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Status Enriched New Irrelevant Expired
Source EU Federal (DE) Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony Foundation Private US Foundation UK Nordic UN / Multilateral Corporate Impact Investor Philanthropic Network International
Relevance ≥70% ≥50% ≥30%
Topic Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Coastal Protection Coral Reefs Education Fisheries Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Research Seaweed & Algae Waste Management
Mechanism Accelerator Blended Finance Grant Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Prize Technical Assistance
Region Africa Arctic Baltic Sea Global India Mediterranean Nordic / Denmark North Sea Southeast Asia
Audience For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Researchers For Startups
Funder-type Corporate Family Office Foundation Government Impact Investor Multilateral Philanthropic Network Research Council
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# Program Source Status Relevance Updated Last Change
56 UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge (56) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 09:01Irrelevant irrelevant
Page returns 404 error — URL no longer exists (confirmed on second attempt)
61 UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (61)
Multilateral Grant Global Capacity Building Marine Conservation Research
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-05-07 08:57Enriched enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.45, 6 tags
64 Green Climate Fund (GCF) (64) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:56Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (Green Climate Fund funder homepage, not a direct open call for NGOs)
67 IUCN Marine and Polar Programme (67) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:56Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (IUCN Marine and Polar thematic page, not a funding call)
70 Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) (70) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:56Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (Global Fund for Coral Reefs funder homepage, no specific open call)
54 GEF International Waters Focal Area (54) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:56Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (GEF International Waters topic/theme page, not an open call)
58 World Bank PROBLUE (58) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:56Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (World Bank PROBLUE funder program overview page, not direct NGO grant call)
81 EU Blue Partnership for Sustainable Blue Economy (81)
Government Grant Baltic Sea Mediterranean North Sea Blue Economy Marine Conservation Research
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-05-07 08:49Enriched enriched
top: marine-conservation=0.35, 8 tags
77 Ocean Climate Fund (77) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:45Irrelevant irrelevant
Platform behind login wall (HubCulture social network) — no open call visible, not a grant program
75 Ocean Foundation Projects (75) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 08:45Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — organization projects listing page (fiscal sponsorship host, not an open grant call)
1660 Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 Comprehensive Municipal Solid Waste Management - ADB (1660) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:29Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (ADB linked document redirected to ADB homepage; URL points to government implementation document for Swachh Bharat Mission, no open call for external applicants)
1690 Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0 - Public Development Banks Coalition (1690) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:24Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a fundable program for external applicants — this is an ADB news announcement about the Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0, a EUR 3 billion commitment by public development banks for internal sovereign lending/investment. No open call or application process for NGOs or nonprofits.
1674 World Bank - Cambodia Solid Waste and Plastic Management Improvement Project (1674) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:22Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — this is a World Bank blog post (June 2023) about regional plastic pollution approaches in Southeast Asia. No open call for applications.
1670 UNDP India Plastic Waste Management Project (1670) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:21Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program open for applications — this is a UNDP India project page describing an internal UNDP-managed project (2018-2031). No external grant or call for proposals.
1725 IFC Harmonized Circular Economy Finance Guidelines (1725) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:19Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — IFC Harmonized Circular Economy Finance Guidelines (May 2025) is a taxonomy/framework document for financial institutions; no grant call, no application process
1720 World Bank Municipal Solid Waste Management Support (1720) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:18Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — World Bank IEG evaluation report (Approach Paper 2020) on municipal solid waste management; a research/policy document, not an open grant call
1705 UNEP-IETC Japan Supplementary Budget Projects on Sustainable Plastic Waste Management (1705) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:17Irrelevant irrelevant
Not an open grant call — project description page for completed UNEP-IETC Japan Supplementary Budget projects (JSB 2022, JSB 2023), no application process available
1744 UNIDO Plastic Circular Economy Initiatives (1744) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:14Irrelevant irrelevant
Not an open call - UNIDO Plastic Circular Economy is a thematic programme area page; projects are implemented through member state engagement, no open call for external NGO applicants
1748 Basel Convention Small Grant Programme on Plastic Waste (1748) UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-05-07 03:14Expired expired
Programme closed - three rounds of calls (2020, 2020, 2022) completed, 23 projects selected; no new rounds announced
1731 ADB Clean Cities Urban Development (1731) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:14Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program - ADB Urban Development topic overview page, not an open call or grant program
1737 AfDB Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) (1737) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:14Irrelevant irrelevant
Page returned 404 Not Found error
1740 AfDB Green Bonds and Sustainable Bond Framework (1740) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:14Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program - AfDB Green Bonds page redirects to homepage, no open call for external applicants
1812 UNDP India Plastic Waste Management Programme (1812) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:04Irrelevant irrelevant
Page returned 404 error (UNDP India plastic waste management URL is dead)
1804 World Bank SEA-MaP: SE Asia Regional Program on Combating Marine Plastics (1804) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:04Irrelevant irrelevant
Page returned 404 error (World Bank press release URL is dead)
1801 ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris (1801) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:03Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (ASEAN policy framework page from 2019, describes an inter-governmental framework document, not an open call for applications)
1798 ADB Plastic Marine Debris Reduction Program Indonesia (1798) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 03:03Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article/press release about an ADB loan approval for Indonesia government program)
1834 Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) - African Development Bank (1834)
Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Capacity Building Circular Economy Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-05-07 03:01Enriched enriched
top: plastic-circular=0.45, 8 tags
1835 UNEP - Circular and POPs-free Plastics in Africa (1835)
Multilateral Grant Africa Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-05-07 03:01Enriched enriched
top: plastic-circular=0.15, 7 tags
1830 IUCN Plastic Pollution Programs (Coca-Cola Foundation funded) (1830) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:57Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program — IUCN organizational "Our Work" topic page about plastic pollution. No grants or calls for proposals available.
1878 Basel Convention Plastic Waste Amendments (1878) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:54Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (Basel Convention regulatory framework overview page, not an open call for proposals)
1877 UNIDO Circular Economy Program for Developing Countries (1877) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:54Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (2017 UNIDO informational PDF about circular economy principles, not a grant call)
1875 GEF LAC Cities - Marine Plastics Reduction through Circular Economy (1875) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:54Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (IWLearn news article describing a GEF project, not an open funding call)
1879 UN PAGE - Partnership for Action on Green Economy (1879) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:47Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article about PAGE Green Industry Summer School event)
1874 GEF International Waters - Plastic Pollution Programs (1874) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-05-07 02:47Irrelevant irrelevant
Not a funding program (GEF Voices feature story / news article about an environmental consultant)
2088 GEF Small Grants Programme: Country-Level Calls (Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya) (2088)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Africa Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-05-07 01:27Expired expired
auto-expired: fixed deadline passed
1642 World Bank - PROBLUE (Ocean Plastics and Circular Economy) (1642)
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Circular Economy Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 11:01Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.4
1704 UNDP Partnership for Preventing Riverine Plastic Pollution - Indonesia (1704)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Southeast Asia Capacity Building Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 11:00Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.65
1634 World Bank - Clean Cities, Bright Futures (Solid Waste Management) (1634)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Africa Global India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:58Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.45
1630 GEF Small Grants Programme - Africa Country Programs (1630)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Biodiversity Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:56Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.55
1723 IFC Circular Economy in Manufacturing (1723)
For Startups Multilateral Blended Finance Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Africa Global Blue Economy Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:50Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.1
1722 UNEP Planetary Pollution Fund (1722)
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Grant Global Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:49Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.2
1734 AfDB Urban Development and Water and Sanitation Projects (1734)
For NGOs Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Africa Blue Economy Circular Economy Climate Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:48Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.2
1732 GEF Small Grants Programme - Ghana (2026 Call for Proposals) (1732)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Africa Biodiversity Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Fisheries Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:47Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.65
1719 UNEP Special Programme and Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) Fund (1719)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:46Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.3
1717 UNEP Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML) (1717)
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Technical Assistance Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:35Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.3
1728 ADB Circular Economy Initiatives (1728)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:32Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.3
1745 EBRD Green Economy Financing Facilities (GEFFs) (1745)
For Startups Multilateral Blended Finance Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Blue Economy Circular Economy Climate Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:31Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.1
1836 IFC Accelerating Circular Economy Finance in Emerging Markets (1836)
Multilateral Blended Finance Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:27Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.1
1644 IFC - Waste Management Investments (Circular Economy) (1644)
For Startups Multilateral Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Africa Global Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:26Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.2
1663 UNDP Management of Plastics Waste and Circular Interventions in South and Southeast Asia (1663)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Corporate Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-04-20 10:02Enriched scored
profile=ocean-plastic-forum-v2 score=0.55