United Nations Global Environment Facility - Small and Medium Grants Program

Biodiversity, land degradation, climate change, sustainable forest management, international waters, chemicals

Established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) embodies the very essence of sustainable development by "thinking globally acting locally". By providing financial and technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people's well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives.

Policy, education

Near East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Africa, Asia, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America

Grant

All project proposals submitted to SGP country teams need to demonstrate: 1) how they meet the GEF SGP criteria by articulating how project objectives and activities would have an impact in the SGP areas of work -GEF focal areas-; 2) how they respond or are aligned to the targets and objectives of the SGP Country Programme Strategy(CPS) of their country. Please visit your coutry page to download a copy of the CPS or contact the NC; 3) be proposed by national CBOs and NGOs.

The project proponent contacts the SGP national coordinator to receive project application guidelines and forms; - With assistance from the National Coordinator the proponent prepares a brief project concept paper and submits this to the Coordinator.

304 East 45th Street, 9th Floor New York, NY, 10017, United States of America; Tel:(+01) 646 781 4385, Fax: (+01) 646 781 4075. For inquiries regarding local grant applications and seeking technical guidance or details of GEF SGP projects, please directly

New York

United States of America

Biodiversity, Climate change, Forests, Land, Water

Asia, Africa, America, Europe