Since January 2011, UNDP Cambodia has been implementing the Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) phase I as a flagship programme of the Satoyama Initiative, a global effort to promote sustainable use of natural resources in landscapes and seascapes with local communities. We have provided funding support to 5 projects located inside the Stung Siem Reap Watershed landscape of Seim Reap province under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme, in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, the CBD Secretariat, and the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). The version for Stung Siem Reap Watershed Programme strategy COMDEKs phase IV is to “maintain and restore functional socio-ecological production landscapes to preserve biodiversity, improve local livelihood, and enhance ecological and institutional landscape connectivity.” 

UNDP Cambodia would like to invite local NGOs and CBOs working on sustainable landscape management, Climate Change Adaptation and poverty reduction in all villages, communes, districts located inside Stung Siem Reap Watershed landscape in Siem Reap province, Cambodia to submit their project concept paper for the grants.

Grants of up to US$ 50,000 per project are available and distributed on a competitive basis. 

SGP will fund up to 50% of the total project cost while the other 50% is to be funded by the selected organization or community through local authority contribution and/or other donor support. 

Download here the:

1. COMDEKS Phase IV Country Programme Strategy
2. Guide to Access GEF Small Grants Programme
3. Local non-governmental organisation profile sheet
4. Project Budget Sample

Please send your proposal in Khmer only in a sealed envelope to GEF SGP office, Phnom Penh Center, 6th Floor, Building A, Corner Sothearos & Sihanouk Blvd, Tonle Bassac, Chamcamorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, ATTN: Mrs. Navirak Ngin, GEF SGP National Coordinator. Further information can be obtained from GEF SGP National Coordinator, Mrs. Ngin Navirak, at ngin.navirak@undp.org (Tel 012 844 083) Ms. Socheata Kim, at socheata.kim@undp.org (Tel 012 714 706).

Only short-listed project concept note will be contacted for further information.

Deadline: 13 March 2025