Project Document The gef small Grants Programme Fourth Operational Phase (gef-4) July 2007 – June 2010 The gef small Grants Programme Fourth Operational Phase (gef-4) Table of Contents

Market-access program to engage ABN AMRO employees in advising SGP NCs and grantees, as well as training for local communities to access and utilize commercial loans.

Global environmental benefits secured in the GEF focal areas through community-based initiatives and actions.

At least 100 CCAs and indigenous areas influenced in all GEF SGP countries

1. 
   Assess lessons from COMPACT and mature countries in OP3 for improvement of Country Programme Strategy focus on national system of protected areas, transboundary protected areas, corridors and community conserved areas (CCAs) (*priority for “mature” SGP countries)
   
2. 
   Work with IUCN and other partners in connection with global and national policy revision of protected area systems to recognize CCAs (and indigenous territories in particular) as legitimate governance types, and to incorporate them in legislation and policy, as appropriate to each context
   
3. 
   Collaborate with UNEP WCMC on inclusion of CCAs and indigenous areas in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
   
4. 
   Develop, implement and promote new methodologies for geographic and thematic “clustering” of projects for individual protected areas, corridors and CCAs
   
5. 
   Incorporate adaptive management techniques in at least 25 countries for landscape level conceptual models, site strategies and multi-stakeholder forums to bring together donors, PA managers/authorities, academia, and private sector active at the respective sites
   
6. 
   Work with Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) and IUCN to improve glossary of terms and threats-based analysis for protected areas within GEF SGP project database
   
7. 
   Influence the mainstream legal and management practice for UNESCO World Heritage Sites and national protected areas through the institutional replication of Local Consultative Bodies
   
8. 
   Engage in follow-up to the policy findings of the sub-global assessments on indigenous peoples perceptions of “ecosystems” produced by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
   

* Priority will be placed on individual BD RAF allocation countries and Megadiverse countries (RAF and non-RAF)

* Group allocation, LDCs and SIDs countries will be expected to incorporate lessons from mature countries by the end of GEF 4

9. 
   Prepare guidelines and toolkits for sustainable use, innovative approaches and market mechanisms at the global and country levels, preferably in local languages (*priority for “mature” SGP countries to share with new programmes).
   
10. 
    Conduct thematic workshops on specific sustainable use and marketing clusters; training in certification and labeling standards; consumer education; and other country-level activities to be determined as appropriate at national and regional levels.
    
11. 
    Review NSC composition, or NSC “sub-committees”, to ensure participation by marketing, business and sustainability experts in particular for biodiversity and climate change focal areas.
    
12. 
    Participate in international meetings (CBD COP, IUCN Congress) related to cutting edge programmes and thematic areas (i.e. COMPACT, revolving loans, blended grant/loan sustainability model).
    
13. 
    Develop the strategic projects pipeline of GEF SGP projects up to US$150,000 with a particular focus on the consolidation of supply chains and influencing local, national and regional markets.
    
14. 
    Engage in policy fora including fair trade fairs, organic BioFach and other market-related meetings
    
15. 
    Develop partnerships with other private sector UN partners including UNCTAD BioTrade group, IFC, ISEAL, UNDP Growing Sustainable Business and others
    
16. 
    Mainstream GEF SGP in at least 3 market-related MSP and FSP projects (i.e. CAMBIO project working with regional development bank in Central America)
    

*Priority will be placed on individual RAF and countries expected to “graduate” from dependence on GEF resources by the end of GEF 4 to implement measures linked to sustainability and market mechanisms

Blended grant-loan development around natural World Heritage sites.

Mangroves, wetlands, habitats and threatened sites important for conservation of migratory bird flyway networks

1. 
   Strengthen and initiate partnerships with governments, IAs/EAs and other development partners for scaling up, replicating or mainstreaming RE, EE and sustainable transport activities in specific regions or countries.
   
2. 
   Promote and support projects that are implemented in partnerships or linked to commercial/market mechanisms, policy interventions or larger national initiatives
   
3. 
   Document share widely illustrative case studies for the promotion of replication, up-scaling or mainstreaming by development partners, Governments and the private sector.
   
4. 
   Support a portfolio of projects with innovative approaches for replication, up-scaling or mainstreaming.
   
5. 
   support capacity building projects/activities that are linked to processes for replication, mainstreaming, or up-scaling.
   
6. 
   In mature SGP country programmes, assess and document the socio-economic and development costs and benefits, to illustrate the incremental reduction of costs and expansion of benefits from initial pilots to replicated, up-scaled or mainstreamed models or approaches.