Strategic Programme Fund Low Carbon High Growth is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's programme promoting a low carbon, high growth, global economy. This is done through projects supporting the following outcomes:

• A visible and accelerated shift in investment initiated in the major economies towards low carbon.
• Political conditions created for an equitable post-2012 agreement at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) in Copenhagen in December 2009 of sufficient ambition to avoid dangerous climate change.
• Risks to UK and EU energy security managed through more diverse and reliable external sources of supply and more efficient global consumption.
• Increased international commitment to an open, stable and equitable low carbon global economy delivering higher standards of living.

How to apply

1. Read the SPF LCHG Strategy to make sure your project idea is in line with the SPF LCHG Programme objectives. If in doubt, consult Climate Change Programme Manager at the British High Commission.
   
2. Fill in the SPF LCHG Project Concept Bid and e-mail it to sandra.duarte@fco.gov.uk - Climate Change Programme Manager at the British High Commission.
   
3. Your Project Concept Bid will then be assessed by the High Commission Climate Change and Energy Projects Selection Board and, if approved, will be submitted to the SPF LCHG Team in London at the earliest possible Project Concept Bidding Round (Bidding  Round dates);
   
4. SPF LCHG Team in London will review your Project Concept Bid and come back to the High Commission Climate Change Programme Manager with comments on your bid.
   
5. If your Project Concept Bid has been approved, the High Commission Climate Change Programme Manager will come back to you with feedback to help you develop SPF LCHG Project Full Bid Proposal.
   
6. Once your Project Full Bid Proposal is completed, the High Commission Climate Change Programme Manager will submit it to the SPF LCHG Team in London at the earliest possible Bidding Round for Full Bid Project Proposals.
   
7. If SPF LCHG Team recommends your Project Full Bid Proposal for funding, the Climate Change Programme Manager will inform you about funds transfer procedures, project reporting periods and will put project contract together.
   
8. Once the contract is signed, the High Commission Climate Change Programme Manager will monitor your project throughout its lifespan to secure it is implemented according to the plan and the project purpose is being achieved.
   

Please be aware that:

• Application process, since project concept stage until contact signing, may take up to six months. For project life circle see SPF LCHG Project’s life circle
• FCO financial year lasts since 1 April until 31 March the following year. Project funds, if not used, cannot be transferred to the next financial year.