# GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries)

From Global Environment Facility, run by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). Listed on naturefunding.org, a free directory of nature restoration and conservation funding where every fact is read from the funder’s own page or the organisation that runs the programme for it.

- Status, from the check on 3 November 2026: No open or announced call found on the funder’s page.
- How to apply: Apply directly
- Amount: Up to $75,000 USD (Upper limit; a lower limit may be set for individual calls)
- Who can apply: NGOs
- Where: Equatorial Guinea, Libya and St. Vincent & Grenadines
- Rounds: Fixed rounds with deadlines
- Co-funding required: Not found on the pages we read
- Run by: Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) (https://www.cepf.net/)
- Restoration approach (our classification): Community conservation and Species conservation
- Last checked: 3 November 2026. Every quote below was read on or after this day.

How to apply, who can apply and where are our categories, from the funder’s words; the quotes are below.
- Listing: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/
- Funder’s programme page: https://www.cepf.net/gef-small-grants-program

Summary in naturefunding.org’s own words: GEF Small Grants run by CEPF for Conservation International in Equatorial Guinea, Libya and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, giving grants of up to US$75,000 to registered civil society organisations through competitive calls.

## The facts, in the funder’s words

**GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries), how to apply:** Apply directly. When a call is open, eligible applicants apply to the funder or the organisation running the call.

> “Regular SGP grants are solicited through competitive, open calls.”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/gef-small-grants-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/#access

**GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries), amount:** Up to $75,000 USD (Upper limit; a lower limit may be set for individual calls). Upper limit; a lower limit may be set for individual calls.

> “Regular SGP grants have an upper limit of US$75,000, although a lower limit may be set for individual calls for proposals.”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/gef-small-grants-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/#amount

**GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries), where:** Equatorial Guinea, Libya and St. Vincent & Grenadines

> “the CI/CEPF team will implement the SGP in five countries: Equatorial Guinea Libya Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sri Lanka Turkmenistan”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/gef-small-grants-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/#geography

**GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries), who can apply:** NGOs

> “Civil society organizations (CSOs) are eligible to receive an SGP grant if they: (a) are legally registered in the country in question;”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/gef-small-grants-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/#applicant_types

**GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries), rounds:** Fixed rounds with deadlines

> “It is anticipated that there will be at least one call for proposals in each country in both 2026 and 2027.”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/gef-small-grants-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/#window

**GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries), co-funding required:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/#co_finance_required

**GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries), run by:** Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)

> “with the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) serving as its executing agency.”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/gef-small-grants-program, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/#administered_by

## What the funder asks grantees to report

**GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries), reporting:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/#reporting

## Part of a larger programme

[GEF Small Grants Programme](https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp/), from Global Environment Facility.

## How to cite

naturefunding.org, “GEF Small Grants Programme (CEPF-executed countries)”, checked 3 November 2026, https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-cepf-executed/. Data CC BY 4.0. Quotes are the funder’s words; cite the funder’s page for them.

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