GEF Country Support program Sub-regional Workshop for GEF

Focal Point

East and South East Asia 2-3 April 2007

BangkokPresented by Dr. LONH Heal

Dr. LONH Heal, GEF Operational Focal Point for Cambodia Director General of the MOE Since 1996 Ministry of Environment has

established the Coordinating Committee and Unit

Roles: Strengthening of the Ministry’s Profile

Demonstration that Donor agencies and NGOs can work together

To promote the coherence effectiveness and awareness of MOE priorities, programs and activities sponsored and/or supported by external organizations

Objectives To ensure that information on MOE

priorities, programming (including IO activities) and operations is well communicated within MOE and among MOE’s partners.

To help avoid overlaps in, and help realize opportunities for cooperating on, external supported programming.

To identify and encourage resolution of programming and operational problems related to the activities of IOs in the MOE.

Proposal Review

There needs to be some process for reviewing projects. Proposals could be submitted to the CU which coordinate review within the Ministry.

The Ministry might choose to consult with members of this committee

Direct Support Funding

Under the Country Support Program, $8,000/year has been used for:

Increase awareness among stakeholders

Set up network, workshops/meetings News letters/brochures Joining activities for SGP

Prepare GEF National Information Packages

Workshop on GEF policies and procedures

Participations in inter-agencies/ministry committee meetings

Organized meetings to foster country level coordination

Create a GEF Website

Lessons learned and challenges

Get improve communication/networks

Sharing information RAF is new concept for climate

change and biodiversity, but not so clear for other issues such as POPs, Ozone, land degradation

Group budget

Monitoring and Evaluation

Though internal capacity to monitor and evaluate MOE and IO work is important, it may not be an appropriate function for the CU.

Next Step

Revise the CU function Set up technical support Launch new activities Need GEF Country Strategy Conducting workshops/meetings

and setting priorities

Future Communication Dr. LONH Heal, GEF Operational

Focal Point for Cambodia, Director General for Ministry of Environment.Tel: 855 23-214 027Mob: 855 12-923 526Fax: 855 23-219 287Email: heal_lonhmoe@yahoo.com

moeimo@online.com.kh Web: www.gefcambodia.org