Small Grants Programme SGP

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Small Grants Programme (SGP)
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UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme
Acting Locally, Conserving Globally
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UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme

• Established in 1992
• Administered by the UNDP on behalf of the GEF

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SGP is offered in 60 countries
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SGP works with local communities

• Provides direct funding to NGOs and CBOs up to a
  maximum of 50,000 / per project
• Has funded more than 2800 community-based projects

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SGP Challenges GEF and the community

• The SGPs greatest challenge is to reconcile GEF
  criteria and community needs and priorities.

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Capacity Building and Raising Awareness

• SGP projects meet this challenge by building
  local capacities and raising public awareness
  about GEFs main concerns -- biodiversity
  conservation, climate change mitigation, and
  international waters protection.

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SGP ChallengesGlobal Criteria and National
Priorities

• The SGP must balance global criteria and goals
  with programme implementation that is appropriate
  to each country context.

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SGP meets the challenge by

• Operating in a decentralized and flexible manner
• Responding to national and community priorities
  and needs by being demand-driven
• Involving a wide variety of stakeholders at the
  local and national levels

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SGPs Country-Driven Implementation

• National Host Institution
• National Coordinator
• National Steering Committee
• Country Programme Strategy

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National Steering Committee

• SGPs national decision-making body
• Ensures systematic and transparent project
  selection
• Contributes to monitoring and evaluation of
  projects and overall programme.

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SGP Country Programme Strategy

• Specific to each country context
• Combines global and national criteria and
  concerns
• Offers guidance for programme implementation and
  selection of projects
• Constitutes the baseline for programme assessment.

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SGP Emphasis on Participation

• SGP project development, implementation, and
  monitoring and evaluation is based on
  participation by community members and local
  stakeholders.

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SGP ChallengesResource Mobilization

• To date, SGP has mobilized more than 55 million
  in co-financing.
• In year 4 of the 2nd operational phase, the SGP
  is committed to mobilizing 22 million in cash
  and in-kind -- that is, matching GEF funding.

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SGP Challenges Mainstreaming the SGP Approach

• As an integral part of the GEF system
• As a partner to other UNDP projects and
  programmes
• Through working with national environment funds
  and NGO networks

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SGP Challenges Assessing Communicating
Lessons Learned

• Participatory monitoring and evaluation.
• Innovative and cost-effective diffusion of
  lessons learned and best practices.
• Replication of successful strategies that produce
  local and global benefits.

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Visit the SGP websitewww.undp.org/sgp