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Turkey
June 13, 2013
The GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), implemented by UNDP, is proud to be featured in "Youth in Action on Climate Change: Inspiration from Around the World", a new publication of the United Nations Joint Framework Initiative on Children, Youth and Climate Change. The publication
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Representing SGP was Daniel Buckley from UNDP, who presented SGP's approach to working and engaging with youth with 4 case studies highlighted in the publication: Ghana, Barbados, Morocco and China. Through SGP's support, the Bright Generation Community Foundation in Ghana is training youth how to produce and manufacture bamboo bikes to tackle climate change by promoting sustainable transport alternative; while also providing opportunities to disadvantaged youth. The project provided technical training on bamboo planting and harvesting and bamboo bike manufacturing. As a result, 10 youth now have full time jobs and manage 244 acres of a bamboo plantation and a nursery to produce seedlings. Bamboo bikes are environmentally friendly and low-energy alternative to steel frames, in addition, bamboo is good for carbon sequestration and oxygen production as well as native forest stabilization. This SGP project won several awards, including the Samsung Generations for Peace Award.
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To learn more about these successes and many others, read the report here.
Further information from the Bonn Climate Change Conference can be found here.
* Picture of Tony Carritt courtesy of IISD
Background for editors
About the GEF
The GEF unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. Today the GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.
Since 1991, GEF has achieved a strong track record with developing countries and countries with economies in transition, providing $11.5 billion in grants and leveraging $57 billion in co-financing for over 3,215 projects in over 165 countries. For more information, visit www.thegef.org.
About the GEF Small Grants Programme
Launched in 1992, GEF SGP supports activities of nongovernmental and community-based organizations in developing countries towards climate change abatement, conservation of biodiversity, protection of international waters, reduction of the impact of persistent organic pollutants and prevention of land degradation while generating sustainable livelihoods.
Since its creation, GEF SGP has provided over 16,500 grants to communities in over 125 developing countries. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) as a corporate programme, GEF SGP is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of the GEF partnership, and is executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
Media contacts:
- Ana Maria Currea, KM and Communications Specialist, GEF SGP,
ana.maria.currea@undp.org , 646-781-4353 - John Diamond, Senior Communication Officer& Spokesperson
Global Environment Facility
jdiamond@TheGEF.org, (202) 458-7953
www.TheGEF.org