What do IKI Small Grants offer?

Hi there! IKI Small Grants promotes the capacity development of the selected applicants by financing self-organized training measures and by providing support and advice through local GIZ offices in the partner countries.

IKI Small Grants has been supporting small projects as well as funding institutions in developing and newly industrializing countries since 2019 and promotes their capacity development.

Funding Areas

Project proposals must clearly address one of the IKI funding areas (although in some cases project concepts might include more than one funding area):

• Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions;
• Adapting to the impacts of climate change;
• Conserving natural carbon sinks / REDD+;
• Conserving biological diversity.

Funding Information

The IKI Small Grants scheme will generally select project proposals with a total funding volume between EUR 60,000 and EUR 100,000 but with the following exceptions:

• Projects in the area of mitigation of climate change can submit proposals with a total funding volume of up to EUR 200,000, in case construction of specific mitigation facilities is an integral part of the project concept (like solar panels or wind energy turbines), which requires a higher financial input. Through this, IKI Small Grants aims for a better balance between the building of facilities and capacity development measures.
• In specific and very well-founded cases, projects in the field of adaptation to climate change can also apply for funding of up to EUR 200,000 with the same justification as above (e.g. irrigation systems).
• Proposals with financial requests over or under the above amounts will not be considered.

Note: Individuals or natural persons, one-woman/man organizations and government organizations are not eligible for funding. Also excluded are branches of organizations based in a non-ODA country.

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