Update - GEF Pacific Alliance for Sustainability

GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop27 - 29 September 2011

Honiara, Solomon Islands

BACKGROUND

• 32 GEF PAS Projects- Total Value US$101, 561,873

• 10 Biodiversity Projects , 9 Climate Change Mitigation Projects, 8 Climate Change Adaptation Projects, 1 International Waters Project, 4 POPs Projects

Project Status-BiodiversityProject Number Project Name Countries GEF Agency GEF Finance Current Status

3626 Micronesia Challenge

Marshall Islands, Palau, FSM

UNEP 6,000,000 Under Implementation

3664 Invasive Species Management

Marshall Islands, FSM, PNG, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Niue

UNEP 3,500,000 Under Implementation

3591 Coral Reef Triangle

Solomon Islands, PNG, Timor Leste, Vanuatu, FSM, Fiji, Palau

ADB 9,500,000 Under Implementation

3819 Forest Protected Area Management

Fiji, Samoa, Niue and Vanuatu

FAO 7,300,000 Under Implementation

4023 Integrated Island and Community-based Biodiversity Conservation

Nauru, Tuvalu, Cook Island and Tonga

UNEP 2,000,000 Additional information requested from Agency (re co-finance letters)

3897 Phoenix Island Protected Areas

Kiribati UNEP 1,000,000 Project approved-Under Implementation

3662 Enabling Activity

Timor Leste UNDP 277,200 Under Implementation

3463 Enabling Activity

Tuvalu UNDP 232,200 Under Implementation

3714 Enabling Activity

Tonga UNDP 100,000 Agency/country consultation- Project to be cancelled

Climate Change Mitigation

Project Number

Project Name Countries GEF Agency GEF Finance Current Status

3641 Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Pacific

Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Cook Islands

ADB 6,000,000 CEO Endorsed-Under Implementation

2568 Action for the Development of Marshall Islands Renewable Energies

Marshall Islands

UNDP 1,100,000 Under implementation

2567 Sustainable Economic Development through RE Applications

Palau UNDP 1,100,000 Under Implementation

4000 Low Carbon Islands-Accelerating the Use of Renewable Energy Technologies

Tuvalu, Niue and Nauru

UNEP 1,500,000 Awaiting revised CEO endorsement from agency

4282 Grid Connected Solar PV Central Station Project

Kiribati WB 1,000,000 PIF Approved- Awaiting Full Project Document

4283 PNG Energy Development

Papua New Guinea

WB 909,091 Milestone Extension Approved August 2011

4281 Geothermal Power and Electricity Sector Development

Vanuatu WB 909,091 Milestone Extension Awaiting Full Project Document

4284 Development of Community-based Renewable Energy Mini-Grids

Solomon Islands

WB 909,091 Milestone Extension Awaiting Full Project Document

4131 Renewable Energy Power Project

Fiji UNDP 1072500 Under Implementation

Climate Change Adaptation Projects

Project Number

Project Name Countries GEF Agency GEF Finance Current Status

3101 PACC CI,, Fiji, FSM, Nauru, Niue, PNG Samoa, SI, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Palau and MI

UNDP 14,822,500 Under Implementation

3694 Increasing Resilience of Coastal Areas and Community Settlements to Climate Change

Tuvalu UNDP 3,349,500 Under Implementation

3358 Integrating CC Risks into the Agri and Health Sectors.

Samoa UNDP 2,000,000 Under Implementation

3798 Increasing Resilience to CC& Natural Hazards

Vanuatu World Bank 3,000,000 Milestone Extension Awaiting Submission of CEO Endorsement

3464 NAPA Preparation

Timor Leste UNDP 200,000 Under Implementation

4226 Napa Implementation

Solomon Islands

World Bank 4,350,000 PIF to be Re-Submitted

4068 Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Hazards

Kiribati World Bank 3,300,000 CEO Endorsed-Under Implementation

4216 ICCRIFS Samoa UNDP 2,400,000 CEO Endorsed –Under Implementation3/15/2011

International Waters and POPs/ChemicalsProject Number

Project Name Countries GEF Agency GEF Finance Current Status

2586 Implementing Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries

CI, FSM, Fiji, Kiribati, Ml, Nauru, Niue, Palau, PNG Samoa, SI,Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

UNDP/UNEP 10,722,950 Under Implementation

3344 Cooks island POPs Enabling Activity

Cook Islands UNDP 290,750 Under Implementation

3663 PAS Supporting the POPs Global Monitoring Plan in the Pacific

Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Palau, SI

UNEP 517,000 Under Implementation

4066 Integrated Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes and POPs

Cook Islands, FSM, MI PNG, Samoa,Tuvalu, Palau, Tonga, Kiribati, Niue, Nauru, Vanuatu, Fiji*

UNEP 3,500,000 Council Approved awaiting CEO Endorsement

4064 DDT Alternatives

PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

UNEP 1,000,000 Dropped

GEF-PAS Issues• 20 projects under implementation• Implementation issues and project delays • Co-ordination issue never completed resolved-Lack of Resources• GEF PAS Benefits and Advantages –(i) Mobilized considerable resources and

projects to the region, which prior to the programme the region had not received (ii) Improved the overall understanding of the GEF amongst Pacific Countries

• How do we move forward in GEF 5?• Region can build on GEF-PAS. GEF is willing to work with region on expanding GEF-

PAS, or a new programme. It is up to region to as to how they want to move forward.

• Can work together to identify elements of a new programme• New Guidelines for Programmatic approaches in GEF 5 which address coordination

issue• Alternative Regional Approaches in light of broadening GEF Partnership-

Possibilities regional organizations can be accredited by GEF, and become GEF Project Agency

Thank you for your attention