Welcome to The GEF Small Grants Programme

At UNPFII, Indigenous Peoples and Conservation organizations work together on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

The 18th session of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) was held in New York on 22 April-3 May 2019, with theme “Traditional knowledge: Generation, transmission and protection”. On April 29, the UNDP-implemented GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), World Resource Institute (WRI), UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP WCMC) and the ICCA Consortium brought multi-level stakeholders and relevant rights-holders together to discuss their on-going efforts for the Post-2020 glob...

SGP launches new publication “Plastics Management and Circular Economy:Community Solutions”

Today, the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) organized a special event with partners t...

“Traditional knowledge has a lot to offer the world"

In 2016 the GEF Small Grants Programme, implemented by UNDP and funded by the Global Environment Facility, launched the global component of the Indigenous Peoples’ Fellowship Initiative. Four women ...

Our Mission

Established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF Small Grants Programme embodies the very essence of sustainable development by "thinking globally acting locally". By providing financial and technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people's well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives.