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Latest revision as of 03:02, 29 December 2012

GEF- Small Grants Programme
Location: 1818 H Street

NW, Mail Stop P4-400
Washington, DC 20433 USA

Contact: GEF Secretariat

Phone: +1 202 473 0508
Fax: +1 202 522 3240/3245
Email: [email protected]

Financed by: World Bank
Website: GEF, Small Grants Programme: link and the Community Action Global Impact site: link
Finance
Finance mechanism: Grants (100%)
Budget:
Funding range:
Minimum:
Maximum: $US 50,000 per project
Minimum return on investment:
Period / deadlines: All year round


Aim — Launched in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) is a corporate program, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). GEF SGP has worked with communities and civil society around the world to grapple with critical global environmental problems.

More information — With a presence in 126 developing countries and having provided more than 14,500 grants worldwide by 2012, GEF SGP’s cumulative experience and results have demonstrated that supporting communities in their efforts to achieve more sustainable livelihoods is not only possible, but necessary for achieving global environmental benefits.

Sectors


Who can apply


Type of organisations targeted


Specific organisations targeted


Type of projects


Specific type of projects — GEF SGP primarily works in five GEF focal areas: conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, protection of international waters, reduction of chemicals such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and prevention of land degradation, including sustainable forest management. Adaptation to climate change activities are funded by the GEF Strategic Priority for Adaptation and other donors. The overall GEF SGP project portfolio comprises 60 percent biodiversity, 20 percent climate change, 6 percent international waters, and 14 percent multifocal issues.

The principle objectives of the GEF Small Grants Programme are to:

  • Develop community-level strategies and implement technologies that could reduce threats to the global environment if they are replicated over time.
  • Gather lessons from community-level experience and initiate the sharing of successful community-level strategies and innovations among CBOs and NGOs, host governments, development aid agencies, GEF and others working on a regional or global scale.
  • Build partnerships and networks of stakeholders to support and strengthen community, NGO and national capacities to address global environmental problems and promote sustainable development.
  • Ensure that conservation and sustainable development strategies and projects that protect the global environment are understood and practised by communities and other key stakeholders.

Project stadia


Target world region


Specific information on target countries — List of current countries: link

Criteria


How to apply


Application procedure — Here are the steps on how to apply for this grant: link

Selection procedure