Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) - WEF
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Grants and support for non-profit organizations and social enterprises through Inclusive Plastic Action Programme. Builds skills in entrepreneurial development, waste collection, and material sorting. Connects projects with investors via public-private funding models.
Source: https://www.weforum.org/projects/global-plastic-action-partnership
Funding Details
- Funder
- World Economic Forum initiative — not a direct funder. Facilitates access to $3.1B+ secured through NPAP networks
- Funding Goal
- Accelerate coordinated, evidence-driven solutions to plastic pollution through national platforms
- Funding Amount
- No direct grants. Catalyses large-scale financing through NPAP financing taskforces
- Deadline
- Engagement is ongoing — contact country NPAP offices (Rolling)
- How to Apply
- Contact UNDP country office in Indonesia, Ghana, or Vietnam to engage with national NPAP. NPAPs are officially endorsed by national governments. No competitive grant mechanism — engagement through coordination.
- Target Region
- Indonesia, Ghana, Vietnam, Nigeria; expanding to Ecuador, Pakistan, Maharashtra (India), Mexico City
- Contact
- weforum.org/projects/global-plastic-action-partnership
- Official Page
- https://www.weforum.org/projects/global-plastic-action-partnership/
- Last Checked
- 2026-03-14 20:27
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Summary
The Global Plastic Action Partnership is a multi-stakeholder platform initiated by the World Economic Forum in 2018 to accelerate evidence-driven solutions to plastic pollution. It operates National Plastic Action Partnerships (NPAPs) in Indonesia, Ghana, Vietnam, and Nigeria, with expansion to additional geographies. The NPAPs function as national coordination bodies that bring together government ministries, private sector, and civil society behind national plastic waste reduction roadmaps. The GPAP financing function is critical for your organisation. Each NPAP includes a financing taskforce that develops national financing roadmaps and connects stakeholders with appropriate funding sources — whether bilateral development grants, development bank lending, corporate investment, or plastic credit revenue. The Indonesia and Ghana Financing Roadmaps (available on GPAP's website) are among the most comprehensive guides to funding flows for plastic waste management in those countries. The recommended engagement pathway is through your country-level contacts at UNDP Indonesia, UNDP Ghana, and UNDP Vietnam — the three UN agencies most involved in running the NPAPs. UNDP co-convenes each NPAP with the national government, and they can connect your organisation to the relevant financing taskforce working groups. This is particularly valuable as you prepare applications for Norad future sub-rounds and SWITCH-2-CE future calls, where demonstrating alignment with national plastic waste strategies (which NPAPs produce) strengthens proposals significantly.
Historical Context
GPAP was established in 2018 and published its Annual Report 2025 (Unlocking Plastic Action for Inclusion, Resilience and Growth) which confirmed $3.1 billion in secured financing since launch. The WEF 2025 Osaka Blue Ocean Vision and upcoming GPAP activities are focused on linking national financing roadmaps to the new UN Plastics Treaty framework.
Why it was added
Direct grant program for NGOs in plastic waste sector, highly relevant for OPF circular economy goals
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