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

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   Launch the CBA global programme in partnership with UNDP GEF.
   
2. 
   Initiate activities in at least 10 countries (initially in Bangladesh, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Samoa, Niger, Morocco, Namibia, Jamaica, Guatemala, Bolivia)
   
3. 
   Engage Governments to incorporate CBA activities in National Adaptation Plans
   
4. 
   Work with IAs/EAs and other development partners to incorporate community based approach in full-scale and medium sized adaptation projects and also in non-GEF projects.
   
5. 
   Support a portfolio of more than 80 CBA projects in at least ten countries
   
6. 
   Monitor and document focused lessons in ten countries
   
7. 
   Participate in capacity building activities, information exchange and sharing in at least one international CBA network
   
8. 
   Document and share lessons internationally
   

1. 
   Establish and strengthen partnerships with identified regional and global initiatives and networks;
   
2. 
   Foster regional networks among NGOs with a shared interest in a transboundary waterbody, particularly in East Asian Seas/South China Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Wider Caribbean, and Nile River;
   
3. 
   Develop guidelines to undertake community-based actions to support the implementation of SAPs, including M&E indicators;
   
4. 
   Promote community-based activities on fishery management, coastal habitat management, land-based pollution control, and water resource uses, in alignment with regional SAP priorities and GEF IV priorities ;
   
5. 
   In collaboration with UNDP Water Governance Team, conduct a study on the small grants components of GEF IW FSPs/MSPs, in comparison with SGP;
   
6. 
   Consolidate experiences and lessons learnt, and facilitate learning and exchanges on community-based IW projects, through global and regional networks, including the GEF IW: LEARN network, regional mechanisms/networks, and UNDP Waterwiki network.
   

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   Develop guidelines for community-based sustainable agriculture, rangeland, and forestry, including M&E indicators;
   
2. 
   Establish partnerships with national and global networks to spread out SGP models and experiences;
   
3. 
   Conduct portfolio reviews to provide inputs for the updating of the guidelines on community-based sustainable agriculture, rangeland and forestry management;
   
4. 
   Conduct thematic studies and identify good cases on community-based sustainable agricultural practices, rangeland management and forestry management;
   
5. 
   Support projects with collaboration and partnerships with governments, private sectors, and other stakeholders for replication, upscaling and mainstreaming of community-based land management experiences;
   
6. 
   Support projects which incorporate traditional knowledge of land use practices and disseminate best practices in sustainable land management.
   

Sustainable rangeland management;

Sustainable forest and woodland management;

Climate change adaptation.

Agroforestry

Sustainable agriculture, with a focus on practices to improve soil fertility management as alternatives to shifting agriculture, and methods that have minimal impacts on soil structure and that improve soil and water conservation.

Sustainable dryland management;

Restoration and sustainable management of peatlands & wetlands;

Sustainable agriculture/agroforestry

1. 
   Develop an online training module to strengthen the capacity of SGP network and its stakeholders in addressing POPs;
   
2. 
   Develop a guidelines on community waste management and POPs reduction, including M&E indicators;
   
3. 
   Strengthen collaboration with IPEN and other POPs networks to reach out to NGOs and exchange information and knowledge;
   
4. 
   Facilitate the transfer of knowledge and experiences in implementing the Stockholm Convention through SGP network, from party states/authorities (Category I) to non-party states/authorities (Category II and III) through IPEN and other NGOs networks;
   
5. 
   Test and promote models to control malaria without the use of DDT; and alternatives to the use of the POPs pesticides – e.g. chlordane, mirex, dieldrin – for controlling termites and ants, in collaboration with GEF IAs and EAs;
   
6. 
   Test and promote models on community-based waste management, particularly to prevent waste burning;
   
7. 
   Develop and strengthen partnerships with public, private and civil society sectors to promote programs aimed at addressing proper storage and ultimate disposal of decommissioned POPs.