The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP)

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The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP)
Partnerships in Financing Community Renewable
Energy Projects
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The GEF Small Grants Programme

• Local solutions to global environmental
• problems exist
• Community-based initiatives and action
• SGP grants direct to (CBOs) and (NGOs)

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SGP Focal Areas

• Biodiversity conservation
• International waters
• Land degradation
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• Climate Change where renewable energy project
  grants are made

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Renewable energy projects represents 54 of all
climate change projects
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• In terms of total GEF grants of US 24 million,
  renewable energy projects have received US 13
  Million compared to US 9 and 2 for energy
  efficiency and sustainable transport.

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Project examples

• Hybrid solar wind energy for lighting in the
  Palestine Authority
• Micro hydro power for community electricity
  production in the Dominican republic, Kenya,
  Philippines, Bolivia etc.
• Wind and solar energy for water pumping in Mali

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Project examples
Solar driers for herbs, vegetables and fruits in
the Palestine Authority
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Project examples
Wind energy for irrigation in Tanzania,
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Project examples
Wind energy for water pumping and irrigation in
Egypt
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Project examples

• Solar water heaters in Egypt
• Project has developed a revolving fund for
  continuous maintenance and replication

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Project examples

• Solar cookers in Chile

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Project examples Solar lighting in rural Cuba
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Project examples

• In small islands in Lake Victoria (Uganda)
• Solar power cellphone recharging
• Solar powered telephone system

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Project examples

• Renewable energy farm in Lithuania
• Provides winter heating for a drug rehabilitation
  facility as well as material for handicrafts
  (baskets)

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SGP Future Plans

• Upscaling and replication of successful renewable
  energy projects
• SGP to make use of
• - its almost global coverage of 115 countries
  by end of 2006
• - presence of a country-driven National Steering
  Committees
• - experienced National Coordinators

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SGP Future Plans

• Upscaling and replication to involve more
  partnerships
• - mainstreaming with local government
  sustainable development programs
• - while only NGOs, CBOs and communities can be
  grantees of SGP, local governments can double
  resources available by cofinancing with SGP

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SGP Future Plans

• Upscaling and mainstreaming through
• - innovative partnership with CRPM and nrg4SD
  (also with the UNDP Hub for Innovative
  Partnership in Geneva)
• - South-South and North-South sharing of
  resources and technology can occur

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SGP Grantmaking

• Regular grants maximum of 50,000 to CBOs.
  NGOs, communities approval by National Steering
  Committee
• Strategic projects maximum of 150,000 to
  capable NGOs to cover larger projects encourages
  partnerships for cofinancing and upscaling

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Partnership with Local Government

• SGP National Coordinator of Chile with Village
  Head and Mayor
• SGP group in Chile with Governor and private
  sector partners

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Financing energy activities through partnerships

• Partnerships with Governments, private sector,
  civil society and communities have leveraged US
  16 million in cash and US 12 million in-kind
  co-financing (total US 28 million in
  co-financing) of GEFs grants of US 24 million
• For example, of the US 16 million in cash
  co-financing, local Governments have directly
  contributed over US 2 million and the European
  partners over US 3 million, (about 1/3 of total
  cash for CC projects
• The rest of the funds are from the civil society
  and communities who are also supported through
  charities and governments grants.

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• RE have leveraged 56 of cash co-financing from
  partners equivalent to US 9 million compared to
  US 4 and 3 for energy efficiency and sustainable
  transport projects.
• The partners include Governments, local and
  regional authorities from developing countries
  and partners in Europe (US 5 million for all
  climate change projects).

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Conclusion

• The promotion of renewable energy requires
  steps beyond business as usual and thus itself
  requires a renewal of links or partnerships that
  allow resources to flow from those that have to
  those that are in need.