Institutional Structure of the GEF

GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop27 - 29 September 2011

Honiara, Solomon Islands

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

MissionThe 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

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

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

STAP

GEF Assembly

Countries: Political FPs

GEF Secretariat

GEF Agencies

•UNDP

•UNEP

•World Bank

ADB

•AFDB

•EBRD

•FAO

•IADB

•IFAD

•UNIDO

Projects

Countries: Operational

FPs, Convention

FPs, other gov’tagencies, civil

society

Evaluation Office

Conventions

Countries: Convention FPs

GEF Council

Countries: Council

Members/ Constituencies

StrategicGuidance

Operations Action

STAP

GEF Assembly

Countries: Political FPs

GEF Secretariat

GEF Agencies

•UNDP

•UNEP

•World Bank

ADB

•AFDB

•EBRD

•FAO

•IADB

•IFAD

•UNIDO

Projects

Countries: Operational

FPs, Convention

FPs, other gov’tagencies, civil

society

Evaluation Office

Conventions

Countries: Convention FPs

GEF Council

Countries: Council

Members/ Constituencies

StrategicGuidance

Operations Action

GEF Agencies• 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

Who is the Science and Technology Advisory Panel (STAP)?

• STAP, GEF Science and Technology Advisory Panel, provides independent strategic advice on projects, programs and policies.

• STAP guarantees quality scientific and technical projects and programs financed by the GEF.

• STAP provides advice on the "cutting thematic areas" such as adaptation to climate change, sustainable forest management and chemical management.

http://www.unep.org/stap/

STAP - Les conseils stratégiques• STAP provides strategic advice on "How to develop and implement

projects or programs on a specific topic supported by the GEF“(“Payments for Environmental Services and the Global Environment Facility”)

• STAP examines global issues on environment (“Enhancing resilience to reduce climate change risks”)

• STAP is developing methodologies for the GEF(“Manual for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Benefits for GEF Transport Projects”)

http://www.unep.org/stap/

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

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Donor Funding of LDCF/SCCF

LDCF --$415.4M pledged from 24 donorsSCCF -- $217M pledged from 14 donors

Total > $632 M

Allocated, Committed or Disbursed: –76 projects approved in 62

developing countries through:•LDCF for $160 million•SCCF for $ 108 million

–45 National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs) completed, 48 financed (LDCs) $12 M

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Thank you for your attention