National Steering Committee of the Small Grants Programme – Botswana

Deadline: 10-Jan-2025

The Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme invites Individuals from Civil Society Organisations, Academia, Research & scientific institutions, NGOs, and private sector to submit an Expression of Interest to serve in the National Steering Committee (NSC) of the Small Grants Programme in Botswana.

Experts in the strategic initiatives of community landscape conservation, climate smart innovative agro-ecology, low carbon energy access co-benefits, local to global chemical management coalitions including Civil Society Organisation-government policy and planning dialogue platforms, promoting social inclusion and global reach for citizen practice-based knowledge programs are encouraged to apply.

Selection Criteria

• The NSC is a central element of the SGP and provides the major substantive contribution and oversight to the programme, in coordination with the NC/SRC. While staffing and operational management of the SGP is undertaken through UNDP/UNOPS structures, no SGP project may be undertaken at the country level without the approval of the NSC.
• NSC members should have expertise, experience, an abiding interest and commitment to working with communities and share a vision of sustainable development and “thinking globally, acting locally” in terms of linking the GEF focal areas and strategic initiatives.
• The technical capacity of the individual NSC members is an important criterion in determining its composition, and to the maximum extent possible the membership should include experts in the strategic initiatives listed below;
  • Community-Based Conservation of Threatened Ecosystems and Species– Terrestrial and International Waters
  • Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries, and Food Security
  • Climate Change – Low Carbon Energy Access Co-Benefits
  • Local to Global Coalitions for Chemicals and Waste Management
  • Catalyzing Sustainable Urban Solutions

Responsibilities

• The National Steering Committee
  • In collaboration with the NC, the NSC contributes to the development of the Country Programme Strategy (CPS) in accordance with the relevant Operational Phase project document and national environmental priorities and oversees its implementation. NSC members are encouraged to participate in pre-selection project site visits and in project monitoring and evaluation.
• National Coordinator
  • The SGP NC has lead responsibility for managing the country or sub-regional programme implementation and ensuring that grants and projects meet GEF and SGP criteria. The NC major functions inter alia include:
    • assisting CSOs in the formulation of project proposals;
    • serving as the ex officio secretariat for the NSC;
    • ensuring sound programme monitoring and evaluation, including periodic project site visits;
    • resource mobilization;
    • communication and dissemination of SGP information; and
    • global reporting to CPMT, UNOPS, responding to audits, and other tasks as stipulated in their ToR.
• United Nations Development Programme Country Office 
  • The UNDP CO provides management support to the SGP country programme. The UNDP Resident Representative/Resident Coordinator (hereafter abbreviated to UNDP RR) in each UNDP CO assigns a senior staff person (typically the Sustainable Development Advisor or environment focal point) to serve as the SGP focal point. The UNDP RR or the focal point as his/her delegate participates in the NSC.
• National Steering Committee 
  • decision making NSCs adopt decisions under the principle of consensus, and rarely resort to voting to determine whether a project is approved, or a particular course of action is taken.

For more information, visit UNDP.