# GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan

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: Open: apply by 8 December 2026. The funder gives the deadline as “Closes Tuesday, December 8, 2026”.
- How to apply: Apply directly
- Amount: Up to $75,000 USD (Regular SGP grants; a lower limit may be set for individual calls)
- Who can apply: NGOs
- Where: Turkmenistan
- 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): Species conservation and Community 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-turkmenistan/
- Funder’s programme page: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2026-turkmenistan-call-for-lois-gef-sgp

Summary in naturefunding.org’s own words: Turkmenistan's GEF Small Grants country programme, run by CEPF, taking letters of inquiry from civil society organisations based in the country for community-based management of threatened ecosystems and species.

## The facts, in the funder’s words

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

> “is currently accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) from civil society organizations based in Turkmenistan”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2026-turkmenistan-call-for-lois-gef-sgp, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#access

**GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan, amount:** Up to $75,000 USD (Regular SGP grants; a lower limit may be set for individual calls). Regular SGP grants; 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-turkmenistan/#amount

**GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan, where:** Turkmenistan

> “is currently accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) from civil society organizations based in Turkmenistan”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2026-turkmenistan-call-for-lois-gef-sgp, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#geography

**GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan, who can apply:** NGOs

> “is currently accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) from civil society organizations based in Turkmenistan”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2026-turkmenistan-call-for-lois-gef-sgp, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#applicant_types

**GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan, rounds:** Fixed rounds with deadlines

> “Turkmenistan Call for Letters of Inquiry for the GEF Small Grants Program Closes Tuesday, December 8, 2026.”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#window

**GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan, co-funding required:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#co_finance_required

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

> “The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is currently accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) from civil society organizations based in Turkmenistan for projects under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Program (SGP).”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2026-turkmenistan-call-for-lois-gef-sgp, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#administered_by

## The call

### 2026 Call for Letters of Inquiry

Call page: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2026-turkmenistan-call-for-lois-gef-sgp

**GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan, 2026 Call for Letters of Inquiry, status:** Open

> “The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is currently accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) from civil society organizations based in Turkmenistan for projects under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Program (SGP).”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals/2026-turkmenistan-call-for-lois-gef-sgp, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#call-lois-2026-status

**GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan, 2026 Call for Letters of Inquiry, deadline:** 8 December 2026 (the funder writes “Closes Tuesday, December 8, 2026”)

> “Turkmenistan Call for Letters of Inquiry for the GEF Small Grants Program Closes Tuesday, December 8, 2026.”

Source: https://www.cepf.net/grants/open-calls-for-proposals, checked 3 November 2026.
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#call-lois-2026-deadline

## What the funder asks grantees to report

**GEF Small Grants Programme Turkmenistan, reporting:** Not found on the pages we read
Cite this fact: https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/#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 Turkmenistan”, checked 3 November 2026, https://naturefunding.org/p/gef-sgp-turkmenistan/. Data CC BY 4.0. Quotes are the funder’s words; cite the funder’s page for them.

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