Togo: UNDP finances local civil society organizations to boost environmental protection

Economic governance
Wednesday, 23 February 2022 17:41
Togo: UNDP finances local civil society organizations to boost environmental protection

(Togo First) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Togo provided CFA146 million in grants to nine civil society organizations (CSOs) on February 22, 2022. The related agreement was initialed by UNDP’s representative, Aliou Mamadou Dia.

With the money, the CSOs will develop community projects that focus on natural resource management and environmental protection. In detail, each of them will get between 10 and 24 million CFA francs to develop agricultural activities around the hydro-agricultural dam of Narcré in the township of Tône 3, and to restore ecosystems on the slopes and mountains in the district of Naki-Est, among others.

The grants, which cover 24 months, will also be used to carry out initiatives aimed at conserving the Kpankpandjéka forest in the village of Hélota in the Kéran, to grow a botanical garden in the Niamtougou district, and to set up a 500-hectare improved cashew plantation in Agouloudè.

The financing was provided as part of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Program. The latter is implemented by the UNDP and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).

According to UNDP data, so far, the program has financed 122 projects in Togo for $3.3 million, or about CFA1.9 billion.

Esaïe Edoh 

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