Briefing on the Country Support Program CSP for Focal Points

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• Briefing on the Country Support Program (CSP) for
  Focal Points
• GEF Sub-regional Consultations 2006

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Objectives of this presentation

• What are the CSPs objectives?
• How the CSP objectives will be achieved?
• 3 components
• How will the CSP be implemented?

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Relationship Among the GEF, Conventions and
National Entities
GEF Council Secretariat
Constituencies
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
STAP
Implementing Agencies
IA Field Offices
Convention Focal Points
Operational Focal Points
Political Focal Points
NATIONAL LEVEL
Other Governmental, NGO, Private Industry,
Research/Academic, Community Stakeholders, Donors
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Facilitating integrated planning
National Plans NAP, PRS, UNDAF, CAS, other plans
Multi-stakeholder consultative processes
Priority environmental and sustainable
development issues
Enabling activities
CC NC, NAPA, BSAP, CCD NAP, POPs NIP, NCSA
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Facilitation role of Focal Points

• Engagement of stakeholders

• Contribute to development of natl policy

• Promote use of information/knowledge

• Facilitate integrated programming

IA Field Offices
Convention Focal Points
Operational Focal Points
Political Focal Points

Other Governmental, NGO, Private Industry,
Research/Academic, Community Stakeholders, Donors
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Main objective

• To strengthen the capacity of the GEF focal
  points to effectively carry out their mandates
  for supporting GEF programs in their countries
  and constituencies, including the improvement of
  overall national and constituency coordination of
  GEF issues.

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CSP overall indicators

• Focal Points with improved access to information
  on GEF policies/procedures
• Focal Points operating within improved
  constituency and national coordination frameworks
• Focal Points applying knowledge gained through KM
  framework and regional capacity building
  activities to improve support for GEF projects
• Institutionalized capacity strengthened to
  coordinate, develop programs and monitor
  performance of national environment programs

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Background Information

• Developed in response to
• Needs expressed by Focal Points
• Evaluation of Focal Point Support Programme
• OPS 3 recommendations
• 3rd Replenishment recommendations
• Approved November 2005 Council
• Total budget 12m
• Duration 4 years, 2006 2009

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CSP 3 Components
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How to achieve objectives3 Components 1 of 3

• Component 1
• Financial support to carry out activities as
  indicated in Revised Guidelines for FP Support
• Up to 8,000/year for 4 years
• Can provide funding mechanism for Dialogue
  follow-up activities
• 2 constituency meetings/year/constituency
• Council policy
• Participation in GEF familiarization seminars for
  new FPs

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Component 1Direct financial support

• MoA signed by countries to facilitate transfer of
  funds over 4 years
• up to 8,000 instalments annually
• Funds transferred to bank account of appropriate
  agency
• Annual work plan outlining activities submitted
  by Focal Points and approved by GEF Secretariat
• requirement for disbursement of first instalment
• Funds disbursed by UNEP within 14 days upon
  receipt of GEF Secretariat approved reporting
• Annual expenditure report
• Annual progress report

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Component 1Attendance at Constituency Meetings

• Funding for participation of GEF political and
  operational focal points or their designates
• up to 2 constituency meetings per year
• Upon receipt of invitation to Constituency
  Meeting Focal Points will request travel
  assistance from UNEP
• UNEP will provide airline tickets and daily
  subsistence allowance (DSA)
• All transactions and requests for payment and
  travel assistance will be made electronically
  through special database developed specifically
  for the CSP

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Component 1GEF Familiarization Seminars for new
Focal Points

• Limited Funding is available to support
  participation of new focal points in annual GEF
  Familiarization Seminar

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How to achieve objectives3 Components 2 of 3

• Component 2
• Web-based Knowledge Management Framework to
  support GEF Focal Points
• Based on FP expressed needs
• Initially through this sub-regional consultation
• Through other national strategies, e.g., NCSA
• Ongoing process
• Based on existing KM frameworks
• New guidance/information materials developed,
  incl lessons learned
• Two-way flow of information Forums for
  information exchange/dissemination interactive
  updated
• Support could be provided at constituency and
  national level

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How to achieve objectives3 Components 3 of 3

• Component 3
• Targeted capacity building workshops to support
  GEF Focal Points
• Based on FP expressed needs
• Initially through this sub-regional consultation
• Through other national strategies, e.g., NCSA
• Ongoing process
• Regional exchange workshops
• Training workshops
• e.g., develop KM frameworks, develop C/O
  frameworks, design stakeholder consultations,
  could complement other projects, e.g., LDC/SIDS
  Portfolio LD and CB projects
• Up to 9/year
• Materials, methodologies, tools developed

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Implementation Arrangements

• UNEP
• Component 1 Funding FP work plans, constituency
  meetings, familiarization seminars
• UNDP
• Component 2 Knowledge Management framework
• Component 3 Targeted capacity building
  activities
• Guided by Inter-agency Advisory Committee
• GEFSEC (chair), UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
• Jointly with National Dialogue Initiative
  Advisory Committee

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CSP Working Group sessionsObjectives

• Objective assess current capacity to address new
  challenges of working with the GEF
• Raise awareness of enhanced role of Focal Points
• Identify opportunities and bottlenecks to
  effective implementation of GEF projects
• Identify priority areas for capacity building
  support through knowledge management framework
  and regional exchange/training

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CSP Working Group sessionsProcess

• Small working group discussions to
• Discuss options to facilitate decisions taken on
  use of GEF resources
• Share experiences on national GEF coordination
• Discuss opportunities to mainstream GEF into
  national strategies
• Identify knowledge and training needs for key
  stakeholders
• Present outcomes of working groups in plenary
• Outcomes to be incorporated into CSP needs
  assessment

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Focal Points needs assessment

• Results of this knowledge management and capacity
  building needs assessment will be presented
  during the GEF Assembly in Cape Town in August
  2006

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• DISCUSSION SESSION