Empowering communities,
transforming oceans.

About OCEANS

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The Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme provides financial support to locally-led projects delivering lasting change to the marine environment and coastal communities worldwide.

By supporting both large and small organisations working towards ocean-based solutions to climate change, our goal is to place the ocean on a path to recovery, and for local communities and nature to thrive side by side.

OCEAN is part of the Blue Planet Fund (BPF) – the UK’s £500 million initiative supporting developing countries in protecting the ocean and reducing poverty. BPF is jointly managed by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

The Grant Administrator is Niras.

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The Grant Administrator is Niras.

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Bridging the gaps in marine conservation funding

We believe community-led initiatives have the biggest potential to make a positive impact. Yet up until now, there has been insufficient competitive funding for programming that tackles marine issues and for organisations that specifically focus on reaching local communities and local organisations.

Despite the ocean supporting the livelihoods of 10% of the global population, less than 1% (~$13 billion USD) of the total value of the ocean has been invested in sustainable projects in the past decade.

The OCEAN Grant Programme seeks to redress these imbalances by supporting people and communities impacted most acutely impacted by climate change.

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Our Grants

OCEAN will award grants through two funding windows between February 2024 and March 2025. Community grants, with a maximum allocation of £250,000, will be available for small-scale, local, in-country organisations. Additionally, partnership grants, with a higher ceiling of £3 million, will be awarded to organisations with the capacity to deliver
solutions at scale.

We will support Grantees focusing on:

Marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective conservation measures (OECMs);
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU);
International and large-scale fisheries;
and marine pollution.

OCEAN welcomes applicants from all ODA eligible countries. It is particularly interested in receiving proposals from in-country organisations working with hard-to-reach coastal communities.

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The Grant Administrator is Niras.

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The Grant Administrator is Niras.

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The following is a summary of the Blue Planet Fund’s flagship bilateral programmes.

Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP)

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The following is a summary of the Blue Planet Fund’s flagship bilateral programmes.

Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP)

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The following is a summary of the Blue Planet Fund’s flagship bilateral programmes.

Small Grants

Large Grants

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The following is a summary of the Blue Planet Fund’s flagship bilateral programmes.

Small Grants

Large Grants

Small Grants

Large Grants

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The following is a summary of the Blue Planet Fund’s flagship bilateral programmes.

Small Grants

Large Grants

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The OCEAN Grant Programme seeks to redress these imbalances by supporting people and communities impacted most acutely impacted by climate change.