Deadline: 16 September 2015
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is currently inviting applications for its Global environment facility small grants programme from interested NGOs/CBOs working in Maldives to organise and facilitate a Best Practice and Knowledge Fair. The Best Practice and Knowledge Fair is an important modality which aims to meet the capacity building objectives of the programme.
Program Objectives:
- Enabling SGP grantees and other CSO stakeholders to network, share and showcase best practices
- Innovative technologies and lessons learned developed by the civil society to promote the replication and scaling up of results for greater policy influence and transformational change;
- To promote sustainability and the mobilization of additional resources for community-based sustainable development initiatives.
- Enhancing and strengthening capacities of NGOs/CBOs to understand and implement convention guidelines, engage in consultative processes, apply knowledge management to ensure information flows, and monitor and evaluate environmental impacts and trends.
- Strengthening the capacity of civil society to influence policy development processes through participation in events that draw in influential individuals and institutions.
Grants availability and Duration
The grant for the Best Practice and Knowledge Fair shall be a maximum of USD 50,000 (MVR 750,000) for the period of two months from the signing of the agreement.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants can be Non-government organization or Community-based organization or Civil Society organization working in Maldives.
How to Apply?
Interested NGOs/CBOs must download generic forms including Concept Paper and Guidance Notes plus Programme Strategy from the UNDP website and submit their Concept Paper with relevant attachments via email or post.
For more information, please visit GEF SGP.
