PROGRAM MANAGEMENT July 4 th , 2016 - July 22 nd , 2016 A weekly update on the GEF Program Management Calendar - Council Meeting Schedules - GEFOP Meeting Schedules Projects - GEF Project Concepts, Proposals, Draft Documents Received - Project Clearances, Approvals, Endorsements and Other Comments Contacts - GEF Secretariat Staff - GEF Agencies - GEF Trustee Convention Secretariats Communications - Introducing new staff to the GEFSEC - Announcements
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
July 4th, 2016 - July 22nd, 2016
A weekly update on the GEF Program Management
Calendar
- Council Meeting Schedules
- GEFOP Meeting Schedules
Projects
- GEF Project Concepts, Proposals, Draft Documents Received
- Project Clearances, Approvals, Endorsements and Other Comments
Contacts
- GEF Secretariat Staff
- GEF Agencies
- GEF Trustee Convention Secretariats
Communications
- Introducing new staff to the GEFSEC
- Announcements
SCHEDULE OF FORTHCOMING GEF COUNCIL MEETINGS
GEF Council Consultations with Civil Society
October 24
GEF Council Meeting
LDCF/SCCF Council Meeting
STAP Panel Meetings
GEF Work Program Calendar for 2016
October 25-27
October 27
Events Oct. CWP
Receipt deadline for PIF 25-Jul
GEF clearance deadline 29-Aug
Draft Cover Note to Agencies, ConvSec, STAP 19-Sept
Inter-Agency Meeting with ConvSec, STAP 22-Sept
Posting of Work Program 27-Sept
Council Meeting 25-27 Oct
Council Approval 27-Oct
Meetings/Consultations Fall 2016
July 26-29
Expanded Constituency Workshop - Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and
Uganda (14)
Madagascar, Antananarivo – Venue: The Carlton
September 6-9
Expanded Constituency Workshop - Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo DR,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon 2015, and Sao Tome and Principe (8)
Cameroon - Venue TBD
September 20 -23
Expanded Constituency Workshop - Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, and
Yemen + Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia + Iran, Turkey (14)
Venue TBD
October 4-7 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands,
Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor
Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu (17)
Fiji - Venue TBD
Fiscal Year ‘16
Country Support Program Activities
Expanded Constituency Workshops
Requests Received from GEF Agencies
July 4 - 8, 2016
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
AfDB
9317 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
AfDB Central African
Republic
ICT for Climate Change
Adaptation in Central Africa
Republic (CAR)
5-Jul-16Dustin SchinnClimate
Change
8021 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Zambia Zambia Lake Tanganyika Basin
Sustainable Development Project
7-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9383 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
AfDB Benin Sustainable Forest Management
and Conservation Project in
Central and South Benin
7-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
CI
9129 FP CEO endorsement of FSP WWF-
US, CI
Indonesia Eco-system Approach to Fisheries
Management (EAFM) in Eastern
Indonesia (Fisheries Management
Area (FMA)- 715, 717 & 718)
30-Jun-16Leah KarrerMulti Focal
Area
EBRD
5530 FP CEO endorsement of FSP EBRD Russian Federation Green Shipping Programme for
Russia
5-Jul-16Ming YangClimate
Change
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
FAO
9137 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP,
FAO
Uganda Food-IAP: Fostering Sustainability
and Resilience for Food Security
in Karamoja Sub Region
5-Jul-16Fareeha IqbalMulti Focal
Area
5506 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Chile Strengthening and Development of
Instruments for the Management,
Prevention and Control of Beaver
(Castor Canadensis), an Invasive
Alien Species in the Chilean
Patagonia
5-Jul-16Mark ZimskyBiodiversity
5125 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Lebanon Smart Adaptation of Forest
Landscapes in Mountain Areas
(SALMA)
8-Jul-16Saliha DobardzicClimate
Change
6955 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Chile Strengthening the Adaptive
Capacity to Climate Change in the
Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector
8-Jul-16Saliha DobardzicClimate
Change
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
IADB
5388 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IADB Regional PPP-IDB Sustainable Caribbean
Basin Private Equity Fund
(PROGRAM)
30-Jun-16David Elrie RodgersClimate
Change
4852 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IADB Costa Rica Sustainable Management of
Ecosystem Services: A model for
Conservation and Sustainable Use
of Biodiversity in Terrestrial
Landscapes
5-Jul-16Sarah WyattBiodiversity
5760 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IADB Brazil Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening on the National
Framework for Access and Benefit
Sharing under the Nagoya Protocol
5-Jul-16Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
IFAD
9141 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IFAD Burkina Faso Food-IAP: Fostering Participatory
Natural Resource Management
Project
5-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Land
Degradation
IUCN
9372 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP,
IUCN
Sri Lanka Managing together: Integrating
community-centered, ecosystem-
based approaches into forestry,
agriculture and tourism sectors
7-Jul-16Yoko WatanabeMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNDP
9124 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Regional (Ecuador,
Peru)
Coastal Fisheries Initiative- Latin
America
5-Jul-165573 Leah KarrerMulti Focal
Area
9135 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Ethiopia Food-IAP: Integrated Landscape
Management to Enhance Food
Security and Ecosystem Resilience
5-Jul-165559 Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9541 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Thailand Thailand’s Second Biennial
Update Report (SBUR) to the
UNFCCC
5-Jul-165864 Ogawa MasakoClimate
Change
9137 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP,
FAO
Uganda Food-IAP: Fostering Sustainability
and Resilience for Food Security
in Karamoja Sub Region
5-Jul-165577 Fareeha IqbalMulti Focal
Area
9480 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Uruguay Towards a sustainable and efficient
urban mobility system in Uruguay
5-Jul-165802 Milena VasquezClimate
Change
9544 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Ukraine Sustainable Green Cities 5-Jul-165515 Ming YangClimate
Change
9544 FP CEO PPG approval UNDP Ukraine Sustainable Green Cities 5-Jul-165515 Ming YangClimate
Change
9543 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Timor Leste Developing capacities for iterative
National Adaptation Planning
process for climate resilient
development
6-Jul-165524 Fareeha IqbalClimate
Change
6920 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Global (Indonesia,
Timor Leste)
Implementation of the Arafura and
Timor Seas Regional and National
Strategic Action Programs
7-Jul-165439 Leah KarrerMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
9372 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP,
IUCN
Sri Lanka Managing together: Integrating
community-centered, ecosystem-
based approaches into forestry,
agriculture and tourism sectors
7-Jul-165804 Yoko WatanabeMulti Focal
Area
9426 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Namibia Namibia Integrated Landscape
Approach for enhancing
Livelihoods and Environmental
Governance to eradicate poverty
(NILALEG)
8-Jul-165640 Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9500 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Chile Building a Sustainable Fuelwood
Supply Chain to Deliver Multiple
Benefits
8-Jul-165801 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNEP
9539 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Malawi Enhancing sustainability of
Protected Area systems and
Stabilizing Agro-production in
Adjoining Areas through Improved
IAS Management
5-Jul-16Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
5456 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Bangladesh Ecosystem-based Approaches to
Adaptation (EbA) in the Drought-
prone Barind Tract and Haor
"Wetland" Area
5-Jul-16Fareeha IqbalClimate
Change
5285 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Indonesia Strengthening Forest and
Ecosystem Connectivity in
RIMBA Landscape of Central
Sumatra through Investing in
Natural Capital, Biodiversity
Conservation, and Land-based
Emission Reductions (RIMBA
project)
5-Jul-16Nicole GlineurMulti Focal
Area
9545 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Regional (Albania,
Montenegro)
Implementation of Ecosystem
Approach in the Adriatic Sea
through Marine Spatial Planning
5-Jul-16Steffen HansenMulti Focal
Area
9542 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNEP Thailand Integrating Natural Capital and
Sustainable Rice Production in
Thailand – ‘NCSRP project’ (-
Integration of Natural Capital in
public and private sector policy
and decision-making to support
key economic sectors, with
particular focus on climate smart
rice production)
6-Jul-16Yoko WatanabeMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
5272 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Kenya Scaling up Sustainable Land
Management and Biodiversity
Conservation to Reduce
Environmental Degradation in
Small Scale Agriculture in
Western Kenya
6-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
6990 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Bosnia-Herzegovina Achieving Biodiversity
Conservation through Creation,
Effective Management and Spatial
Designation of Protected Areas
and Capacity Building
7-Jul-16Yoko WatanabeBiodiversity
UNIDO
5725 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNIDO Thailand Greening Industry through Low
Carbon Technology Application
for SMEs
30-Jun-16Ogawa MasakoClimate
Change
9123 FP CEO endorsement of FSP World
Bank,
UNIDO
Senegal Cities-IAP: Sustainable Cities
Management Initiative
5-Jul-16Xiaomei TanMulti Focal
Area
World Bank
9540 FP CEO endorsement of FSP World
Bank
Philippines GEF Metro Manila Flood
Management Project Phase 1
5-Jul-16Christian SeverinInternational
Waters
9123 FP CEO endorsement of FSP World
Bank,
UNIDO
Senegal Cities-IAP: Sustainable Cities
Management Initiative
5-Jul-16152150 Xiaomei TanMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
WWF-US
9129 FP CEO endorsement of FSP WWF-
US, CI
Indonesia Eco-system Approach to Fisheries
Management (EAFM) in Eastern
Indonesia (Fisheries Management
Area (FMA)- 715, 717 & 718)
30-Jun-16Leah KarrerMulti Focal
Area
5771 MSP CEO MSP Approval WWF-US Regional (Colombia,
Costa Rica, Ecuador,
Panama)
Improving Mangrove Conservation
across the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Seascape (ETPS) through
Coordinated Regional and
National Strategy Development
and Implementation
5-Jul-16Leah KarrerInternational
Waters
9546 FP CEO PPG approval WWF-US Madagascar Expanding and Consolidating
Madagascar’s Marine Protected
Areas Network
8-Jul-16Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
July 4 - 8, 2016
Responses to Proponents
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
FAO
9514 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Central African
Republic
FLR in Supporting
Landscape and
Livelihoods Resilience in
Central African Republic
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9515 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Congo DR Restoration and
Sustainable Management
of Ecosystems in South
Kivu under the Restoration
Initiative (TRI)
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9517 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Sao Tome and
Principe
Landscape Restoration for
Adaptation and Mitigation
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9516 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Pakistan Reversing Deforestation
and Degradation in High
Conservation Value
Chilgoza Pine Forests
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
5328 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Malawi Building Climate Change
Resilience in the Fisheries
Sector in Malawi
6-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Climate
Change
Rawleston Moore
5578 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Tonga R2R Integrated Land and
Agro-ecosystem
Management Systems
6-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Pascal Martinez
5112 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Argentina Governance Strengthening
for the Management and
Protection of Coastal-
Marine Biodiversity in
Key Ecological Areas and
the Implementation of the
Ecosystem Approach to
Fisheries (EAF)
7-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Biodiversity Mark Zimsky
IADB
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
4849 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IADB Colombia Sustainable Management
and Conservation of
Biodiversity in the
Magdalena River Basin
5-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Biodiversity Mark Zimsky
5680 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IADB Colombia Consolidation of the
National System of
Protected Areas(SINAP) at
National and Regional
Levels.
6-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Biodiversity Mark Zimsky
IFAD
9133 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD Swaziland Food-IAP: Climate-Smart
Agriculture for Climate-
Resilient Livelihoods
(CSARL)
6-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Mohamed Bakarr
IUCN
9518 FP CEO PPG approval IUCN China Building Climate Resilient
Green Infrastructure:
Enhancing Ecosystem
Services of Planted Forests
in China Through FLR and
Governance Innovation
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9519 FP CEO PPG approval IUCN Cameroon Bamboo for Africa:
Helping Communities
Access Renewable
Energy, Address Land
Degradation and Mitigate
Climate Change
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9520 FP CEO PPG approval IUCN Myanmar Reversing Myanmar’s
forest degradation and
deforestation and restoring
forest landscapes through
local multi-stakeholder co-
management
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9521 FP CEO PPG approval IUCN Guinea-Bissau Managing Mangroves and
Production Landscapes for
Climate Change Mitigation
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
UNDP
9531 FP CEO PPG approval UNDP Afghanistan Conservation of Snow
Leopards and their Critical
Ecosystem in Afghanistan
30-Jun-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PPG
revision
5844 Multi Focal
Area
Nicole Glineur
9244 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Lao PDR Strengthening the
Capacities for Iterative
National Adaptation
Planning Process
5-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5397 Climate
Change
Fareeha Iqbal
9505 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Micronesia Third National
Communication and First
Biennial Update Report
5-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for EA revision
5901 Climate
Change
Rawleston Moore
9527 FP CEO PPG approval UNDP Thailand Combatting Illegal
Wildlife Trade, Focusing
on Ivory, Rhino Horn,
Tiget and Pangolins in
Thailand
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEO5619 Biodiversity Nicole Glineur
9489 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Suriname Artisanal and Small-Scale
Gold Mining (ASGM)
National Action Plan
(NAP) for Suriname
5-Jul-16 EA approved by CEO5725 Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
9469 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Montenegro Development of
Montenegro’s Second
Biennial Update Report
(SBUR) to the UNFCCC
6-Jul-16 EA recommended for
CEO approval (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
5868 Climate
Change
Rawleston Moore
5745 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Nigeria Sustainable Fuelwood
Management in Nigeria
7-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5366 Multi Focal
Area
Pascal Martinez
6923 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Eritrea Mainstreaming Climate
Risk Considerations in
Food Security and IWRM
in Tsilima Plain
7-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
4633 Climate
Change
Dustin Schinn
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9531 FP CEO PPG approval UNDP Afghanistan Conservation of Snow
Leopards and their Critical
Ecosystem in Afghanistan
7-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEO5844 Multi Focal
Area
Nicole Glineur
UNEP
5757 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNEP Bahamas Implementing Land, Water
and Ecosystem
Management
4-Jul-16 MSP sent to Agency
for revision
Multi Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
5351 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNEP Madagascar Strengthening the Network
of New Protected Areas in
Madagascar
5-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier
5290 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNEP Venezuela Implementation of the
National Biosafety
Framework in Venezuela
in Accordance to the
Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety
5-Jul-16 MSP sent to Agency
for revision
Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier
9535 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Mongolia Development of National
Action Plan for Artisanal
and Small Scale Gold
Mining
5-Jul-16 EA approved by CEOChemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
9526 FP CEO PPG approval UNEP Kenya Enhancing integrated
natural resource
management to arrest and
reverse current trends in
biodiversity and land
degradation for increased
ecosystem services in the
Tana Delta, Kenya
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Jaime Cavelier
9524 FP CEO PPG approval UNEP Tanzania Supporting the
implementation of
integrated ecosystem
management approach for
landscape restoration and
biodiversity conservation
in Tanzania
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
5523 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNEP Antigua And
Barbuda
Building climate
Resilience through
Innovative Financing
Mechanisms for Climate
Change Adaptation
5-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEOClimate
Change
Fareeha Iqbal
5400 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNEP Global Targeted Research for
Improving Understanding
of the Global Nitrogen
Cycle towards the
Establishment of an
International Nutrient
Management System INMS
6-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
International
Waters
Steffen Hansen
UNIDO
9147 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNIDO Malaysia Sustainable-City
Development in Malaysia
5-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Xiaomei Tan
World Bank
9529 FP CEO PPG approval World
Bank
Vietnam Strengthening partnerships
to protect globally
significant endangered
species in Vietnam
7-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOBiodiversity Yoko Watanabe
Requests Received from GEF Agencies
July 11 - 15, 2016
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
ADB
9067 FP CEO endorsement of FSP ADB Cook Islands Renewable Energy Sector Project 11-Jul-16Ming YangClimate
Change
AfDB
9420 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
AfDB Regional (Malawi,
Tanzania)
Strengthening Trans-boundary
cooperation and Integrated Natural
Resources Management in the
Songwe River Basin
12-Jul-16Astrid HillersInternational
Waters
9293 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
AfDB Mali Scaling up a Multiple Benefits
Approach to Enhance Resilience in
Agro- and Forest Landscapes of
Mali’s Sahel Regions (Kayes,
Koulikoro and Ségou)
14-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
FAO
6955 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Chile Strengthening the Adaptive
Capacity to Climate Change in the
Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector
8-Jul-16Saliha DobardzicClimate
Change
9550 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Mauritania Improved Resilience of Local
Communities and their Livelihoods
through the Restoration of a
Degraded Catchment area in the
Wilayas of South-East Mauritania
13-Jul-16Dustin SchinnClimate
Change
9556 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Kenya Restoration of arid and semi-arid
lands (ASAL) of Kenya through
bio-enterprise development and
other incentives under The
Restoration Initiative
15-Jul-16Ulrich ApelMulti Focal
Area
9294 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Mauritania Integrated Ecosystem Management
Program for the Sustainable
Human Development in Mauritania
15-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9441 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO,
UNIDO
Colombia Contributing to the Integrated
Management of Biodiversity of the
Pacific Region of Colombia to
Build Peace
15-Jul-16Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
IFAD
9136 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IFAD Niger Food-IAP: Smallholder
Agricultural Development
Programme
12-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9523 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
IFAD Cameroon Rural Youth Environmental
Initiatives Promotion Project
15-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNDP
9114 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Serbia Capacity Development for
Improved Implementation of
Multilateral Environmental
Agreements (MEAs)
1-Jul-165227 Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
9500 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Chile Building a Sustainable Fuelwood
Supply Chain to Deliver Multiple
Benefits
8-Jul-165801 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9104 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Malawi Building the capacity of Malawi’s
government to advance the
National Adaptation Plan process
11-Jul-165596 Dustin SchinnClimate
Change
5745 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Nigeria Sustainable Fuelwood
Management in Nigeria
11-Jul-165366 Pascal MartinezMulti Focal
Area
9549 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Turkey Demonstration of the
Environmentally Sound
Management of POPs, hazardous
chemicals and wastes in the ship
recycling industry
12-Jul-165832 Anil SookdeoChemicals
and Waste
5734 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Argentina Sustainable Business Models for
Biogas Production from Organic
Municipal Solid Waste
13-Jul-165345 Milena VasquezClimate
Change
9500 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Chile Building a Sustainable Fuelwood
Supply Chain to Deliver Multiple
Benefits
14-Jul-165801 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9553 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Mauritius Mainstreaming IAS Prevention,
Control and Management
14-Jul-165503 Cyrille BarneriasBiodiversity
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
9426 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Namibia Namibia Integrated Landscape
Approach for enhancing
Livelihoods and Environmental
Governance to eradicate poverty
(NILALEG)
14-Jul-165640 Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9048 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Ethiopia Ethiopian Urban NAMA: Creating
Opportunities for Municipalities to
Produce and Operationalise Solid
Waste Transformation
(COMPOST)
14-Jul-165541 Xiaomei TanClimate
Change
UNEP
9547 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Regional (Guinea,
Niger)
Development of National Action
Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale
Gold Mining Guinea and Niger
11-Jul-16Ogawa MasakoChemicals
and Waste
9548 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Maldives Development of a Minamata Initial
Assessment in Maldives
11-Jul-16Ogawa MasakoChemicals
and Waste
9559 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Maldives Development of a Minamata Initial
Assessment in Maldives
11-Jul-16Evelyn SwainChemicals
and Waste
9551 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNEP South Sudan Capacity Development in
Reducing Illegal Wildlife Trade
and Improving Protected Area
Management Effectiveness in
South Sudan
13-Jul-16Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNIDO
9468 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNIDO Cote d'Ivoire Sustainable Industrial Production
in the Cassava and other Agro-
food Sectors through the Use of
Renewable Energy Applications
and Low-carbon Technologies
12-Jul-16Ming YangClimate
Change
9441 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO,
UNIDO
Colombia Contributing to the Integrated
Management of Biodiversity of the
Pacific Region of Colombia to
Build Peace
15-Jul-16Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
World Bank
9552 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Nicaragua Resilient Landscape Management
and Rural Livelihoods
13-Jul-16160688 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
July 11 - 15, 2016
Responses to Proponents
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
ADB
9067 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
ADB Cook Islands Renewable Energy Sector
Project
13-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEOClimate
Change
Ming Yang
AfDB
9293 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
AfDB Mali Scaling up a Multiple
Benefits Approach to
Enhance Resilience in
Agro- and Forest
Landscapes of Mali’s
Sahel Regions (Kayes,
Koulikoro and Ségou)
13-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
9383 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
AfDB Benin Sustainable Forest
Management and
Conservation Project in
Central and South Benin
13-Jul-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance
(Technically cleared)
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
5279 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
AfDB Togo Strengthening Climate
Resilience of
Infrastructure in Coastal
Areas in Togo
15-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Climate
Change
Saliha Dobardzic
5209 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
AfDB Sierra Leone Building Resilience to
Climate Change in the
Water and Sanitation
Sector
15-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Climate
Change
Saliha Dobardzic
5231 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
AfDB Angola Integrating Climate
Change into Environment
and Sustainable Land
Management Practices
15-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Climate
Change
Saliha Dobardzic
FAO
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9522 FP CEO PPG approval IUCN,
FAO,
UNEP
Global Global Learning, Finance,
and Partnerships project
under TRI
11-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
5551 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Kiribati Resilient Islands, Resilient
Communities
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
5551 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Kiribati Resilient Islands, Resilient
Communities
12-Jul-16 FSP not recommended
for endorsement
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
9537 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
FAO Morocco Revitalising Oasis Agro-
ecosystems through a
Sustainable, Integrated and
Landscape Approach in
the Draâ-Tafilalet Region
(OASIL)
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
5516 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
FAO Mozambique Payment for Ecosystem
Services to Support Forest
Conservation and
Sustainable Livelihoods
13-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jaime Cavelier
IADB
4859 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IADB Brazil Conservation, Restoration
and Sustainable
Management Strategies to
enhance Caatinga, Pampa
and Pantanal Biodiversity
– GEF Terrestre
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
IFAD
9133 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD Swaziland Food-IAP: Climate-Smart
Agriculture for Climate-
Resilient Livelihoods
(CSARL)
6-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Mohamed Bakarr
9134 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD,
UNIDO
Senegal Food-IAP: Agricultural
Value Chains Support
Project
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9133 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD Swaziland Food-IAP: Climate-Smart
Agriculture for Climate-
Resilient Livelihoods
(CSARL)
12-Jul-16 FSP recommended for
endorsement
Multi Focal
Area
Mohamed Bakarr
IUCN
9521 FP CEO PPG approval IUCN Guinea-Bissau Managing Mangroves and
Production Landscapes for
Climate Change Mitigation
5-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9522 FP CEO PPG approval IUCN,
FAO,
UNEP
Global Global Learning, Finance,
and Partnerships project
under TRI
11-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9372 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP,
IUCN
Sri Lanka Managing together:
Integrating community-
centered, ecosystem-based
approaches into forestry,
agriculture and tourism
sectors
13-Jul-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance
Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
9372 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP,
IUCN
Sri Lanka Managing together:
Integrating community-
centered, ecosystem-based
approaches into forestry,
agriculture and tourism
sectors
14-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
UNDP
9480 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Uruguay Towards a sustainable and
efficient urban mobility
system in Uruguay
11-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5802 Climate
Change
Milena Vasquez
9426 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Namibia Namibia Integrated
Landscape Approach for
enhancing Livelihoods and
Environmental
Governance to eradicate
poverty (NILALEG)
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5640 Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9469 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Montenegro Development of
Montenegro’s Second
Biennial Update Report
(SBUR) to the UNFCCC
12-Jul-16 EA approved by CEO5868 Climate
Change
Rawleston Moore
9432 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Sri Lanka Environmentally Sound
Management of Healthcare
Waste and E-waste in Sri
Lanka
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5850 Chemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
9432 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Sri Lanka Environmentally Sound
Management of Healthcare
Waste and E-waste in Sri
Lanka
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5850 Chemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
5339 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Indonesia Market Transformation
through Design and
Implementation of
Appropriate Mitigation
Actions in Energy Sector
12-Jul-16 FSP recommended for
endorsement
4673 Climate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
5339 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Indonesia Market Transformation
through Design and
Implementation of
Appropriate Mitigation
Actions in Energy Sector
12-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEO4673 Climate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
5513 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Regional (Kenya,
Comoros,
Madagascar,
Mauritius,
Mozambique,
Seychelles,
Somalia, Tanzania,
South Africa)
Western Indian Ocean
Large Marine Ecosystems
Strategic Action
Programme Policy
Harmonization and
Institutional Reforms
(SAPPHIRE)
12-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEO5262 International
Waters
Leah Karrer
9506 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Sudan Strengthening targeted
national capacities for
improved decision making
and mainstreaming of
global environmental
obligations
13-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5798 Multi Focal
Area
Susan Waithaka
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9385 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Rwanda Forest Landscape
Restoration in the Mayaga
region
13-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5702 Multi Focal
Area
Pascal Martinez
9511 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Djibouti Strengthening National
Capacities for Improved
Decision Making and
Mainstreaming of Global
Environmental Obligations
13-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5894 Multi Focal
Area
Susan Waithaka
9372 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP,
IUCN
Sri Lanka Managing together:
Integrating community-
centered, ecosystem-based
approaches into forestry,
agriculture and tourism
sectors
13-Jul-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance
5804 Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
9541 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Thailand Thailand’s Second
Biennial Update Report
(SBUR) to the UNFCCC
13-Jul-16 EA approved by CEO5864 Climate
Change
Ogawa Masako
9372 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP,
IUCN
Sri Lanka Managing together:
Integrating community-
centered, ecosystem-based
approaches into forestry,
agriculture and tourism
sectors
14-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5804 Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
9375 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Azerbaijan Development of
Azerbaijan’s Fourth
National Communication
to the UNFCCC and
Second Biennial Reporting
14-Jul-16 EA approved by CEO5772 Climate
Change
Rawleston Moore
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
5753 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Regional (Angola,
Namibia, South
Africa)
Realizing the inclusive and
sustainable development in
the BCLME region
through the improved
ocean governance and the
integrated management of
ocean use and marine
resources” Short Title –
Improving Ocean
Governance and Integrated
Management in the
BCLME
15-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5313 International
Waters
Leah Karrer
UNEP
5664 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNEP Afghanistan Building Resilience of
Communities Living
Around the Northern
Pistachio Belt (NPB) and
Eastern Forest Complex
(EFC) of Afghanistan
through an EbA Approach.
11-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Climate
Change
Fareeha Iqbal
9522 FP CEO PPG approval IUCN,
FAO,
UNEP
Global Global Learning, Finance,
and Partnerships project
under TRI
11-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9530 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Brazil Review and update of the
national implementation
plan for the Stockholm
Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs)
in Brazil
11-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for EA revision
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9542 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNEP Thailand Integrating Natural Capital
and Sustainable Rice
Production in Thailand –
‘NCSRP project’ (-
Integration of Natural
Capital in public and
private sector policy and
decision-making to
support key economic
sectors, with particular
focus on climate smart rice
production)
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
5285 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNEP Indonesia Strengthening Forest and
Ecosystem Connectivity in
RIMBA Landscape of
Central Sumatra through
Investing in Natural
Capital, Biodiversity
Conservation, and Land-
based Emission
Reductions (RIMBA
project)
12-Jul-16 FSP recommended for
endorsement
Multi Focal
Area
Nicole Glineur
5272 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNEP Kenya Scaling up Sustainable
Land Management and
Biodiversity Conservation
to Reduce Environmental
Degradation in Small
Scale Agriculture in
Western Kenya
12-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
5285 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNEP Indonesia Strengthening Forest and
Ecosystem Connectivity in
RIMBA Landscape of
Central Sumatra through
Investing in Natural
Capital, Biodiversity
Conservation, and Land-
based Emission
Reductions (RIMBA
project)
12-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Nicole Glineur
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9525 FP CEO PPG approval UNEP South Africa Strengthening institutions,
information management
and monitoring to reduce
the rate of illegal wildlife
trade in South Africa
12-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOBiodiversity Jaime Cavelier
5649 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNEP Mauritius Nationally Appropriate
Mitigation Actions for
Low Carbon Island
Development Strategy for
Mauritius
12-Jul-16 MSP approved by CEOClimate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
9533 EA CEO PIF Approval UNEP Regional (Mali,
Senegal)
Development of National
Action Plan for Artisanal
and Small Scale Gold
Mining Mali and Senegal
12-Jul-16 PIF recommended for
CEO approval
Chemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
9547 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Regional (Guinea,
Niger)
Development of National
Action Plan for Artisanal
and Small Scale Gold
Mining Guinea and Niger
13-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for EA revision
Chemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
6990 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNEP Bosnia-
Herzegovina
Achieving Biodiversity
Conservation through
Creation, Effective
Management and Spatial
Designation of Protected
Areas and Capacity
Building
13-Jul-16 MSP approved by CEOBiodiversity Yoko Watanabe
9421 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNEP Regional (Kyrgyz
Republic,
Tajikistan)
Demonstration of Non-
thermal Treatment of DDT
Wastes in Central Asia
13-Jul-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
Chemicals and
Waste
Lulwa Ali
UNIDO
5725 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNIDO Thailand Greening Industry through
Low Carbon Technology
Application for SMEs
12-Jul-16 MSP sent to Agency
for revision
Climate
Change
Ogawa Masako
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9134 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD,
UNIDO
Senegal Food-IAP: Agricultural
Value Chains Support
Project
12-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
World Bank
5364 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank
India Program to Establish Pilots
for Access through
Renewable Energy
13-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
144678 Climate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
Requests Received from GEF Agencies
July 18 - 22, 2016
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
ADB
9267 FP CEO endorsement of FSP ADB Myanmar Rural Productivity and Ecosystems
Services Enhanced in Central Dry
Zone Forest Reserves
18-Jul-16Fareeha IqbalMulti Focal
Area
AfDB
9130 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB,
UNIDO
Cote d'Ivoire Cities-IAP: Abidjan Integrated
Sustainable Urban Development
18-Jul-16Xiaomei TanMulti Focal
Area
CI
9573 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
CI Liberia Conservation and sustainable use
of Liberia’s coastal natural capital
22-Jul-16Jaime CavelierMulti Focal
Area
DBSA
9576 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
DBSA South Africa ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND
MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL OF
POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS [PCBS] IN THE
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
25-Jul-16Ogawa MasakoChemicals
and Waste
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
EBRD
9571 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
EBRD Regional (Bosnia-
Herzegovina,
Belarus, Georgia,
Moldova, Turkey,
Ukraine, Serbia)
Promoting Accelerated Uptake of
Environmental Technologies and
Promotion of Best Practices for
Improved Water, Chemicals, and
Waste Management in the Black
Sea Basin
22-Jul-16Steffen HansenMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
FAO
9556 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Kenya Restoration of arid and semi-arid
lands (ASAL) of Kenya through
bio-enterprise development and
other incentives under The
Restoration Initiative
15-Jul-16Ulrich ApelMulti Focal
Area
9294 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Mauritania Integrated Ecosystem Management
Program for the Sustainable
Human Development in Mauritania
15-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9441 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO,
UNIDO
Colombia Contributing to the Integrated
Management of Biodiversity of the
Pacific Region of Colombia to
Build Peace
15-Jul-16Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9554 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Philippines Enhancing biodiversity,
maintaining ecosystem flows,
enhancing carbon stocks through
sustainable land management and
the restoration of degraded
forestlands
18-Jul-16Yoko WatanabeMulti Focal
Area
5768 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Regional (Indonesia,
Timor Leste)
Enabling Transboundary
Cooperation for Sustainable
Management of the Indonesian
Seas
21-Jul-16Leah KarrerInternational
Waters
5506 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Chile Strengthening and Development of
Instruments for the Management,
Prevention and Control of Beaver
(Castor Canadensis), an Invasive
Alien Species in the Chilean
Patagonia
21-Jul-16Mark ZimskyBiodiversity
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
5578 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Tonga R2R Integrated Land and Agro-
ecosystem Management Systems
22-Jul-16Pascal MartinezMulti Focal
Area
9261 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Myanmar My-Coast: Ecosystem-Based
Conservation of Myanmar’s
Southern Coastal Zone
22-Jul-16Fareeha IqbalMulti Focal
Area
9586 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Turkey Contributing to Land Degradation
Neutrality (LDN) Target Setting
by Demonstrating the LDN
Approach in the Upper Sakarya
Basin for Scaling up at National
Level
22-Jul-16Saliha DobardzicMulti Focal
Area
IFAD
9523 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
IFAD Cameroon Rural Youth Environmental
Initiatives Promotion Project
15-Jul-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
IUCN
9365 EA CEO endorsement of FSP IUCN Global Land Degradation Neutrality
Target Setting Project
20-Jul-16Ulrich ApelLand
Degradation
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNDP
9426 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Namibia Namibia Integrated Landscape
Approach for enhancing
Livelihoods and Environmental
Governance to eradicate poverty
(NILALEG)
14-Jul-165640 Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9048 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Ethiopia Ethiopian Urban NAMA: Creating
Opportunities for Municipalities to
Produce and Operationalise Solid
Waste Transformation
(COMPOST)
14-Jul-165541 Xiaomei TanClimate
Change
9432 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Sri Lanka Environmentally Sound
Management of Healthcare Waste
and E-waste in Sri Lanka
18-Jul-165850 Ogawa MasakoChemicals
and Waste
9557 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Thailand Sixth Operational Phase of the
GEF Small Grants Programme in
Thailand
19-Jul-165530 Maria Del Pilar
Barrera Rey
Multi Focal
Area
9558 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Thailand Sixth Operational Phase of the
GEF Small Grants Programme in
Thailand
19-Jul-165530 Maria Del Pilar
Barrera Rey
Multi Focal
Area
9385 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Rwanda Forest Landscape Restoration in
the Mayaga region
19-Jul-165702 Pascal MartinezMulti Focal
Area
9244 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Lao PDR Strengthening the Capacities for
Iterative National Adaptation
Planning Process in Lao PDR
20-Jul-165397 Fareeha IqbalClimate
Change
9252 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP India Solar Photovoltaic-Based
Electricity Generation (SPEG) in
Indian Railways
20-Jul-165572 David Elrie RodgersClimate
Change
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
9480 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Uruguay Towards a Sustainable and
Efficient Urban Mobility System
in Uruguay
20-Jul-165802 Milena VasquezClimate
Change
9561 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Guinea-Bissau Promoting better access to modern
energy services through
sustainable mini-grids and low-
carbon bioenergy technologies
among Guinea-Bissau’s forest-
dependent communities
20-Jul-165885 Ming YangClimate
Change
9562 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Maldives Eliminating POPs through sound
management of chemicals
20-Jul-165918 Anil SookdeoChemicals
and Waste
9266 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Eritrea Restoring Degraded Forest
Landscapes and Promoting
Community‐based, Sustainable and
Integrated Natural Resource
management in the Rora Habab
Plateau, Northern Red Sea Region
of Eritrea
21-Jul-165519 Jaime CavelierMulti Focal
Area
9565 FP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Guyana Strengthening the enabling
framework for biodiversity
mainstreaming nd mercury
reduction in small and medium-
scale gold mining operations
21-Jul-165763 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9566 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Regional (Colombia,
Ecuador)
Integrated Management of Water
Resources of the Mira-Mataje and
Carchi-Guáitara, Colombia –
Ecuador Binational Basins
21-Jul-165753 Christian SeverinInternational
Waters
9567 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Morocco Renewable Energy for the City of
Marrakech’s Bus Rapid Transit
System
21-Jul-165890 Ogawa MasakoClimate
Change
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
9502 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Guinea-Bissau Strengthening natural resource
valuation capacities for improved
planning and decision-making to
conserve the global environment
21-Jul-165737 Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
6971 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Mali Generating Global Environment
Benefits through Improved
Environmental Information,
Planning and Decision Making
Systems
21-Jul-165272 Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
9569 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Mauritius Reduction of POPs, mercury and
lead releases through
implementing environmentally
sound management of waste
22-Jul-16Ogawa MasakoChemicals
and Waste
9570 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Gambia Capacity building for PCBs,
mercury management, and U-POPs
in The Gambia
22-Jul-165908 Ibrahima SowChemicals
and Waste
9574 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Vanuatu Barrier Removal for Achieving the
National Energy Road Map
Targets of Vanuatu (BRANTV)
22-Jul-165926 Ogawa MasakoClimate
Change
9577 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Grenada Climate Resilient Agriculture for
Integrated Landscape Management
22-Jul-164970 Sarah WyattMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNEP
5195 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Regional (Cook
Islands, Fiji,
Micronesia, Kiribati,
Marshall Islands,
Nauru, Niue, Papua
New Guinea, Palau,
Solomon Islands,
Tonga, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu, Samoa)
Building National and Regional
Capacity to Implement MEAs by
Strengthening Planning, and State
of Environment Assessment and
Reporting in the Pacific Islands
30-Jun-16Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
9559 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Maldives Development of a Minamata Initial
Assessment in Maldives
11-Jul-16Evelyn SwainChemicals
and Waste
5703 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Sudan Enhancing the Resilience of
Communities Living in Climate
Change Vulnerable Areas of Sudan
Using Ecosystem Based
Approaches to Adaptation (EbA)
22-Jul-16Katya Kuang-IdbaClimate
Change
UNIDO
9441 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO,
UNIDO
Colombia Contributing to the Integrated
Management of Biodiversity of the
Pacific Region of Colombia to
Build Peace
15-Jul-16Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9130 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB,
UNIDO
Cote d'Ivoire Cities-IAP: Abidjan Integrated
Sustainable Urban Development
18-Jul-16Xiaomei TanMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
World Bank
9555 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Mexico Sustainable Productive Landscapes 18-Jul-16159835 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9560 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Mexico Low Carbon Emissions
Transformational Agenda for
Sustainable Urban Mobility and
Clean Freight Transport
20-Jul-16159989 Milena VasquezClimate
Change
9563 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Seychelles Third South West Indian Ocean
Fisheries Governance ansd Shared
Growth Project (SWIOFish3)
20-Jul-16158137 Astrid HillersMulti Focal
Area
9360 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Regional (Guinea,
Liberia, Sierra Leone)
West Africa Regional Fisheries
Program, Additional Financing
20-Jul-16156759 Astrid HillersInternational
Waters
9564 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Mexico Mexico Municipal Energy
Efficiency Project (PRESEM)
21-Jul-16149872 Milena VasquezClimate
Change
9568 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Nicaragua Resilient Landscapes Management
Project
21-Jul-16160688 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9575 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Sudan Sudan Sustainable Natural
Resources Management Project-
Additional Financing
22-Jul-16160789 Jaime CavelierMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
WWF-US
9182 FP CEO endorsement of FSP WWF-US Global Commodities-IAP: Generating
Responsible Demand for Reduced-
Deforestation Commodities
18-Jul-16Mohamed BakarrMulti Focal
Area
9437 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
WWF-US Nepal Integrated Landscape Management
to Secure Nepal’s Protected Areas
and Critical Corridors
21-Jul-16Pascal MartinezMulti Focal
Area
July 18 - 22, 2016
Responses to Proponents
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
ADB
5037 FP CEO PFD
Clearance for WPI
ADB Regional (Timor
Leste, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu)
CPDP: Climate Proofing
Development in the Pacific
20-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PFD
revision
Climate
Change
Rawleston Moore
AfDB
9497 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
AfDB Niger LCB-NREE Niger child
project: Improving
sustainable management of
natural resources in
Niger’s Diffa region
18-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Pascal Martinez
9532 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
AfDB Central African
Republic
LCB-NREE CAR child
project: Enhancing agro-
ecological systems in
northern prefectures of the
Central African Republic
(CAR)
18-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Pascal Martinez
5279 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
AfDB Togo Strengthening Climate
Resilience of
Infrastructure in Coastal
Areas in Togo
21-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Climate
Change
Saliha Dobardzic
FAO
5768 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Regional
(Indonesia, Timor
Leste)
Enabling Transboundary
Cooperation for
Sustainable Management
of the Indonesian Seas
18-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
International
Waters
Leah Karrer
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9556 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Kenya Restoration of arid and
semi-arid lands (ASAL) of
Kenya through bio-
enterprise development
and other incentives under
The Restoration Initiative
19-Jul-16 PPG recommended for
CEO approval
Multi Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9294 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
FAO Mauritania Integrated Ecosystem
Management Program for
the Sustainable Human
Development in Mauritania
20-Jul-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance (review
sheet (rev PIF)
technically cleared &
sent to agency)
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
6955 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Chile Strengthening the
Adaptive Capacity to
Climate Change in the
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Sector
21-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Climate
Change
Saliha Dobardzic
IADB
5388 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IADB Regional PPP-IDB Sustainable
Caribbean Basin Private
Equity Fund (PROGRAM)
18-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Climate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
IFAD
9141 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD Burkina Faso Food-IAP: Fostering
Participatory Natural
Resource Management
Project
18-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
9139 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD Kenya Food-IAP: Establishment
of the Upper Tana Nairobi
Water Fund (UTNWF)
20-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEO
(CEO Endorsed
07/20/2016)
Multi Focal
Area
Mohamed Bakarr
9139 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD Kenya Food-IAP: Establishment
of the Upper Tana Nairobi
Water Fund (UTNWF)
20-Jul-16 FSP recommended for
endorsement
Multi Focal
Area
Mohamed Bakarr
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
UNDP
9375 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Azerbaijan Development of
Azerbaijan’s Fourth
National Communication
to the UNFCCC and
Second Biennial Reporting
14-Jul-16 EA approved by CEO5772 Climate
Change
Rawleston Moore
9211 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank,
UNDP
Global Coordinate Action and
Learning to Combat
Wildlife Crime
18-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEO5620 Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier
5458 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNDP Peru Conservation,
Management and
Rehabilitation of Fragile
Lomas Ecosystems
18-Jul-16 MSP approved by CEO5845 Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
6920 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Global (Indonesia,
Timor Leste)
Implementation of the
Arafura and Timor Seas
Regional and National
Strategic Action Programs
19-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5439 Multi Focal
Area
Leah Karrer
9135 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Ethiopia Food-IAP: Integrated
Landscape Management to
Enhance Food Security
and Ecosystem Resilience
20-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5559 Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
9426 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Namibia Namibia Integrated
Landscape Approach for
enhancing Livelihoods and
Environmental
Governance to eradicate
poverty (NILALEG)
20-Jul-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance
(Technically cleared)
5640 Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
9561 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Guinea-Bissau Promoting better access to
modern energy services
through sustainable mini-
grids and low-carbon
bioenergy technologies
among Guinea-Bissau’s
forest-dependent
communities
20-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5885 Climate
Change
Ming Yang
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
5535 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP,
UNEP
Regional (Burkina
Faso, Benin, Cote
d'Ivoire,
Cameroon, Algeria,
Guinea, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger,
Nigeria, Chad)
Improving IWRM,
Knowledge based
Management and
Governance of the Niger
Basin and the Iullemeden
Taoudeni Tanezrouft
Aquifer System (ITTAS)
21-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
4798 International
Waters
Astrid Hillers
9558 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Thailand Sixth Operational Phase of
the GEF Small Grants
Programme in Thailand
22-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision (Sent to
Agency for action)
5530 Multi Focal
Area
Maria Del Pilar
Barrera Rey
6971 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNDP Mali Generating Global
Environment Benefits
through Improved
Environmental
Information, Planning and
Decision Making Systems
22-Jul-16 MSP approved by CEO5272 Multi Focal
Area
Susan Waithaka
UNEP
9525 FP CEO PPG approval UNEP South Africa Strengthening institutions,
information management
and monitoring to reduce
the rate of illegal wildlife
trade in South Africa
12-Jul-16 PPG approved by CEOBiodiversity Jaime Cavelier
5649 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNEP Mauritius Nationally Appropriate
Mitigation Actions for
Low Carbon Island
Development Strategy for
Mauritius
12-Jul-16 MSP approved by CEOClimate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
9548 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Maldives Development of a
Minamata Initial
Assessment in Maldives
18-Jul-16 EA approved by CEOChemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9551 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNEP South Sudan Capacity Development in
Reducing Illegal Wildlife
Trade and Improving
Protected Area
Management Effectiveness
in South Sudan
18-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier
5535 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP,
UNEP
Regional (Burkina
Faso, Benin, Cote
d'Ivoire,
Cameroon, Algeria,
Guinea, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger,
Nigeria, Chad)
Improving IWRM,
Knowledge based
Management and
Governance of the Niger
Basin and the Iullemeden
Taoudeni Tanezrouft
Aquifer System (ITTAS)
21-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
International
Waters
Astrid Hillers
UNIDO
9123 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank,
UNIDO
Senegal Cities-IAP: Sustainable
Cities Management
Initiative
19-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Xiaomei Tan
World Bank
9211 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank,
UNDP
Global Coordinate Action and
Learning to Combat
Wildlife Crime
18-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEO157432 Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier
9555 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
World
Bank
Mexico Sustainable Productive
Landscapes
18-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
159835 Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
9123 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank,
UNIDO
Senegal Cities-IAP: Sustainable
Cities Management
Initiative
19-Jul-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
152150 Multi Focal
Area
Xiaomei Tan
9240 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank
China Capacity Strengthening
For Implementation Of
Minamata Convention On
Mercury
20-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEO151281 Chemicals and
Waste
Anil Sookdeo
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9212 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank
Gabon Wildlife and Human-
Elephant Conflicts
Management
21-Jul-16 FSP endorsed by CEO157249 Multi Focal
Area
Jaime Cavelier
WWF-US
5771 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
WWF-US Regional
(Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador,
Panama)
Improving Mangrove
Conservation across the
Eastern Tropical Pacific
Seascape (ETPS) through
Coordinated Regional and
National Strategy
Development and
Implementation
18-Jul-16 MSP approved by CEOInternational
Waters
Leah Karrer
Front Office GEF CEO and
Chairperson
Naoko Ishii
Advisor to the CEO
Claus Astrup
Head of Communications
Robert Bisset
GEF Programs
Unit Director
Gustavo Fonseca
Manager
Claude Gascon
Director
Elwyn Grainger-Jones
Policy, Partnerships
and Operations
Latin America Region
Mark Zimsky
Africa Region
Ibrahima Sow
Asia Region
Yoko Watanabe
Small Islands Developing
States Region
Rawleston Mooore
Europe and Central Asia
Ulrich Apel
Global
Astrid Hillers
Biodiversity
Mark Zimsky
Climate Change
Mitigation
David Rodgers
Climate Change
Adaptation
Rawleston Moore
Sustainable Forest
Management
Land Degradation
Ulrich Apel
Chemicals & Waste
Anil Sookdeo
International Waters
Christian Severin
Manager
Herbert Acquay
Patnerships and Resource
Mobilization
Pilar Barrera Rey Country Relations/
Secretary to the Council
William Ehlers
Policy and Strategy
Knut Roland Sundstrom Operations
Henry Salazar
Results-Based Management
Christine Roehrer
Knowledge Management
Yasemin Biro
Information Technology
Deepak Kataria Gender and Social Issues
Gabriella Richardson
Temm
Advisor to the CEO/ Conflict Resolution
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Peter Lallas
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Mohamed Bakarr Multilateral
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Chizuru Aoki
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GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF-US) 1250 24th St, NW
Washington, DC 20037-1193 [email protected]
Attn: Dr. David S. McCauley Senior Vice President Policy and Government Affairs [email protected] +1-202-495-4159
Copy to: Mr. Hervé Lefeuvre Senior Director, GEF Relations and GEF Coordinator [email protected] +1-202-459-8533
Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade (FUNBIO) Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 286 5º andar Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22270-014 [email protected]
Attn: Fabio Heuseler Ferreira leite GEF Coordinator
+ 55 21 2123-5326
Copy to: [email protected]
DISTRIBUTION LIST WHEN SUBMITTING PROJECT PROPOSALS
FOR GEF CEO APPROVAL/ENDORSEMENT
As a rule, all GEF Agencies are expected to circulate their project proposals to the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies,
and STAP and to the relevant Convention Secretariat.
Standard Distribution List for all projects (PIF, PPG, FSP, MSP, and EA):
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
To be included in the Standard Distribution List as appropriate:
For Biodiversity Projects: For Land Degradation Projects: For POPs Projects: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
For Climate Change Projects: For Mercury Projects
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