Deadline: 21-May-25
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides civil society and community-based organizations (CSOs/CBOs) in developing countries with grants to enable them to tackle global environmental challenges while addressing local sustainable development needs.
This call for proposals aims to solicit civil society organizations to put forward proposals that help SGP undertake a preparatory process to develop its strategy for OP8. This will involve multi-stakeholder consultations, development of baseline assessment(s) of priority identified landscape(s)/seascape(s), and elaboration of the Malaysia Country Programme Strategy (CPS) for OP8 in close coordination with the SGP National Coordinator (NC), UNDP country office and National Steering Committee (NSC) in Malaysia.
Focus Areas
- The GEF’s focal areas include:
- biodiversity,
- climate change,
- sustainable land and forest management,
- international waters,
- chemicals and waste.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount per grant award for the entire project will be limited to $25,000, with applicants required to provide a detailed budgetary estimate.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project may be undertaken by an appropriate, experienced national or subnational NGO/CSO or academic institution as an on-the-ground capacity building project and financed by a grant. The proposal will clearly present the experience of the applicant and its partner organizations in the issues to be addressed.
- Competencies Required for the project:
- Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking and analysis
- Proven experience in working with community-led initiatives as well as experience in community and stakeholder participatory processes
- Expertise or experience on global environment and sustainable development issues
- Expertise or experience in landscape/seascape management
- Proven capacity to produce high quality qualitative research and ability to absorb, analyze and synthesize large amounts of complex information within tight deadlines
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills
- Excellent writing skills of policy and communication materials for a variety of audiences, including the civil society and policymakers
- Excellent writing, presentation, communication and facilitation skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia
For more information, visit GEF.