British Columbia 
Informational Webinar: Building Climate Resilience from Indigenous Perspectives Call for Proposals
We invite you to register for this informational webinar to learn more about the Building Climate Resilience from Indigenous Perspectives (BCRIP) Call for Proposals OPEN NOW!
Check out the Informational Webinar video that was held via Zoom on April 2, 2025 here
When: April 2, 2025 (10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PST) via Zoom
For who: First Nations in BC interested in learning more and submitting a proposal.
Who can apply: First Nations in British Columbia or an Indigenous organization that is owned or controlled by First Nations in BC. Organizations must receive their mandates from First Nations in BC, or their governance members (such as board members) be appointed by First Nations in BC.
Proposal deadline: May 30, 2025 (8:59 p.m. PST)
BCRIP will fund Indigenous-led Nature-based Solutions projects implemented in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru. The applicants should prepare proposals jointly in partnership with First Nations in BC or Indigenous Peoples in Canada. The goals of these partnerships are knowledge sharing, relationship building, and advancing joint advocacy. Projects should also focus on several cross-cutting themes, such as Indigenous-led climate action, Indigenous self-determination, rights, knowledge systems/science and gender equality.
- BCRIP aims to fund 8 – 12 Partnership Projects, each with a duration of 12-24 months.
- The team is anticipating distributing up to $207,000 per project in Canada; and between 100,000-122,000 CAD (small), 300,000-390,000 CAD (médium), 600,000-633,000 CAD (large) per project in the before mentioned Latin American countries.
Proposals for Partnerships Projects are due on May 30th, 2025, at 8:59 p.m. PST, and the projects are anticipated to start between July and August 2025.
The Building Climate Resilience from Indigenous Perspectives (BCRIP) Project
Building Climate Resilience from Indigenous Perspectives (BCRIP) is a four year (2024 – 2028) Indigenous-led project funded by Global Affairs Canada (Indigenous Peoples Partnering for Climate funding stream). BCRIP aims to challenge normalized international development narratives by uplifting Indigenous knowledge systems and science and contributing to Indigenous Peoples’ rights, self-determination and climate leadership.
The project is led by a diverse team, including the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN), the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA SUR) through the National Organization of Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Women in Peru (ONAMIAP), with the support of Save the Children Canada (National Reconciliation Program) and Save the Children Latin America and Caribbean.
For questions, feedback, or comments, please email:
Patricia Rojas, BCAFN Policy Analyst and Regional Climate Change Coordinator: patricia.rojas@bcafn.ca
Alyna De Guzman, BCAFN Junior Climate Change Policy Analyst: alyna.deguzman@bcafn.ca