PROJECT SUMMARY
1. Background The independent evaluation office of the GEF (IEO) evaluated the GEF CSO Network for the period 2014-2016 concluding, inter alia , network’s activities were distant from the country level where GEF projects make their mark and from where the majority of Network CSOs operate. Therefore the evaluation recommended that the GEF CSO Network should continue to build itself as a mechanism for strengthening civil society participation in the GEF at the global, regional and national levels, paying particular attention to: membership development, capacity building and value-added working relationships across the GEF partnership. 2. Objective In this context, EMLI with financial support to a tune of USD 30,000 from GEFSGP, UNDP and Government of Uganda is undertaking a 2 year project June 2017- March 2019) with a goal to establish CSO-Government dialogue platform to strengthen supp...