Brokering Innovation for Decentralized climate finance and Gender Equity (BRIDGE)

About this project

BRokering Innovation for Decentralised climate finance & Gender Equality (BRIDGE) intends to improve access by subnational stakeholders (municipalities and partners) to appropriate finance for locally-led and gender-responsive climate change adaptation action in Cameroon, with learnings scaled to the central Africa region and beyond. This will be done by: Strengthening the capacity of knowledge brokers working in Cameroon to enable inclusive planning, project development and financing for locally-led and gender-responsive adaptation action. Identifying and enhancing the best-suited mechanism(s) to unlock finance for locally-led and gender-responsive adaptation in Cameroon. Enhancing the capacity of knowledge brokers operating in central Africa to improve access and deployment of finance for locally-led and gender-responsive adaptation projects.

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13Climate Action
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - Africa NPC · Other

Countries

South Africa

Focus

Climate adaptation · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributes

Funded by

International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Implemented by

ICLEI Africa, Special Council Support Fund for Mutual Assistance Cameroon (FEICOM), COMMUNES ET VILLES UNIES DU CAMEROUN (CVUC), University of Yaounde, The Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED)

Published by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - Africa NPC to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 30 Oct 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: ZA-CIP-2002-007758-08-BRIDGE.

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