Registered under the West Bengal Society Registration Act 1961

Federation of Societies for Environmental Protection

Recipient of the most prestigious Government of India, INDIRA PRIYADARSHINI VRIKSHA MITRA (IPVM) AWARD – 2004

ANIRUDH BHARGAWA “ENVIRONMENT 2011 AWARD” from INTACH, New Delhi

Appointed as Regional Resource Agency (RRA) by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi for NEAC activities in Darjeeling Hills & Siliguri.

Projects

The FOSEP is a non-profit organization and works through a strong Governing Body which formulates its policies, plans and programmes and evaluates its performance for each project that has been completed. The feedback from beneficiaries and the criticisms and suggestions from its members form the basis of changes that are required to be introduced in future programmes. The credibility that it has earned from the public is because of the accountability and transparency which constitutes its core working philosophy. Despite being hamstrung by certain limitations, FOSEP is proud that it has successfully completed the following projects since its inception :-

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED BY FOSEP TILL DATE:

List of Donors/ Funding Partners & Institutions from which the organization received financial grants in the past (Domestic/ International Funding Institutions, Partners and/or NGOs):

New Projects : Pilot study for Long Term Ecological Restoration and Monitoring in Darjeeling Hills - Nature based solutions to Climate Change

Projects implemented successfully by FOSEP, Darjeeling with International support:

Sl. No.

Name of the Project

Year started/ implemented

Name of the Funding Partner/ Institution

1

Joint Forest Management In The Three Hill Sub-Divisions Of Darjeeling District

1995

Ford Foundation, New Delhi

2

Formation Of Community Based Eco-Watch Groups on Solid Waste management

2003

USAEP / TSSC, Washington D.C, USA

3

Safe Drinking Water Project, in Three villages of Pokhriabong, Sukhiapokhari Block, Distt. – Darjeeling

2007

Consulate General of Japan, Kolkata.

4

Community Based Approaches to Combating Illegal Activities in the Transboundary Area of the Kanchenjunga-Singalila complex, Darjeeling

2009

Critical Eco System Partnership Fund [CEPF],

 

Conservation International, USA

5

International Seminar on Climate Change & Mountain Areas: Adaptation Issues

2012, 2013 & 2014

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation (FESF), New Delhi

6

Holistic Development of People living in the Tea Gardens of Darjeeling Hills

2016 (continuing till date)

Bread for the World (BFtW), Berlin, Germany

7

UNESCO World Heritage site Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (Plantation Programs)

2001 (continuing till date)

DHR Society,London

National/Domestic social projects successfully implemented by FOSEP:

Sl. No.

Project Title/ details

Year started/ implemented

Name of the Funding Partner / Institution

1

Establishment of Nursery Beds of Tree seedlings for free distribution

1991, 1993

District Magistrate,

 

Darjeeling, Govt of West Bengal

2

Afforestation Programme at Ragaroon Tea Estate & Ghoom Cemetery

1994

Project SERVE –Darjeeling

3

Afforestation at Boxi Jhora Catchment Area, Darjeeling

1998

District Magistrate,

 

Darjeeling, Govt of West Bengal

4

Biodiversity Assessment in the Singalila National Park, Darjeeling

2001

Wildlife Division-I,

 

Govt of West Bengal

5

Transboundary Corridor of Kanchanjunga Biodiversity Complex Programme

2004

ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) through ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research & Education on Environment)

6

Agro-Horti-Silvi System on integrated village development project at Yangmakum, Kalimpong

1999

GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, (GBPIHED)

 

Almora

7

Targeted Intervention (TI) Programme on STI/HIV/AIDS among the FSW (Flying Sex Workers) & IDU (Injecting Drug Users) in Darjeeling

2006 (continuing till date)

NACO (National AIDS Control Organisation) , Govt. of India, through DACC, Darjeeling & WBSAP&CS

8

National Environment Awareness Programme (NEAC)

 

FOSEP is appointed as the Regional Resource Agency (RRA) by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to conduct NEAC programmes in Darjeeling Hills & Siliguri

2006 (continuing till date)

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) Government of India, New Delhi

9

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan – Rural Sanitation & Waste Management in Darjeeling

2014 (continuing till date)

Govt. of India