Preparations for the GEF 6th Assembly

OverviewSaturday June 23

08h00 to 09h00 Registration (Ongoing throughout the day)

9h00 - 12h30

STAP (Closed

meeting)

GEF CSO Network Council

Preparation

CM-Pacific Islands

CM-East Asia CM-South Asia CM-Southern

ConeCM-East Africa CM-North

Africa

CM-South Africa

CM-Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil

CM-Mexico, Central Americaand Venezuela

CM-Coastal West Africa

CM-Sahel West Africa

CM-Central Africa

12h30 - 14h00 Lunch

14h15 - 17h30STAP (Open

Meeting)

GEF CSO Network Council

Preparation

Pacific Islands East Asia South Asia Southern Cone East AfricaNorth Africa

South Africa Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil

Mexico, Central America and

Venezuela

Coastal West Africa

Sahel West Africa

Central Africa

17h45 - 19h15STAP

Reception

Sunday June 24

08h00 - 09h00 Registration (Ongoing throughout the day)

09h00 - 12h30 54th GEF Council

12h30 - 14h00 Side Events Lunch

14h15 - 17h30 54th GEF Council

18h00 - 19h30 Side Events

19h30 Council Reception

Tuesday June 2608h00 to 09h00

Registration (Ongoing throughout the day)

09h00 to 10h30 54th GEF Council

Civil Society Forum10h30 to 11h30 LDCF SCCF Council

11h30 to 12h30 54th GEF Council

12h00 to 13h30

Side Events

Lunch

13h30 to 15h00

Civil Society Forum18h00 to 19h30

19h30 25th Anniversary SGP Reception

Monday June 2508h00 to 09h00 Registration (Ongoing throughout the day)

09h00 to 12h30 54th GEF Council

12h30 to 14h00 Side Events Lunch

14h15 to 17h30 54th GEF Council

18h00-19h30 Side Events

Wednesday June 27 Thursday June 28

Constituency Meetings

• Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste,

Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

• Cambodia, Korea DPR, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

• Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka

• Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

• Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador

• Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela

• Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, The Gambia

• Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

• Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

• Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

• Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe

• Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Partnerships for Transformation:Civil society’s contribution to transforming systems to safeguard the future of our planet

Civil Society ForumOrganized by: GEF Secretariat, CSO Network, GEF Gender Partnership, GEF SGP, IPAG and IUCN

Contact: Pilar Barrera Rey (pbarrera@thegef.org)

Objectives of the Forum

• Positioning civil society as a key partner in the transformation of systems to bring

about a more sustainable future and the effective implementation of GEF-7.

• Effectively engaging civil society and IPLC to successfully influence national,

regional and global policies and actions to safeguard the global environment.

• Contributing to an inclusive and transparent GEF, through effective Stakeholder

Engagement and Gender Equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

Civil Society Forum – Draft Program Overview

Time Program agenda item

8.00 h Continue registration

09.00 h Welcome remarks by:

GEF CEO , Viet Nam Government, GEF CSO Network, Viet Nam CSO or Indigenous/Local

community (TBI), IPAG

09.40 h Performance session by local CSO groups: video, music or dance (TBC)

10.00 h - Story Harvesting: 20 Successful examples of multi-stakeholder collaboration

12:00 Introducing afternoon breakout sessions and presentation of draft Civil Society Call for

Action

12:30 h *

Lunch

14:00 h * Breakout session 1:

Effective collaboration for

Systems Change

1 ½ hours

Breakout session 2

Influencing Change: the

power of Advocacy and

Innovative Environmental

Action

1 ½ hours

Breakout session 3

Pathways for inclusive

GEF Projects and

Programs:

Operationalizing GEF’s

Stakeholder

Engagement and

Gender-responsive

Approach in GEF-7

1 ½ hours

16.00 h-

*

Panel Discussion with breakout sessions moderators- Feedback and recommendations and

fine tuning of the Civil Society Call for Action to be presented to 6th GEF Assembly.

17.00 h * Presentation of draft Action Plan

17.30 h Closing Remarks – GEF Secretariat, IPAG, CSO Network, Local CSO/IP

18:00 h SGP’s 25th anniversary reception

* there will be other side events happening during these times

ExhibitionStairs

Lunch Exterior

Tent

Exit

Main Entrance

54th

Council Meeting

Civil Society Forum

Plenary

The 6th GEF Assembly Goes Green! Walking the talk of promoting sustainable practices

= minimal carbon and waste footprints

The 6th GEF Assembly Goes Green!

Travel & Stuff

• Offer option to offset carbon emissions from flights

• Minimize printed materials, give-aways, plastic bags, packaging

Walking the talk of promoting sustainable practices

= minimal carbon and waste footprints

The 6th GEF Assembly Goes Green!

Travel & Stuff

• Offer option to offset carbon emissions from flights

• Minimize printed materials, give-aways, plastic bags, packaging

Catering• Serve locally sourced food• Serve sustainable seafood• Provide ample vegetarian options• Minimize single-use items• Use reusable plates, cups, utensils • Ensure no plastic straws• Compost or donate food waste

Walking the talk of promoting sustainable practices

= minimal carbon and waste footprints

The 6th GEF Assembly Goes Green!

Travel & Stuff

• Offer option to offset carbon emissions from flights

• Minimize printed materials, give-aways, plastic bags, packaging

Catering• Serve locally sourced food• Serve sustainable seafood• Provide ample vegetarian options• Minimize single-use items• Use reusable plates, cups, utensils • Ensure no plastic straws• Compost or donate food waste

Walking the talk of promoting sustainable practices

= minimal carbon and waste footprints

The Venue• Provide recycling

& composting• Provide water stations

instead of water bottles• Keep temperature not overly cool

The 6th GEF Assembly Goes Green!

Travel & Stuff

• Offer option to offset carbon emissions from flights

• Minimize printed materials, give-aways, plastic bags, packaging

Catering• Serve locally sourced food• Serve sustainable seafood• Provide ample vegetarian options• Minimize single-use items• Use reusable plates, cups, utensils • Ensure no plastic straws• Compost or donate food waste

And maybe…• Provide a guide to sustainable

purchases in Vietnam• Encourage hotels to highlight

their green practices• Showcase ocean trash artwork

Walking the talk of promoting sustainable practices

= minimal carbon and waste footprints

The Venue• Provide recycling

& composting• Provide water stations

instead of water bottles• Keep temperature not overly cool

Side events

Sunday June 24Time/Ro

omHoi An 1 Hoi An 2 My Son 1 My Son 2 Hue Phon Nha Ha Long Ball Room 1-A Ball Room 1-

World BankCI, FAO, UNDP, UN

EnvironmentABD FAO WWF UN Environment CI

Adaptation Fund

12:00 -13:30

World Bank Group GEF Program

CBIT: Strengthening national capacities to

meet enhanced transparency requirements

Sustainable Infrastructure –Building a global movement and innovations to avoiding

deforestation and biodiversity loss from

infrastructure investments

Experiences in the use of geospatial tool/s to assess, set, monitor and report on

LDN targets

Pantanal Wetlands Conservation District Energy Systems

User Platforms for Supporting

the Achievement

of Land Degradation

Neutrality

Scaling-up GEF’s Small

Grants Program:

Experience from the

Adaptation Fund Portfolio

FAO UNIDO STAP CBD Secretariat WB and WWF CI and STAP WB

18:00 -19:30

Monitoring and Maximizing Global

Environmental Benefits of Drylands: Sharing Experience

and Lessons, Moving forward SDGs

implementation

Unlocking global environmental

benefits through clean technology innovation and

entrepreneurship in SMEs and start-ups.

Environmental Security To be Confirmed Amazon Sustainable Landscapes ProgramSpatial Planning for Protected Areas in Response to Climate Change - SPARC

Building Resilient Coastal

Economies

Monday June 25

Time/Room

Hoi An 1 Hoi An 2 My Son 1 My Son 2 Hue Phon Nha Ha Long Ball Room 1-A Ball Room 1-

UNIDO WB CI and WWFMIT, MONRE and UN

EnvironmentCI FAO and UN Environment IFAD GEF UNIDO

12:00 -13:30

Global Environmental

Benefits: What can Circular Economy

offer?

Mobilizing Private Finance to scale up

GEBs

Natural Capital Assessment and Accounting

Emerging Policy Issue in Chemicals and Waste

Inclusive Conservation– Forming Meaningful Partnerships with Indigenous

Peoples to achieve greater impact in Biodiversity and Sustainable

Development

Multi-stakeholder Collaboration for Inclusive Rice Landscapes

Integrated Approaches: What do we

know and where do we

go?

Launch of the Gender and

Environmental E-course Module

Scaling up the cold chain

management approach to achieve food security and

climate change mitigation

SGP IUCN ADB CI Good Growth Partnership FAO WB GEF IFAD

18:00 -19:30

Small Grants, Big Impact

Building Dryland Resilience through Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)

Nature-based solutions –GEF experience and

innovations for nature based and inclusive

approaches to address climate change and disaster

risks.

Highlighting Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

Reducing Deforestation from Commodity Supply Chains - Turning commitments into action, experience from the GEF

Good Growth Partnership

Biodiversity mainstreaming across agricultural sectors

Global Platform for Sustainable

Cities

Launch of the GEF E-learning

module

Balancing increasing

food demand with

sustainability in the

developing world

Tuesday June 26

Time/Room Hoi An 1 - PPO Hoi An 2 - WildlifeMy Son 1 - Forests and Landscape restoration

My Son 2 - Oceans Hue - Systems Phon Nha - Energy EfficiencyHa Long -

ConservationBall Room 1-A Ball Room 1-B Plenary Council Room

GEF UNDP and WWF IUCN FAO STAP UN Environment CAF CSO Forum CSO Forum

12:00 -13:30

To be confirmedConservation of big cats

and their landscapes

Supporting healthy and sustainable landscapes

through Forest Landscape Restoration

Blue Growth: Sustainably unlocking the potential of seas and oceans.

Accelerating systems thinking in the GEF: moving from theory to practice

Electric Mobility

Introducing Marine and Costal

Conservation, Integrated

Approach CAF Program

GEF CI FAO UN Environment UNIDO UNDP CI and WWF CSO Forum CSO Forum CSO Forum

13:30-15:00 To be confirmedElephant Protection

Initiative (EPI)Forest Landscape Restoration

MechanismOcean Governance

Supporting the food systems as a mean to improve food security and adaptability to climate change –

taking it to the next levelAccelerating Energy Efficiency Implementation

The Multiple Benefits of Mangrove

Protection to Meet National and

Global Priorities

Breakout Session #1: Effective

collaboration for Systems Change

Breakout Session #2: Innovative environmental

action and policy advocacy

Breakout Session #3: Pathways for

inclusive GEF Projects and Programs:

Operationalizing GEF’s Stakeholder Engagement and

Gender-responsive

Approach in GEF-7

GEF ADB, UNDP, WB and WWF CI FAO UNDP ADB UN Environment CSO Forum CSO Forum GEF IUCN

15:00-16:30 To be confirmed Global Wildlife Program

Promoting deforestation free commodities: How to satisfy

the growing demand for coffee while conserving

tropical forests

Common Oceans ABNJ Program –Achievements so far and looking ahead

Eliminating hazardous chemicals Innovative financing models for accelerating energy

efficiencyGEF GOLD Program

Consultation on Environmental

and Social Safeguards

Global Commons

GEF MONRE and WB UN Environment WB FAO UNIDO CI CSO Forum CSO Forum GEF

16:30-18:00 To be confirmedConservation through

Tourism Development in Vietnam

Mobilizing Private Sector Finance to Combat

DeforestationBlue Economy/ Ocean Health

Pacific SIDS – promoting sustainable and inclusive food systems

Unlocking global environmental benefits through improved energy efficiency, enhanced clean energy

supply, and expanded clean energy access

Mainstreaming biodiversity in

socio-ecological production

landscapes and seascapes, the GEF-Satoyama

Project

Consultation on the Guidelines to

implement the GEF Policy on Stakeholder Engagement

GEF Gender Partnership UNDP WB CI FAO UN Environment FAO CSO Forum CSO Forum

18:00 -19:30

The GEF and Gender Equality – putting policy

in to practise -Empowering women

through increased access to finance for sustainable

resource management

Learning from doing: best practices for integrating

biodiversity conservation at wider landscape scale

Forest-Smart Solutions for integrated landscape

programs

Practical solutions to improve ocean health

Traditional knowledge and indigenous food systems: practices for climate change adaptation

and resilience buildingEnergy Efficiency

Biodiversity mainstreaming

across agricultural sectors

Assembly Websitewww.assembly.thegef.org