If you answer NO to any of the following questions, you are NOT eligible to apply for funding from SGP:
2. what is SGP
the Small Grants Programme (SGP) has been working with communities around the world to combat the most critical environmental problems and has successfully demonstrated that supporting communities in their efforts to achieve more sustainable livelihoods is not only possible, but extremely important in bringing change and achieving global environmental benefits.
3. Who is potential grantees
SGP complements the large and medium-sized GEF project funding by providing a window for the direct participation of NGOs, local communities, and other grassroots organizations.
SGP is rooted in the belief that global environmental problems can only be addressed adequately if local people are involved and that with small amounts of funding, local communities can undertake activities that will make a significant difference in their lives and their environment.
The SGP's starting point in terms of global benefit is to ensure that each project concept/proposal fits the GEF criteria, and that each proposal clearly articulates how project objectives and activities would have an impact in the GEF focal areas and associated operational programs.
Grants are made directly to community-based organizations (CBOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in developing countries in recognition of the key role they play as a resource and constituency for environment and development concerns.
The maximum grant amount per project is US$50,000, but averages around US$20,000. Grants are channeled directly to CBOs and NGOs.
SGP is rooted in the belief that global environmental problems can only be addressed adequately if local people are involved and that with small amounts of funding, local communities can undertake activities that will make a significant difference in their lives and their environment.
The SGP's starting point in terms of global benefit is to ensure that each project concept/proposal fits the GEF criteria, and that each proposal clearly articulates how project objectives and activities would have an impact in the GEF focal areas and associated operational programs.
Grants are made directly to community-based organizations (CBOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in developing countries in recognition of the key role they play as a resource and constituency for environment and development concerns.
The maximum grant amount per project is US$50,000, but averages around US$20,000. Grants are channeled directly to CBOs and NGOs.
4.Focal area
The main focal areas of the programme are climate change abatement and adaptation, conservation of biodiversity, protection ofinternational waters, reduction of the impact of persistent organic pollutants and prevention of land degradation.
5 A case study : Global Environment Facility (GEF) Projects in China
Overview
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides grants and concessional loans to UNDP and World Bank-eligible countries to co-finance projects and programs that both protect the global environment and promote sustainable economic growth. The GEF is an independent financial institution which began as a pilot program in 1991 and was formally established in 1994. It funds the agreed incremental costs of activities that benefit the global environment in six focal areas: climate change; biological diversity; international waters; persistent organic pollutants, land degradation and stratospheric ozone depletion. The Climate Change, Biodiversity and POPs Conventions have designated the GEF as their funding mechanism. Countries must ratify the relevant convention to qualify for GEF support in these three focal areas.
Countries access GEF resources through either one of three "implementing agencies": the UN Development Program (UNDP), the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Bank, or through several "executing agencies" (including the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The GEF Secretariat, which is functionally independent from the three implementing agencies, reports to and services the GEF Council (Board) and Assembly. The Ministry of Finance is the Focal Point for coordinating GEF projects in China.
The following completed and ongoing GEF co-financed projects have been facilitated by the World Bank:
Global Climate Change
Issues and Options and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Control. This $2 million GHG control strategy study was conducted in partnership with the State Development Planning Commission, State Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Industry and Shanxi Provincial Government and was completed in November 1994. It identified a pipeline of priority GHG reduction projects, many of which the GEF has subsequently co-financed, through the World Bank, as summarized below.
SichuanGas Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation. A $10 million GEF grant for this project was approved in March 1994, which complemented a World Bank loan for natural gas development in Sichuan Province. The GEF funds helped rehabilitate the provincial gas transmission and distribution systems to reduce methane gas losses and improve network performance.
Efficient Industrial Boilers. A $32.8 million GEF grant was approved in December 1996 to support a Ministry of Machine Building Industry program to transfer nine more fuel-efficient, small and medium-sized coal-fired industrial boiler designs to China.
Energy Conservation. A $22 million GEF grant, supplemented by a World Bank loan of $63 million and a European Commission grant of $5 million, was approved in March 1998 to establish, demonstrate and disseminate the Energy Service Company (EMC) concept for improving energy efficiency. This project is nearing completion.
Energy Conservation Phase II. A $26 million follow-up GEF grant is helping to expand China’s nascent Energy Management Company industry from the 3 pilot EMCs launched under the first Energy Conservation Project to a nationwide network of EMC businesses.
Renewable Energy Development. A $27 million GEF grant and a companion World Bank loan of $13 million is promoting photo-voltaic electric power systems and grid-connected wind generation. The project is coordinated by the National Development and Reform Commission.
BeijingEnvironment II. A $25 million GEF grant and a World Bank loan of $349 million were approved in mid-2000 for this project. It supports the Beijing municipal government’s efforts to alleviate air and water pollution by converting scattered coal-fired boilers to natural gas, improving the efficiency of coal-fired heating systems, providing wastewater collection and treatment to the Liangshi River basin, which covers over a quarter of the city, and strengthening environmental management.
Heat Reform and Building Energy Efficiency. This $18 million GEF grant was approved in March 2005 and would support improvements in building energy efficiency through demonstrations of better building designs, improved construction, and new materials, and through new building codes and standards and their implementation. Institutional relationships between developers, equipment and material manufacturers, and government regulators would be improved to promote energy efficient buildings within a market economy.
Renewable Energy Scale-Up Program. This program was just approved in June 2005, with Phase 1 GEF grant assistance in the amount of $40 million, complementing a World Bank Loan of $87 million. It will give major emphasis to development of grid-connected renewable energy from mature technologies such as wind-power, small hydropower and biomass, and to off-grid applications of renewable energy, including PV. The Project aims to reduce GHG emissions from coal-fired electricity generation by creating sustainable commercial markets for power from renewable energy.
Energy Efficient Rural Health Clinics. This GEF grant of $750,000 is to demonstrate more energy efficient passive solar building designs for rural health clinics that will make buildings warmer in winter, save fuel and reduce indoor air pollution.
Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in Irrigated Agriculture Project. This $5 million grant approved in April 2008 is to be partially blended with the ongoing, Bank-financed Irrigated Agriculture Intensification III Project which would be modified to incorporate climate change adaptation. The project aims to enhance adaptation to climate change in agriculture and irrigation water management practices through awareness-raising, institutional and capacity strengthening, and demonstration activities in the Huang-Huai-Hai Basin.
ChinaEnergy Efficiency Financing Project. This $13.5 million GEF grant was approved in May 2008 and would be blended with a World Bank loan of $200 million. The project will foster the development of large-scale energy efficiency loan programs in the Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM), Huaxia Bank (Huaxia) and other domestic participating banks so that those banks can lend for energy conservation projects ranging from $5 million to $10 million, especially in heavy industries.
Urban Transport Partnership Program Project. This $21 million grant was approved in June 2008.The program aims to achieve a paradigm shift in China's urban transport and land-use policies and investments toward the promotion of public and non-motorized transport, modes that are less energy intensive and polluting than those fostered by current urban land-use planning and transport systems in China.
Thermal Power Efficiency Project. This $19.7 million grant was approved in May 2009. The program will support closure of inefficient small-sized coal-fired power generation units, demonstrative projects for increasing power plant efficiency through measures such as conversion of mid-sized power generation only units into combined heat and power (CHP) units, waste heat recovery and utilization for district heating, and transition from current system dispatch practices to an efficient generation dispatch. The goal of the project is to reduce coal consumption and greenhouse gas emission per unit of electricity production in Shanxi, Shandong and Guangdong Provinces. The project will support pilot programs and demonstration sub-projects in these provinces.
6 A video:GEF - China: Great Leap Forward
7 A Project :江苏国信新能源公司
序 号 | 内容 | 金额 (美元) | 实施时间 |
1 | 支持秸秆发电项目顺利实施 | 370,000 | |
1.1 | 秸秆成分和特性分析、草木灰综合利用技术开发。 （1）将秸秆送到国外、国内有能力的机构进行成分化验；购置秸秆分析与检测仪器；对相关技术人员进行培训。（2）对秸秆发电的灰渣——草木灰进行成分分析；进行草木灰综合利用开发生态有机肥。 | 50,000 | 世界银行贷款项目生效之日起1.5年内完成 |
1.2 | 厂房概念性设计、锅炉岛和前处理系统的选型调研。 （1）对国外秸秆发电厂、锅炉岛和秸秆前处理系统的制造厂家进行调研；与设计院、咨询公司就厂房概念性设计、设备选型、技术规范编制进行专题调研。（2）对国外锅炉岛和秸秆前处理系统的使用运营情况进行调研；与招标采购代理机构、设计院、咨询公司研讨锅炉岛和秸秆前处理系统的采购事宜。（3）到国外电厂及相关机构进行调研。 | 100,000 | 同上 |
1.3 | 锅炉岛和前处理系统招标和合同谈判的咨询。 聘请国外咨询公司，对锅炉岛和秸秆前处理系统的国际招标采购提供技术支持，协助进行招标文件的编制、评审、技术评标及合同谈判。 | 100,000 | 同上 |
1.4 | 锅炉岛和前处理系统的工厂监造和验收、安装与调试咨询。 （1）聘请国内或国外专家对锅炉岛和前处理系统进行工厂监造和验收；（2）聘请国外咨询师对锅炉岛和秸秆前处理系统等关键设备的安装、调试提供咨询。 | 100,000 | 同上 |
1.5 | 进口设备招标采购及与世行之间相关工作的法律咨询服务。 聘请国内有从事过国际招标采购项目、能够使用英语作为工作语言的涉外律师，为锅炉岛和秸秆前处理系统的招投标、合同谈判、外贸采购以及与世行之间相关工作，提供相关文件的起草、审核等法律咨询服务。 | 20,000 | 同上 |
2 | 支持项目公司的能力建设和技能提高 | 200,000 | |
2.1 | 项目管理、生产运行及管理人员培训。 （1）参与世行及其他机构举办的财务、采购、项目管理等课程的培训；（2）派出电厂生产运行及管理人员到国外相关电厂、国内相关机构进行生产准备及电厂运行管理方面的培训。 | 130,000 | 同上 |
2.2 | 秸秆收购网络建设及收购管理人员、经纪人培训。通过建设秸秆收购站，开发管理系统，招聘秸秆收购管理人员，并对管理人员、农民经纪人进行相关培训，从而建成秸秆收购网络，以保证秸秆发电燃料的正常供应。 | 70,000 | 同上 |
3 | 支持项目公司快速发展战略以促进可再生能源规模化发展 | 280,000 | |
3.1 | 生产工艺和生产设备的本土化技术开发。将就锅炉岛、秸秆打包机和打包带等的生产工艺、生产设备的引进、消化、吸收进行技术开发。 | 200,000 | 世界银行贷款项目生效之日起2年内完成 |
3.2 | 利用海边滩涂开发种植油脂秸秆品种 与科研院所合作开发适合海边生长的高燃值油脂秸秆。 | 80,000 | 同上 |
4 | 支持项目公司开发新的可再生能源项目以促进示范省可再生能源的规模化发展 | 150,000 | |
4.1 | 新的可再生能源项目的前期工作。为促进可再生能源项目的规模化发展，在示范省内及其他地区开展可再生能源新项目的资源调查、选址、项目可行性研究等前期工作。 | 150,000 | 同上 |
合计 | 1,000,000 |
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