ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT JULY 2016- JUNE 2017 GEF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME Annual Monitoring Report, 2016- 2017 Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... 6 2. OVERVIEW OF SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME ............................................................................................. 10 2.1. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................. 10 2.2. ANNUAL PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................... 12 2.3. FOCAL AREA DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE PORTFOLIO ................................................................................................ 16 2.4. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE PORTFOLIO ................................................................................................... 18 2.5. DIVERSITY OF GRANTEE PARTNERS ..................................................................................................................... 19 2.6. METHODOLOGY OF RESULTS CALCULATION .......................................................................................................... 20 3. FOCAL AREA RESULTS .................................................................................................................................. 21 3.1. BIODIVERSITY ................................................................................................................................................. 21 3.2. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION .......................................................................................................................... 25 3.3. SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................... 29 3.4. SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 32 3.5. INTERNATIONAL WATERS .................................................................................................................................. 34 3.6. CHEMICALS AND WASTE RESULTS....................................................................................................................... 37 3.7. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT RESULTS (PORTFOLIO LEVEL) ........................................................................................... 41 4. GRANTMAKER PLUS RESULTS ...................................................................................................................... 44 4.1. CSO- GOVERNMENT POLICY AND PLANNING DIALOGUE PLATFORMS ........................................................................ 44 4.2. SOUTH-SOUTH EXCHANGE ................................................................................................................................ 46 4.3. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (PROJECT LEVEL) ........................................................................................................... 48 4.4. SOCIAL INCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................... 49 5. BROADER CONTRIBUTIONS ......................................................................................................................... 61 5.1. SCALING UP, REPLICATION AND POLICY INFLUENCE ................................................................................................ 61 5.2. IMPROVING LIVELIHOODS AND SUSTAINABILITY ..................................................................................................... 65 5.3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO AGENDA 2030 AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ............................................................ 68 6. PROGRAMME EFFECTIVENESS FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................. 70 6.1. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 70 6.2. COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 72 6.3. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ........................................................................................................................ 73 7. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 74 7.1. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................ 74 7.2. PARTNERSHIPS ................................................................................................................................................ 75 7.3. PROGRAMMATIC CHALLENGES ........................................................................................................................... 76 7.4. SOLUTIONS AND MITIGATING ACTIONS ADMINISTERED ........................................................................................... 78 7.5. GRANT APPROVAL PROCESS .............................................................................................................................. 79 7.6. RISK MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 80 7.7. FUNDING OVERVIEW AND FINANCIAL DELIVERY .................................................................................................... 83 1 Annual Monitoring Report, 2016- 2017 8. ANNEXES ..................................................................................................................................................... 87 8.1. ANNEX: COUNTRY LEVEL CUMULATIVE GRANTS AND CO-FINANCING ......................................................................... 87 8.2. ANNEX: SGP GLOBAL PROGRAMME LEVEL CO-FINANCING IN OP5 AND OP6 ............................................................. 93 8.3. ANNEX: THE COUNTRY PROGRAMME STRATEGY ELABORATION PROCESS ................................................................... 98 8.4. ANNEX: KEY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMMES OF THE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME ........................................................ 99 8.5. ANNEX: AWARD WINNING GEF SGP PROJECTS .................................................................................................. 112 8.6. ANNEX: SELECTED KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS ........................................................................ 114 8.7. ANNEX: COMPENDIUM OF ARTICLES ON GEF SGP PROJECTS AND PROGRAMME ....................................................... 115 REFFERENCE TO FIGURES FIGURE 1: SGP GLOBAL NSC COMPOSITION ......................................................................................................................... 11 FIGURE 2: FOCAL AREA DISTRIBUTION, ACTIVE SGP PROJECTS .................................................................................................. 17 FIGURE 3: REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION, BY ACTIVE SGP PROJECTS ................................................................................................ 18 FIGURE 4: GRANTEE TYPE, BY ACTIVE PROJECTS ..................................................................................................................... 19 FIGURE 5: DISTRIBUTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................... 26 FIGURE 6: TYPES OF CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS............................................................................................................ 42 FIGURE 7: GRANTMAKER PLUS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ........................................................................................ 49 FIGURE 8: GENDER RESPONSIVE STRATEGIES USED BY SGP COUNTRY PROGRAMMES .................................................................... 51 FIGURE 9: IMPROVING LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY SGP COUNTRY PROGRAMMES ........................................................ 65 FIGURE 10: SGP CONTRIBUTION FOR AGENDA 2030 AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ..................................................... 69 FIGURE 11: SGP PORTFOLIO MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .................................................................................... 73 FIGURE 12 PROGRAMME LEVEL CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY SGP COUNTRIES .......................................................................... 76 FIGURE 13 PROJECT LEVEL CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED BY SGP COUNTRIES ................................................................................ 77 FIGURE 14 TIME PERIOD FROM GRANT APPROVAL BY NSC TO SIGNATURE OF GRANT MOA .......................................................... 79 REFERENCE TO TABLES TABLE 1: TOTAL ACTIVE PROJECTS, AS OF JUNE 30, 2017 ........................................................................................... 12 TABLE 2: BY OPERATIONAL PHASE, CUMULATIVE SGP PROJECTS, GRANT AMOUNT, CO-FINANCING ....................... 14 TABLE 3: BY OPERATIONAL PHASE, CUMULATIVE SGP PROJECTS, GRANT AMOUNT, CO-FINANCING ....................... 14 TABLE 4: NEW SGP PROJECTS APPROVED, JULY 2016 TO JUNE 2017 ......................................................................... 15 TABLE 5: SGP COUNTRY COVERAGE, 1992-2017 ........................................................................................................