Since 2000, the COMPACT programme has been working with communities living in the vicinity of eight World Heritage Sites in Africa, Asia, Meso-America and the Caribbean. Through extensive on-the-ground experience and a participatory methodology that integrates an evidence-based approach, COMPACT has rigorously tested the claim that communitybased initiatives can signifi cantly increase the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation in globally signifi cant protected areas while alsoimproving local livelihoods.

The toolkit includes a range of case studies to highlight the diversity of approaches that communities already use to manage their own areas, and to show how these lessons can be applied to form a “global learning network” of ICCAs.

This article explains the results of the partnership between SGP and Barefoot College in Burkina Faso.

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 fr...

This publication reviews the experiences and results achieved by the GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) over the last two decades (1992 – 2012). It presents the history and evolution of SGP and its structure, governance, and multi-faceted approach, developed through adaptive management processes. It provides an account of its principal features – such as the diverse partnerships which are its mainstay – and the results and benefits it has achieved.