More community organisations to benefit from latest round of UNDP GEF-SGP grants

Apia, Samoa – More local community organisations look set to benefit from the latest round
of funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Environment
Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP).
Since its establishment in Samoa in 2003, SGP has supported environment-related
programmes, delivering an estimated US$5.2 million dollars for 266 small grant projects on
climate knowledge and advocacy, capacity building, financing, technology transfer,
adaptation and mitigation.
The core funds grant allocation for this year under Operational Phase 7 is US$556,023, plus
US$200,000 for the Plastics Innovation Programme, for a total grant allocation of
USD$756,023, which is approximately $1,997,413 Tālā.
A workshop was held on Wednesday 15 th June 2022 to help potential applicants from local
communities fill out the application forms as the call for proposals is now open.
“The Government of Samoa attaches great importance to durable, genuine partnerships and
therefore has invested heavily to work with the UN agencies including the UNDP GEF Small
Grants Programme (SGP), to support national capacities and efforts to address climate
change and other environmental areas,” said the Hon. Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, at the workshop opening.
New community organisations with an environment focus are encouraged to apply.
“The new round of funding is a great opportunity, especially for the most vulnerable
communities who have not yet received a grant in the past, to realize critical community-
level activities that support sustainable development in one or more of the seven GEF focal
areas – biodiversity, land degradation, climate change adaptation, climate change

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mitigation, chemicals and waste, international waters and capacity development. I hope that
we will receive a high number of grant proposals from women’s groups and women’s village
organizations that put the interests of Samoan women and girls at the centre,” said the
UNDP Officer-In-Charge, Verena Linneweber.
Projects funded by SGP can be implemented within 12 to 36 months.
A similar workshop will be held for potential applicants in Savaii, on June 17 th , 2022, at the
Don Bosco Hall, Salelologa from 9am-12:30pm.
The application forms for the Call for Proposals, available both in English and Samoan, can
be uplifted from the SGP Office, at the One UN House, Tuanaimato, or downloaded from the
UNDP Samoa website – https://www.undp.org/samoa.
The deadline for submissions is July 29 th , 2022.