1. SGP:
Delivering Results to Communities
Sulan Chen
Programme Advisor—International Waters & Chemicals

2. SGP Pillars
Launched in 1992, SGP has three
pillars:
• Global environmental protection
• Poverty reduction
• Community empowerment

3. SGP Portfolio
Basic Stats
Number of Projects
Total
Amounts
17,150
Total Amount in Grants
$435,451,187
Total Amount of Cash Co-financing
$273,462,032
Total Amount of Kind Co-financing
$297,925,410
Total Amount of Co-financing
$571,387,442

4. SGP Portfolio by Focal Area

5. Ocean/coastal management
projects in the Caribbean
Countries
Worldwide
Caribbean
Bahamas
Barbados (sub-regional)
Belize
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Guyana
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Dollars in Funding
Projects
449
170
7
31
59
4
9
8
4
13
0
10
25
$9,029,248

6. Challenges in IW
IW Regional
Driven
Approach
SGP Country
Driven
Approach
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7. Complementarities between
FSPs and SGP
FSPs &
other
regional
initiatives
SGP
Has:
• Inter-governmental
process leading to SAP
• Regional networks and
forums
Has:
• Local delivery
mechanism
• Local networks
• Continuing local activities
Lacks
• Local mechanism
• Organizational
structure beyond project
completion
Lacks
• regional framework on
specific waterbodies
• regional thinking or
knowledge

8. Example: Partnership in the
South China Sea
UNEP/GEF South China
Sea Roles:
• Training/technical
support
• Regional networking
and sharing
• Regional consolidation
SGP Roles:
• Community
implementation
• Project delivery
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9. Integrated Large Marine
Ecosystem Approach
International Waters Management Cycle based on experiences in
executing the SCS-SGP partnership, Chen et. al
Regionally identified
issues and
approaches
Regional
Frameworks
Regional
Networks
National and
Local
Implementation
Regional review and
consolidation
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10. Results
31 Projects with $1.1 million investment :
• 2,079 hectares of seagrass habitat
• 2,388 hectares of coral reef habitat and
• 12,618 hectares of mangrove habitat
Represents 8%, 4.5% and 0.7%
of the 2015 SAP targets
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11. Opportunities for the Caribbean
• Complementary roles and
responsibilities
• Coordination for greater results and
effectiveness
• Partnership started earlier at
project design stage

12. Issues for discussion
Who should do what and how
• Who (Integration of FSP and SGP
networks)
• What to cooperate on (institutional
level, programming, and implementation
etc)?
• How to cooperate: coordination
mechanism
• When (timeframe and work plan)

13. Local Actions, Global Impact
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