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25 June 2013
The GEF SGP is launched in Sierra Leone
Last June 5 marked the commemoration of the World Environment Day and the official launch of the GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) in Sierra
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24 June 2013
COMPACT 12-year report launched at UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Since the year 2000, the Community Management of Protected Areas Conservation (COMPACT) initiative has been testing an innovative model for engaging
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13 June 2013
SGP's work with youth was highlighted at Bonn Climate Change Conference
The GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), implemented by UNDP, is proud to be featured in "Youth in Action on Climate Change: Inspiration from Around
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31 May 2013
SGP launches new ICCA toolkit
On May 29, 2013 on the occasion of the first World Indigenous Network (WIN) in Darwin, Australia, UNDP, UNEP WCMC, and SGP launched a toolkit
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06 May 2013
SGP is launched in Guyana
On April 26, 2013, the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) launched its programme in Guyana. The event started with a brief introduction of the history
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14 May 2013
Two SGP projects win Green Oscar
On May 2nd, 2013, the Turkish Mediterranean Conservation Society and the Kuzey Doga Society, grantee partners of the GEF Small Grants Programme,
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22 April 2013
RAMSAR SECRETARY GENERAL visits a GEF Small Grant Programme in Zimbabwe
On the occasion of the upcoming accession of Zimbabwe to the Ramsar Convention as the 164th Contracting Party, last February, the Secretary General
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06 March 2013
SGP Seychelles Launch of the Community-Based Adaptation Programme
Climate change affects our daily life –over the last few years we have, in the Seychelles, observed its effects in our traditional productive
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06 March 2013
Five new grants approved in SGP Seychelles
On the 18th January 2013, the Small Grants Programme (SGP), implemented by UNDP in Seychelles awarded 5 new grants that were recently approved by its
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06 March 2013
SGP is implementing a portfolio of over US$16 million in Community Based Adaptation
The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), implemented by UNDP announced today that it is implementing a portfolio of Community-Based Adaptation projects
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11 February 2013
GEF SGP Botswana: Celebrating the past by learning for a sustainable future
Adansonia, Francistown, Botswana - On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) in Botswana, implemented by
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14 February 2013
Innovations from SGP Sri Lanka and Namibia Showcased at UNFCCC Momentum for Change
The UNFCCC secretariat developed 'Momentum for Change' as a way to demonstrate the multiple benefits of addressing climate change. The UNFCCC
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