ITTO Thematic Programme on Trade and Market Transparency (TMT)
5th Proposal Cycle, Deadline: Friday, 9 January 2015
Important Note: This cycle is limited to small proposals not exceeding ITTO funding of US$ 150.000 and 18 months induration. Proposals must clearly address both the objectives of TMT as well as the objectives of the ITTO-CITES programme.
Special requirements for this proposal cycle are listed below.
Introduction
ITTO member countries are invited to submit proposals under the Thematic Programme on Trade and Market Transparency(TMT) to take advantage of funding currently available through the ITTO-CITES Programme. The objective of the TMT
programme is to: (i) increase the capacity of producer member countries to develop and employ market intelligence andmarketing skills; and (ii) improve market transparency through improved data and analysis. The ITTO-CITES Programprovides specific assistance to countries throughout the tropics to design forest management plans, forest inventories, provide
guidelines and case studies for making “Non Detriment Findings” (NDFs) for CITES listed tree species, and to develop anddisseminate tools for timber identification with the overall objective to ensure that international trade in CITES-listed timber
species is consistent with their sustainable management and conservation.
The majority of the funding available under this cycle is through a grant from the European Union (through the EuropeanCommission) under the ITTO-CITES Program (http://www.itto.int/cites_programme/) which calls for part of the available funds to be
devoted to activities relevant to both the ITTO-CITES Program and the ITTO TMT Thematic Programme. Proposals submitted
under this cycle must therefore address the objectives of both programmes, TMT as well as ITTO-CITES.
Proposal Formulation and Format
Full guidance on project design, content and format is provided in the ITTO Manual for Project Formulation (3rd Edition,2009). Your proposal must be consistent with the small project format (including page limitations) in the Manual and must
incorporate all specific requirements outlined in this announcement. Please also make sure to take into account relevant lessons
learned or good practices from previous ITTO projects. The ITTO Manual on Project Formulation (3rd Edition, 2009) and otherimportant documentation is available electronically from the ITTO website:

ITTO Manual on Project Formulation
ITTO Lessons Learned/Good Practices
ITTO Strategic Action Plan 2013-2018
ITTA 2006

http://www.itto.int/projectformulation/manuals/
http://www.itto.int/files/user/pdf/thematicprogrammes/ITTO_LessonsLearned_GoodPractices_E.pdf
http://www.itto.int/files/user/pdf/publications/ENGLISH_ACTION_PLAN_2013_2018.pdf
http://www.itto.int/direct/topics/topics_pdf_download/topics_id=3363&no=1&disp=inline

Special Requirements for this Proposal Cycle
In addition to the requirements outlined in the Manual on project formulation, all proposals must include a section elaboratingin detail on:1) The proposal’s contribution to the achievement of the TMT deliverables (see TMT TPD, Chapter 4, Table 1)
2) The proposal’s contribution to the achievement of the ITTO-CITES Programme objectives;
3) The association of the project results to the Output indicators, Target Values and Means of Verification specified in theTMT Monitoring Protocol (MP) http://www.itto.int/files/user/thematic/MP_TMT_English.pdf
The additional section must be included as a separate paragraph under chapter ‘1.2.1 Conformity with ITTO’s objectives andpriorities’. Please note that without this section your proposal cannot be considered.
TMT & ITTO-CITES Information
Detailed information on TMT and ITTO-CITES is available from the ITTO website:TMT
 TMT Thematic Programme Document (TPD) http://www.itto.int/files/user/pdf/callforproposals/TPD_TMT_E_100415.pdf
 TMT Monitoring Protocol (MP)
http://www.itto.int/files/user/thematic/MP_TMT_English.pdf
 TMT general information
http://www.itto.int/thematic_programme_general/CITES ITTO-CITES programme overview
 ITTO-CITES country activities
 CITES (Website of the Convention)

http://www.itto.int/cites_programme/
http://www.itto.int/country_activities/
http://www.cites.org

The TMT programme is financially supported by the following donors: European Union (through ITTO-CITES), Finland,Japan, Switzerland and USA. The ITTO-CITES programme is financially supported by the EU, Germany, Netherlands,
Norway and USA, plus private sector donors Abbott-Solvay, Indena, EuroMed and Plavuma.

Submission of Revised Proposals
If any version of your proposal had already been submitted to ITTO under earlier calls (either thematic programmes or theITTO regular project cycle) and has received recommendations for revisions, you must highlight all additions, deletions oramendments in the revised version. Such highlighting may take the form of underlining, using boldtype, italic or a different
color. Highlighted sections must be clearly distinguishable from the original text. Please also provide the proposal ID of theprevious submission. Please note that resubmitted proposals failing to highlight revised sections will not be considered.
Proposal Submission and ITTO Focal Point Endorsement
Proposals must be submitted directly by (or provide proof of endorsement from) the “Official Contact Point” of an ITTO
Member Country [Decision 4(XXV), Annex A, Section III]. The official ITTO Contact Point must be the person and/orinstitution designated by the Member Country and registered by the Secretariat to handle ITTO matters. For further
information please contact the Secretariat. Please note that proposals without endorsement cannot be considered.
Official ITTO Contact Points are kindly reminded on the recommendations made to improve project formulation and appraisal[Document ITTC(XXXVI)/5], particularly with regard to the advice to set up a “National Clearing House” mechanism for thescreening of proposals taking into account national priorities and relevance to ITTO goals prior to submission. Please make afirm decision to support any proposal before submission, also taking into account that substantial translation cost and handlingtime are expended on each proposal.
Proposals must be submitted electronically in Word format with the budget tables in EXCEL to the contacts provided below.
PDF files are also accepted, however we will need editable Word/Excel versions (including problem trees, flow charts etc.) fortranslation. Please refrain from sending any hardcopies or sending to email addresses other than those indicated above.
The deadline for proposal submission is Friday, 9 January 2015
Please note that proposal documentation must be complete at the time of submission; partial submissions cannot be considered.
Contacts:
Dr. Gerhard Breulmann
E-mail: breulmann@itto.int
Ms. Adriana Sugihara
E-mail: sugihara@itto.int