42nd GEF Council Meeting, Washington DC, 4-7 June 2012 The 42nd GEF Council Meeting will be held in Washington DC from 4-7 June 2012. Prior to the meeting, the GEF Council will hold a consultation meeting with representatives of civil society on the 4 June 2012. Click here for more details. Registration of CSO seeking financial assistance to attend the meeting is now closed. However, for self sponsored participants, registration is opened until 20 May 2012. You can register at www.thegef.org/gef/csos/Council-June-2012 or you can submit your registration form to gefcivilsociety@thegef.org.       Second Draft GEF Paper on IPs Principles and Guidelines   Based on the workshop organised by GEF on 2 March 2012 in Washington DC, GEF has revised the  draft GEF Paper on Principles and Guidelines on Engagement of Indigenous Peoples in GEF Projects and Processes. To read more on the workshop, click here. You can download the 2nd draft paper here. If you have any comment on the GEF paper, please submit it to cfp@gefngo.org by 30 March 2012.       Upcoming GEF's Expanded Constituency Workshops (ECW)   GEF will be organising more ECWs in 2012 which will further strengthen participants knowledge of GEF-5 strategies, programs, policies, and procedures.  The ECW will be opportunity to discuss priority issues and share lessons and experiences from the development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks. One CSO representative from each country will be eligible for co-funding. The following are the upcoming ECWs in the first quarter of 2012 :    ECW Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Date : Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Thursday, Apri 19, 2012  Venue: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Eligible Countries : Burundi, Cameroun, CAR, Congo Republic, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe   ECW Antigua & Barbuda Date : Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - Thursday, March 8, 2012   Venue: Antigua & Barbuda  Eligible Countries :  Antigua & Bardado, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Domican REp., Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitss & Nris, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago,          For further information and application click here. To view the CSO's report on the past ECWs, please click here.     Updated Funding Opportunities!  The Funding Opportunities page has been updated with a list of grants available identified by Terra Viva Grants. There are over 25 grants available for various projects ranging from environmental awareness to rainwater harvesting, social entrepreneurship and biodiversity conservation. You may also click here for the monthly updates to ensure you don't miss out on any opportunities!     New Online Membership Form! We've developed an easier and more efficient way of registering new members! We now have an online Membership Form which interested organisations can use to apply for Membership to the GEF NGO Network. We're also updating our current membership database so we do encourage all existing members to check their contact and organisation details on the website by going to our Members page and searching for your organisation. Please contact us to make any updates to your organisation's details!

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