The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) provides civil society organisations (CSO’s) with grants to enable them to tackle climate change, conserve biodiversity, protect international waters, reduce the impact of chemicals and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and prevent land degradation. With these environment-centered “grant projects” the programme also seeks to generate sustainable livelihoods and reduce poverty in the world’s neediest countries and regions. The SGP motto is “community action with global impact!”

For Calls for Proposals documents, click on the following bolded items for the relevant forms -  Capacity Building and a Knowledge Fair.

Capacity Building: Objectives

In addition to the usual capacity development activities included in focal area project, SGP can have grant-making in Capacity Development as an additional focal area. These grants consist of standalone projects that are strategic and support the work of the other focal areas at the portfolio level.

Knowledge Fair: Objectives

The purpose of Knowledge Fair is to enable SGP grantees and stakeholders to network, share experiences and showcase best practices from SGP projects to promote the replication and scaling up of results for greater policy influence, as well as to promote sustainability and mobilize resources for community initiatives.

The deadline for submission of the Project Concept Form is 24 March 2014. Interested persons can contact:

  Rissa Edoo

Programme Assistant

GEF Small Grants Programme

United Nations Development Programme

Address: UN House, 3A Chancery Lane,

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Email: rissa.edoo@undp.org

 Phone: (868) 623-7056 ext 254