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About GEF SGP Barbados and the OECS

SGP Countries and associated members.The Small Grants Programme is a Global Environment Facility corporate programme implemented by UNDP on behalf of the three GEF implementing agences - UNEP, UNDP and the World Bank - and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).  The SGP was established to achieve global environmental benefits at the community level.

The Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) SGP programme is guided by the global GEF SGP Strategic Plan. The overall goal is to achieve environmental sustainability, alleviate poverty and build capacity at the community level.   Since 2006 the programme has transitioned to a results based management approach which focuses on creating sustainable and measurable impacts.  To achieve these impacts each country will operate using a Country Programme Strategy (CPS) which will identify the priority areas for funding using a geographic and/or a thematic approach.

See the table below for more information about the GEF SGP countries, or scroll over the map of the countries above.
SGP Countries with Full Access to SGP Grants
Barbados St. Kitts and Nevis Dominica
Antigua and Barbuda St. Lucia
Grenada St. Vincent and the Grenadines

SGP Associated Members
Anguilla British Virgin Islands Montserrat
Barbados  
SGP Eligibility Status: Full access to SGP Grants. Click now for the country's programme strategy.
Grenada  
SGP Eligibility Status: Full access to SGP Grants. Click now for the country's programme strategy.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines  
SGP Eligibility Status: Full access to SGP Grants. Click now for the country's programme strategy.
St. Lucia  
SGP Eligibility Status: Full access to SGP Grants. Click now for the country's programme strategy.
St. Kitts and Nevis  
SGP Eligibility Status: Full access to SGP Grants. Click now for the country's programme strategy.
Dominica  
Note: Dominica has its own SGP Programme. Click now to be directed to their website.
Antigua and Barbuda  
SGP Eligibility Status: Full access to SGP Grants. Click now for the country's programme strategy.
British Virgin Islands  
SGP Eligibility Status: Associated Member. Eligible for receiving information and technical advice, sharing lessons and participating in SGP programmes using other sources of funds.  
Anguilla  
SGP Eligibility Status:  Associated Member. Eligible for receiving information and technical advice, sharing lessons and particpating in SGP programme activities using other sources of funds.
Montserrat  
SGP Eligibility Status: Associated Member. Eligible for receiving information and technical advice, sharing lessons and participating in SGP programme activities using other sources of funds.  

Within the last two years the programme has established a decentralised structure. Each island has a volunteer National Focal Group (NFG) comprising 9 to 12 representatives from civil society, whose members are in the majority; government; academia; the media; and the private sector.  Each NFG is assisted by a National Focal Person (NFP) who is a volunteer.  At the sub-regional level there is the Sub-regional Steering Committee (SRSC), a group of volunteer technical experts in the GEF Focal Areas whose aim is to help maintain the integrity of the programme and provide technical assistance to groups.  The NFG approves country projects on a no objection basis while the SRSC reviews these projects to ensure that they do not contravene GEF SGP's criteria.  The SRSC also helps to develop regional and transboundary projects. 

Projects vary from protected areas to biodiesel production to coastal zone management to capacity building to recycling.  A survey completed by a graduate student from the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), University of the West Indies identified project impacts some five and more years after project completion. These impacts vary from preservation of marine ecosystems using marine buoys to nature trail management as well as capacity building and community mobilisation.

GEF SGP Organizational chart , [15 KB, PDF].
 

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