Deadline: 29 June 2018
Small Grants Program (SGP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is currently inviting NGOs and CSOs to submit project concepts for strategic grants in the areas of interest of the program:
- Conservation of land-based landscape at community level ;
- Cleverly innovative climate agroecology;
The Small Grants Program of the Global Environmental 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
The main aim of Strategic Grants in the Operational Phase 6 is to give Moldovan national stakeholders the opportunity to achieve the following:
- Create greater impact and closer links between local efforts and global environmental benefits (GEBs) by supporting more extensive geographical coverage and/or thematic consolidation for policy improvement in mature SGP country programmes;
- Make effective use of the built up capacity of local NGOs, CBOs and communities for replication of successful technologies and approaches;
- Improve the capacity of the SGP and its partners to leverage larger funds from potential partners and donors;
- Strengthen the sustainability and replicability of SGP projects;
- Pilot innovative market mechanisms and financial instruments (i.e. such as Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES); environmentally friendly loans; revolving funds; and/or sustainable financing for clean energy technologies);
- Accumulate national and global experience in the development and implementation of projects of larger coverage enabling SGP to link more effectively with the MSP and FSP modalities of the GEF, as well as that of other donors and governments;
- Strategically position of civil society participation and leadership in new and innovative policies and programmes with other funding.
Grant Information
The SGP grant should not exceed US$ 150,000.
Duration
The duration of the strategic grant will be up to 2 years.
Eligible Organizations
The main applicant should be a public association.
How to Apply
The set of documents will be submitted electronically at the address given on the website with the subject line “GEF SGP, Strategic Grant 2018, [name of the applicant NGO]”.
Eligible Country: Moldova
For more information, please visit Strategic Project Grants.