{"id":362,"date":"2020-09-24T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/call-for-proposals-gef-small-grants-programme\/"},"modified":"2020-09-24T13:52:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:52:13","slug":"call-for-proposals-gef-small-grants-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/call-for-proposals-gef-small-grants-programme","title":{"rendered":"CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME"},"content":{"rendered":"

I. GEF Small Grants Programme<\/span><\/p>\n

The Small Grants Programme of the Global Environment Facility (GEF\/SGP) is a development programme, which is implemented through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Globally, the GEF\/SGP was established in 1992 at the Earth Summit to compliment larger GEF projects by providing a window for direct participation of local, community-based organizations for projects that benefits the global environment.  The GEF\/SGP operates under the philosophy that global environmental challenges can be addressed effectively when local people and organizations are involved.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Tanzania, GEF\/SGP became operational in 1996.  Its operations are coordinated by the Division of Environment (GEF Operational Focal Point), Vice President\u2019s Office. The Programme devotes particular attention to community-based projects, which link conservation of global environment and improvement of local livelihoods.  In this regard, GEF\/SGP is primarily a CSO \u2013 led and focussed programme.  Only CSOs that include, NGOs, CBOs and FBOs are eligible for technical and financial support under this programme whereby grants of up to US$ 50,000 per project are given to successful proponents. In addition, NGOs eligibility criteria includes full compliance to the NGO Act No. 24 of 2002 (as amended).<\/span><\/p>\n

II. Priorities for GEF 7\/OP7<\/span><\/p>\n

Implementation of the GEF\/SGP is now at GEF 7 and Operational Phase 7 (OP7).  Priorities for GEF7\/OP7 focuses on the following geographical areas:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Serengeti Ecosystem<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. West Kilimanjaro \u2013 Lake Natron Ecosystem<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Jozani Ecosystem in Zanzibar<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Projects from elsewhere in Tanzania will be considered if they are proposed from other ecosystems of environmental significance<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Projects from other ecosystems, which will complement to the Government or GEF Strategic initiatives will also be considered.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    III.           Focal Areas for GEF7\/OP7<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Conservation of threatened ecosystem and species<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and food security<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Low carbon energy access co-benefits<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Chemicals and waste management<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Catalyzing urban solutions<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. CSO-Government \u2013 Private Sector Dialogue<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Enhancing social inclusion (Support to youths, women, people with disabilities and Indigenous Communities)<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Response and recovery support to COVID-19<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

       <\/p>\n

      IV. Call for Project Proposals<\/span><\/p>\n

      Project proposals are invited from NGOs, CBOs and FBOs focusing on conservation of the ecosystems and focal areas listed above.  In addition, proposed projects should demonstrate the following attributes: –<\/span><\/p>\n

      (i)            Consistency with country priorities as articulated in National Development Frameworks<\/span><\/p>\n

      (ii)           Poverty-oriented focus: indicating that grantees (Providing their numbers in gender disaggregated form) will be less poor on a sustainable basis at project completion<\/span><\/p>\n

      (iii)          Address gender issues at project formulation, implementation, (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and benefit sharing stages<\/span><\/p>\n

      (iv)          Innovation and show plans for scaling up<\/span><\/p>\n

      (v)`         Provide proof that ownership of the proposed projects lies with the local grantees<\/span><\/p>\n

      (vi)         Clearly indicate that supported grantees will be able to co-finance at least 25% of total project costs in-cash and in-kind.<\/span><\/p>\n

      (vii)        Provide a work plan with monitoring and evaluation indicators<\/span><\/p>\n

      (viii)       The project proposals should clearly show how they will contribute towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/span><\/p>\n

      (ix)          The project budgets presented in Tanzania shillings should not exceed the equivalent of US$ 50,000<\/span><\/p>\n

      Please submit project proposals by close of Business on Friday 30TH October 2020 to:<\/span><\/p>\n

      Resident Representative<\/span><\/p>\n

      UNDP<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. O. Box 9182<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Dar es Salaam:  Attn: Small Grants Programme<\/span><\/p>\n

        E-mail: registry.tz@undp.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        I. GEF Small Grants Programme The Small Grants Programme of the Global Environment Facility (GEF\/SGP) is a development programme, which is implemented through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Globally, the GEF\/SGP was established in 1992 at the Earth Summit to compliment larger GEF projects by providing a window for direct participation of local, community-based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}