Support for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme Malaysia

General

UNOPS supports the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme that helps protect poor, remote villages from the serious effects of climate change and environmental degradation. In an effort to support community-led initiatives, UNOPS channels direct grants to help communities cope with climate change, conserve biodiversity, protect international waters, reduce the impact of persistent organic pollutants, prevent land degradation, and adopt sustainable forest management practices.\n\nThe primary objectives of SGP Malaysia include:\n\nTo support outreach and awareness raising activities among Malaysian NGOs, CBOs , IPOs and civil society organizations on global and national environmental concerns;\n \nTo build the capacities of NGOs, CBOs and local communities in addressing such environmental concerns, and\n \nTo provide a mechanism for demonstrating and disseminating community-level or community-led interventions and solutions to such environmental concerns.