GEF Small Grants Programme

Description

1) Objective

The Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), invite Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to submit project proposals in the below described themes from the date of this announcement until 28 February 2021. Small Grants Programme is funded by the GEF, implemented by UNDP and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). GEF Small Grants Programme provides grants to NGOs and CBOs in the areas of climate change, conservation of biodiversity, forest management, international water, chemicals and waste and land degradation. Initiatives to be Supported by SGP are:

• Projects to improve the quality of life and the sustainability of natural and cultural resources, including but not limited to the following: Encouraging ecotourism in or around natural reserves, Biodiversity conservation projects, Projects to stimulate community participation / awareness of cultural and environmental issues with inheritance value, Projects to support efforts to preserve endangered plant species.
• Creative agricultural solutions related to climate, including but not limited to the following: Water harvesting, Introducing organic farming practices, Encouraging responsible agricultural practices in the highland region, where groundwater is overexploited without a clear strategy for preserving it.
• Low-carbon energy solutions, including but not limited to, the following: Social marketing campaigns related to saving energy and using environmentally friendly alternatives, Reducing the community’s dependence on cutting forests for wood Linking alternative energy sources, such as reducing logging, reducing poverty, creating job opportunities, and others.
• The Small Grants Program will focus on communities that are affected by chemicals as users or consumers. Therefore, the program stimulates non-governmental organization and/ or community-based organization to submit project proposals that address the following issues related to water basins.

2) Eligibility

The applied organization is a non-governmental organization and/or community-based organization.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Jordan.

4) Budget

The grant size is not mentioned.

5) Application

The application deadline is 28 February 2021. All application templates and guidelines can be downloaded from the given website.