CALL 2025 NOW OPEN 

The MedFund provides financial support through grants to management and co-management structures of Mediterranean MPAs in order to sustainably contribute to covering the recurrent management costs of these protected areas.

Priority intervention countries are as follows: Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Greece, Lebanon, Morocco, Montenegro, Tunisia, and Türkiye.

This call for expressions of interest is organized in two phases:
Phase 1: Expression of interest, until 15 May 2025
Phase 2: Preparation and submission of the application, by 13 July 2025 (midnight CET)

A. To be considered, your application must meet the following eligibility criteria:

 

  • Be an officially established MPA or at an advanced stage of establishment;
  • Have an up-to-date management plan or, at a minimum, a management guidance document;
  • Have a dedicated management unit in place.

Any application submitted by a non-governmental organization must be accompanied by a letter of approval or support from the national authorities responsible for marine protected areas.
Any application submitted by an NGO without this letter will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed by The MedFund Grant Award Committee.

Eligible countries: Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Greece, Lebanon, Morocco, Montenegro, Tunisia, and Türkiye.

B. Eligible recurrent management costs include:

  • Human resources (excluding government salaries);
  • Maintenance of equipment and infrastructure, and purchase of small equipment;
  • Surveillance and enforcement of regulations;
  • Active governance and stakeholder engagement, including co-management activities;
  • Public awareness and communication;
  • Scientific monitoring (of 3 conservation targets);
  • Management activities aimed at improving the status of conservation targets;
  • Support/promotion of socio-economic activities;
  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures;
  • Gender approach: promoting gender equality;
  • Long-term sustainability of the MPA, including financial sustainability.

Steps to follow

– Step 1 –

Fill in the Expression of Interest form and send it to contact@themedfund.org, preferably before 15 May 2025

Information notice
Expression of Interest form

 

 

– Step 2 –

Complete the Application Form, the Activity Description File, and the Funding Request, and gather all the required supporting documents.

Application form Description of activities and Funding request

– Step 3 –

Submit your complete application package (Application Form, Activity Description File, Funding Request, and all supporting documents) via email to contact@themedfund.org by 13 July 2025, at midnight CET