22 - 26, 2013 0 · mz mi sky@ htegefo.gr +1 202 473 7855 Masako Ogawa Senior Environment Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 2789 Milena Gonzalez Vasquez Junior Professional

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

October 5th - October 30th, 2015

A weekly update on the GEF Program Management

Contacts

- GEF Secretariat Staff

- GEF Agencies

- GEF Trustee Convention Secretariats

Calendar

- Council Meeting Schedules

- GEFOP Meeting Schedules

Communications

- Project Concepts, Proposals, Draft Documents Received

- Project Clearances, Approvals, Endorsements and Other Comments

- Introducing new staff to the GEFSEC

- Announcements

DirectorGustavo Fonseca

ManagerClaude Gascon

Program StrategyMohamed Bakarr

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Chizuru Aoki

Latin America RegionMark Zimsky

Africa RegionIbrahima Sow

Asia RegionYoko Watanabe

Small Islands Developing States Region

Rawleston Mooore

Europe and Central AsiaUlrich Apel

GlobalAstrid Hillers

BiodiversityMark Zimsky

Climate Change Mitigation

David Rodgers

Climate Change Adaptation

Rawleston Moore

Sustainable Forest Management

Ian Gray

Land DegradationUlrich Apel

Chemicals & WasteAnil Sookdeo

International Waters Christian Severin

Policy, Partnerships and Operations

DirectorElwyn Grainger-Jones

ManagerHerbert Acquay

Patnerships and Resource Mobilization

Pilar Barrera Rey Country Relations/Secretary to the Council

William Ehlers

Policy and StrategyAndrew Velthaus

OperationsHenry Salazar

Results-Based ManagementChristine Roehrer

Knowledge ManagementYasemin Biro

Information TechnologyDeepak Kataria

Gender and Social IssuesYoko Watanabe / Gabriella

Richardson Temm

GEF CEO and ChairpersonNaoko Ishii

Advisor to the CEO/Conflict Resolution

Commissioner Peter Lallas

Advisor to the CEO Claus Astrup

Head of CommunicationsRobert Bisset

Front Office

GEF Programs Unit

Naoko Ishii Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson

[email protected]

FRONT OFFICE

Peter Lallas Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 9732

Claus Pram Astrup Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer [email protected] + 1 202 478 7270

Elif Kiratli Special Assistant [email protected] +202-458-2006

Julienne Kouame Program Analyst [email protected] +1 202 473 8736

Amornrat Ning Poopech Resource Management Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 4366

Esther Pormes Senior Executive Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 8736

Communications

Mailing Address: GEF Secretariat

1818 H Street, NW, MSN P4-400 Washington, D.C. 20433

+1 202 473 0508; Fax: +1 202 522 3240/3245

Robert Bisset Head of Communications [email protected] +1 202 458 5191

Christian Hofer Senior Communications Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 0936

Patrizia Cocca Communications Officer and KM Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 0234

Camila Perez Gabilondo ET Temporary - Communications [email protected] +1 202 458 0895

Mandakini Sud Communications Consultant [email protected]

Sogdiana Azhibenova Communications Consultant [email protected] + 1 202 457 7189

POLICY AND OPERATIONS

Elwyn Grainger-Jones Director

[email protected] + 1 202 473 8782

Abeer Mohammed Abdul Kal Al Dagestani Country Relations Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 2994

Akila Nazneen Financial Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 1760

Amanda Adams Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 9878

Andrew Velthaus Coordinator - Policy and Strategy [email protected] +1 202 473 9073

Christina Bogyo Senior Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 6974

Christine Roehrer Coordinator – Results Based Management [email protected] +1 202 473-0337

Deepak Kataria Coordinator - Information Technology [email protected] +1 202 473 3881

Gabriella Richardson-Temm Extended Tern Consultant - Gender and Social Issues [email protected]

Henry Salazar Coordinator - Operations [email protected] +1 202 473 8226

Herbert Acquay Manager - Policy, Partnerships and Operations [email protected] +1 202 473 1043

Juman Byun Business Solutions Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 7987

Lesly Rigaud Client Technologies Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 3881

Minna Maria Kononen Country Relations Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 9402

Naiying Peng Operations Analyst [email protected] +1 202 458 9580

Nicolas Alejandro Marquez Pizzanelli Extended Term Consultant Country Relations [email protected] +1 202 473 9522

Olivier Besson Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473-8935

Omid Parhizkar Operations Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 5506

Oreste Pedro Maia Andrade Junior Consultant o [email protected] +1 202 478 9387

Pilar Barrera Coordinator - Partnerships and Resource Mobilization [email protected] +1 202 458 9891

Quynh Xuan Thi Phan Financial Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 4760

Raul Rodriguez Temporary [email protected]

Ramesh Ramankutty [email protected] +1 202 458 2725

Ramon Prudencio C de Mesa Operations Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 9285

Regine Mpoyi Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 2754

Robert Schreiber Program Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 0288

Seo-Jeong Yoon Policy Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 7832

Sonja Sabita Teelucksingh Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 4004

Susan Waithaka Country Relations Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 5457

Thomas Biegel Consultant [email protected] +1 202 473 9252

William Ehlers Coordinator - Country Relations / Secretary to the Council [email protected] +1 202 458 9436

Yasemin Biro Coordinator - Knowledge Management [email protected] +1 202 473 1550

Yoko Watanabe Coordinator - Gender and Social Issues [email protected] +1 202 473 9847

PROGRAMS

Gustavo Fonseca Director

[email protected] + 1 202 458 4818

Andrew Chilombo Program Analyst [email protected] +1 202 473 9890

Anil Bruce Sookdeo Chemicals and Waste Focal Area Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 0683

Astrid Hillers Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 8173

Camila Florez Bossio Extended Term Consultant [email protected] +1 202 473-4346

Chizuru Aoki Lead Environmental Specialist - Multilateral Environmental Agreements [email protected] +1 202 473 6068

Christian Severin International Waters Focal Area Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 2001

Claude Gascon L ead P rog ra m Manager [email protected] +1 202 458 9755

David Rodgers Climate Change Mitigation Focal Area [email protected] +1 202 458 9869

Dustin S. Schinn Operations Analyst [email protected] +1 202 458 1234

Evelyn Swain Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 1151

Fareeha Iqbal Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 9593

Flavius Mihaies Consultant, Climate and Chemicals [email protected] +1 202 560 4934

Glynis Barber Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 9647

Ian Gray Senior Environmental Specialist igra [email protected] +1 202 473 8718

Ibrahima Sow Africa Regional Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 473 2716

Jaime Cavelier Senior Biodiversity Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 4886

Jean-Marc Sinnassamy Senior Environmental Specialist jsinnassamy @thegef.org +1 202 478 8060

Kathryn Cherrie Senior Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 458 1460

Kettly Denis Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 0825

Knut Roland Sundstrom Climate Change Specialist ksundstrom@ thegef.org +1 202 473 7510

Leah Karrer Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 8364

Lulwa Ali Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 5618

Mark Zimsky Latin America Regional Coordinator/ Biodiversity Focal Area Coordinator mzi msk [email protected] +1 202 473 7855

Masako Ogawa Senior Environment Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 2789

Milena Gonzalez Vasquez Junior Professional Associate [email protected] +1 202 458 1284

Ming Yang Senior Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 5707

Mohamed Imam Bakarr Lead Environmental Specialist - Program Strategy [email protected] +1 202 458 8890

Monica Fernandes Senior Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 9647

Nhu Quynh Phan Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 4236

Nicole Glineur Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 2512

Pascal Martinez Senior Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458-9755

Rawleston Moore SIDS Regional Coordinator - Climate Change Adaptation Focal Area Coordinator [email protected] + 1 202 473 8231

Robert K. Dixon Lead Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 2340

Saliha Dobardzic Senior Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 5943

Sarah Wyatt Operations Analyst [email protected] +1 202 473 0534

Shakil Kayani Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 458 4680

Steffen Hansen Junior Professional Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 8796

Tigest Tirfe Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 458 9297

Ulrich Apel Europe and Central Asia Regional Coordinator - Land Degradation Focal Area Coordinator uapel@ th egef.org +1 202 473 2573

Xiaomei Tan Climate C h a n g e Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 7448

Yoko Watanabe Asia Regional Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 473 9847

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OFFICE

Juha Uitto Director

GEF Independent Evaluation Office [email protected]

Aaron Zazueta Chief Evaluations Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 6406

Anna Viggh Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 8896

Anupam Anand Extended Term Consultant [email protected] +1 202 473 3147

Baljit Wadhwa Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 0266

Carlo Carugi Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 8154

Dennis Bours Extended Term Consultant [email protected] +1 202 458 9153

Evelyn Chihuguyu Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 0654

Francisco Grahammer Extended Term Consultant [email protected] +1 202 473 4914

Geeta Batra Deputy Director and Chief Evaluation Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 4442

Jeneen GarciaEvaluation Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 2719

Juan Jose Portillo Senior Operations Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 6056

Kseniya TemnenkoKnowledge Management Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 4908

Malac Kabir Research Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 1808

Marie-Constance Manuella Koukoui Senior Executive Assistant [email protected] +1 202 458 9682

Molly Fahey Watts Extended Term Consultant [email protected]+1 202 473 3675

Neeraj Kumar Negi Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 2259

ADAPTATION FUND BOARD SECRETARIAT

Marcia Levaggi Senior Program Manager

[email protected] +1 202 473 6390

Aya Mimura Operations Associate [email protected] +1 202 458 7347

Daouda Ben Oumar Ndiaye Senior Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 4611

Hugo Remaury Junior Professional Associate [email protected] +1 202 473 5463

Mikko Antti Ollikainen Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 8912

Young Hee Lee ET Consultant [email protected] +1 202 473 8219

Matthew Trevor Pueschel Consultant (Communications) [email protected] +1 202 473 6743

Uroosa Shaikh Intern [email protected] +1 202 458 0233

GE F DIRECTORY OF ADDRESSEES

GEF Secretariat

GEF Secretariat1

Program Coordination Registry1818 H Street, NWWashington, D.C. 20433, [email protected]

GEF Trustee

International Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment (The World B ank) Registry1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433, USA [email protected]

Mr. Praveen DesabatlaTeam Leader, DFPTF

+1 202 458 2099

Convention Secretariats

Attn: Mr. Braulio F. de Souza DiasExecutive SecretaryGEF Contact Person: Mr. Yibin XiangProgram OfficerY [email protected]+1 514 288 2220

UN Fra ew ork on Climate Change Convention(UNFCCC)Haus CarstanjenMartin Luther King Strasse 853175 Bonn, [email protected]

Attn: Ms. Christiana FigueresExecutive SecretaryGEF Contact Person: Mr. YolandoVelasco Manager, FTC Programme

[email protected]+45228 815 1999

Secretariat o the Basel, otterdam and Stockholm ConventionsUNEP International Environment House 111-13 Chemin des Anemones1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland

Attn: Dr. Rolph PayetExecutive Secretary

Henry Salazar Coordinator - hsalazar

73 8226

UN Convention to Combat Desertification(UNCCD)Herrmnn-Ehlers Str. 10D-53113 Bonn, [email protected]

Attn: Ms. Monique Barbut Executive Secretary

GEF Contact Person: Ms. Anja Thust Program Officer, FCMI [email protected]+49 228 815 2828

Interim Secretariat of the Minamata ConventionInternational Environment House 1 13, chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Chatelaine, Geneva Switzerland

Mr. Jacob Duer Coordinator, Minamata Convention [email protected]+41 22 917 82 17

1 GEF Secretariat’s physical address: Presidential Plaza Building, 900 19th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006

STAP Panel and Secretariat

Panel Secretariat

Rosina BierbaumChairperson [email protected]+1 734 763 8675

Thomas HammondSTAP Secretary [email protected]+1 202 974 1318

Ralph E. SimsPanel Member on Climate Change Mitigation [email protected]+64 21 166 4555

Guadalupe DuronProgramme Officer [email protected]+1 202 974 1313

Brian ChildPanel Member on Biodiversity [email protected]+352 392 0494

Robin BurgessProgramme Assistant [email protected]+1 202 974 1311

Ricardo BarraPanel Member on Chemicals & Waste [email protected] 56-41-2204002

Christine Wellington-MooreSenior Programme Officer [email protected]+1 202 974 1303

Annette CowiePanel Member on Land Degradation [email protected]+61 2 677 28080

Lev NeretinSenior Programme Officer [email protected]

+1 202 621 5020

Jakob GranitPanel Member on International Waters [email protected]+46 73 707 8536

Virginia GorsevskiConsultant [email protected]+1 202 621 5039

Anand PatwardhanPanel Member on Adaptation [email protected]+1 301 405 3413

Michael StockingAdvisor to the STAP Chair [email protected]+44 1603 592 339

Thomas E. LovejoyAdvisor to the STAP Chair [email protected]

GEF Agency Secretariats

African Development Bank (AfDB) RegistryHeadquarters01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01Côte d'[email protected]

Mr. Mahamat Assouyouti GEF [email protected]

Copy to:Mr. Kurt LonswayDivision Manager, Environment and [email protected]

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Registry6 ADB AvenueMandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila, [email protected]

Attn: Mr. Nessim AhmadDirector, Environment and Social Safeguards and GEF Official Focal Point [email protected]

Copy to:Mr. Bruce DunnADB/GEF Coordinator [email protected]+632 683 1922/ +632 683 1923

European Bank for Reconstruction and Attn: Ms. Marta SimonettiDevelopment (EBRD) Registry Senior ManagerOne Exchange Square (Multilateral Funds – Climate and Environment)London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom EBRD GEF Executive [email protected] Donor Co-Financing – VP Policy

[email protected]+ 0044 (0) 207338 7259+ 0044 (0) 7921 039815

United Nations Food and AgricultureOrganization (FAO) RegistryViale Dell Terme di Caracalla00153 Rome, [email protected]

Attn: Mr. Gustavo MerinoDirector, Investment Centre [email protected]@fao.org+3906 570 54477

Copy to:

Mr. Jeffrey GriffinSenior Coordinator - GEFInvestment Center [email protected]+3906 570 55680

GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Registry 1300 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20577, USA [email protected]

Mr. Michael Collins GEF Coordinator [email protected] + 1 202 623 2158

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) Registry 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433, USA [email protected]

Ms. Karin Shepardson GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected] + 1 202 458 1398

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Registry Via Paolo di Dono, 44 00142 Rome, Italy ECD [email protected]

Mr. Perin Saint-Ange Associate Vice President, Programme Management Department [email protected] +39 06 5459 2448

Copy to: Ms. Margarita Astrálaga

Director, Environment and Climate Division [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2151

Ms. Sheila Mwanundu GEF Coordinator [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2031

Ms. Aisha Nazario [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2459

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Registry United Nations Avenue Gigiri, PO Box 30552 00100 Nairoibi, Ken ya [email protected]

Local Office:

900 17th Street, NW Suite 506, Washington, D.C. 20006

Ms. Brennan VanDyke GEF Executive Coordinator Deputy Director, Office for Operations [email protected] Tel: (917) 367-2114

Copy to: Ms. Kelly West Senior GEF Portfolio Manager Office for Operations [email protected]

GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d

United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization (UNIDO) RegistryVienna International Centre PO Box 300 A-1400 Vienna, Austria [email protected]

Mr. Juergen Hierold GEF Coordinator [email protected]+43 1 26026 4565

Copy to:Ms. Anya Onysko UNIDO Liaison Officer [email protected]+1 43-1-26026 3647

United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) Registry304 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017, USA [email protected]

Attn: Ms. Adriana Dinu GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected]+1 212 906 5143

GEF Project Agency Secretariats

Conservation International (CI) Registry2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington VA, 22202 USA [email protected]

Ms. Lilian Spijkerman, Vice President Global Public Partnerships + 703 341 2552 [email protected]

Copy to: [email protected]

Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO)Ministry of Environmental ProtectionECO BuildingNo.5 Houyingfang HutongXicheng District, Beijing 100035, [email protected]

Attn: Mr. Xiao XuezhiDeputy Director [email protected]+ 86-10-82268807

Copy to:Ms. Chen HaijunDirector, [email protected] + 86-10-82268846

Ms. Yan WeiSenior Project [email protected]+ 86-10-82268848

GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Rue Mauverney, 28 CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland [email protected]

Attn: Cyrie Sendashonga

Global Director, Policy and Programme

[email protected]

+41 22 999 03 17

Copy to:

Mr. Jean-Yves Pirot,

Head, GEF Coordination Unit

[email protected]

+41 22 999 02 56

Mr. Sébastien Delahaye

Portfolio Manager

GEF Coordination Unit

[email protected]

+41 22 999 02 51

Development Bank of Southern Africa

(DBSA) 1258 Lever Road, Headway Hill Midrand, 1685 South Africa [email protected]

Ms. Nomsa T. Zondi

GEF Coordinator

[email protected]

+27 11 313 3491

World Wildlif e Fund, Inc. (WWF -US) 1250 24th St, NW Washington, DC 20037 -1193 [email protected]

Attn: Dr. David S. McCauley Senior Vice President Policy and Government [email protected]+1-202-495-4159

Copy to:Mr. Hervé LefeuvreSenior Director, GEF Relations and GEF [email protected]+1-202-459-8533

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DISTRIBUTION LIST WHEN SUBMITTING PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR GEF CEO APPROVAL/ENDORSEMENT

As a rule, all GEF Agencies are expected to circulate their project proposals to the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies, and STAP and to the relevant Convention Secretariat.

Standard Distribution List for all projects (PIF, PPG, FSP, MSP, and EA): [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

To be included in the Standard Distribution List as appropriate:

For Biodiversity Projects: For Land Degradation Projects: For POPs Projects: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

[email protected] For Climate Change Projects: For Mercury Projects [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

SCHEDULE OF FORTHCOMING GEF COUNCIL MEETINGS

Meetings/Consultations Fall 2015 Spring 2016GEF Council Consultations withCivil Society Oct 19 June 6

GEF Council Meeting Oct 20 -21 June 7 -9

LDCF/SCCF Council Meeting June 9

GEFCSOForum

STAP Panel Meetings Oct 19 June 6

Council Work Program for October 2015

Events Dates

ReceiptdeadlinefornewPIFproposalsforpossibleinclusionin theWP July 31

Deadline for Technical Clearances from PMsDeadline for GEFOBS Clearances

August 14

GEFSECConstitutesWP( Tentative) August 24

DraftCoverNote toGEFOP September 2GEFOPMeeting September 10

PostingofWorkProgram September 14

CouncilMeeting October 20-21

CouncilApproval October 21

CompilationofCouncilComments November 5

August 17

Oct 21

Fiscal Year ‘15 Country Support Program ActivitiesExpanded Constituency Workshops

September 8 -10North African & West Asian ConstituenciesDead sea, Jordon

September 22 -24 Central Asia & Armenia, Belarus & Russia ConstituenciesMinsk, Belarus

October 6 - 8Pacific Islands ConstituencyCook Islands

November 3 - 5Coastal West African Constituency Cotonou, Benin

Requests Received from GEF Agencies

October 5 - 9, 2015

GEF

ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title

Date

Received

IA

ID Program ManagerFocal Area

ADB

9197 FP CEO endorsement of FSP ADB Vanuatu Protecting Urban Areas Against the

Impacts of Climate Change in

Vanuatu

5-Oct-15Fareeha IqbalClimate

Change

9197 FP CEO endorsement of FSP ADB Vanuatu Protecting Urban Areas Against the

Impacts of Climate Change in

Vanuatu


Change

AfDB

9234 FP CEO PIF Clearance for

WPI

AfDB Cameroon Integrated Sustainable Urban

Development (SUDP) and

Environmentally Sound

Management of Municipal Solid

Waste Project in Cameroon

7-Oct-15Dustin SchinnMulti Focal

Area

CI

5810 MSP CEO MSP Approval CI Global Spatial Planning for Protected

Areas in Response to Climate

Change (SPARC)

2-Oct-15Mark ZimskyBiodiversity

GEF


Date

Received

IA


FAO

5489 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Lao PDR Climate Adaptation in Wetlands

Areas (CAWA)


Change

5667 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Regional (Antigua

And Barbuda,

Dominica, Grenada,

St. Kitts And Nevis,

St. Lucia, Trinidad

and Tobago, St.

Vincent and

Grenadines)

Climate Change Adaptation in the

Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector


Change

5122 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Solomon Islands Integrated Forest Management in

the Solomon Islands

9-Oct-15Ian GrayMulti Focal

Area

IFAD

4657 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IFAD Honduras Competitiveness and Sustainable

Rural Development Project in the

Northern Zone (Northern Horizons-

GEF)

24-Sep-15Knut SundstromClimate

Change

GEF


Date

Received

IA


UNDP

9211 FP CEO PPG approval World

Bank,

UNDP

Global Coordinate Action and Learning to

Combat Wildlife Crime

5-Oct-15Jaime CavelierBiodiversity

5721 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Global Rhino Impact Bonds An

Innovative Financing Mechanism

for Site-Based Rhinoceros

Conservation

5-Oct-155382 Mark ZimskyBiodiversity

5848 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Indonesia Capacity Development for

Implementing Rio Conventions

through Enhancing Incentive

Mechanism for Sustainable

Watershed/Land Management

6-Oct-155224 Susan WaithakaMulti Focal

Area


WPI

UNDP El Salvador Sustainable Urban Developments 6-Oct-155462 Milena VasquezMulti Focal

Area

9319 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Cuba Integrating Rio global

environmental commitments into

national priorities and needs

through the improvement of

information management and

knowledge for planning and

decision making.


Area

5632 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Madagascar Enhancing the Adaptation

Capacities and Resilience to

Climate Change in Rural

Communities in Analamanga,

Atsinanana, Androy, Anosy, and

Atsimo Andrefana

8-Oct-155228 Fareeha IqbalClimate

Change

GEF


Date

Received

IA


5524 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Cabo Verde Mainstreaming Biodiversity

Conservation into the Tourism

Sector in Synergy with a Further

Strengthened Protected Areas

System in Cape Verde

9-Oct-154526 Jaime CavelierBiodiversity

UNEP

9320 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Global Increasing Investments in District

Energy Systems in Cities – a

SE4All Energy Efficiency

Accelerator

8-Oct-15David Elrie RodgersClimate

Change

5210 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Cameroon Sustainable Farming and Critical

Habitat Conservation to Achieve

Biodiversity Mainstreaming and

Protected Areas Management

Effectiveness in Western

Cameroon SUFACHAC

9-Oct-15Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

Biodiversity

UNIDO


WPI

UNIDO Gambia Strengthening Adaptative

Capacities to Climate Change

through Capacity Building for

Small Scale Enterprises and

Communities Dependent on

Coastal Fisheries in The Gambia

5-Oct-15Dustin SchinnClimate

Change


WPI

UNIDO Georgia PCB-Free Electricity Distribution

in Georgia

9-Oct-15Lulwa AliChemicals

and Waste

GEF


Date

Received

IA


World Bank


Bank,

UNDP

Global Coordinate Action and Learning to

Combat Wildlife Crime



WPI

World

Bank

India Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar PV

Program


Change

October 5 - 9, 2015

Responses to Proponents

ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title

Response

Date Remarks

IA

ID Focal Area Program Manage

ADB

9315 FP CEO endorsement

of FSP

ADB Timor Leste Enhancing Climate

Resilience of the Urban

Services Sector in Timor

Leste

8-Oct-15 Review Sheet sent to

Agency for FSP

revision

Climate

Change

Fareeha Iqbal


of FSP

ADB Vanuatu Protecting Urban Areas

Against the Impacts of

Climate Change in Vanuatu

8-Oct-15 FSP endorsed by CEOClimate

Change

Fareeha Iqbal

AfDB

9317 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

AfDB Central African

Republic

ICT for Climate Change

Adaptation in Central

Africa Republic (CAR)


Agency for PIF revision

Climate

Change

Dustin Schinn

CI

9282 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

CI Ecuador Improving Biosecurity and

Eradicating Invasive Alien

Species in the Galapagos

Archipelago: Putting the

most Critical Puzzle Pieces

in Place to Safeguard

Biodiversity.

5-Oct-15 PIF recommended for

CEO clearance (The

PIF has been

technically cleared.)

Multi Focal

Area

Mark Zimsky

9282 FP CEO PPG approval CI Ecuador Improving Biosecurity and

Eradicating Invasive Alien

Species in the Galapagos

Archipelago: Putting the

most Critical Puzzle Pieces

in Place to Safeguard

Biodiversity.

5-Oct-15 PPG recommended for

CEO approval (The

PPG has been


Multi Focal

Area

Mark Zimsky


Response

Date Remarks

IA



of FSP

CI Paraguay Innovative Use of a

Voluntary Payment for

Environmental Services

Scheme to Avoid and

Reduce GHG Emissions

and Enhance Carbon

Stocks in the Highly

Threatened Dry Chaco

Forest Complex in

Western Paraguay


Agency for FSP

revision

Climate

Change

Milena Vasquez

FAO


of FSP

FAO Senegal Mainstreaming Ecosystem-

based Approaches to

Climate-resilient Rural

Livelihoods in Vulnerable

Rural Areas through the

Farmer Field School

Methodology


Change

Knut Sundstrom

5610 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

FAO Afghanistan Reducing GHG Emissions

Through Community

Forests and Sustainable

Biomass Energy in

Afghanistan

6-Oct-15 MSP approved by CEOClimate

Change

David Elrie Rodgers

UNDP

9302 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Jordan Strengthen National

Decision Making towards

Ratification of the

Minamata Convention and

Build Capacity towards

Implementation of Future

Provisions

1-Oct-15 EA approved by CEO5633 Chemicals and

Waste

Lulwa Ali

5721 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNDP Global Rhino Impact Bonds An

Innovative Financing

Mechanism for Site-Based

Rhinoceros Conservation

5-Oct-15 MSP recommended for

CEO approval

5382 Biodiversity Mark Zimsky


Response

Date Remarks

IA


9314 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Comoros Strengthening of

multisector and

decentralised

environmental

management and

coordination to achieve the

objectives of the Rio

Conventions in the Union

of Comoros


Agency for PIF

revision (GEF Review

sheet sent to Agency)

5553 Multi Focal

Area

Susan Waithaka

9288 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Suriname Improving Environmental

Management in the Mining

Sector of Suriname, with

Emphasis on Gold Mining


CEO clearance (The

PIF has been


5627 Multi Focal

Area

Mark Zimsky


of FSP

UNDP China Developing and

Implementing the National

Framework on Access and

Benefit Sharing of Genetic

Resources and Associated

Traditional Knowledge


Agency for FSP

revision

5310 Biodiversity Yoko Watanabe

5761 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNDP Dominica Supporting Sustainable

Ecosystems by

Strengthening the

Effectiveness of

Dominica’s Protected

Areas System

8-Oct-15 MSP approved by CEO5089 Biodiversity Mark Zimsky

9167 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Mexico Sixth Operational Phase of

the GEF Small Grants

Programme in Mexico


CEO clearance (The

Program Manager

recommends CEO PIF

clearance.)

5531 Multi Focal

Area

Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

9167 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Mexico Sixth Operational Phase of


Programme in Mexico


CEO clearance (PIF

technically cleared,

waiting for next WP)

5531 Multi Focal

Area

Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey


Response

Date Remarks

IA


9209 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Global GEF Small Grants

Programme - Sixth

Operational Phase (Part II )


CEO clearance (The

Program Manager

recommends CEO PIF

clearance.)

5475 Multi Focal

Area

Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

9209 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Global GEF Small Grants

Programme - Sixth

Operational Phase (Part II )


CEO clearance (PIF

technically cleared,

waiting for next WP)

5475 Multi Focal

Area

Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

9241 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Kenya Sixth Operational Phase of


Programme in Kenya


CEO clearance (The

Program Manager

recommends CEO PIF

clearance)

Multi Focal

Area

Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

9241 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Kenya Sixth Operational Phase of


Programme in Kenya


CEO clearance ( The

Program Manager

recommends CEO PIF

clearance)

Multi Focal

Area

Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

9248 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Bolivia Sixth Operational Phase of


Programme in Bolivia


CEO clearance (PM

recommends PIF CEO

clearance )

Multi Focal

Area

Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

9248 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Bolivia Sixth Operational Phase of


Programme in Bolivia


CEO clearance (PIF

technically cleared.

waiting for next Work

Program)

Multi Focal

Area

Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

5721 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNDP Global Rhino Impact Bonds An

Innovative Financing

Mechanism for Site-Based

Rhinoceros Conservation



of FSP

UNDP Niue R2R Application of Ridge

to Reef Concept for

Biodiversity Conservation,

and for the Enhancement

of Ecosystem Service and

Cultural Heritage


Agency for FSP

revision

5258 Multi Focal

Area

Christian Severin


Response

Date Remarks

IA


UNIDO

9219 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNIDO Thailand Applications of Industry-

Urban Symbiosis and

Green Chemistry for Low

Emission and Persistent

Organic Pollutants (POPs)-

Free Industrial

Development in Thailand


CEO clearance

(Technically cleared)

Multi Focal

Area

Ogawa Masako

5816 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNIDO Guatemala Environmentally Sound

Management and Disposal

of Polychlorinated

Biphenyl (PCB) -

Containing Equipment and

Disposal of DDT Wastes,

and Upgrade of Technical

Expertise

7-Oct-15 MSP approved by CEOPOPs Lulwa Ali


October 12 - 16, 2015

GEF


Date

Received

IA


ADB

9322 FP CEO endorsement of FSP ADB Mongolia Mongolia Urban Transport

Development Investment Program

13-Oct-15Xiaomei TanClimate

Change

AfDB

5371 MSP CEO MSP Approval AfDB Senegal Project for the Restoration and

Strengthening the Resilience of the

Lake de Guiers Wetland

Ecosystems (PRRELAG)


9324 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Djibouti RLACC - Rural Livelihoods'

Adaptation to Climate Change in

the Horn of Africa (PROGRAM)

15-Oct-15Saliha DobardzicClimate

Change

9325 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Djibouti RLACC - Rural Livelihoods'




Change

9326 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Kenya RLACC - Rural Livelihoods'




Change

GEF


Date

Received

IA


FAO

5122 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Solomon Islands Integrated Forest Management in

the Solomon Islands


Area

5785 MSP CEO MSP Approval FAO Mexico Sustainable Land Management

Promotion

13-Oct-15Mohamed BakarrLand

Degradation


WPI

FAO Afghanistan Community-based sustainable land

and forest management in

Afghanistan


Area

IFAD

8005 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IFAD Armenia Sustainable Land Management for

Increased Productivity

16-Oct-15Ulrich ApelLand

Degradation

UNDP

9314 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Comoros Strengthening of multisector and

decentralised environmental

management and coordination to

achieve the objectives of the Rio

Conventions in the Union of

Comoros


Area

9328 FP CEO PPG approval UNDP Sudan Leapfrogging Sudan’s Markets to

More Efficient Lighting and Air

Conditioners

15-Oct-155674 David Elrie RodgersClimate

Change

9309 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Global The Climate Finance Aggregation

Initiative for Developing Countries

15-Oct-155749 Dustin SchinnClimate

Change

GEF


Date

Received

IA


UNEP

9327 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Mauritania Enabling preparation of

Mauritania's Fourth National

Communication (NC4) to the

UNFCCC

15-Oct-15Rawleston MooreClimate

Change

5367 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Cameroon PCB Reduction In Cameroon

Through The Use Of Local

Expertise And The Development

Of National Capacities

19-Oct-15Evelyn SwainPOPs

5272 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Kenya Scaling up Sustainable Land

Management and Agrobiodiversity

Conservation to Reduce

Environmental Degradation in

Small Scale Agriculture in Western

Kenya

19-Oct-15Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

Multi Focal

Area

GEF


Date

Received

IA


UNIDO

5322 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNIDO Regional (Botswana,

Lesotho, Madagascar,

Mozambique,

Swaziland, Tanzania,

Zambia)

Promotion of BAT and BEP to

Reduce uPOPs Releases from

Waste Open Burning in the

Participating African Countries of

COMESA-SADC Subregions


4927 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNIDO India Facility for Low Carbon

Technology Deployment


Change

9323 FP CEO PPG approval UNIDO India Sustainable Cities, integrated

approach pilot in India

13-Oct-15Xiaomei TanMulti Focal

Area


WPI


Capacities to Climate Change

through Capacity Building for

Small Scale Enterprises and

Communities Dependent on

Coastal Fisheries in The Gambia


Change

October 12 - 16, 2015



Response

Date Remarks

IA


ADB


of FSP

ADB Vanuatu Protecting Urban Areas

Against the Impacts of

Climate Change in Vanuatu


Change

Fareeha Iqbal

AfDB

5371 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

AfDB Senegal Project for the Restoration

and Strengthening the

Resilience of the Lake de

Guiers Wetland


17-Sep-15 MSP sent to Agency

for revision (Request

for LoEs by Email)

Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier

5371 MSP CEO MSP

Approval




Guiers Wetland


18-Sep-15 MSP sent to Agency

for revision

(Additional Request

for LoE by Email)


9234 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

AfDB Cameroon Integrated Sustainable

Urban Development

(SUDP) and

Environmentally Sound

Management of Municipal

Solid Waste Project in

Cameroon

13-Oct-15 PIF clearance delayed

for WPI by CEO (The

PIF has been

technically cleared and

may be included in an

upcoing Work

Program.)

Multi Focal

Area

Dustin Schinn

UNDP

9233 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP Turkey Addressing Invasive Alien

Species Threats at Key

Marine Biodiversity Areas


CEO clearance

(Circulating for

clearance/signature)

5733 Biodiversity Saliha Dobardzic


Response

Date Remarks

IA


5761 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNDP Dominica Supporting Sustainable

Ecosystems by

Strengthening the

Effectiveness of

Dominica’s Protected

Areas System



Bank,

UNDP

Global Coordinate Action and

Learning to Combat

Wildlife Crime

16-Oct-15 PPG approved by CEOBiodiversity Jaime Cavelier

UNEP

5880 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNEP Global (Bolivia,

Brazil, Botswana,

Belize, Cote

d'Ivoire,

Cameroon,

Colombia, Costa

Rica, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador,

Guatemala, Guinea-

Bissau, Honduras,

Jamaica, Kenya,

Madagascar,

Mauritania,

Malawi, Mexico,

Mozambique,

Panama, Peru,

Paraguay,

Suriname, El

Salvador,

Tanzania, Uganda,

South Africa)

Knowledge for Action:

Promoting Innovation

Among Environmental

Funds

14-Oct-15 MSP recommended for

CEO approval

Biodiversity Yoko Watanabe


Response

Date Remarks

IA


5880 MSP CEO MSP

Approval


Brazil, Botswana,

Belize, Cote

d'Ivoire,

Cameroon,

Colombia, Costa

Rica, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador,

Guatemala, Guinea-

Bissau, Honduras,

Jamaica, Kenya,

Madagascar,

Mauritania,

Malawi, Mexico,

Mozambique,

Panama, Peru,

Paraguay,

Suriname, El

Salvador,

Tanzania, Uganda,

South Africa)



Among Environmental

Funds

14-Oct-15 MSP approved by CEOBiodiversity Yoko Watanabe

UNIDO


of FSP

UNIDO South Africa Industrial Energy

Efficiency Improvement in

South Africa through

Mainstreaming the

Introduction of Energy

Management Systems and

Energy Systems

Optimization


Change

David Elrie Rodgers

9194 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI


Capacities to Climate

Change through Capacity

Building for Small Scale

Enterprises and

Communities Dependent

on Coastal Fisheries in The

Gambia


CEO clearance (WP

incl tbc)

Climate

Change

Dustin Schinn


Response

Date Remarks

IA


World Bank

9265 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

World

Bank

Vietnam Mekong Delta Integrated

Climate Resilience and

Sustainable Livelihoods

Project



153544 Multi Focal

Area

David Elrie Rodgers


Bank,

UNDP

Global Coordinate Action and

Learning to Combat

Wildlife Crime

16-Oct-15 PPG approved by CEOBiodiversity Jaime Cavelier


October 19 - 23, 2015

GEF


Date

Received

IA


UNDP


WPI

UNDP El Salvador El Salvador Sustainable Urban

Developments

20-Feb-155462 Milena VasquezMulti Focal

Area

UNEP

5367 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Cameroon PCB Reduction In Cameroon

Through The Use Of Local

Expertise And The Development

Of National Capacities


5272 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Kenya Scaling up Sustainable Land

Management and Agrobiodiversity

Conservation to Reduce

Environmental Degradation in

Small Scale Agriculture in Western

Kenya

19-Oct-15Jean-Marc

Sinnassamy

Multi Focal

Area

UNIDO

5666 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNIDO Pakistan Mainstreaming Climate Change

Adaptation through Water

Resource Management in Leather

Industrial Zone Development


Change

October 19 - 23, 2015



Response

Date Remarks

IA


ADB

9258 FP Council approval

of PIF

ADB,

UNEP

India Creating and Sustaining

Markets for Energy

Efficiency

21-Oct-15 PIF approved by

Council

Climate

Change

David Elrie Rodgers

AfDB


of PIF

AfDB Liberia Increasing Energy Access

through the Promotion of

Energy Efficient

Appliances in Liberia


Council

Climate

Change

Ming Yang

5371 MSP CEO MSP

Approval




Guiers Wetland


23-Oct-15 MSP approved by CEOBiodiversity Jaime Cavelier

EBRD


of PIF

EBRD Regional (Albania,

Armenia,

Azerbaijan, Bosnia-

Herzegovina,

Belarus, Egypt,

Georgia, Jordan,

Morocco,

Moldova,

Montenegro,

Macedonia,

Tunisia, Turkey,

Ukraine, Serbia)

Green Logistics Program

(non-grant)


Council

Climate

Change

Xiaomei Tan

IADB


Response

Date Remarks

IA



of PIF

IADB Regional (Latin

America and

Caribbean)

Risk Mitigation Instrument

for Land Restoration (Non-

Grant)


Council

Land

Degradation

Jaime Cavelier

UNDP

9038 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP El Salvador El Salvador Sustainable

Urban Developments

20-Mar-15 Review Sheet sent to


5462 Multi Focal

Area

Milena Vasquez


of PIF

UNDP China Energy Efficiency

Improvement in Public

Sector Buildings


Council

5395 Climate

Change

Ming Yang

9083 FP PFD for Council

Approval

UNEP,

UNDP

Global (Costa Rica,

Kazakhstan, Sudan)

Leapfrogging Markets to

High Efficiency Products

(Appliances, including

Lighting, and Electrical

Equipment)(PROGRAM)

21-Oct-15 PFD Approved by

Council

Climate

Change

David Elrie Rodgers


of PIF

UNDP Kazakhstan De-risking Renewable

Energy Investment In

Kazakhstan


Council

5490 Climate

Change

Ming Yang


of PIF

UNDP Uganda NAMA on Integrated

Waste Management and

Biogas in Uganda


Council

5574 Climate

Change

Ming Yang


of PIF

UNDP Tuvalu Facilitation of the

Achievement of

Sustainable National

Energy Targets of Tuvalu

(FASNETT


Council

5613 Climate

Change

Ogawa Masako


of PIF

UNDP Samoa Improving the

Performance and

Reliability of RE Power

Systems in Samoa

(IMPRESS)


Council

5669 Climate

Change

Ogawa Masako


Approval

World

Bank,

WWF-

US,

UNDP

Regional (Brazil,

Colombia, Peru)

Amazon Sustainable

Landscapes Program


Council

Multi Focal

Area

Mark Zimsky


Response

Date Remarks

IA



of PIF

UNDP Papua New Guinea Facilitating Renewable

Energy & Energy

Efficiency Applications for

Greenhouse Gas Emission

Reduction (FREAGER)


Council

5569 Climate

Change

Ogawa Masako


of PIF

UNDP Bhutan Enhancing Sustainability

and Climate Resilience of

Forest and Agricultural

Landscape and Community

Livelihoods


Council

5713 Multi Focal

Area

Fareeha Iqbal

9038 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP El Salvador El Salvador Sustainable

Urban Developments



5462 Multi Focal

Area

Milena Vasquez

9255 FP CEO PIF

Clearance for WPI

UNDP South Africa Development of Value

Chains for Products

derived from Genetic

Resources in Compliance

with the Nagoya Protocol

on Access and Benefit

Sharing and the National

Biodiversity Economy

Strategy


CEO clearance (PM

technically cleared PIF

)

5686 Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier

UNEP


Response

Date Remarks

IA


5880 MSP CEO MSP

Approval


Brazil, Botswana,

Belize, Cote

d'Ivoire,

Cameroon,

Colombia, Costa

Rica, Dominican

Republic, Ecuador,

Guatemala, Guinea-

Bissau, Honduras,

Jamaica, Kenya,

Madagascar,

Mauritania,

Malawi, Mexico,

Mozambique,

Panama, Peru,

Paraguay,

Suriname, El

Salvador,

Tanzania, Uganda,

South Africa)



Among Environmental

Funds

14-Oct-15 MSP approved by CEOBiodiversity Yoko Watanabe


Approval

UNEP,

UNDP

Global (Costa Rica,

Kazakhstan, Sudan)

Leapfrogging Markets to

High Efficiency Products

(Appliances, including

Lighting, and Electrical

Equipment)(PROGRAM)


Council

Climate

Change

David Elrie Rodgers


of PIF

ADB,

UNEP

India Creating and Sustaining

Markets for Energy

Efficiency


Council

Climate

Change

David Elrie Rodgers


of FSP

UNEP Global UNEP-GEF Project for

Sustainable Capacity

Building for Effective

Participation in the

Biosafety Clearing House

(BCH)


Agency for FSP

revision


UNIDO


Response

Date Remarks

IA


9184 MSP CEO MSP

Approval

UNIDO Kazakhstan Introduction of ODS

Alternatives in Agriculture

and in Post-harvest Sector

21-Jul-15 MSP sent to Agency

for revision

Chemicals and

Waste

Lulwa Ali


of PIF

UNIDO Brazil Biogas Applications for

the Brazilian Agro-industry


Council

Climate

Change

David Elrie Rodgers


of PIF

UNIDO Mozambique Towards Sustainable

Energy for All in

Mozambique: Promoting

Market-Based

Dissemination of

Integrated Renewable

Energy Systems for

Productive Activities in

Rural Areas


Council

Climate

Change

Ming Yang


of PIF

UNIDO China Integrated Adoption of

New Energy Vehicles in

China


Council

Climate

Change

Xiaomei Tan


of PIF

UNIDO Tanzania Promotion of Bio-Ethanol

as Alternative Clean Fuel

for Cooking in the United

Republic of Tanzania


Council

Climate

Change

Ming Yang

World Bank


of PIF

World

Bank

Indonesia IBRD Geothermal Energy

Upstream Development

Project


Council

155047 Climate

Change

David Elrie Rodgers


Approval

World

Bank,

WWF-

US,

UNDP

Regional (Brazil,

Colombia, Peru)

Amazon Sustainable

Landscapes Program


Council

Multi Focal

Area

Mark Zimsky


of PIF

World

Bank

Kazakhstan Southeast Europe and

Central Asia Catastrophe

Risk Insurance Facility


Council

152230 Climate

Change

Saliha Dobardzic


Response

Date Remarks

IA


WWF-US


Approval

World

Bank,

WWF-

US,

UNDP

Regional (Brazil,

Colombia, Peru)

Amazon Sustainable

Landscapes Program


Council

Multi Focal

Area

Mark Zimsky


October 26 - 30, 2015

GEF


Date

Received

IA


AfDB

5394 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Zambia Climate Resilient Livestock

Management Project

26-Oct-15Knut SundstromClimate

Change


WPI


Republic


Adaptation in Central Africa

Republic (CAR)


Change

FAO

9126 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Global (Cote d'Ivoire,

Cabo Verde, Senegal)

Coastal Fisheries Initiative- West

Africa

19-Oct-15Leah KarrerMulti Focal

Area


WPI

FAO Uzbekistan Sustainable Management of Forests

in Mountain and Valley Areas

28-Oct-15Ulrich ApelMulti Focal

Area

GEF


Date

Received

IA


UNDP

9300 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Madagascar Strengthening National Capacities

to Meet Global Environmental

Obligations with the Framework of

Sustainable Development

Priorities


Area


WPI

UNDP Honduras Agroforestry Landscapes and


that Generate Environmental and

Economic Benefits Globally and

Locally

26-Oct-155704 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal

Area

5446 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Honduras Energy Efficiency Improvement in

the Honduran Hotel Industry

26-Oct-155061 Ming YangClimate

Change

5286 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Equatorial Guinea Sustainable Energy for All:

Promoting Small Scale

Hydropower in Bioko and Other

Clean Energy Solutions for Remote

Islands


Change

5686 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Dominica Low Carbon Development Path

Promoting Energy Efficient

Lighting and Solar Photovoltaic

Technologies


Change

5729 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP,

UNEP

Global GEF International Waters Learning

Exchange and Resources Network

IW LEARN

26-Oct-155337 Christian SeverinInternational

Waters

9332 FP CEO PPG approval UNDP Kazakhstan Energy Efficient Standards,

Certification, and Labeling for

Appliances and Equipment


Change

GEF


Date

Received

IA



WPI

UNDP Pakistan Sixth Operational Phase of the

GEF Small Grants Program in

Pakistan

27-Oct-155734 Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

Multi Focal

Area

9309 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Global The Climate Finance Aggregation



Change

9333 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Tajikistan First Biennial Update Report and

Fourth National Communication

under the UNFCCC


Change

5485 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Seychelles Seychelles' Protected Areas

Finance Project


GEF


Date

Received

IA


UNEP

9329 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Global Scaling up the SE4ALL Building

Efficiency Accelerator (BEA)


Change


UNEP



IW LEARN

26-Oct-15Christian SeverinInternational

Waters

5639 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Mauritania Stocktaking and Update of

National Biosafety Framework of

Mauritania


5698 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Global Sustainable Land Management and

Climate Change Mitigation Co-

benefits SLM CCMC


Degradation

5401 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Regional (Indonesia,

Cambodia, Malaysia,

Philippines, Thailand,

Vietnam)

Establishment and Operation of a

Regional System of Fisheries

Refugia in the South China Sea and

Gulf of Thailand

27-Oct-15Leah KarrerInternational

Waters

5194 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Rwanda Building Resilience of

Communities Living in Degraded

Forests, Savannahs and Wetlands

of Rwanda Through an Ecosystem

Management Approach


Change

5132 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP India Integrated Management of Wetland

Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Services (IMWBES)

27-Oct-15Yoko WatanabeBiodiversity

9283 FP CEO PPG approval UNEP Costa Rica Development of a Market for

Energy Efficient Lighting, Air

Conditioners and Refrigerators


Change

GEF


Date

Received

IA


9173 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Regional (Burundi,

Central African

Republic, Cote

d'Ivoire, Gabon)

Development of Minamata

Convention Mercury Initial

Assessment in Africa

30-Oct-15Ogawa MasakoChemicals

and Waste

9174 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Djibouti Development of a Minamata Initial

Assessment in Djibouti


and Waste

5531 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Haiti Ecosystem Approach to Haiti Cote

Sud

30-Oct-15Fareeha IqbalMulti Focal

Area

UNIDO

5704 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNIDO South Africa Promoting Organic Waste-to-

Energy and other Low-carbon

Technologies in Small and

Medium-scale Enterprises

(SMMEs): Accelarating Biogas

Market Development

26-Oct-15Ming YangClimate

Change

9184 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNIDO Kazakhstan Introduction of ODS Alternatives

in Agriculture and in Post-harvest

Sector


and Waste


October 26 - 30, 2015

GEF


Date

Received

IA


AfDB

5394 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Zambia Climate Resilient Livestock

Management Project


Change


WPI


Republic


Adaptation in Central Africa

Republic (CAR)


Change

FAO

9126 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Global (Cote d'Ivoire,

Cabo Verde, Senegal)

Coastal Fisheries Initiative- West

Africa

19-Oct-15Leah KarrerMulti Focal

Area


WPI

FAO Uzbekistan Sustainable Management of Forests

in Mountain and Valley Areas

28-Oct-15Ulrich ApelMulti Focal

Area

GEF


Date

Received

IA


UNDP

9300 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Madagascar Strengthening National Capacities

to Meet Global Environmental

Obligations with the Framework of

Sustainable Development

Priorities


Area


WPI

UNDP Honduras Agroforestry Landscapes and


that Generate Environmental and

Economic Benefits Globally and

Locally

26-Oct-155704 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal

Area

5446 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Honduras Energy Efficiency Improvement in

the Honduran Hotel Industry


Change

5286 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Equatorial Guinea Sustainable Energy for All:

Promoting Small Scale

Hydropower in Bioko and Other

Clean Energy Solutions for Remote

Islands


Change

5686 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Dominica Low Carbon Development Path

Promoting Energy Efficient

Lighting and Solar Photovoltaic

Technologies


Change


UNEP



IW LEARN

26-Oct-155337 Christian SeverinInternational

Waters

9332 FP CEO PPG approval UNDP Kazakhstan Energy Efficient Standards,

Certification, and Labeling for

Appliances and Equipment


Change

GEF


Date

Received

IA



WPI

UNDP Pakistan Sixth Operational Phase of the

GEF Small Grants Program in

Pakistan

27-Oct-155734 Maria Del Pilar

Barrera Rey

Multi Focal

Area

9309 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Global The Climate Finance Aggregation



Change

9333 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Tajikistan First Biennial Update Report and

Fourth National Communication

under the UNFCCC


Change

5485 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Seychelles Seychelles' Protected Areas

Finance Project


GEF


Date

Received

IA


UNEP

9329 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Global Scaling up the SE4ALL Building

Efficiency Accelerator (BEA)


Change


UNEP



IW LEARN

26-Oct-15Christian SeverinInternational

Waters

5639 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Mauritania Stocktaking and Update of

National Biosafety Framework of

Mauritania


5698 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Global Sustainable Land Management and

Climate Change Mitigation Co-

benefits SLM CCMC


Degradation

5401 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Regional (Indonesia,

Cambodia, Malaysia,

Philippines, Thailand,

Vietnam)

Establishment and Operation of a

Regional System of Fisheries

Refugia in the South China Sea and

Gulf of Thailand

27-Oct-15Leah KarrerInternational

Waters

5194 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Rwanda Building Resilience of

Communities Living in Degraded

Forests, Savannahs and Wetlands

of Rwanda Through an Ecosystem

Management Approach


Change

5132 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP India Integrated Management of Wetland

Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Services (IMWBES)

27-Oct-15Yoko WatanabeBiodiversity

9283 FP CEO PPG approval UNEP Costa Rica Development of a Market for

Energy Efficient Lighting, Air

Conditioners and Refrigerators


Change

GEF


Date

Received

IA


9173 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Regional (Burundi,

Central African

Republic, Cote

d'Ivoire, Gabon)

Development of Minamata

Convention Mercury Initial

Assessment in Africa


and Waste

9174 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Djibouti Development of a Minamata Initial

Assessment in Djibouti


and Waste

5531 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Haiti Ecosystem Approach to Haiti Cote

Sud

30-Oct-15Fareeha IqbalMulti Focal

Area

UNIDO

5704 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNIDO South Africa Promoting Organic Waste-to-

Energy and other Low-carbon

Technologies in Small and

Medium-scale Enterprises

(SMMEs): Accelarating Biogas

Market Development

26-Oct-15Ming YangClimate

Change

9184 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNIDO Kazakhstan Introduction of ODS Alternatives

in Agriculture and in Post-harvest

Sector


and Waste