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Program Me Brief December 2014 “Effectively support the creation of global environmental bene- fits and the safeguarding of the global environment through community and local solutions that complement and add value to the national and global level action” LESOTHO The GEF-SGP is a corporate programme of the GEF, funded by GEF and implemented by UNDP on behalf of the GEF implementing agencies and executed by UNOPS Programme Brief Inside this issue: The GEF Small Grants Programme in Lesotho 1 Background The Grant Making Process The GEF SGP Lesotho Project Portfolio The Portfolio of Projects and Results Achieved Some Project Profiles from the Country Programme Portfolio 4 Preservation of the Unique Gene Pool of Lesotho’s Indigenous Chickens The Implementation of Tšenekeng Communal Botanical Garden (Semonkong) in the Mountainous Rural Areas of the Maseru District. Conservation of the Natural Heritage of Ha Baroana Rock Art Centre Tlokoeng Valley Biodiversity Conservation Project Improved Stoves-Improved Livelihoods-Improved Environment (ISILIE) Demonstration & promotion of clean energy technologies and water harvesting techniques for improved household vegetable production Promotion of Renewable Energy Technologies Wetland Restoration and Conservation Project Makhaleng Eco-Tourism and Conservation Initiative Demonstration and Promotion of Sustainable Rangeland Resources Management in Mokhotlong Strengthening Community Actions and Responses towards Land Degradation (SCARED) Showcasing the GEF SGP Interventions and Recognizing those who Contribute 11 The Climate Exchange Expo The Best Practice and Knowledge Fair Ceremonial Grant Awards Project Launches The GEF Small Grants Programme in Lesotho Background issued through local newspapers and the NGOs, and other programmes on the mailing list of the SGP Secretariat in national radio and Television; and The Global Environment Facility Lesotho. through official project launches orga- Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) is nized by grantees. Efforts have been augmented to a corporate programme of the GEF, assist eligible entities to develop well Deliberate effort continues to be implemented by the United Nations designed projects that fit the GEF crite- made to fund capacity building projects Development Programme (UNDP) on ria as a basis for the monitoring and to enhance the impact of the Country behalf of the GEF implementing agen- evaluation process. This is done through Programme Portfolio results. cies, and it is executed by the United the proposal development process from Nations Office for Project Services The GEF –SGP Lesotho (UNOPS). The GEF SGP, which was established in 1992, and started its opera- Project Portfolio tions in Lesotho in December 2007, is SGP Goal in GEF 6 There has been a steady growth of now entering its sixth Operational Phase project portfolio during OP5. The port- (OP 6). Overall guidance to the Coun- “Effectively support the creation of folio grew from 17 in OP4 to 49 by De- try Programme is provided by a National cember 2014, bringing the total amount Steering Committee (NSC) comprising global environmental benefits and the safeguarding of the global envi- of funds awarded in grants, to CSOs, to representation from civil society, aca- more than USD 2 million. With more demia, National GEF Focal Point, con- ronment through community and local solutions that complement and awareness being created about the envi- vention focal points, the private sector ronment and the challenges facing the and the UNDP Country Office for Leso- add value to the national and global country and more CSOs being aware of tho, with more than 50% coming from level action” and accessing the SGP, grant awards are the civil society (CSOs). The NSC is now distributed across all focal areas, guided by a Country Programme Strategy though still skewed towards land degra- (CPS), a living document linking global dation and biodiversity conservation. and national goals, developed through a project concept development, field ap- Climate change mitigation, chemical consultative process and reviewed peri- praisal through to full project proposal management and wetlands rehabilitation odically to align it with GEF priorities formulation. and those of Lesotho as outlined in the projects are trickling in slowly. National Strategic Development Plan The Programme has continued to Grantee composition is still biased (NSDP). In gearing up for GEF 6, the make use of every opportunity to publi- towards NGOs closely followed by CPS will be reviewed to align it with the cize SGP interventions, including among CBOs with research institutions coming GEF 6 strategic priorities. other things facilitating participation of last as apart from the government Agri- SGP grantees in a radio programme ti- The National Vision recognizes the cultural Research Department there is tled “Sports and Climate Change” aired importance of promotion of a culture of the National University of Lesotho. It is by a local radio station through its part- good care for land and the environment, worth noting that among the NGO and nership with the Lesotho Council of and the role of communities as resource CBO categories, we have women’s users and civil society organizations (CSOs) as partners in environment and natural resources management. These are Project Location by Region by Ecological Zone the entities through which GEF SGP channels funds for community environ- 12 Land Degradation mental protection initiatives that do not 10 only generate environment benefits but Biodiversity also generate livelihood support benefits. 8 Conservation Climate Change The Grant Making Pro- 6 International Waters cess 4 Chemicals The Lesotho Country Programme is 2 in its 6th year of operation and has gone through 6 grant making cycles with an 0 Capacity Development average of about 40 concept papers sub- mitted in response to calls for proposals Lowlands Foothills Highlands Page 3 PROGRAMME BRIEF The GEF Small Grants Programme in Lesotho cont’d groups, youth led, youth and children profiles will be presented in the next Programme Brief. organizations and farmers associations. One capacity development project bring- Challenges ing together all the SGP grantees togeth- By virtue of it being a people centered Programme targeting the most vulnerable and er was organized in the form of a Best less advantaged, and also venturing to go to even to the never reached places, it is Practice and Knowledge Fair. bound to get some challenges. The following are some of the challenges that he Pro- The Chart above gives a summary gramme had to tackle since its establishment: of the portfolio of projects, their distri- bution by focal areas and across three ecological regions namely, mountains, Challenges foothills and lowlands. The Portfolio of Projects The CSO network in Lesotho is generally weak, particularly those organizations involved in environmental protection work. and Results Achieved These CSOs require a lot of monitoring, guidance and mentoring The majority of grantees have never accessed any donor funding Grant making started in earnest in 2008. As highlighted in the Country Pro- before and need a lot of coaching and mentoring ; compliance is a gramme Strategy (CPS), environmental major challenge for them problems occur countrywide and urgent Lack of access to ICT limits communication and access to infor- intervention is required in all the ecologi- mation and knowledge and dissemination of results cal regions of Lesotho. It was on the Non-compliance to agreed reporting schedules and formats basis of this that the CPS validation workshop recommended that the Pro- CSOs thrive on very limited donor funding which is being sought by all including the CSOs, government and others. High demand gramme be implemented countrywide for the limited SGP resources for all to benefit. Nonetheless, every effort was made to align projects themat- High turnover in CSOs which impacts negatively in project per- ically and focusing on strategically select- formance and sustainability of projects results over the long term ed areas. This was informed by the fol- Programme interventions are scattered too thinly on the ground lowing considerations: with the result that it may take long for a significant impact to be (i) The majority of rural and vulnerable realized. This is a valuable lesson that will inform strategic direc- communities lives in the mountain re- tions for SGP Lesotho in OP6 gion and depends heavily on natural resources for subsistence. The mountain region is also host to biodiversity of global significance and wetlands which are sources of major river systems in ___________________________________________________________________ Southern Africa. The region was there- Some notable quotes: fore given priority for biodiversity conserva- tion and rehabilitation and protection of wet- We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the SGP Team for their commitment to the Programme. They have on several occasions left their comfortable offices in Maseru to reach out to even hard to reach places to ensure lands and rangelands. that all get equal opportunity in accessing the limited resources. (ii) The lowland and foothill regions Mathaba 14/02/2014 which comprise arid, semi-arid and The SGP provides a rare opportunity that we should all cherish and we should use these resources put at our freshwater ecosystems will also be con- disposal wisely, and in a transparent manner. We should start thinking of ways to sustain the results achieved sidered. These regions being the most
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