SECRETARIAT REVIEW FOR

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SECRETARIAT REVIEW FOR WORK PROGRAM INCLUSION
Council Work Program
Intersessional Work Program
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GEF Project Cycle
Project Concept Development
Secretariat review for Concept Agreement
Project Approval and Implementation Supervision
Project Preparation
Secretariat review for Work Program Inclusion
Secretariat review for CEO Endorsement
Project Appraisal
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GEF Secretariat Review for Work Program Inclusion
Secretariat receives project proposals
GEFOP meeting
Project Proposals review
Work Program Assembly
Pre-bilateral discussions
GEF Council Meeting
Project review meeting with IAs/ExAs
Council Comments
Preparation of covernote
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Secretariat receives project proposals
aChecks if proposal is in the GEF pipeline link
to the gef website aChecks completeness of
documentation .Cover Note link to GEF
website .Project Brief link to GEF
website .Full Project Document including
required annexes , incremental cost
, logical framework matrix , STAP
review , IA response to STAP review
, endorsement letters from OFP
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Project Proposals review
Program Manager reviews proposals
Criteria for Review of GEF Projects
http//gefweb.org/Documents/Council_Documents/GEF
_C16/GEF_C.16_Inf.7.pdf
uCountry Ownership xProgram and Policy
Conformity wFinancing xInstitutional Coordination
and Support yResponse to Reviews
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Pre-bilateral discussions
Teams discuss project review recommendations and
other comments provided by
E Secretariats Program Managers and other
staff E Implementing Agencies E Executing
Agencies under Expanded Opportunities E
Convention Secretariats E STAP Secretariat
Teams recommend if formal review meetings with
IAs/ExAs are necessary
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Project review meeting with IAs/ExAs
8 Secretariat forwards review sheets to IAs/ExAs
8 Teams hold project review meetings with IAs/ExAs
8 Secretariat provides summary recommendations
Work Program inclusion, with (specific)
conditions for CEO endorsement
RECOMMENDTION
Work Program inclusion, if (specified) agreements
with the Secretariat are reflected in the project
documentation within a week, and with (specified)
conditions for CEO endorsement
Work Program submission deferred, but proposal
may be re-submitted for consideration for another
WP once issues have been resolved or preparation
is completed
Project has become ineligible and will not be
considered.
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Preparation of covernote
Secretariat prepares draft of the Work Programs
Cover Note
j Proposed Work Program k Conformity with
Corporate Business Plan and Strategies l
Conformity with Project Review Criteria m
Programmatic Approaches n Project Summaries link
to the website Annex A Project Proposals
Submitted for Council Approval Annex B
Medium-sized Projects under Expedited
Procedures Annex C Project Development Facility
(PDF A) Annex D Project Development Facility (PDF
B, C) Annex E Enabling Activities under expedited
procedures
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GEFOP meeting
Assistant CEO presides over the meeting attended
by
GEF Executive Coordinator World Bank GEF
Executive Coordinator UNEP GEF Executive
Coordinator UNDP Chair, STAP Secretariat
Representative CBD Secretariat Representative
UNFCCC Secretariat
Agenda Final agreements on the Work Program Work
Program as posted in the Website
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Work Program Assembly
After the GEFOP meeting, CEO approves projects
for Work Program inclusion
C IAs/ExAs submit revised final project documents
C Secretariat assembles project documents and
posts the Work Program in the GEF website
for circulation to n Council members n
Alternates n Implementing Agencies n
Others link to the Work Program in the GEF website
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GEF Council Meeting
Council meets in Washington, D.C. and discusses
and approves Work Program subject to technical
comments Link to GEF Website
Council issues Joint Summary of the Chairs link
to GEF Website 1) Decisions of the Council 2)
Highlights of Councils Discussion
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Council Comments
Secretariat compiles Council comments within two
weeks after the GEF Council meeting
Secretariat sends compilation to IAs/ExAs
Secretariat awaits final project documents for
CEO endorsement
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May 2002 Council Work Program Calendar
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SECRETARIAT REVIEW FOR CEO ENDORSEMENT
Secretariat receives Final Project Document and
checks against
hConditions for CEO endorsements hCouncil
comments hFinancial changes
Types of endorsements
Expedited
link to an example in the website
Non-expedited
link to example in the GEF website
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Submission of Projects and Fee Proposals
Implementing Agencies
Executing Agencies Under Expanded Opportunities
World Bank (IBRD) United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB) African Development Bank
(AfDB) European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) International Finance
Corporation (IFC) United Nations Industrial
Development Programme (UNIDO) United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International
Finance for Agriculture and Development (IFAD)
GEF Secretariat Program Coordination
STAP Secretariat
Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) Secretariat
UN Framework for Climate Change Convention
(UNFCCC) Secretariat
Stockholm Convention Secretariat (Persistent
Organic Pollutants) Secretariat
Implementing Agencies
Appropriate Executing Agencies Under the Expanded
Opportunities