PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - Global Environment Facility

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

April 2nd, 2018 - April 6th,2018

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 MEETING

GEF Council Consultations with Civil Society

GEF Council Meeting

LDCF/SCCF Council Meeting

STAP Panel Meetings

GEF Work Program Calendar for 2018

Events Dates

Receipt deadline for PIF/PFD

Draft Cover Note to Agencies, ConvSec, STAP

Inter-Agency Meeting with ConvSec, STAP

Posting of Work Program

Council Meeting

Council Approval

Meetings/Consultations

Kindly see the link to the compilation of council comments for the November 2017 GEF Work Programhttps://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/work-program-documents/Compilation%20of%20Council%20Comments%20-%20November%202017%20Work%20Program.pdf

Dates

March 9

May 18

May 24

May 29

June 24-26

June 26

Fiscal Year ‘18Country Support Program Activities

Expanded Constituency Workshops

Constituency Meetings

June 11 - 13, 2018SwitzerlandVenue: TBD

June 23, 2018 Asia Pacific Venue: Furama Hotel, Da Nang

South AsiaVenue: Furama Hotel, Da Nang

East Asia Venue: Furama Hotel, Da Nang

Requests Received from GEF Agencies

April 2 - 6, 2018

GEF

ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title

Date

Received

IA

ID Program ManagerFocal Area

AfDB

9420 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Regional (Malawi,

Tanzania)

Strengthening Trans-boundary

Cooperation and Integrated

Natural Resources Management in

the Songwe River Basin

3-Apr-18Astrid HillersInternational

Waters

8013 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Malawi Climate Adaptation for Sustainable

Water Supply

4-Apr-18Fareeha IqbalClimate

Change

FAO

9294 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Mauritania Integrated Ecosystem Management

Program for the Sustainable

Human Development in Mauritania

4-Apr-18Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

Multi Focal

Area

UNDP

9570 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Gambia Capacity Building for PCBs and U-

POPs in The Gambia

4-Apr-185908 Akio TakemotoChemicals

and Waste

10005 FP CEO PIF Clearance for

WPI

UNDP Global (Cameroon,

Mongolia, Maldives,

Mozambique,

Namibia, El

Salvador, Uganda)

GEF SGP Sixth Operational

Phase- Strategic Implementation

using STAR Resources Tranche 3,

including LDCs and SIDS (Part

V)

4-Apr-185475 Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

Multi Focal

Area

April 2 - 6, 2018

Responses to Proponents

ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title

Response

Date Remarks

IA

ID Focal Area Program Manage

ADB

9909 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

FAO,

ADB

Regional

(Bangladesh,

Indonesia, India,

Sri Lanka,

Myanmar,

Maldives,

Malaysia, Thailand)

Sustainable Management

of the Bay of Bengal

Large Marine Ecosystem

Programme

2-Apr-18 Review Sheet sent to

Agency for PIF

revision (Techinically

cleared by PM)

Multi Focal

Area

Leah Karrer

AfDB

9043 FP CEO endorsement

of FSP

AfDB Regional (Africa) Investing in Renewable

Energy Project Preparation

under the Sustainable

Energy Fund for Africa

(SEFA)(non-grant)

2-Apr-18 FSP recommended for

endorsement

(Technically cleared)

Climate

Change

Ming Yang

CI

9282 FP Council approval

of PIF

CI Ecuador Safeguarding Biodiversity

in the Galapagos Islands

by Enhancing Biosecurity

and Creating the Enabling

Environment for the

Restoration of Galapagos

Island Ecosystems.

30-Nov-17 PIF approved by

Council

Biodiversity Mark Zimsky

9948 MSP CEO PIF Approval CI Madagascar Building and

Strengthening

Madagascar’s National

Capacity to Implement the

Transparency Elements of

the Paris Agreement

28-Mar-18 PIF approved by CEOClimate

Change

Dustin Schinn


Response

Date Remarks

IA


9948 MSP CEO PPG approval CI Madagascar Building and

Strengthening

Madagascar’s National

Capacity to Implement the

Transparency Elements of

the Paris Agreement

28-Mar-18 PPG approved by CEOClimate

Change

Dustin Schinn

9997 MSP CEO PIF Approval CI Rwanda Strengthening the Capacity

of Institutions in Rwanda

to Implement the

Transparency

Requirements of the Paris

Agreement

28-Mar-18 PIF approved by CEOClimate

Change

Dustin Schinn

9997 MSP CEO PPG approval CI Rwanda Strengthening the Capacity

of Institutions in Rwanda

to Implement the

Transparency

Requirements of the Paris

Agreement


Change

Dustin Schinn

FAO


of PIF

FAO Myanmar My-Coast: Ecosystem-

Based Conservation of

Myanmar’s Southern

Coastal Zone


Council

Multi Focal

Area

Fareeha Iqbal


of FSP

FAO Afghanistan Community-based

Sustainable Land and

Forest Management in

Afghanistan


Agency for FSP

revision

Multi Focal

Area

Manuela Ravina da

Silva

9909 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

FAO,

ADB

Regional

(Bangladesh,

Indonesia, India,

Sri Lanka,

Myanmar,

Maldives,

Malaysia, Thailand)

Sustainable Management

of the Bay of Bengal

Large Marine Ecosystem

Programme


Agency for PIF

revision (Techinically

cleared by PM)

Multi Focal

Area

Leah Karrer


Response

Date Remarks

IA


9285 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

FAO Afghanistan Community-based

Sustainable Land and

Forest Management in

Afghanistan


Agency for PIF

revision

Multi Focal

Area

Manuela Ravina da

Silva

9970 MSP CEO PIF Approval FAO Cuba Enhancing Cuba's

institutional and technical

capacities in the

agriculture and land-use

sectors for enhanced

transparency under the

Paris Agreement.


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez


of FSP

IUCN,

FAO,

UNEP

Global Global Learning, Finance,

and Partnerships Project

under TRI


endorsement (Docs

circulating for

clearance/signature)

Multi Focal

Area

Ulrich Apel

##### MSP CEO PIF Approval FAO Ukraine Strengthening capacity in

the Forestry sector of

Ukraine for enhanced

transparency in

implementation and

monitoring of Ukraine’s

Nationally Determined

Contribution (NDC) under

the Paris Agreement


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Pascal Martinez

##### MSP CEO PPG approval FAO Ukraine Strengthening capacity in

the Forestry sector of

Ukraine for enhanced

transparency in

implementation and

monitoring of Ukraine’s

Nationally Determined

Contribution (NDC) under

the Paris Agreement


Agency for PPG

revision

Climate

Change

Pascal Martinez


Response

Date Remarks

IA


##### MSP CEO PIF Approval FAO Nicaragua Strengthen institutional

and technical capacities in

the agricultural and

forestry sectors of

Nicaragua to respond to

the requirements of the

enhanced transparency

framework under the Paris

Agreement.


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Pascal Martinez


of FSP

FAO India Green-Ag: Transforming

Indian Agriculture for

Global Environmental

Benefits and the

Conservation of Critical

Biodiversity and Forest

Landscapes


Agency for FSP

revision

Multi Focal

Area

Hannah Fairbank


of FSP

IUCN,

FAO,

UNEP



under TRI

6-Apr-18 FSP endorsed by CEOMulti Focal

Area

Ulrich Apel

IADB

##### MSP CEO PIF Approval IADB Jamaica Strengthening Jamaica´s

Capacity to meet

transparency requirements

under the Paris Agreement


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez

##### MSP CEO PIF Approval IADB Mexico Transparency under the

Paris Agreement: National

and Subnational

Contribution and Tracking

towards Mexico’s NDC


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez

IFAD


of PIF

IFAD Indonesia Integrated Management of

Peatland Landscapes in

Indonesia (IMPLI)


Council

Multi Focal

Area

Ulrich Apel


Response

Date Remarks

IA


IUCN


of FSP

IUCN Guinea-Bissau Managing Mangroves and

Production Landscapes for

Climate Change Mitigation


endorsement

(Technically cleared)

Multi Focal

Area

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy


of FSP

IUCN,

FAO,

UNEP



under TRI


endorsement (Docs

circulating for


Multi Focal

Area

Ulrich Apel


of FSP

IUCN Myanmar The Restoration Initiative

(TRI) Myanmar,

Reversing forest

degradation and

deforestation and restoring

forest landscapes through

local multi-stakeholder

management


Agency for FSP

revision

Multi Focal

Area

Ulrich Apel


of FSP

IUCN Myanmar The Restoration Initiative

(TRI) Myanmar,

Reversing forest

degradation and

deforestation and restoring

forest landscapes through

local multi-stakeholder

management


Agency for FSP

revision

Multi Focal

Area

Ulrich Apel


of FSP

IUCN China Building Climate Resilient

Green Infrastructure:

Enhancing Ecosystem

Services of Planted Forests

in China through Forest

Landscape Restoration and

Governance Innovation


Area

Ulrich Apel


of FSP

IUCN,

FAO,

UNEP



under TRI


Area

Ulrich Apel


Response

Date Remarks

IA


UNDP

##### MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Swaziland Ecosystem Restoration and

Sustainable Water and

Land Management in the

Mbuluzi River Basin of

Swaziland

27-Mar-18 PIF recommended for

CEO approval

6204 Land

Degradation

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

9967 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Ethiopia Capacity-building

Program to Comply with

the Paris Agreement and

Implement its

Transparency

Requirements at the

28-Mar-18 PIF approved by CEO

(PPG approved)

6208 Climate

Change

Dustin Schinn

9967 MSP CEO PPG approval UNDP Ethiopia Capacity-building

Program to Comply with

the Paris Agreement and

Implement its

Transparency

Requirements at the

28-Mar-18 PPG approved by CEO6208 Climate

Change

Dustin Schinn

9966 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Bosnia-

Herzegovina

Integrated Reporting and

Transparency System


Agency for PIF

revision

6209 Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez

9804 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNDP Panama Conservation and

Sustainable Use of

Biodiversity in Coastal

Marine Production

Landscapes

2-Apr-18 MSP recommended for

CEO approval

5750 Biodiversity Mark Zimsky

##### FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Regional (Marshall

Islands, Palau,

Tuvalu)

Managing Coastal

Aquifers in Selected

Pacific SIDS


Agency for PIF

revision

6196 Multi Focal

Area

Christian Severin


of FSP

UNDP Bhutan Bhutan Sustainable Low-

emission Urban Transport

Systems


Agency for FSP

revision

5563 Climate

Change

Xiaomei Tan


Response

Date Remarks

IA



of FSP

UNDP Regional (Egypt,

Libya, Sudan,

Chad)

Enabling Implementation

of the Regional SAP for

the Rational and Equitable

Management of the

Nubian Sandstone Aquifer

System (NSAS).


Agency for FSP

revision

4736 International

Waters

Astrid Hillers

##### EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Algeria Third National

Communication and First

Biennial Update Report of

Algeria to the UNFCCC


Agency for EA revision

5267 Climate

Change

Manuela Ravina da

Silva

9651 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNDP Somalia Strengthening National

Capacities for Improved

Decision Making and

Mainstreaming of Global

Environmental Obligations

6-Apr-18 MSP approved by CEO5799 Multi Focal

Area

Susan Waithaka

UNEP

##### MSP CEO PPG approval UNEP Swaziland Capacity Building for

Enhanced Transparency in

Climate Change

Monitoring, Reporting and

Verification


Change

Dustin Schinn

##### MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Swaziland Capacity Building for

Enhanced Transparency in

Climate Change

Monitoring, Reporting and

Verification

28-Mar-18 PIF approved by CEO Climate

Change

Dustin Schinn

9869 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNEP Dominican

Republic

Strengthening the capacity

of the Dominican Republic

to generate climate

information and

knowledge in the

framework of the Paris

Agreement


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez


Response

Date Remarks

IA


9981 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global (Angola,

Burundi, Benin,

Congo, Cote

d'Ivoire,

Cameroon, Cabo

Verde, Egypt,

Eritrea, Gabon,

Ghana, Guinea,

Equatorial Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau,

Comoros,

Madagascar, Mali,

Mauritania,

Mozambique,

Namibia, Niger,

Nigeria, Sierra

Leone, Sao Tome

and Principe,

Tanzania, South

Africa, Zambia,

Congo DR)

GEF Support to UNCCD

2018 National Reporting

Process - Umbrella I

2-Apr-18 EA approved by CEOLand

Degradation

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

9980 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global (Albania,

Armenia,

Botswana, Belarus,

Georgia, Iraq,

Kenya, Kyrgyz

Republic,

Kazakhstan, Sri

Lanka, Moldova,

Macedonia,

Myanmar,

Maldives, Malawi,

Philippines, Palau,

Swaziland, Chad,

Tajikistan,

Turkmenistan,

Ukraine,

Uzbekistan, Serbia,

Zimbabwe)



Process – Umbrella II


Degradation

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy


Response

Date Remarks

IA


##### EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global

(Azerbaijan, Cuba,

Algeria, Ecuador,

Ethiopia, Gambia,

Cambodia,

Kiribati, Lebanon,

Lesotho, Morocco,

Montenegro,

Mauritius, Panama,

Peru, Paraguay,

Rwanda, Sudan,

Senegal, Togo,

Tunisia, Turkey,

Tuvalu, Uganda,

Samoa)



Process - Umbrella IV


Degradation

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

##### EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global (Antigua

And Barbuda,

Barbados, Burkina

Faso, Bolivia,

Bhutan, Belize,

Chile, Colombia,

Costa Rica,

Dominica,

Dominican

Republic, Grenada,

Guatemala,

Guyana, Honduras,

Haiti, Jamaica, St.

Kitts And Nevis,

St. Lucia, Libya,

Mongolia, Mexico,

Seychelles,

Somalia, Suriname,

South Sudan, El

Salvador, Trinidad

and Tobago,

Uruguay, St.

Vincent and

Grenadines,

Venezuela)



Process - Umbrella III


Degradation

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy


Response

Date Remarks

IA


##### EA CEO PIF Approval UNEP Global (Antigua

And Barbuda,

Barbados, Burkina

Faso, Bolivia,

Bhutan, Belize,

Chile, Colombia,

Costa Rica,

Dominica,

Dominican

Republic, Grenada,

Guatemala,

Guyana, Honduras,

Haiti, Jamaica, St.

Kitts And Nevis,

St. Lucia, Libya,

Mongolia, Mexico,

Seychelles,

Somalia, Suriname,

South Sudan, El

Salvador, Trinidad

and Tobago,

Uruguay, St.

Vincent and

Grenadines,

Venezuela)



Process - Umbrella III

2-Apr-18 PIF recommended for

CEO approval

Land

Degradation

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy


Response

Date Remarks

IA


9980 EA CEO PIF Approval UNEP Global (Albania,

Armenia,

Botswana, Belarus,

Georgia, Iraq,

Kenya, Kyrgyz

Republic,

Kazakhstan, Sri

Lanka, Moldova,

Macedonia,

Myanmar,

Maldives, Malawi,

Philippines, Palau,

Swaziland, Chad,

Tajikistan,

Turkmenistan,

Ukraine,

Uzbekistan, Serbia,

Zimbabwe)



Process – Umbrella II


CEO approval

Land

Degradation

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

##### EA CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNEP Global

(Azerbaijan, Cuba,

Algeria, Ecuador,

Ethiopia, Gambia,

Cambodia,

Kiribati, Lebanon,

Lesotho, Morocco,

Montenegro,

Mauritius, Panama,

Peru, Paraguay,

Rwanda, Sudan,

Senegal, Togo,

Tunisia, Turkey,

Tuvalu, Uganda,

Samoa)



Process - Umbrella IV


CEO clearance (Docs

circulating for

clearance/signature

3/16 and 3/30)

Land

Degradation

Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

##### MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Azerbaijan Capacity Building to Meet

enhanced Transparency

Framework of the Paris

Agreement


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez


Response

Date Remarks

IA



of FSP

IUCN,

FAO,

UNEP



under TRI


endorsement (Docs

circulating for


Multi Focal

Area

Ulrich Apel

##### MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Sierra Leone Building and strengthening

Sierra Leone’s national

capacity to implement the

transparency elements of

the Paris Agreement


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Manuela Ravina da

Silva

##### MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Panama Development of the

National Framework for

Climate Transparency of

Panama


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez


of FSP

UNEP Antigua And

Barbuda

The Path to 2020 -

Antigua and Barbuda


Agency for FSP

revision

Biodiversity Sarah Wyatt


of FSP

UNEP Regional (Antigua

And Barbuda,

Barbados,

Dominica,

Grenada, St. Kitts

And Nevis, St.

Lucia, St. Vincent

and Grenadines)

Preventing COSTS of

Invasive Alien Species

(IAS) in Barbados and the

OECS Countries

6-Apr-18 FSP circulated to

Council before CEO

endorsement

Biodiversity Sarah Wyatt

9942 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Honduras Support in the design and

implementation of the

integrated monitoring

system of climate change

for Honduras


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez


of FSP

IUCN,

FAO,

UNEP



under TRI


Area

Ulrich Apel

UNIDO


Response

Date Remarks

IA


9971 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNIDO Mongolia Industrial energy

efficiency for Mongolia


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Ming Yang

9648 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNIDO Barbados Strategic Platform to

Promote Sustainable

Energy Technology

Innovation, Industrial

Development and

Entrepreneurship in

Barbados


Agency for PIF

revision

Climate

Change

Ming Yang

World Bank

9575 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

World

Bank

Sudan Sudan Sustainable Natural

Resources Management

Project- Additional

Financing


Agency for PIF

revision

161304 Multi Focal

Area

Jaime Cavelier

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

Francoise Clottes

Policy, Partnerships

and Operations

Latin America Region

Mark Zimsky

Africa Region

Ibrahima Sow

Asia Region

Hannah Fairbank

Small Islands Developing

States Region

Europe and Central Asia

Ulrich Apel

Global

Astrid Hillers

Biodiversity

Mark Zimsky

Climate Change

Mitigation

Climate Change

Adaptation

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 SundstromOperations

Henry SalazarResults-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

Commissioner

Peter Lallas

Program Strategy

Mohamed Bakarr Multilateral Environmental

Agreements

Chizuru Aoki

Naoko IshiiChief Executive Officer and Chairperson

[email protected]

Peter LallasAdvisor to the Chief Executive Officer

[email protected]

+1 202 473 9732

Claus Pram AstrupAdvisor to the Chief Executive Officer

[email protected]

Amornrat Ning Poopech Resource Management Officer

[email protected]

+1 202 458 4366

Esther PormesSenior Executive Assistant

[email protected]

+1 202 473 8736

Christian HoferSenior Communications Officer

[email protected]

+1 202 458 0936

Camila Perez GabilondoCommunications [email protected]

Robert BissetHead of Communications

[email protected]

+1 202 458 5191

Patrizia CoccaCommunications Officer and KM Coordinator

[email protected]

+1 202 458 0234

Alua Satybaldina-Kennedy Communications [email protected]

Mailing Address:

GEF Secretariat1818 H Street, NW, MSN N8-800

Washington, D.C. 20433

+1 202 473 0508; Fax: +1 202 522 3240/3245

Communications

FRONT OFFICE

+ 1 202 478 7270

Julienne Kouame Program Analyst

[email protected]

+1 202 473 8736

Diego Riano Posada Special Assistant [email protected]

+1 202 473 1444

+1 202 458 0895

Olivier Besson Program Assistant [email protected]+1 202 473-8935

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POLICY AND OPERATIONS

Akila Nazneen Senior Financial [email protected]

+1 202 473 1760

Amanda Adams Program Assistant

[email protected]

+1 202 473 9878

Christina BogyoSenior Program Assistant

[email protected]

+1 202 473 6974

Christine RoehrerCoordinator –Lead Results Based Management

[email protected]

+1 202 473-0337

Deepak KatariaCoordinator - Information Technology

[email protected]

+1 202 473 3881

Gabriella Richardson-Temm Coordinator – Gender and Social Issues

[email protected]

Henry Salazar Coordinator - Operations

[email protected]

+1 202 473 8226

Juman ByunBusiness Solutions Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 7987

Lesly RigaudClient Technologies Officer

[email protected]

+1 202 473 3881

Naiying Peng Operations Analyst

[email protected] +1 202 458 9580

Olha Krushelnytska Operations [email protected] +1 202 458 5839

Herbert AcquayManager - Policy, Partnerships and Operations

[email protected]

+1 202 473 1043

Knut Roland Sundstrom Coordinator - Policy and Strategy

ksundstro [email protected]

+1 202 473 7510

Minna Maria Kononen Country Relations Officer [email protected]

+1 202 473 9402

Nicolas Alejandro Marquez Pizzanelli Operations Analyst

[email protected]

+1 202 473 9522

Francoise Clottes Director

[email protected]

+1 202 473 8471



















Omid Parhizkar Operations Officer [email protected]

+1 202 458 2186

Oreste Maia Andrade Operations Analyst [email protected] +1 202 458 9387

Pilar BarreraCoordinator - Partnerships and

Resource Mobilization

[email protected]

+1 202 458 9891

Raul Rodriguez Temporary

[email protected]

Regine Mpoyi Program Assistant [email protected]

+1 202 473 2754

Seo-Jeong Yoon Policy Officer

[email protected]

+1 202 473 7832

Susan WaithakaCountry Relations Officer

[email protected]

+1 202 473 5457

William EhlersCoordinator – Country Relations/

Secretary to the Council

[email protected]

+1 202 458 9436

Quynh Xuan Thi Phan Senior Financial [email protected] +1 202 458 4760

Ramon Prudencio C de Mesa Operations Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 9285

Robert Schreiber Program Coordinator

[email protected]

+1 202 458 0288

Sonja Sabita Teelucksingh Senior Evironmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 4004

Thomas Biegel Consultant [email protected] +1 202 473 9252

Yasemin BiroCoordinator - Knowledge Management [email protected]

+1 202 473 1550

















Akio TakemotoSenior Environmental [email protected] +1 202 458 2789

Anil Bruce SookdeoChemicals and Waste Focal Area

Coordinator

[email protected]

+1 202 458 0683

Astrid Hillers Senior Environmental Specialist

[email protected]

+1 202 458 8173

Christian SeverinInternational Waters Focal Area Coordinator

[email protected]

+1 202 458 2001

Cyrille BarneriasSenior Environment Specialist

[email protected]

+1 202 473 8871

Evelyn Swain Senior Environment Specialist

[email protected]

+1 202 473 1151

Flavius MihaiesConsultant, Climate and Chemicals

[email protected]

+1 202 560 4934

Hannah FairbankSenior Biodiversity [email protected]

Asha Imani Bobb Semple Operations Analyst

[email protected]

+1 202 473 989

Chizuru AokiLead Environmental Specialist -

Multilateral Environmental

Agreements [email protected]

+1 202 473 6068

Claude GasconLead Program Manager

[email protected]

+1 202 458 9755

Dustin Schinn Climate Change Specialist [email protected]

+1 202 458 1234

Fareeha IqbalSenior Climate Change Specialist [email protected]

+1 202 458 9593

Glynis Barber Program Assistant

[email protected]

+1 202 473 9647

Ibrahima SowAfrica Regional Coordinator [email protected]+ 1 202 473 2716

PROGRAMS

Gustavo Fonseca Director

[email protected]

+ 1 202 458 4818


















Shakil Kayani Program Assistant

[email protected]

+1 202 458 4680

Jaime CavelierSenior Biodiversity Specialist [email protected]+1 202 473 4886

Katya Yuh Kuang-Idba Climate Change Specialist [email protected]+1 202 473 4364

Leah KarrerSenior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 8364

Milena Gonzalez Vasquez Junior Professional Associate

[email protected]

+1 202 458 1284

Mohamed Imam BakarrLead Environmental Specialist - Program

Strategy [email protected]

+1 202 458 8890

Nhu Quynh Phan Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 4236

Pascal MartinezSenior Climate Change Specialist

[email protected]

+1 202 458-9755

Jean-Marc Sinnassamy Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 8060

Kettly DenisProgram [email protected]+1 202 473 0825

Mark ZimskyLatin America Regional Coordinator/ Biodiversity Focal Area Coordinator [email protected]

+1 202 473 7855

Manuela Ravina da SilvaJunior Professional Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 3231

Ming YangSenior Climate Change Specialist

[email protected]

+1 202 473 5707

Monica Fernandes Senior Program Assistant

[email protected]

+1 202 473 9647

Paul HartmanSenior Environmental Specialist [email protected]























Tigest Tirfe Program Assistant

[email protected]

+1 202 458 9297

Steffen HansenEnvironmental [email protected]

+1 202 458 8796

Ulrich ApelEurope and Central Asia Regional Coordinator/

Land Degradation Focal Area Coordinator

uapel@ thegef.org

+1 202 473 2573

Xiaomei TanSenior Climate Change Specialist

[email protected]

+1 202 473 7448

Sarah WyattOperations [email protected]

+1 202 473 0534






Director GEF Independent Evaluation Office

[email protected]

Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 473 2259

Senior Operations Officer [email protected]+1 202 473 6056


Dennis Bours Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 458 9153

Research Assistant [email protected]+1 202 473 1808

Molly WattsEvaluation Analyst [email protected]+1 202 473 3675

Sara El ChoufiEvaluation Analyst [email protected]+1 202 458 7069

Program Assistant [email protected]+1 202 473 0654

Peixuan ZhouEvaluation Analyst [email protected]+1 202 473 1703

nupam AnandEvaluation Officer [email protected]+202-473-3147

Geeta BatraDeputy Director and Chief Evaluation [email protected]+202-473-4442


Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 4738896

Knowledge Management Officer [email protected]+1 202 458 4908

Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 458 2719

Information Analyst [email protected]+1 202 473 4914

Kyoko MatsumotoSenior Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 473 2609

Senior Executive Assistant [email protected]+1 202 458 9682

Khondoker Tanveer Haider [email protected]

Laura Reynolds Nissley Consultant [email protected]

Silvia Mancini

smancini

Operations Associate

Sophie Hans-Moevi Senior Program Assistant shansmoevi

73 0701

Matthew Pueschel Consultant mpueschel 6743

Senior Climate Change Specialist

Saliha Dobardzic

[email protected]+ 202 473 5943

Young Hee Lee Operations Analyst ylee12

8219

Farayi Onias Madziwa Program Officer fmadziwa

58 5184

licia Marie Austin Temporary austin

9758

nni Rein Temporary rein

9758

Manager

GEF DIRECTORY OF ADDRESSEES

GEF Secretariat1

Program Coordination Registry1818 H Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20433, USA

gcoord ination@theg ef.org

Attn: Mr. Henry SalazarCoordinator - [email protected]

+1 202 473 8226

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) Registry 1818 H Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20433, USA

[email protected]

Mr. Praveen Desabatla

Team Leader, DFPTF

[email protected]

+1 202 458 2099

UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)413 rue Saint-Jacques, Suite 800

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1 N9 [email protected]

Attn: Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer Executive Secretary

GEF Contact Person: Ailis [email protected]

UN Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC)Haus Carstanjen

Martin Luther King Strasse 8

53175 Bonn, Germany

[email protected]

Attn: Ms. Patricia EspinosaExecutive Secretary

GEF Contact Person(s):

- Ms. Deschen Tsering

[email protected]

- Mr. Alejandro Kilpatrick

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm ConventionsUNEP International Environment House 1

11-13 Chemin des Anemones

1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland

Attn: Dr. Rolph Payet Executive Secretary

Mr. Frank Moser

GEF Focal Point

0ffice of the Executive Secretary

[email protected]

+41 22 917 8951

1 GEF Secretariat’s physical address: 1899 Pennslyvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006

Convention Secretariats

GEF Trustee

GEF Secretariat










UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)Herrmnn-Ehlers Str. 10

D-53113 Bonn, Germany

[email protected]

Attn: Ms. Monique Barbut

Executive Secretary

GEF Contact Person: Ms. Anja Thust

Program Officer, FCMI Unit

[email protected]

+49 228 815 2828

Interim Secretariat of the Minamata ConventionInternational Environment House 1

13, chemin des Anémones

CH-1219 Chatelaine, Geneva

Switzerland

Ms. Rossana Silva RepettoExecutive [email protected]




STAP Panel and Secretariat

Rosina Bierbaum Chairperson [email protected]

Christopher Whaley STAP Secretary [email protected]

+1 734 763 8675 +1 202 974 1318

Ralph E. Sims Panel Member on Climate Change Mitigation [email protected] +64 21 166 4555

Guadalupe Duron Programme Officer [email protected] +1 202 974 1313

Brian Child Panel Member on Biodiversity [email protected] +352 392 0494

Robin Burgess Programme Assistant [email protected] +1 202 974 1311

Ricardo Barra Panel Member on Chemicals & Waste [email protected] 56-41-2204002

Annette Cowie Panel Member on Land Degradation [email protected] +61 2 677 28080

Ferenc Toth Panel Member of Adaptatation [email protected] +43 2236 864501

Sarah Lebel Climate Adaptation and Resilience Specialist [email protected] +1 202 621 5036

Virginia Gorsevski Senior Programme Officer [email protected] +1 202 621 5020

Sunday A. Leonard (PhD) Senior Programme Officer [email protected] + 33 (0) 1 44 37 19 98

Michael Stocking Advisor to the STAP Chair [email protected]+44 1603 592 339

Thomas E. Lovejoy Advisor to the STAP Chair [email protected]

Panel Secretariat



















GEF Agency Secretariats

African Development Bank (AfDB) Registry Headquarters 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01 Côte d'Ivoire [email protected]

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Registry 6 ADB Avenue Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines [email protected]

European Bankfor Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Registry One Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom [email protected]

Mr. Mahamat Assouyouti GEF Coordinator [email protected]

Copy to: Mr. Kurt Lonsway Division Manager, Environment and Climate Change [email protected]

Attn: Mr. Nessim Ahmad Deputy Director General, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Development and GEFOfficial Focal Point [email protected]

Copy to: Mr. Bruce Dunn Principal Environment Specialist, Environment and Safeguards and ADB/GEF Coordinator [email protected] +632 683 1922/ +632 683 1923

Attn: Mr. Alexis FrankePrincipal Manager | Deputy Pillar HeadDonor [email protected]+44 20 7338-6004

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Registry Viale Dell Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome, Italy [email protected]

Attn: Mr Alexander Jones Director, Climate and Environment Division (CBC) [email protected] +3906 570 54477

Copy to: Mr. Jeffrey Griffin Senior Coordinator - FAO-GEF Unit Climate and Environment Division (CBC) [email protected] [email protected] +3906 570 55680

GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) Registry 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433, [email protected]

Ms. Emilia Battaglini GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected] + 1 202 458 0378

Copy to: Shaanti Kapila [email protected]

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Registry Via Paolo di Dono, 44 00142 Rome, Italy [email protected]

Mr. Perin Saint-Ange Associate Vice President, Programme Management Department [email protected]+39 06 5459 2448Copy to: Ms. Margarita Astrálaga Director, Environment and Climate Division [email protected]: +39 06 5459 2151

Ms. Sheila Mwanundu [email protected]

Ms. Aisha Nazario [email protected]: +39 06 5459 2459 Ms. Estibalitz Morras [email protected]: +39 06 5459 2438

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) Registry United Nations Avenue Gigiri, PO Box 30552 00100 Nairoibi, Ken ya [email protected]

Local Office: 900 17th Street, NW Suite 506, Washington, D.C. 20006

Ms. Kelly West GEF Coordinator [email protected] +254 20 762 4147

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Registry 1300 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20577, USA [email protected]

Mr. Juan Pablo BonillaIDB-GEF Executive [email protected]

GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Registry 304 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017, USA [email protected]

Attn: Ms. Adriana Dinu GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected] +1 212 906 5143

Copy to: Nancy Bennet [email protected]

GEF Project Agency Secretariats

Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) 380 Enrique Canaval Moreyra Ave., 13th Floor, San Isidro, Lima Lima 27, Peru [email protected]

Attn: René Gómez García Palao Senior Executive [email protected] +511-710-8530

Copy to: Ms. Ligia Castro de Doens, Director Environment [email protected]

Conservation International (CI) 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington VA, 22202 USA [email protected]

Attn: Mr. Miguel Morales Vice President/ Managing Director CI-GEF Project [email protected]

Copy to: [email protected]

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Registry Vienna International Centre PO Box 300 A-1400 Vienna, [email protected]

Mr. Juergen Hierold GEF Coordinator [email protected]+43 1 26026 4565

Copy to: Ms. Pamela Mikschofsky [email protected]

GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d

[email protected] +41 22 999 02 56

Mr. Sébastien Delahaye Portfolio Manager GEF Coordination Unit [email protected] +41 22 999 02 51

Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) Ministry of Environmental Protection ECO Building No.5 Houyingfang Hutong Xicheng District, Beijing 100035, China [email protected]

Attn: Mr. Xiao Xuezhi Deputy Director General [email protected] + 86-10-82268807

Copy to: Ms. Chen Haijun Director, [email protected] + 86-10-82268846

Ms. Yan Wei Senior Project Manager [email protected] + 86-10-82268848

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Rue Mauverney, 28 CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland [email protected]

Attn: Cyrie Sendashonga Global Director, Policy and Programme [email protected] +41 22 999 03 17

Copy to: Mr. Jean-Yves Pirot, Head, GEF Coordination Unit

[email protected]

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) 1258 Lever Road, Headway Hill Midrand, 1685 South Africa

Attn:Ms. Nomsa T. Zondi GEF Coordinator [email protected] +27 11 313 3491

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 [email protected]

+ 55 21 2123-5326

Copy to:

[email protected]

Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) 68 Avenue de La Liberation 1172 - Lomé / Togo

Attn: Mr. Yacoubou Bio-Sawe Director of Environment and Finance Climate (DEFIC), GEF Coordinator [email protected] +(228)22.232.525.24

Copy to: Ibrahim Traore Head of Finance Climate Division, [email protected] +1(228)22.23.26.92

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] [email protected]@adb.org [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@boad.org [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@dbsa.org [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected] [email protected]@[email protected] [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@wwfus.org [email protected]

To be included in the Standard Distribution List as appropriate:

For Land Degradation Projects:

[email protected]

[email protected]

For POPs Projects:

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

For Biodiversity Projects: [email protected]

For Climate Change Projects:

[email protected]

[email protected]

For Mercury Projects

[email protected]

[email protected]












































































