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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
1804 World Bank SEA-MaP: SE Asia Regional Program on Combating Marine Plastics (1804)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 13:31Enriched enriched
1878 Basel Convention Plastic Waste Amendments (1878)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global India Southeast Asia Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 13:30Enriched enriched
1744 UNIDO Plastic Circular Economy Initiatives (1744)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 13:30Enriched enriched
1874 GEF International Waters - Plastic Pollution Programs (1874)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 13:29Enriched enriched
77 Ocean Climate Fund (77)
For NGOs For Researchers For Startups Foundation Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Technical Assistance Global Biodiversity Blue Economy Climate Coastal Protection Marine Conservation
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 13:29Enriched enriched
1834 Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) - African Development Bank (1834)
For NGOs For Startups Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Technical Assistance Africa Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 13:27Enriched enriched
1875 GEF LAC Cities - Marine Plastics Reduction through Circular Economy (1875)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:53Enriched enriched
1877 UNIDO Circular Economy Program for Developing Countries (1877)
For NGOs Multilateral Technical Assistance Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:53Enriched enriched
1835 UNEP - Circular and POPs-free Plastics in Africa (1835)
Government Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:53Enriched enriched
1812 UNDP India Plastic Waste Management Programme (1812)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance India Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:53Enriched enriched
1798 ADB Plastic Marine Debris Reduction Program Indonesia (1798)
Multilateral Blended Finance Loan / Concessional Finance Southeast Asia Blue Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:53Enriched enriched
1801 ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris (1801)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Southeast Asia Capacity Building Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:53Enriched enriched
1748 Basel Convention Small Grant Programme on Plastic Waste (1748)
Government Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Capacity Building Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:52Enriched enriched
1725 IFC Harmonized Circular Economy Finance Guidelines (1725)
Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Investment Circular Economy Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:52Enriched enriched
1720 World Bank Municipal Solid Waste Management Support (1720)
Multilateral Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Global Circular Economy Climate Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:52Enriched enriched
1705 UNEP-IETC Japan Supplementary Budget Projects on Sustainable Plastic Waste Management (1705)
Multilateral Technical Assistance Global Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:52Enriched enriched
1674 World Bank - Cambodia Solid Waste and Plastic Management Improvement Project (1674)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Southeast Asia Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:52Enriched enriched
1670 UNDP India Plastic Waste Management Project (1670)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance India Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 11:52Enriched enriched
1661 World Bank SEA-MaP - Southeast Asia Regional Program on Combating Marine Plastics (1661)
Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Southeast Asia Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 11:31Expired enrich
plastic-circular: 30%, marine-conservation: 10%
1681 World Bank PROBLUE - Philippines Waste Management and Circular Economy Investment Support (1681)
For Communities / Cooperatives Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Southeast Asia Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 11:31Expired enrich
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1850 IUCN IslandPlas Community Grants - Plastic Recovery (1850)
For Communities / Cooperatives Multilateral Grant Africa Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 11:31Expired enrich
IUCN IslandPlas community grants for plastic waste circular economy in African islands - direct fit for plastic-circular theme, future rounds likely through 2027
1800 ADB Plastic Pollution Action in Southeast Asia (1800) UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 11:22Expired expired
URL returns 404, page no longer accessible
1688 ADB - Financing Plastic Circularity in Asia and the Pacific (1688) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 10:58Irrelevant irrelevant
ADB publication page about a strategic report on plastic circularity financing in Asia-Pacific - knowledge product, not a funding program
1639 World Bank - Global Partnership for Results-Based Approaches (GPRBA) (1639) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 10:58Irrelevant irrelevant
This is a retrospective case study (2022) documenting a completed OBA project in Nepal (2013-2017), not an active funding program
1689 ADB - Blue Loan for PT ALBA Tridi Plastics Recycling Indonesia (1689) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 10:57Irrelevant irrelevant
Page is a research publication/brief about plastic circularity financing, not a funding program
1695 ASEAN Regional Action Plan for Combating Marine Debris 2021-2025 (1695) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 10:48Irrelevant irrelevant
ASEAN policy document/action plan publication, not a funding call
1746 Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP) Pilot Projects (1746)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 10:37Expired expired
Basel PWP third call deadline April 2025 - selection completed, no open call
1742 UNIDO SWITCH to Circular Economy Value Chains Project (1742) UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 10:37Expired expired
UNIDO SWITCH deadline was September 15, 2021 - program long completed
1730 GEF Small Grants Programme - Timor-Leste and Tanzania (GEF OP8) (1730) UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 10:37Expired expired
Deadline was December 31, 2025 - GEF SGP Zambia OP8 call closed
1726 GEF Small Grants Programme - Plastics and Waste Management (Zimbabwe) (1726) UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 10:37Expired expired
Deadline was November 10, 2025 - call closed
1703 UNDP 2025 Plastic Innovation Program - Vietnam (1703) UN / Multilateral Expired – 2026-03-15 10:36Expired expired
Deadline was April 14, 2025 - call closed
1750 UN Global Plastics Treaty Implementation Funding (Proposed Mechanisms) (1750) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 10:33Irrelevant irrelevant
News article about UN Plastics Treaty financing negotiations, not a funding program
84 Conservation Finance Alliance - GFCR Partnership (84) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 09:28Irrelevant irrelevant
CFA page is informational about the GFCR investment plan partnership, not a direct grant application program; applications go through the GFCR official website, not CFA
81 EU Blue Partnership for Sustainable Blue Economy (81)
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Grant Baltic Sea Global North Sea Aquaculture Blue Economy Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Research
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 09:27Enriched enrich
Active EU Horizon transnational R&I call for blue economy; marine-conservation score 0.65 (Baltic/North Sea focus, NGOs eligible); plastic-circular 0.2 (tangential)
82 Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) UN Ocean Decade Programme (82) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 09:26Irrelevant irrelevant
Networking/capacity-building platform for early career ocean professionals, not a grant-giving funding program
83 Ocean Decade Heritage Network (83) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 09:26Irrelevant irrelevant
Awareness and coordination network for underwater cultural heritage under UN Ocean Decade, no grants offered
73 UNEP Funding and Partnerships for Ocean Protection (73) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 09:20Irrelevant irrelevant
UNEP Funding and Partnerships is an institutional page about how UNEP receives money from member states - not a grant program for NGOs to apply to
71 UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) (71) UN / Multilateral Irrelevant – 2026-03-15 09:18Irrelevant irrelevant
UNESCO IOC is an intergovernmental coordination body homepage - not a direct funding program for NGOs; works through member state programs
70 Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) (70)
Multilateral Blended Finance Global Biodiversity Climate Coral Reefs Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 09:17Enriched enrich
Real blended finance fund for coral reef conservation - catalytic grants and investments through country-level partners in 20+ coral nations
58 World Bank PROBLUE (58)
Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 09:14Enriched enrich
Real multilateral trust fund for ocean health and blue economy. Marine-conservation 0.45, plastic-circular 0.30. Access primarily through governments, not direct NGO grants.
54 GEF International Waters Focal Area (54)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Biodiversity Blue Economy Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas Plastic Waste Pollution
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-15 09:14Enriched enrich
Real multilateral funding mechanism for transboundary marine/freshwater ecosystems. Marine-conservation score 0.55, plastic-circular 0.35.
57 FAO Blue Growth Initiative (57) UN / Multilateral Error – 2026-03-15 09:12Error error
FAO Blue Growth Initiative URL returns 404 - page not found
56 UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge (56)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Global Blue Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-14 21:43Enriched marked-irrelevant
URL inaccessible or not a funding programme
61 UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (61)
Marine Conservation Pollution
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-14 20:30Enriched enriched
Enriched from source URL via WebFetch
64 Green Climate Fund (GCF) (64)
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Africa Global India Southeast Asia Biodiversity Blue Economy Capacity Building Climate Coastal Protection Marine Conservation Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-14 15:42Enriched enrich
plastic-circular: 15%, marine-conservation: 10%
2088 GEF Small Grants Programme: Country-Level Calls (Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya) (2088)
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Africa Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-14 15:38Enriched –
1830 IUCN Plastic Pollution Programs (Coca-Cola Foundation funded) (1830)
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Startups Corporate Multilateral Grant Prize Technical Assistance Africa Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-12 06:07Enriched enrich
plastic-circular: 45%, marine-conservation: 15%
1690 Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0 - Public Development Banks Coalition (1690)
Multilateral Blended Finance Loan / Concessional Finance Africa Global Southeast Asia Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-12 04:09Enriched enrich
plastic-circular: 15%, marine-conservation: 10%
1737 AfDB Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) (1737)
For NGOs For Startups Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Technical Assistance Africa Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-12 03:35Enriched enrich
plastic-circular: 5%, marine-conservation: 0%
1740 AfDB Green Bonds and Sustainable Bond Framework (1740)
Multilateral Blended Finance Loan / Concessional Finance Africa Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Circular Economy Climate Coastal Protection Waste Management
UN / Multilateral Enriched – 2026-03-11 22:00Enriched enrich
marine-conservation: 10%, plastic-circular: 10%