Technical Support for the FAPBM on behalf of FAMINDRA
Madagascar’s exceptional biodiversity is under increasing pressure from climate change, land degradation and unsustainable resource use, while protected area management faces persistent financing and institutional capacity constraints. In this context, the Fondation pour les Aires Protégées et la Biodiversité de Madagascar (FAPBM) plays a pivotal role as the country’s leading conservation trust fund, helping to secure long-term financing for biodiversity protection. The FAMINDRA project provides a sustainable response to these challenges by strengthening FAPBM’s institutional, financial and operational systems so that it can manage growing donor resources transparently and effectively, while better supporting Madagascar’s protected areas system (SAPM).
The assignment reinforces financial governance, fiduciary reliability, programme management and environmental and social safeguards, while also supporting FAPBM’s strategic positioning as a key actor in conservation financing in Madagascar. Dorsch Impact provides the full technical assistance team and headquarters backstopping, combining international and specialist expertise in finance, procurement, data management, MEAL, and environmental and social standards.
Disciplines
- Sustainable Natural Resources Management
Client
FAPBM, financed by KfW Development Bank
Duration
From 2026 to 2030
Location
Madagascar
Project Activities
Institutional and Governance Component
- Supporting FAPBM in institutional strengthening to match the scale and complexity of donor-funded programmes
- Preparing the inception assessment and detailed implementation roadmap
- Advising on Board and committee governance and executive decision-making
- Supporting the preparation of FAPBM’s 2027-2031 strategic plan
- Strengthening institutional communication
Financial and Fiduciary Component
- Revising and harmonising the financial management framework
- Updating the procedures manual
- Mapping processes and defining a RACI matrix
- Establishing a consolidated financial dashboard
- Supporting multi-annual financial planning
- Strengthening internal control, compliance mechanisms and audit follow-up
- Supporting the Audit Committee
- Reinforcing procurement systems and procurement cycle management
- Supporting disbursement, fund request and reporting procedures in line with KfW requirements
Technical and Operational Component
- Designing project dashboards and performance monitoring tools
- Strengthening MIS/MEAL interoperability and structured data governance
- Supporting mid-term and final evaluations
- Implementing and adjusting the environmental and social management system (ESMS)
- Establishing a functioning safeguards control loop
- Supporting the annual grant programme for the SAPM
- Prioritising and selecting protected areas
- Applying risk-based supervision
- Delivering targeted technical capacity building
Impact
Transparent, reliable and scalable conservation finance management: By strengthening FAPBM’s capacity in conservation finance management and helping to safeguard current and future biodiversity investments in Madagascar.
Increased fiduciary confidence for international financing partners: By improving financial governance, procurement, compliance and audit systems.
Enhanced monitoring, data governance and MIS/MEAL systems, supporting better decision-making and more effective programme oversight.
Reinforcing environmental and social safeguards and strengthening support to Madagascar’s protected areas system, contributing to more sustainable and resilient conservation outcomes over the long term.
Contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
We are committed to making a positive impact and supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This project contributes to the following SDGs:
