PALLADIUM CHALLENGE FUND 2022: Applications now Open

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Jun 24, 2022
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About the Opportunity:

The future demands new thinking, new approaches, and new solutions. The Palladium Challenge Fund brings in ideas from our network in over 90 countries and partnership with over 1,600 organisations globally to source innovative responses to global challenges. We fund organisations and initiatives that:

Pilot new technologies and innovative approaches
De-risk start-up ventures
Deliver outcomes from innovative financial mechanisms
Support the convening of innovative challenges

In 2022, we have two themes; Measuring the Value of Nature and Jobs for Refugees

Benefits of the Opportunity:

Funding up to AU$75 000

Eligibility Criteria:

Palladium Challenge Fund: Measuring the Value of Nature is seeking proposals from organisations with innovative solutions to impact management, monitoring, and valuation of nature-based solutions.

We are looking for solutions that:

Pilot new technologies and/or innovative approaches to valuing nature
Tools for measuring the effectiveness of nature-based solutions
Create frameworks for businesses to measure their environmental impact and match them to potential solutions

2. Palladium Challenge Fund: Jobs for Refugees is seeking proposals from organisations with innovative and sustainable solutions to employ refugees or match refugees to employers.

We are looking for solutions that:

Offer innovative and cost-effective approaches to skills training for refugees with a clear pathway to stable and secure employment
Connect refugees with employers, be that through integration within country service provision, use of online platforms, or in-person support at refugee community centres
Make effective use of technology to expand and customise learning for refugee communities or;
Overcome barriers to employment, for example, to include schemes that provide childcare alongside employment or support with employee registration