GEF SGP National Steering Committee meeting in ´Eua on the 16th of November 2023 to discuss future operations and share updates of ongoing SGP projects, following a visit to ´Eua Youth Congress’ project site.
Established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, the GEF Small Grants Programme embodies the very essence of sustainable development by “thinking globally acting locally”. By providing financial and technical support to projects that conserve and restore the environment while enhancing people’s well-being and livelihoods, SGP demonstrates that community action can maintain the fine balance between human needs and environmental imperatives.
The members of the committee are representatives from CSFT, Youth based, Civil Society Organizations, Gender based, Community based, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Ministry of Fisheries – Tonga, and ENVIRONMENT TONGA.
