# GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD)

From Global Environment Facility, run by UNDP Panama (PNUD), with the Ministry of Environment. 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 2 November 2026: Open: apply by 15 November 2026. The funder gives the deadline as “15 de noviembre de 2026”.
- How to apply: Apply directly
- Amount: Not found on the pages we read
- Who can apply: NGOs and Community groups
- Where: Panama
- Rounds: Fixed rounds with deadlines
- Co-funding required: Yes
- Run by: UNDP Panama (PNUD), with the Ministry of Environment (https://www.ppdpanama.org/)
- Restoration approach (our classification): Community conservation and Sustainable land use
- Last checked: 2 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-panama/
- Funder’s programme page: https://www.ppdpanama.org/

Summary in naturefunding.org’s own words: Panama's SGP country programme funds community-based environmental projects run by registered NGOs and community organisations. The current open call supports livelihood recovery and socio-environmental resilience in Mariato.

## The facts, in the funder’s words

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

> “anuncia una convocatoria de propuestas orientada a apoyar la recuperación temprana de los medios de vida”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/convocatorias, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#access

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), amount:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#amount

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), where:** Panama

> “¿Es una ONG/Organización de Base Comunitaria/Junta de Agua/Cooperativa sin Ánimos de Lucro/Fundación radicada en Panamá?”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/como-aplicar/es-usted-elegible.html, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#geography

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), who can apply:** NGOs and Community groups

> “ser presentada por una ONG o una organización de base comunitaria.”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/como-aplicar/es-usted-elegible.html, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#applicant_types

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), rounds:** Fixed rounds with deadlines

> “Fecha límite de presentación 15 de noviembre de 2026.”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/convocatorias, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#window

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), co-funding required:** Yes

> “tener un cofinanciamiento (aporte local) en efectivo y/o en especie para la ejecución del proyecto.”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/como-aplicar/es-usted-elegible.html, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#co_finance_required

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), run by:** UNDP Panama (PNUD), with the Ministry of Environment

> “implementado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), en coordinación con el Ministerio de Ambiente”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/convocatorias, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#administered_by

## The call

### Mariato livelihoods recovery and socio-environmental resilience call

Call page: https://www.ppdpanama.org/convocatorias

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), Mariato livelihoods recovery and socio-environmental resilience call, status:** Open

> “Fecha límite de presentación 15 de noviembre de 2026.”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/convocatorias, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#call-mariato-recovery-2026-status

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), Mariato livelihoods recovery and socio-environmental resilience call, deadline:** 15 November 2026 (the funder writes “15 de noviembre de 2026”)

> “Fecha límite de presentación 15 de noviembre de 2026.”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/convocatorias, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#call-mariato-recovery-2026-deadline

## What the funder asks grantees to report

**GEF Small Grants Programme Panama (PPD), reporting:** Grantees file a technical and financial report after each disbursement and a final report.

> “Entrega del 1er informe técnico y financiero correspondiente al primer desembolso”

Source: https://www.ppdpanama.org/como-aplicar/es-usted-elegible.html, checked 2 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/#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 Panama (PPD)”, checked 2 November 2026, https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-panama/. Data CC BY 4.0. Quotes are the funder’s words; cite the funder’s page for them.

## Something wrong?

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