Deadline: 27 October 2017
The Global Grants Environment Facility (GEF) Global Grants Program (GEF) is currently inviting NGOs and CSOs to submit project proposals for the following thematic areas:
- Promoting social inclusion:
- gender mainstreaming;
- involvement of young people.
- Platforms for dialogue between CSOs and the Government
The Small Grants Program of the Global Environment Facility provides grants to non-governmental organizations and community organizations (NGOs / CSOs) in developing countries to enable them to cope with global environmental challenges while addressing the needs of sustainable development. The SGP motto is “community action with global impact!”.
Objectives
- Develop community-level strategies and implement technologies that could reduce threats to the global environment if they are replicated over time.
- Gather lessons from community-level experience and initiate the sharing of successful communitylevel strategies and innovations among CBOs and NGOs, host governments, development aid agencies, GEF and others working on a regional or global scale.
- Build partnerships and networks of stakeholders to support and strengthen community, NGO and national capacities to address global environmental problems and promote sustainable development.
- Ensure that conservation and sustainable development strategies and projects that protect the global environment are understood and practiced by communities and other key stakeholders
Grant Information
- The SGP grant should not exceed US$50,000.
- The NGOs are encouraged to propose co-financing as 1:1 to the granted funds.
- The NGOs will be encouraged to raise the level of co-financing during the implementation period.
- For the current call, the following funds are available:
- Promoting Social Inclusion (Grant-makers+): 59,500 USD
- CSO-Government dialogue platforms: 59,500 USD.
Eligibility Criteria
Only local nonprofit organizations can apply.
How to Apply
Offers can be submitted either via hard copy or electronically at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Moldova
For more information, please visit GEF Grants Program.