Call for Proposals: CY Funding 2026 (Philippines)

Deadline: 15 July 2025

Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the CY Funding 2026.

Focus Areas

Productive food systems
- Climate-resilient agri-aqua farming systems
- Improvement of farming and fishing practices
- Post-harvest and value-adding technologies for agri-aqua commodities
- Community-based nutrition programs
- Local food system strengthening
- Agri-aqua technology business incubation
- Sustainable livelihood for smallholder farmers and fishers
- Community-based seedbanking of indigenous species
Resilient ecosystem
- Mangrove reforestation and coastal protection
- Watershed conservation and agroforestry
- Sustainable fisheries management
- Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
- Biodiversity conservation and habitat restoration
- Solid waste management and circular economy initiatives
- Renewable energy solutions for rural areas
- Sustainable agroeocology training
- Plastic free and zero waste initiatives
Opportunities for learning
- Functional literacy for out-of-school youth and adults
- Digital literacy and ICT skills
- STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) programs
- Alternative learning system support
- Reading, numeracy, comprehension and application enhancement in schools
- Teacher capability-building on sustainable education
- Special education and inclusive learning programs
- Indigenous knowledge integration in education
Good governance and public safety
- Capacity-building for local government units (provincial, municipal and barangay)
- Public safety awareness and campaigns
- Transparency and anti-corruption programs
- Disaster risk governance
- Human rights and legal literacy campaigns
- Public health policy advocacy
- Gender and development mainstreaming
- Strengthening community-based organizations governance
Revitalized communities
- Health and wellness promotion
- Safe water and sanitation initiatives
- Elderly and PWD empowerment programs
- Youth leadership and empowerment
- Violence against women and children prevention
- Indigenous community empowerment
- Gender and development initiatives
- Reproductive health programs
Entrepreneurship and livelihood
- Agri-aqua entrepreneurship and agripreneur training
- Agri-Fisheries
- Based enterprise development
- Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) support
- Financial literacy
- Handicrafts and traditional weaving businesses
- Eco-tourism and sustainable tourism Initiatives
- Digital marketing for local products
- E-commerce
- Home-based livelihood programs
Smart technologies and innovation
- Precision agriculture and lot integration
- Big data and Al for fisheries management
- Lot integration on disaster management
- Blockchain for food traceability
- Digitalization initiatives to increase productivity in local government units
- Tech-enabled startups and incubators
Sustaining cultural heritage
- Agri – Aqua production in ancestral domain areas
- Indigenous food systems preservation
- Documentation of oral traditions and folklore