Being notified with grant allocation, Thailand GEF/SGP had initiated activities set forth in the Country Programme Strategy. The first step was to make the programme visible and solicit concept papers/proposals from target population.

At mid 1997, there were over one hundred of concept papers/ proposals submitted for consideration. The NC had pre-screened out and kept 75 concepts/proposal as likely to generate global benefit in GEF focal areas. The stakeholders workshops to upgrade these would have to be conducted as per the CPS.

Objectives:

1. To make GEF/SGP more clearly understood among the selected proponents and other major stakeholders
2. To upgrade selected concept papers/proposals to be most responsive to GEF/SGP and likely to be recommended by NSC
3. To provide an opportunity for those active in environment protection to share experience and building capacity and natural partnership

Activities:

Conducting three workshops for proponents from the northern , southern and central and northeastern region, by inventing workshop module to suite country context , identifying the venues, providing facilities for the workshop process, and producing completion reports.