The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) has been providing financial and technical support to civil society and community-based organizations on innovative community-driven initiatives that address global environmental issues – such as biodiversity loss, climate change mitigation and adaptation, land degradation, international waters, and chemicals and waste management – while improving livelihoods. This report presents SGP’s results for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, based on the information from 127 SGP Country Programmes.

This is the infographic version of the SGP AMR 2021-2022. The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) has been providing financial and technical support to civil society and community-based organizations on innovative community-driven initiatives that address global environmental issues – such as biodiversity loss, climate change mitigation and adaptation, land degradation, international waters, and chemicals and waste management – while improving livelihoods. This report presents SGP’s results for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, based on the information from 127 SGP Country Programmes.

This infographic reports presents a summary of the key results achieved over the reporting period 2020-2021.

This publication presents SGP results for the reporting period from July 1 2020 to June 30, 2021. A total of 1,260 new projects were approved for grant funding representing a total amount of US$39.39 million in both GEF and non-GEF funding. Of these, 1,001 new projects with a total amount of $31.75 million were supported by GEF funding. The report presents results under the GEF Focal Areas of biodiversity, climate change, sustainable land management, international waters and chemicals and waste and SGP’s grant-maker plus strategies.

This infographic reports presents a summary of the key results achieved over the reporting period 2019-2020

This is the Executive Summary of the Annual Monitoring Report 2018-2019.

This is the Executive Summary of the Annual Monitoring Report 2017-2018.

The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), implemented by UNDP, mobilizes bottom up actions by supporting community-led initiatives which address global environmental issues. During the reporting year, July 2016 - June 2017 (FY17), SGP provided grant funding for 1,120 new projects, committing a total amount of USD 35.9 million. The total number of grant projects under implementation were 3,125 projects, reflecting grant value of USD 107.8 million. Among those, a cohort of 758 GEF-financed small grant projects were completed and reported results. With regards to focal area distribution, biodiversity focal area remained as the largest portfolio (38%), followed by climate change mitigation (22%), land degradation (21%). international waters (3%), chemicals and wastes (3%), and capacity development (6%). In terms of regional distribution, Africa and the Latin America/Caribbean hosted the largest share of grant funds (32% each), followed by Asia/Pacific (25%), and Europe/CIS and the Arab States accounted for the rest (5% each).

This is the Executive Summary of the Results Report 2016-2017.

This is the annual monitoring report 2015-2016 that captures the results of the completed projects during the reporting period.

This is the annual monitoring report 2015-2016 that captures the results of the completed projects during the reporting period.

The second Annual Monitoring Report of the GEF Small Grants Programme\'s Operational Phase 5 covers the reporting period from January 2012 through June 2013.  This period was significant as it also marked two decades of GEF SGP\'s global work with poor and vulnerable communities, more than half of which are in LDCs and SIDS, with over 18,500 projects already supported at the end of the previous operational phase.This report has been prepared by staff of the GEF SGP Central Programme Management Team, based on annual reports submitted by country and sub-regional programmes, and information drawn from the GEF SGP global projects database.  

This first Annual Monitoring Report of the GEF Small Grants Programme\'s Operational Phase 5 covers the reporting period from January 2011 through June 2012.  This period was significant as it also marked two decades of GEF SGP\'s global work with poor and vulnerable communities, more than half of which are in LDCs and SIDS, with over 14,000 projects already supported at the end of the previous operational phase.This report has been prepared by staff of the GEF SGP Central Programme Management Team, based on annual reports submitted by country and sub-regional programmes, and information drawn from the GEF SGP global projects database.  

This is an illustrated summary of the Third Joint GEF-UNDP Evaluation of the Small Grants Programme (SGP), which is the result of a collaborative effort between the Independent Evaluation Offices of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This evaluation covered the period between July 2014 and December 2019, with the objective of building on the findings of and evaluating progress made since the second joint evaluation. It also aimed to report on the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of the SGP at both global and local levels.

This report is the result of a collaborative effort between the Independent Evaluation Offices of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It is the third joint evaluation of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), which is implemented by UNDP. The evaluation covered the period between July 2014 and December 2019, with the objective of building on the findings of and evaluating progress made since the second joint evaluation. It also aimed to report on the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of the SGP at both global and local levels.

This is the Executive Summary of the Annual Monitoring Report .

With the incorporation of the gender approach in development processes, in general, and in projects, in particular, an effective and sustained contribution is made to strengthen the participation of women and men in all aspects of the project because they must be based on the knowledge and skills of all members of the community. This also ensures that the project approaches and includes the differentiated needs of women and men and that their experiences become part of the knowledge produced and lessons learned from the project. The guide presented below details the mechanisms to address the gender approach at the rural level, integrates the gender-focused actions in the PPD and describes the steps for the preparation and implementation of projects with a gender approach, including: identification of the problem, formulation, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and measurement of impact and lessons learned. This document seeks to ensure that those who execute projects have the basis on which to develop actions aimed at strengthening economic empowerment in interventions. For its use, it is recommended to follow the steps for the preparation and implementation of projects with a gender approach, described in this guide.

SGP Ecudor evaluation of project ECU/SGP/FSP/OP5/BD/13/24.