Country Support Programme

GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop

BelarusSeptember 22-24, 2015

Country Support Programme (CSP)

The Country Support Progamme (CSP) is the main tool for carrying out Country Relations Strategy and has the following components:

GEF National Portfolio Formulation Exercises

GEF National Dialogues

GEF Workshops

GEF Constituency Meetings

GEF Introduction Workshops

Pre-Council Meetings for Recipient Countries

National Portfolio Formulation Exercises (NPFE)

• In GEF-6 the objective of this activity is to further help GEF OFPs to engage relevant national stakeholders and line ministries, in the planning process for developing national priorities for GEF support, including specific project ideas.

• Voluntary and not a pre-requisite for GEF funding.

• Final NPFD to be submitted to GEF – who will review and provide comments as appropriate.

National Dialogues

• National Dialogues continue to be a strategic tool for promoting the incorporation of the global environment concepts into national thinking, accounting and regular work.

• They bring together a wide array of national and local level stakeholders to discuss and understand how protecting the global environment is key to their national interest.

• National Dialogue are organized at the request of the OFP. May include a component on GEF-6 programming if before June 30th 2015.

GEF Workshops - ECWs

• The purpose of Expanded Constituency Workshops (ECW) is to keep GEF OFPs, Convention FPs and other stakeholders, (CSOs) abreast of GEF Strategies, policies and procedures

• ECWs are organized by GEF Secretariat with up to 7 participants –GEF FPs, 4 Convention FPs and CSO representative.

• GEF may also design and organize other workshops to facilitate work on trans-boundary collaboration, regional programming and other issues based on thematic or geographic need.

GEF Constituency Meetings

• During GEF-6 Constituency Meetings will continue to be the main tool for the Council Members to engage their Constituency members in the preparations for decision making at the GEF Council

• Each constituency may request 2 meetings per year – before each Council Meeting when documents are posted

• Organised at the request of the Council Member – who prepares the agenda and chairs the meeting

• GEF responsible for all logistical arrangements

GEF Introduction Seminars

• GEF Introduction Seminars (previously GEF familiarization seminars) are organized to provide necessary information and training to new GEF Agency staff, Convention Secretariat staff, new GEF Focal Points and selected stakeholders on the GEF-6 strategies, policies and procedures once a year in Washington DC

• The seminars also reach out to other audiences that are critical for the GEF to succeed e.g line ministries, media, private sector where possible.

• GEF Agency staff self-financed

Pre-Council Meeting for Recipient Country Constituencies

• The purpose of these meetings is to enable Council members from recipient countries to meet immediately prior to the Council Meeting to exchange views, positions and perspectives in relation to the Council documents and to receive clarification from Secretariat staff, as necessary.

Agency Stakeholders

Global Environmental Facility (GEF)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

What is SGP?A program which:

• Believes that local solutions to global environmental problems exist.

• Supports community-based initiatives and action.

• The process of implementation leads also to poverty reduction and local empowerment.

Nature of SGP Grants

• Planning grants: $2,500

• Small grants projects: up to $50,000

• Strategic grants 1: up to $150,000

• Local CBOs, NGOs, communities, civil society organizations;

• Review and approval of proposals done at country level through the National Steering Committee

1 Consolidation of efforts among several CSOs

National Steering Committee (NSC)

• Country driven

• Mobilize resources, link SGP to national policy and planning

• OFP and UNDP CO representatives are part of the NSC

• All volunteers of various expertise (including one expert on gender)

• Tenure 2 years renewable

Technical Advisory Group (TAG)

• Expert review group

• Composed by experts from NGOs – academia – representatives of Conventions Focal Points

• Guarantee the quality of proposals.

SGP Country Team

National Coordinator (NC)• Competitively selected• UNOPS contracted• Implements decisions and policies of NSC• Primary supervisor is SGP Global Manager

on programmatic matters.

Programme Assistant (PA)• Competitively selected and UNOPS

contracted• Supports the NC and reports to the NC

Central Programme Management Team (CPMT)

• Provide guidance on meeting the commitments of SGP to GEF• Maintain global coherence• Raise global co-financing• Global Manager and Deputy Global Manager plus focal area experts that also serve as Regional Coordinators

SGP Steering Committee• GEF Secretariat (Chair), UNDP-GEF unit and the GEF CSO Network• Provides strategic guidance on the Program

Global Scope• 22 new countries joined during

4th Operational Phase - OP4 (2006 - 2010)

• 8 new countries started up during 5th Operational Phase (OP5) from 2010-2014 for a total of 136

• More than 19,000 projects globally

SGP OP6 Programming directions For greater efficiency in the use of limited

resources and to promote mainstreaming and scaling up, SGP country programmes can select from a set of four (4) multi-focal strategic initiatives:

• Community Landscape and Seascape Conservation

• Climate Smart Innovative Agro-ecology• Low Carbon Energy Access Co-benefits• Local to Global Chemical Management

Coalitions

Partnerships

• Grantees • National Governments• State/Local Governments• Regional Governments• Bilateral aid• Corporations • Multilateral agencies• Foundations• NGOs

GEF-6 Strategy for Cross-Cutting Capacity Development

GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop

Dead Sea, Jordan9 - 10 September, 2015

GEF definition (C.22/08): “The process by which individuals, organizations and societies strengthen their ability to address environmental issues, manage natural resource issues, and mainstream environmental sustainability into development policies, plans and decisions.”

Capacity Development

Capacity Development (CD) through:

1.Conducting

NCSAs

2.Paying greater

attention to regular CD in

individual projects

3.Promoting

CCCD projects

4. Paying critical attention to CD in LDCs &

SIDS

4 Pathways to CD

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1.Conducting

NCSAs

• Aimed to address capacity gaps identified in NCSAs.

• In the CB2 portfolio (23 CB2 projects in GEF-4), projects have :• Strengthened multi-sectoral processes

• Promoted policy and legislation harmonization

• Mainstreamed global environmental issues

• CBS projects were based on a holistic /cross-cutting approach to develop required capacities.

GEF-4 - CB2 Projects

Overall Goal: To help countries meet and sustain global environmental outcomes by strengthening key capacities that address challenges and remove barriers common to the MEAs that the GEF serves and to mainstream the global environment into decision making.

Available: USD 34 M

GEF-6 – CCCD Strategy

• CCCD-1: To integrate global environmental needs into management information systems and monitoring.

• CCCD-2: To strengthen consultative and management structures and mechanisms.

• CCCD-3: To integrate MEAs’ provisions within national policy, legislative, and regulatory frameworks.

• CCCD-4: To pilot innovative economic and financial tools for Convention implementation.

• CCCD-5: Updating of NCSAs.

GEF-6 – CCCD Strategic Objectives

What we want to see in GEF-6 CCCD Projects:• Strengthen the capacities of LDCs and SIDS • Be identified in GEF-funded NCSAs• Introduce innovative approaches• Be results-based, leading to measurable, sustainable capacity

outcomes, and include a set of monitoring indicators• Create synergies when implementing the 3 Rio Conventions and

other MEAs• Be complementary to ongoing or planned GEF initiatives

GEF-6 CCCD – Priorities

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Guidelines for the Implementation of

GEF Public Involvement Policy

GEF Policies Related to CSO and other stakeholders involvement

The Public involvement in GEF-financed projects (1996) the GEF Guidelines for Engagement with Indigenous Peoples; the Policy on Agency Minimum Standards on Environmental

and Social Safeguards; the Policy on Gender Mainstreaming and the GEF Monitoring and Evaluation Policy Guidelines for the Implementation of the Public Involvement

Policy (2014)

Public Involvement Policy

Policy: Public Involvement in GEF Projects, GEF/PL/SD/01

http://www.thegef.org/gef/content/public-involvement-policy

• Effective public involvement is critical to the success of GEF-financed projects, with emphasis on local participation.

• Public involvement comprises three related and often overlapping processes: (a) information dissemination; (b) consultation; and (c) stakeholder participation.

Public Involvement Policy Principles

1. Social, Environmental and Financial Sustainability

2. Country Responsibility (government and GEF Agencies)

3. Flexibility4. Broad-based and

sustainable5. Transparency

The Rationale for Public Involvement in GEF-financed Projects

• Enhancing recipient country ownership of, and accountability for, project outcomes

• Addressing the social and economic needs of affected people

• Building partnerships among project executing agencies and stakeholders

• Making use of skills, experiences, and knowledge in the design, implementation and evaluation of project activities.

Guidelines

These Guidelines aim to provide further detail on steps to achieve and implement the principles stipulated in the Public Involvement Policy

Information Dissemination Consultation for Setting Priorities Consultation for Project/Program Design and

Implementation Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation Conflict Resolution

Guidelines

Information DisseminationAction Responsible

Relevant documents and information related to GEF programs and projects become publicly available on the GEF’s website in a timely manner.

GEF Secretariat

Information meetings, ND. NPFE. NSC

OFPs

GEF workshops, ECWs GEF Secretariat

Update of A-Z GEF Secretariat

Webinars GEF Secretariat

Consultation – Setting PrioritiesMechanism – Action Responsible

NPFE – CSO rep OFP

National Dialogue OFP

Other consultation meetings OFP - GEF Partner Agencies

Consultation – Participation- Programs and Projects

Mechanism – Action Responsible

Consult on project and program ideas OFP

Documentation of affected stakeholders GEF Partner Agencies

Meaningful consultations with stakeholders

GEF Partner Agencies

FPIC GEF Partner Agencies

Identification of Needs GEF Partner Agencies

Identification of Partners GEF Partner Agencies

Review of Proposed Activities – stakeholder engagement plan

GEF Partner Agencies

Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation

Mechanism – Action Responsible

Mid-Term Evaluation and Terminal Evaluation of each project account for participation of CSOs and other stakeholders

GEF Partner Agencies

Seek partnership opportunities with relevant CSOs in the monitoring and evaluation of projects and programs

GEF Partner Agencies – OFPs

Continued input from affected stakeholders and communities regarding progress

GEF Partner Agencies – OFPs

Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation (cont’d)

Mechanism – Action Responsible

The Annual Monitoring Review (AMR), will contain a section on the analysis of the participation of CSOs and other stakeholders

GEF Secretariat

Terminal Evaluations will include, where applicable, a section on the degree and manner of involvement of civil society organizations and other stakeholders

GEF Partner Agencies

Sub-study on public participation in GEF projects and programs as part of the Overall Performance Study (OPS) in every GEF cycle

Independent Evaluation Office

Conflict ResolutionMechanism – Action Responsible

GEF Conflict Resolution Commissioner and the GEF Secretariat Civil Society Operations Officer are available to receive any complaints brought forward by CSOs and other stakeholders that are not satisfactorily resolved at the local level, country, or GEF Partner Agency level.

GEF Secretariat

Report annually, through the Annual Monitoring Review (AMR), on cases that have been presented to their respective resolution systems and on how they have been addressed

GEF Partner Agencies

Action Plan

Information DisseminationDesign of programs and projectsKnowledge ManagementMonitoringCapacity DevelopmentPolicy and GuidelinesConflict Resolution

 Thank you for your attention

Any questions?

For more information please contact Ms. Pilar Barrera ReyThe Global Environment Facility

pbarrera@thegef.orgwww.thegef.org / gefcivilsociety@thegef.org