GCA is an international organization that works as a solutions broker to catalyze action and support for climate adaptation solutions, from the international to the local, in partnership with the public and private sector. This is to ensure that we learn from each other and work together for a climate resilient future. Adapting to the impacts of climate change provides a “win-win” for livelihoods, food security, water supply, health, security, and economic growth. GCA’s work elevates the visibility and political importance of climate adaptation and facilitates solutions, such as smarter investments, new technologies and better planning for more resilience to climate related threats. GCA is a rapidly growing organization with offices in Abidjan, Beijing, Dhaka, Groningen, and Rotterdam and a planned new office in Nairobi in 2025. 

GCA’s 2020-2025 business plan and strategy have three pillars:  

• Programs: Food Security; Using Nature for more resilient infrastructure; Water for Urban Growth and Resilience; Climate Finance; Youth Leadership.
• Knowledge: Building adaptation knowledge globally through cutting edge products such as the State and Trends in Adaptation Report and the Adaptation Knowledge Portal.
• Advocacy and Awareness: Formulating policy messages to move the global, regional, and local adaptation agendas forward.

The impacts of climate change are most acutely felt by socially, economically, and politically disadvantaged and marginalized people and groups because of their higher vulnerability and lower adaptive capacity. Recognizing the highly localized nature of climate impacts; the importance of local adaptation action; the potential and creativity of communities to develop locally appropriate and innovative solutions; the ownership benefits of community-driven action; and the strong need for accountability to poor and marginalized communities affected by climate change, the GCA is strongly committed to addressing barriers to accelerating and scaling up LLA through the Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation. The Hub aims to promote LLA at scale, with speed, to reduce climate risks for populations and sections of society that are most vulnerable to climate change. The activities of the Hub are guided by the eight Principles for Locally Led Adaptation.  

In addition to knowledge sharing, peer-to-peer learning and capacity strengthening, the Global Hub on LLA supports the development of People’s Adaptation Plans to inform project design and investments by International Financial Institutions (IFIs), as part of the GCA’s Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP). The Hub is currently supporting People’s Adaptation Plans in multiple countries across Africa and cities in Bangladesh. These Plans are produced by vulnerable communities, with facilitation by GCA partners, to inform investments by projects by IFIs such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank. 

GCA’s efforts to scale up LLA are focused on integrating locally led adaptation planning with traditional development investments, particularly by IFIs. GCA works with local partners to facilitate adaptation planning based on LLA best practice (documented, for instance, in this Guide). People’s Adaptation Plans are produced by vulnerable communities, based on community-led data collection and mapping efforts, and informed by scientific climate risk assessments, local knowledge and practices. The planning process supports communities in understanding climate risks as a community, negotiating priorities, and designing solutions. The Plans are shared with associated IFI project teams to inform investments and used by communities to leverage local development funds. In some countries in Africa, the planning process is informing national efforts to embed adaptation in local development planning.   

GCA is seeking a partner to pilot and support a contextualized People’s Adaptation Planning process in three communes in southern Madagascar, to support the World Bank-funded Support to Resilient Livelihoods in Southern Madagascar – MIONJO Project. 

About the MIONJO Project 
The MIONJO Project aims to improve access to basic infrastructure and livelihood opportunities and strengthen local governance in southern Madagascar with a primary focus on youth and women, and to provide a rapid and effective response to the Food Security Crisis and other Eligible Crisis or Emergency. Launched in 2020, the project initially addressed drought-related emergencies through its Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC). The Additional Financing (AF2) will support a continued shift from short-term relief to long-term investments in decentralization, infrastructure, and climate resilience.  
 
Southern Madagascar faces high levels of poverty, food insecurity, limited infrastructure, and increasing climate vulnerability. Recurring droughts, driven by decreasing precipitation trends, have severely impacted agricultural productivity. The region is also projected to experience rising temperatures and an increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as cyclones and heavy rainfall. These conditions contribute to the region’s heightened exposure and make it a priority for climate-resilient development. 
 
To address this, AF2 includes support for strengthened local governance and participatory planning processes at the commune level. This includes support to the Ministry of Decentralization and Territorial Management through financing mechanisms such as Local Development Funds (Fonds de Développement Local), which help direct resources to communes for climate-resilient development planning and implementation. The activities will contribute to building local institutional capacity and improving the integration of climate resilience into decentralized planning frameworks. 
 
GCA inputs 
The selected partner will be expected to co-develop a contextualized People’s Adaptation Planning process in three communes—one in each of the three target regions under MIONJO. This learning-by-doing process will support immediate adaptation planning in these communes and generate institutional learning and practical guidance for regional and national replication across the broader MIONJO geography. The execution period for this sub-grant project will end in May 2026. 

• Only registered non-profit organizations (INGO, NGO, CBO, Company Limited by Guarantee) are eligible to receive a sub-grant from GCA.
• The organizations responding to this call must meet the minimum eligibility criteria and demonstrate their capacity to implement all the technical criteria.
• Proposals and all supporting documents must be submitted as a PDF, no later than 24 July 2025, 18:00 Central European Time (CET) to subgrants@gca.org and cc’d to khushboo.khatra@gca.org.  
• The proposal must include:

• An information session with all organizations interested in applying and learn more about the application process and project requirements will take place on Friday, 18 July 2025, 11:00 to 12:00 CET. The meeting can be accessed on that day and time at the following link. 
• Important to note:

• Proposals received after the closing date and time will not be considered. Organizations will be notified once a decision about the Sub-Grant is made.
• For all questions or requests for additional information contact khushboo.khatra@gca.org. The email subject heading should be clearly marked with the following information: Support for Resilient Livelihoods in the South of Madagascar (MIONJO) Project.  
• If an interested organization has concerns about completing the template, please reach out to subgrants@gca.org.
• Proposals and all supporting documents must be drafted in English. 
• GCA reserves the right to decline disclosure of the specificity of decision derived by GCA mission due to reasons related to confidentiality.
• GCA reserves the right to accept or reject any submissions, and to annul the selection process and reject all submissions at any time, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected implementing partners.

Please download the Call for Partnerships document for more information