Guidelines

regulating

Proposals for Seminars / Symposia / Workshops / Conferences,

The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) promotes environment education and creation of awareness among all groups of the society through various programmes.

Seminars / Symposia / Workshops / Conferences

Objectives of assistance :

The objective of the programme on “Seminars / Symposia / Workshops / Conferences” is to provide a forum to professionals, scientists, environmentalists, other groups of the society to share knowledge and experience on various aspects of environment. Under this programme, financial assistance is provided to universities, academic institutions/ colleges, non-governmental organisations, Government Departments etc. to create mass environment awareness for organisation of Seminars / Symposia / Workshops / Conferences on identified thrust areas related to environment or any emerging area impinging on technology, innovation in regard to environment.

Who are eligible?

  • Any recognized academic / research institution or Government Organization / Government undertaking having at least 3 years experience of working in environment related subjects.
  • Any registered voluntary / professional organization / Trust having proven credential, and 3 years experience in environmental field and registered under the Societies Registration Act for minimum three years and raising audited accounts.
  • The Proposal should focus on topics relating to the main theme of the event and organisation should indicate the key note speaker/main speakers.
  • If the participating organization fails to give the UC, Statement of Expenditure and Activity Report to Centre of Excellence then the organization would not be eligible for grant under the scheme in future.
  • In the case of submission of proposal for the first time, an affidavit should be incorporated in respect of submission of UC and audited statement of expenditure submitted at right time.

Thrust areas:-

Seminars / symposia / workshops / conferences proposals for financial assistanceshould have focus on environment related subjects and or environmental awareness amongst masses. MoEF has identified the following thrust areas:-

1. Climate Change related issues with focus on Adaptation and Mitigation.

2. Bio-diversity

Conservation of biodiversity including conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants/NTFPs

o Risk and benefits associated with genetically engineered organisms

o Coastal and marine eco-system

o Forest conservation/ merits of afforestation/ecorestoration and Participatory forest management / demerits of deforestation

  • Access and benefit sharing

3. Trade and environment

4. Industry and sustainable development

o Mine de-commissioning

o Environmental Impact Assessment

5. Green Economy and Sustainable Development

6. Water

  • Use of water
  • Availability, contamination and impacts
  • River Health
  • Enrichment of ground water table

7. Environmental health

o Waste management

8. Environmental legislation and enforcement

9. Socio-environmental aspects and environmental economics

10. Environmental Awareness

11. Miscellaneous

How to apply?

The form can be either obtained from the Ministry or downloaded from MoEF’s Web Site Identical proposals shall be rejected.

Where to send the Proposals:

The proposal in the prescribed format & alongwith matrix may be submitted to the respective Centre of Excellence of Ministry i.e. CEE, Ahmedabad and CPREEC, Chennai as per the details given:

Name of Centre Of Excellence / Area Allocated
Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Nehru Foundation for Development, Thaltej Tekra, Ahmedabad – 380054
Email: / Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
CPR Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC)
The C.P.Ramaswami
Aiyar
Foundation, 1 Eldams Road, Alwarpet, Chennai- 600 018
Email: /
/ Tamilnadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra including Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa.

Scrutiny of proposals and approval:

There will be two tier screening of the proposals.

Tier 1:

In tier one, the respective Center of Excellences (CoE), making use of prescribed scrutiny format will be accountable for scrutinizing the proposals,and for providing their recommendations.

Tier 2:

In the Second Tier of Scrutiny, Monitoring and Coordination Cell, EE Division, Ministry of Environment and Forests will cross check the scrutinized proposals in terms of eligibility criteria, experience and other conditions given in the guidelines.

The Ministry of Environment & Forests has constituted an Internal Screening Committee for consideration of such proposals, which meets annually. Additional Secretary in- charge of the subject is the Chairperson. The Committee shall consider those proposals, which are complete in all respect, keeping the following aspects in view while recommending the proposal(s) for financial assistance:

  • The applicant organisation has not received any grant under this programme during the financial year in which the proposed event falls. Financial assistance would not be provided more than once in a financial year.
  • Application from Government Department / undertaking / academic / research institution has been duly forwarded by Head of the institution.
  • The applicant institute has already submitted copies of audited expenditure statement and utilization certificate and also settled other issues, if any, relating to previous grant(s) received by them under the programme from MoEF.
  • In case of NGOs, valid registration is also must.

Quantum of assistance:

Financial assistance is only for organizational expenses (excluding hospitality) of the proposed event and not for capital items like construction, equipment, automation etc.

Following are the stipulated amounts for various categories of events:

Category Amount

1. State level event A maximum of Rs. 1,00,000/-

2. National level event A maximum of Rs. 3,00,000/-

3. International level event A maximum of Rs. 5,00,000/-

(i.e. proposal involving participation from outside the country)

The Internal Screening Committee of MoEF can consider higher quantum of assistance in very exceptional case(s) on merits. However, the apportionment shall not exceed 20% of the total annual budgetary provision of the programme.

The proposals for financial assistance for publication of proceedings shall be considered for a maximum grant of Rs.50,000/- depending on the quality of the proceedings, number of pages and copies to be printed, cost of publication and earning from sale of the copies and provided that previous grant, if any, released by MoEF to the applicant organization has been fully settled in terms of expenditure statement, utilization certificate,copies of proceedings etc.