Deadline: 20 November 2017
The UNDP implemented Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) in Rwanda is pleased to announce a call for proposals under its 6th Operational Phase (2015-2018).
The GEF SGP provides non-governmental and community-based organizations (NGOs/CBOs) in developing countries with grants to enable them to tackle global environmental challenges while addressing local sustainable development needs. The programme supports community based projects in the areas of biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation & adaptation, protection of international waters, phasing out of persistent organic pollutants, prevention of land degradation and sustainable forest management.
Focus Areas
All projects should fit within the following thematic areas as per the Country Programme Strategy (2015-2018):
- Climate smart innovative agro‐ecology
- Low carbon energy access co‐benefits
- Local to global chemicals management; and
- CSO – Government Policy and Planning Dialogue Platforms
Funding Information
The program offer funding at two levels for normal grants as follows:
- Planning Grant: grant to assist with the development of proposals for full Project Grants. These grant applications cannot exceed USD$5,000, and are used to:
- Help civil society organizations to write better proposals by assessing problems more carefully and;
- Ensure a participatory approach is used in project development and design e.g. facilitating stakeholder consultations to guide proposal development.
- Project Grant: used to identify environmental problems and implement activities that will be used to address them. A Project Grant cannot exceed USD$50,000 and should be ideally around US$ 25- 30,000 per project.
- Total Grant for any project (i.e. Planning and Full Grant) can’t exceed US$50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants are provided to local NGOs, community-based organizations (CBOs), academic organizations, faith-based organizations and foundations.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can send their proposals and all inquiries at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Rwanda
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.