DPR Korea, DR Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial
                 Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea,
                 Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao
                 PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia,
                 Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau,
                 Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
                 Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South
                 Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,
                 Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen and Zambia.
            Please add as many partners as necessary:
                   Country of 
               7a
                   partner 1
                   Name of the 
               8a
                   project partner
               9a  Website
                                    First and last names: 
                                    Department or unit: 
                                    Position: 
               10  Contact person
               a                    Email: 
                                    Phone number: 
                                    Address: 
                   Country of 
               7b
                   partner 2
                   Name of the 
               8b
                   project partner
               9b  Website
                                    First and last names: 
                                    Department or unit: 
                                    Position: 
              10b  Contact person   Email: 
                                    Phone number: 
                                    Address: 
                                    Please list the institution(s) and corresponding country(ies).
              11  Provider(s) of 
                  technical assistance 
              12  Project goal
              13  Main focal area(s)
                                                     Please provide a concise description of the project and what it aims to achieve,
                                                     including prospects for long-term cooperation.
                    14     Project summary
                    15     Project location(s)
                                                     Please provide a clear articulation of the biodiversity-related need(s)/ gap(s)
                                                     that will be addressed through long-term technical and scientific cooperation.
                                                     Information on the engagement of indigenous and local communities and
                    16     Context analysis          stakeholders, including women and those in marginalized situations should be
                                                     included where possible/appropriate.
                           Alignment with            Please provide specific references on how the proposal meets the priorities and
                           national priorities       targets specified in NBSAPs, etc. 
                           and targets specified     If applicable, please also indicate how the project will take into account an
                           in NBSAPs, other          existing national or organizational gender policy/strategy or plan during its
                           national and or           implementation.  
                    17     regional policy 
                           document(s), and in 
                           accordance with the 
                           Convention and its 
                           Protocols
                                                     Please describe, if any, past or ongoing initiatives implemented to address the
                           Complementarity/          need(s)/   gap(s)   identified   above   and   explain   how   the   proposal   would
                    18     synergy with other        complement or build on those efforts.
                           initiatives
                                                     Building upon the context analysis and taking into consideration the existing
                                                     efforts described above, please describe the existing technology/ expertise
                    19     Specific technology/      barriers to address the identified need(s)/ gap(s).
                           expertise barrier(s)
                                                     Please provide a description of the objective(s) towards which the project will
                                                     contribute and, as appropriate, indicate how the project objectives will address
                                                     gender considerations.
                    2    Project objective(s)           Objective 1
                    0                                   Objective 2
                                                        Objective 3
                                                        Etc.
                    2    Does the project            Yes ☐         No ☐         
                    1    involve the utilization 
                         of genetic resources        If the answer is “Yes”, please provide details about the specific activities aimed 
                         and/or traditional          at ensuring compliance with the applicable domestic regulatory requirements.
                         knowledge associated
                         with genetic