Deadline: 29-July-22
Applications are now open for the Community Empowerment & Environmental Partnership Grants to identify, test and pilot innovative community-based projects that contribute positively to the environment, social cohesion and inclusively boost local livelihoods through better and sustainable use of resources.
The Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) implemented by UNDP provides communities and civil society organizations in developing and transition countries with grants to enable them to implement projects in the focal areas of climate change, biodiversity, sustainable forest management, land degradation, international waters, and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)/chemicals.
These community-based projects must meet environmental objectives while at the same time also supporting poverty reduction and local empowerment objectives. The GEF SGP works in 125 countries all over the world. The Programme is a GEF corporate programme, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services.
In partnership with the Ministry of Environment, National Beautification, and Green and Blue Economy (MENB) and the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Community Empowerment (MYSCE), the Community Empowerment & Environmental Partnership was forged in celebration of World Environment Day 2022 to promote inclusive and sustainable development at the community level.
Priority Themes
Priority themes include sustainable agriculture and food security, community aquaculture, community initiatives that involve the use of renewable energy, waste and chemicals management, biodiversity conservation and community capacity development.
Funding Information
- Applicants may request grant up to USD $5,000 to be used over a period of 6 – 9 months.
- Proposed projects should be bold, innovative, and transformative, and have potential for replication and scaling up to access grant funding up to USD $50,000 in partnership with other development partners.
Eligibility Criteria
- Following SGP policy and guidelines, only legally registered national or local civil society Organizations (CSOs) can submit proposals although international CSOs can be their support partners.
- Successful projects should consider strong social inclusion, including gender equality and women’s empowerment, youth, elderly and or persons with disabilities in their initiative.
- Projects may be focused on conservation, education, technology, and others, but all applications should explicitly state the plan for having strong impact and concrete results.
- Projects that can bring partnership and leverage additional resources (e.g., co-financing with the private sector, government, etc.) and specifically from current Ministry partners (e.g., building on the community parks initiatives) will be given priority as this will improve the sustainability of the initiatives.
For more information, visit https://www.sgpbarbados.org/cee-call-for-proposals