UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme 

The Small Grants Programme of the Global Environment Facility (GEF SGP) is a global initiative and is designed to support local communities who wish to contribute to solving global environmental problems. The programme provides small grants for projects carried out by representatives of local communities, initiatives that are local in scale, but able to make a positive global impact. It encourages community initiatives aimed at improving the situation in these areas. GEF SGP implements several demonstrational projects with potential for further expansion and advancement of proven technologies. Rural communities (Jamoat), NGOs and public organizations, dehkan associations and local authorities are the main beneficiaries of the project.

The focus of the project is on the following priority directions:

• Conservation of biological diversity - to reduce pressure on ecosystems and habitats of important species from the activities of the local population.
• Climate Change - to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from energy use by the local population, and to prepare the most vulnerable groups of the population to the upcoming climate change consequences.
• Land degradation - to restore previously degraded land in rural areas for the purpose of conservation and sustainable use.