The High Atlas Foundation (HAF), in partnership with the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs within the U.S. Department of State, announce a call for applications for community-led sustainable projects through the competitive small grants program “Environmental Challenge”.

The Environmental Challenge aims to decentralize decision-making, engaging civil society to implement sustainable development and natural resource management goals. HAF will award four small grants of up to $50,000 each to local civil associations or cooperatives in Jordan and Morocco. Grants will support projects that contribute to the social and economic well-being of communities through sustainable environmental conservation and management (for example sustainable agriculture; water management; renewable energy; waste management; environmental and experiential education with youth; women-led cultivation of organic product).