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Home»Search by Region»Africa»Equator Prize 2021 for Outstanding Local Community and Indigenous Peoples Initiatives (USD $10,000)

Equator Prize 2021 for Outstanding Local Community and Indigenous Peoples Initiatives (USD $10,000)

Jude OgarApril 26, 20213 Mins Read
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Deadline: May 10, 2021

Nominations are open for the Equator Prize 2021. The Equator Prize will be awarded to outstanding local community and Indigenous peoples initiatives that advance innovative nature-based solutions for sustainable development.

The thematic priorities include:

  • Action on Sustainable Food Systems
    • Protection, restoration and/or sustainable management of natural and agricultural ecosystems for food security.
  • Action on Climate
    • Protection, restoration and/or sustainable management of ecosystems that help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and/or help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.
  • Action on Nature and Green Economy
    • Protection, restoration and/or sustainable management of terrestrial or marine ecosystems, biodiversity, and/or wildlife that enables sustainable and green livelihoods, enterprises, and jobs, including Indigenous economies.

Prize

  • Each Equator Prize winner will receive USD $10,000 and will be supported to participate in a series of policy dialogues and special events in the fall of 2021.

Eligibility

  • The initiative must have been in existence for at least three years, and/or the actions taken must have been in place for at least three years.
  • The nominee must be either a local community-based initiative, operating in a rural area, based in a country receiving support from the United Nations Development Programme (for a list of eligible countries, please click here); or an initiative led by Indigenous peoples in any country, operating in a rural area.
  • The actions taken by the nominee must be nature-based, and must deliver benefits related to two or more Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Selection Criteria

Equator Prize 2021 winners will be selected by an independent Technical Advisory Committee, which will assess nominations based on the following criteria:

  • Impact: The extent to which the nominated initiative has resulted in measurable and positive environmental, social and economic impacts that deliver benefits towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;
  • Innovation: The extent to which the nominated initiative demonstrates new approaches and models that overcome prevailing constraints, and could offer fundamentally new approaches to adapting to and/or mitigating climate change, while advancing local sustainable development;
  • Scalability and/or replicability: The extent to which the nominated initiative could be scaled up sub-nationally or nationally and/or, the extent to which the initiative can be replicated within the country and beyond;
  • Resilience, Adaptability, and Self-Sufficiency: The extent to which the nominated initiative demonstrates adaptability to environmental, social and economic change, resilience in the face of external pressures, and improved capacity for local self-sufficiency;
  • Reduced inequalities: The extent to which the initiative reduces inequalities in income as well as those based on age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status, in particular for the poor;
  • Social Inclusion: The extent to which the nominated initiative includes youth, elders, indigenous peoples, and other diverse groups in the decision-making processes and the actions that affect them;
  • Gender Equality: The extent to which the nominated initiative promotes the equality and empowerment of women and girls.

Nomination

Nominations may be submitted in: English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. To nominate in other languages (such as Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian or Russian), please contact the Equator Initiative for instructions. Nominations must be submitted by May 10, 2021.

Click here to nominate

For more information, visit Equator Prize.

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Jude Ogar is an educator and youth development practitioner with years of experience working in the education and youth development space. He is passionate about the development of youth in Africa.

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