WWF – Pakistan SGP fact sheet

• WWF – Pakistan Small Grants Programme provides support the activities of the NGOs, CBOs, Governmental Organisations and researchers in the following main areas;

Forest	Freshwater
Marine ecosystem	Species
Climate change	Toxics

• Small grants Programme is the grant giving body operated thorough the Scientific Committee. The committee is provided with an annual budget by WWF – Pakistan Board.

 

• In addition to the Director General of WWF – Pakistan the Scientific Committee comprises three senior staff members of WWF – Pakistan while rest of the members are representatives of various academic institutions, conservation and governmental organisations.

 

• The overall SGP projects portfolio consists of 44% species, 15% Forests, 17% Toxics, 7% Freshwater and Marine 2%.

 

• The maximum grant amount per project is Rs. 200,000 for one year. However, in some exceptional circumstances where required annual funding for a single project exceeds the Rs. 200,000 ceiling of Scientific Committee, the project is referred to WWF – Pakistan Board for approval.

 

• More than 250 projects have been awarded to date while presently 30 project are continuing throughout the country

 

Year	Number of projects (granted)	Year	Number of projects (granted)
1989	10	1998	10
1990	9	1999	30
1991	10	2000	28
1992	09	2001	13
1993	22	2002	18
1994	25	2003	10
1995	16	2004	10
1996	05	2005	17
1997	09	2006	09