South Andros, Bahamas -- The South Andros Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP), The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce, The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) will conduct an Awareness and Capacity Building Workshop at Sun Rise Inn in Kemp's Bay, South Andros January 7-8, 2013.

The two-day workshop will provide participants with general skills and knowledge in grant funding and the application process. Grant funds can assist with a variety of community based needs and projects. In The Bahamas, GEF is the local representative of The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and will be facilitating the event through the National Coordinator, Mr. Deon Stewart.

Special guests in attendance will include His Excellency, The Hon. Picewell Forbes, Member of Parliament for the South Andros & Mangrove Cay Constituency and The High Commissioner to CARICOM States. Mr. Forbes will be the key note speaker at the event. Since its introduction to The Bahamas, the GEF Small Grants Programme has delivered more than USD $150,000.00 in funding with direct positive environmental impacts and benefits to communities throughout the country.

 Working with local CSOs over the past few years the GEF Small Grants Programme has received numerous requests from both local NGOs and CBOs for training to strengthen and enhance grant writing skills of members within their organisations.

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