Institutional Structure of the GEF GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop Institutional Structure of the GEF GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop 15 to 17 February 2012 Dead Sea, Jordan

Presentation Outline History Mission GEF Focal Areas Role of the GEF Organizational Structure Institutional Framework Country Ownership

History Established in 1991 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development- Earth Summit, 1992 Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured GEF- March 1994 Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund: GEF-1 (1994) $2 billion GEF-2 (1998) $2.75 billion GEF-3 (2002) $3 billion GEF-4 (2006) $3.13 billion GEF-5 (2010) $4.34 billion World Bank is the Trustee of the GEF Trust Fund

Mission The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a mechanism for international cooperation for the purpose of providing new, and additional, grant and concessional funding to meet the agreed incremental costs of measures to achieve agreed global environmental benefits

GEF Focal Areas and Cross-cutting Issues GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop GEF Focal Areas and Cross-cutting Issues Focal Areas Biodiversity Land Degradation International Waters Persistent Organic Pollutants Ozone Depletion (only countries in transition) Climate Change Cross-Cutting Issues Sustainable Forest Management Sound Chemicals Management and Mercury Reduction Capacity Development The Global Environmental Focal Areas The environment has innumerable dimensions, but to address problems plaguing the environment, scientists and policymakers divide them into aspects that are primarily local, national, regional, and global in nature. Although these aspects are all interrelated, the GEF focuses on challenges that are global in scope: Biodiversity (loss of Biological Diversity) Climate Change International Waters (degradation of the Oceans and large bodies of fresh water shared by more than one country) Ozone Depletion Land Degradation Earth’s atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere are shared by all. They are the common heritage of humankind. The GEF represents people coming together from the entire spectrum of the developing and developed world to work together to protect the global environment upon which we all depend. Let’s take each focal area and look at the trends, the human impacts, and the links to basic human welfare.

GEF links to the Global Environmental Conventions GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop GEF links to the Global Environmental Conventions GEF is the designated “financial mechanism” for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) The GEF is a designated mechanism for the Convention on Combating Desertification (UNCCD) The GEF collaborates closely with other treaties and agreements to reach common goals (International Waters, Montreal Protocol)

GEF Replenishments

Total Funding Percentage by Focal Area

Role of the GEF LINKS LOCAL WITH GLOBAL GEF advances sustainable development in individual nations while improving the global environment for all COMPLEMENTS EXISTING AID PROGRAMS GEF is not a substitute for regular development finance LEVERAGES ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT GEF seeks co-finance, replication, and follow-up investment: the trust fund cannot solve all global environmental problems

GEF Organizational Structure GEF Member Governments: 182 GEF Council: 32 Members. Main governing body of GEF GEF Assembly: All members represented. Meets every 4 years. Reviews and evaluates policies and operations. Amends Instrument (on Council recommendation) GEF Secretariat: Headed by CEO. Administrates the Fund. Evaluates and recommends projects for CEO and/or Council approval

GEF Organizational Structure GEF Agencies: Operational work. Accountable to Council for their project activities. Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP): Reviews projects and provides advice Evaluation Office: Reports directly to the Council; Reviews GEF work and evaluates its effectiveness; establishes evaluation standards; provides quality control for M&E of Agencies CSOs: Participate at policy and project level

GEF Institutional Framework

GEF Agencies FAO UNIDO IFAD ADB AFDB EBRD IDB UNDP UNEP World Bank broad primary roles identified in the GEF Instrument FAO UNIDO IFAD ADB AFDB EBRD IDB granted access to GEF resources and assigned more definite roles based on specific business needs of the GEF

Country Ownership GEF PROJECTS MUST BE COUNTRY DRIVEN: Based on national priorities Designed to support sustainable development How is this achieved? Political and Operational Focal Points Country Support Programme GEF Newsletter Participation of CSOs and Local Communities

LDCF and SCCF- Climate Change Adaptation GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop LDCF and SCCF- Climate Change Adaptation Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)and Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) -> established in 2001 under UNFCCC COP First multilateral funds to implement concrete adaptation actions on developing countries LDCF and SCCF provided vulnerable countries and communities, as well as the GEF Implementing Agencies, initial resources to finance a pioneering adaptation portfolio. Managed and administered independently of from the GEF Trust Fund

Donor Funding of LDCF/SCCF GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop Donor Funding of LDCF/SCCF LDCF --$533M pledged from 25 donors SCCF -- $240M pledged from 15 donors Total > $773 M Allocated, Committed or Disbursed: 94 projects approved in more than 90 developing countries through: LDCF for $215 million SCCF for $ 150 million 47 National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs) completed, 48 financed (LDCs) $12 M 16 16

GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop Thank you for your attention This Briefing was just a first step in what is hoped will be a long and fruitful partnership together to face the challenge of building models that show the way toward prosperity and preservation of the global environment in the new millenium.