How to Access GEF Funding: The GEF Trust Fund

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How to Access GEF Funding The GEF Trust Fund

• GEF Familiarization Seminar
• April 28-30, 2009

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Global Environment Facility

• Financial mechanism of
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
  Pollutants
• Other global environment conventions
• Six focal areas
• climate change, biodiversity, land degradation,
  international waters, ozone depletion, and
  persistent organic pollutants
• 10 GEF agencies
• UNDP, UNEP, World Bank, Regional Development
  Banks, FAO, IFAD, UNIDO
• 178 member countries
• Largest funder for global environment protection
• Since 1991, the GEF has allocated more than 7.6b
  in grants to more than 2,000 projects in 165
  countries and have leveraged more than 30b in
  co-financing.

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GEF Replenishments
3.13 billion
3 billion
2.75 billion
2 billion
1994-1998
1998-2002
2002-2006
2006-2010
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Eligibility for GEF Funding for Climate Change
Projects

• Parties to the UNFCCC
• Receives assistance from WB/UNDP

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Types of Funding

• Full-size project (FSP)
• gt1 million
• Medium-sized project (MSP)
• 1 million
• Project preparation grant (PPG)
• Based on needs

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How to Apply for GEF Funding
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Streamlined GEF Project Cycle
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Timeframe for Project Preparation
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GEFSEC Business Standards
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Project Review by GEFSEC

• Country eligibility
• Endorsement by the national GEF Operational Focal
  Point
• Consistency with GEF strategic objectives
• Resource availability within the focal area and
  under the RAF
• Comparative advantage of the GEF agency
• Delivery of global environmental benefits
• Soundness of project design
• Consistency with national priorities and policies
• Cost-effectiveness of the project
• Value-added of GEF involvement (incremental
  reasoning)
• Project cost and co-financing

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Contact Information

• Zhihong Zhang, Ph.D.
• Coordinator, Climate Change Mitigation
• Global Environment Facility
• Email zzhang2_at_thegef.org
• Tel. [phone]
• Website www.TheGEF.org