Deadline: 14 October 2016
The Small Grants Programme (SGP) is seeking proposals for its GEF SGP Stakeholder Workshops with an aim to increase the capacities of these communities and sectors and the civil society organizations (CSOs) that work with them to develop proposals as well as to implement projects successfully and sustainably.
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
The purpose of Capacity Development Grants is to “enhance and strengthen capacity of communities and civil society organizations to address global environmental challenges”.
Thematic/Focal Areas
- Climate Change
- Biodiversity
- Sustainable forest management
- Land degradation
- International waters
- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)/chemicals
Funding Information
Total funding for one grant is $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Being a capacity development project, proponents of stakeholders’ workshop are preferably those that already have the required expertise and experience, or at the very least have the capacity to recruit, organize and manage the necessary pool of experts and resource persons in both the technical as well as the workshop design and management aspects of this type of a project.
- Only national or local CSOs can submit proposals. International CSOs can be their support partners.
- Civil society organisations interested in submitting proposals to implement stakeholders workshops should contact the SGP National Coordinator for information on the SGP Country Programme Strategy (CPS)
How to Apply
All Proposals are submitted to the National Coordinator in hard copy via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit GEF Small Grants Program.