United Nations Development Programme

Project title: Realising the potential of native microbes in the agricultural sector, in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol

Country: Panama Implementing Partner (GEF Executing Entity): Ministry of Environment (MiAMBIENTE)

Execution Modality: National Implementation Modality (NIM)

Contributing Outcome (UNDAF/CPD): 3.2: By 2020, the State has strengthened its capacities to design and implement policies, plans and programmes that contribute to environmental sustainability, food and nutrition security, adaptation to climate change, disaster risk reduction, and resilience build-up.

CPD Output 3.1: Improved compliance of commitments to international environmental agreements.

UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Category: Moderate

UNDP Gender Marker: GEN2

Atlas Award ID: 00097410 Atlas Project/Output ID: 00101154

UNDP-GEF PIMS ID number: 5979 GEF Project ID number: 10142

LPAC meeting date: TBD

Latest possible date to submit to GEF: 6 February 2020

Latest possible CEO approval date: 6 June 2020

Planned start date: October 2020 Planned end date: October 2023

Expected date of posting of Mid-Term Review to ERC: N/A

Expected date of posting Terminal evaluation report to ERC: July 2023

Brief project description:

The Project’s objective is to support the realization of the potential of native microorganisms to contribute to the agricultural sector while generating global environmental benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol (NP). This will be achieved through three interrelated components that will support research in

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active compounds for the development of a product for crop protection, and facilitate access, benefit-sharing (ABS), and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry. This strategy will strengthen national and local capacities to conduct research and development to test native microfungi from terrestrial sources for their potential for biological crop protection, and to negotiate ABS agreements under the NP. In addition, it will reduce threats to biodiversity through conservation-based biological crop protection in the buffer zones of La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú National Park, and deliver global environmental benefits, including fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources amongst providers and users, improved conservation of ecosystems and host plants from which microbial biodiversity is collected, 1,000 ha of coffee landscapes under conservation-based biological crop protection, and 1,070 direct beneficiaries (535 women and 535 men) of the GEF investment. The project will have a duration of 3 years with a total investment of USD $15,398,301, USD $863,242 of which will be provided by the GEF.

(1) FINANCING PLAN

GEF Trust Fund USD 863,242

UNDP TRAC resources USD 0

Confirmed cash co-financing to be administered by UNDP

USD 0

(1) Total Budget administered by UNDP USD 863,242

(2) CONFIRMED CO-FINANCINGInstitute for Scientific Research and High Technology

Services (INDICASAT)USD 11,799,544

Ministry of Environment (MiAMBIENTE) USD 1,140,000

National Secretariat of Science and Technology (SENACYT)

USD 1,140,000

Think Tank UNACHI USD 20,000

Advanced Biocontrollers SA USD 250,000

UNDP USD 185,515

(3) Total confirmed co-financing USD 14,535,059

(4) Grand-Total Project Financing (1)+(2) USD 15,398,301

SIGNATURES

Signature: print name below Agreed by Government Development Coordination Authority

Date/Month/Year:

Signature: print name below Agreed by Implementing Partner

Date/Month/Year:

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Signature: print name below Agreed by UNDP Date/Month/Year:

Key GEF Project Cycle Milestones:

Project document signature: within 25 days of GEF CEO approvalFirst disbursement date: within 40 days of GEF CEO approvalInception workshop date: within 60 days of GEF CEO approvalOperational closure: within 3 months of posting of TE to UNDP ERCFinancial closure: within 6 months of operational closure

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I. TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Table of Contents.................................................................................................................................................4II. List of Abbreviations.............................................................................................................................................5III. Development Challenge.......................................................................................................................................7IV. Strategy................................................................................................................................................................8V. Results and Partnerships....................................................................................................................................12VI. Project Results Framework.................................................................................................................................26VII. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan..............................................................................................................29VIII. Governance and Management Arrangements...................................................................................................32IX. Financial Planning and Management.................................................................................................................34X. Total Budget and Work Plan...............................................................................................................................37XI. Legal Context......................................................................................................................................................41XII. Risk Management...............................................................................................................................................41XIII. Mandatory Annexes...........................................................................................................................................44

Annex 1: Project map and Geospatial Coordinates of project sites......................................................................45Annex 2: Multi Year Work Plan..............................................................................................................................46Annex 3: Monitoring Plan......................................................................................................................................49Annex 4: UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP)................................................................55Annex 5: UNDP Risk Register.................................................................................................................................66Annex 6: Overview of Technical Consultancies.....................................................................................................72Annex 7: Stakeholder Engagement Plan...............................................................................................................75Annex 8: Gender Analysis and Gender Action Plan................................................................................................92Annex 9: Procurement Plan for first year of implementation..............................................................................100Annex 10: GEF focal area specific annexes..........................................................................................................103Annex 11: GEF Core indicators............................................................................................................................105Annex 12: GEF 7 Taxonomy.................................................................................................................................110Annex 13: Partners Capacity Assessment Tool and HACT....................................................................................117Annex 14: UNDP Project Quality Assurance Report.............................................................................................118

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II. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ABS Access, Benefit-sharing ABSCH ABS Clearing HouseAWP Annual Work Plan°C Degrees CelsiusCBD Convention on Biological DiversityCLR Coffee Leaf RustCSO Civil Society OrganizationDPC Direct Project CostDSA Daily Subsistence AllowanceEMIS Environmental Management Information SystemERC Evaluation Resource CenterFPIC Free, prior, and informed consentGEB Global Environmental BenefitGEF Global Environment Facilityha Hectares ICGES Commemorative Institute for Health Studies IDIAP Institute of Agricultural Research of PanamaIEO Independent Evaluation OfficeINA National Institute of AgricultureINDICASAT Institute for Scientific Research and High Technology Servicesmasl Meters above sea levelMEF Ministry of Economy and FinanceMiAMBIENTE Ministry of EnvironmentMICI/DIGERPI Ministry of Commerce and Industries/Directorate General of the Industrial Property Registry MIDA Ministry of Agricultural DevelopmentMINSA Ministry of HealthMS Mass spectrometry M&E Monitoring and evaluationNBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action PlanNGO Non-Governmental OrganizationNIM National Implementation ModalityNMR Nuclear Magnetic ResonanceNP Nagoya ProtocolOAI UNDP’s Office of Audit and InvestigationsPA Protected AreaPCAT Partner Capacity Assessment ToolPIR Project Implementation ReportPMU Project Management UnitPPG Project Preparation GrantPRF Project Results FrameworkR&D Research and DevelopmentRTA Regional Technical AdvisorSBAA Standard Basic Assistance AgreementSCAP Specialty Coffee Association of PanamaSDGs Sustainable Development GoalsSEA Sexual exploitation and sexual abuseSENACYT National Secretariat of Science and TechnologySESP Social and Environmental and Social ScreeningSH Sexual harassmentSOP Standard Operating Procedures

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SSTrC South-South and Triangular CooperationTE Terminal EvaluationToR Terms of ReferenceTRAC Target Resource Assignment from the CoreUNACHI Autonomous University of ChiriquíUNDAF United Nations Development Assistance FrameworkUNDP United Nations Development Programme UPLC Ultra-performance liquid chromatographyUSD U.S. DollarsUTEB-PILA Binational Executing Technical Unit for the management of La Amistad International Park

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III. DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE

1. As the southern-most portion of the Central American bridge between North and South America, Panama is a “biodiversity hotspot” at the centre of the region with the greatest concentration of terrestrial plant species in the world. Such high diversity is due to the extraordinary regional (beta) diversity, which is the result of an unusual mosaic of habitat types. Panama has over 13 life zones that host over 9,520 species of flowering plants. It is the northern-most extent for approximately 4,000 South American species and has around 5,000 Central American species; in addition, endemic species account for 12% of its flora. Given that Panama is as small country, this exceptional terrestrial diversity is highly accessible.

2. The ecosystems of Panama also contain very high levels of microbial biodiversity: studies to date, including those supported by UNDP-GEF NPIF Project 4780 Promoting the application of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing in Panama, indicate that this includes many taxa with the potential to be used in commercially viable applications in the agricultural sector, including endophytic microfungi with the potential to act as biological crop protection agents for common diseases afflicting commercial crops such as coffee.

3. The capability of endophytic fungi as agents for biological crop protection has not been fully explored. The use of such fungal agents for biological crop protection potentially offers a cost-effective and environmentally sensitive alternative to physical, cultural and chemical approaches to disease control.

4. These microbial agents have particular potential in the case of coffee, which is widely cultivated throughout Panama and is subject to a number of pests and diseases, such as leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) and American leaf spot of coffee (Mycena citricolor). Coffee leaf rust (CLR), which originates from the centre of diversity of coffee in East Africa, colonizes leaves leading to loss of photosynthetic capacity and defoliation, with typical production losses of 20 to 30% when not controlled. Currently, disease control relies on a range of approaches, including quarantine, cultural management, the application of copper-based fungicides and the use of resistant cultivars. These different approaches have varying degrees of effectiveness and collateral impacts. The persistent use of copper-based fungicides, for example, can lead to the accumulation of copper in the soil, resulting in negative environmental impacts on soil biodiversity, water quality and aquatic ecosystems, as well as crop toxicity.

5. The country is now in a situation in which the value of microorganisms extracted from plants and marine organisms is known, as sources of new compounds for potential biotechnological use and there is increased awareness among key stakeholders about mechanisms for regulating access to genetic resources. Despite these advances, globally important microbes are still under threat, and there is still little participation of local stakeholders in the sharing of benefits potentially generated from the commercial use of these genetic resources or biodiversity in general.

6. The loss and degradation of terrestrial and marine ecosystems in Panama poses a direct threat to populations of these globally important microbes that inhabit them. While Panama is unique in Central America as having 45% of its land (33,646 km2) still forested, deforestation continues at a rapid rate of 440 km2 per year, with an estimated loss of 8.1% between 1990 and 2015. The World Bank recently acknowledged several of Panama’s ecosystems as being of global significance for conservation due to the country’s extraordinary yet threatened biodiversity; it is considered a “threatened biodiversity hotspot.”

7. With a population of 4.4 million, Panama has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the past decade, with an average annual growth rate of 5.6% over the last five years (the country ranks as the second fastest growing economy in Latin America and the Caribbean). Panama has made significant progress in reducing poverty in recent years; economic growth and public investment have helped reduce poverty substantially. Despite the gains in poverty reduction, sharp regional disparities remain. Poverty prevails in rural areas, including the coffee production areas, and access to basic services is not universal and remains linked to factors geographic location and income levels of households, among other factors. In addition, sustaining high and inclusive growth over the medium to long term, the education and skills of the country’s inhabitants must be

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improved, as well as the effectiveness of public institutions.

8. There is major potential for native species of endophytic fungi to be used in agricultural applications. In agriculture, endophytic fungi have the potential to help control commonly occurring diseases of commercial crops, which are increasingly resistant to the limited range of biological crop protection agents that are currently available in the market. The realisation of this potential would provide an environmentally sustainable alternative to the use of agricultural chemicals, in the vulnerable and globally important protected and production landscapes of Panama. The fair and equitable sharing of the economic benefits generated through the commercial use of these fungi would provide an income flow to local resource managers, including protected areas (PAs) authorities and farmers, thereby motivating and enabling them to continue acting as custodians of these microorganisms in their native landscapes.

9. To date, native microbe biodiversity has only been partially explored, and its potential utility realized, to a very limited extent; the full realisation of their potential in this regard, however, is limited by the following two barriers:

Physical and technical capacities are limited for the confirmation of the potential of promising microbes in the agricultural sector, for the definition of optimal formulations and for their field testing, which would be necessary for them to be made commercially available and to be included in ABS agreements.

Conditions and capacities are inadequately developed to allow the negotiation of ABS agreements in accordance with the provisions of the NP, with little provision to-date for involvement of the private sector, consideration of diverse options for channeling benefits to resource custodians and managers, or capacities and awareness among the potential participants in ABS agreements regarding the conservation of the target populations of microbes and the ecosystems in which they are found. On the one hand, users and providers of genetic resources still need to gain experience for the negotiation of ABS agreements which depend on key factors such as the business models of industries that use these resources, research and development procedures, and market demand and supply trends for particular products; while on the other little consideration has yet been given to alternative approaches to conservation including the active use, management and conservation of microbes in farming systems.

10. Addressing this challenge is consistent with the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2018-2050. The NBSAP promotes the implementation of the NP for biotrade and bioprospecting in Panama, including strengthening human resources, legal frameworks, and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol, and support initiatives for bio-discoveries that have potential for commercialization.

IV. STRATEGY

11. The project’s objective is to support the realisation of the potential of native microorganisms to contribute to the agricultural sector while generating global environmental benefits (GEBs), in accordance with the provisions of the NP. The project will build on the achievements of the UNDP-GEF project 4780; it will expand the previous focus to include microbes with potential for use as biological crop protection agents. The project also seeks to positively impact people's lives, their livelihoods, and the way they interact with biodiversity. This will be achieved through three interrelated components as follows:

Component 1: Development of a product for the crop protection industry

Component 2: Facilitating access, benefit-sharing, and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry

Component 3: Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) with a gender focus

12. Project Component 1 will support the testing of native microfungi from terrestrial sources for their potential in biological crop protection in the agriculture sector, in particular against CLR fungus and the fungus causing American leaf spot of coffee. Fungi as potential biological crop protection agents will be isolated and their structural determination of their active compounds will be determined in laboratory trials. These initial trials will

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consist of chemical profiling, the isolation of active principles and spectroscopic studies for the structural determination of approximately 200 extracts. Following the initial isolation and structural determination of four compounds from the selected fungi, they will be subjected to a succession of in vitro, in vivo, and field trials that will lead to the eventual development of a crop protection product for use against coffee pathogens, which will be the subject of an ABS agreement for which capacities and conditions will be developed as proposed under Component 2.

13. Project Component 2 will build capacities of the potential beneficiaries to participate in ABS mechanisms and of the government scientific institutions to realize the commercial potential of the target microbes and their derivatives, thereby generating the income that will be distributed amongst users and providers of the genetic resource. Training programmes on biological crop protection will be developed and implemented at the local level, with emphasis on conservation-based approaches using two native species of microfungi. The training programs’ target populations are farmers covering 1,000 hectares (ha) of coffee farms in La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú National Park and their buffer zones (Annex 1). Component 2 will also contribute to the delivery of biodiversity benefits of global importance, through raising knowledge and awareness about biodiversity and genetic resources amongst key stakeholders at the institutional and local levels in the areas where the microbes used under Component 1 were collected, and more broadly.

14. Project Component 3 will provide the necessary means for M&E of project results to inform adaptive management and improve the implementation of the project. A terminal evaluation (TE) will be conducted by an independent evaluation team and compiled into final project reports. A Gender Action Plan (Annex 8) will be implemented with specific activities that will be carried out through annual work plans, based on guidelines from the UNDP and GEF. Best practices and lessons learned resulting from project implementation will be conveyed in GEF Project Implementation Reports (PIR).

15. The project design considers the assumption that there will be capacity among researchers to identify a promising active compound from endophytic fungi for the agricultural sector that will result in the development of a crop protection product for use against coffee pathogens through in vitro and in vivo testing that would be subject to an ABS agreement. It is also expected that there will benefits (monetary and/or non monetary) to be distributed amongst users and providers of the genetic resource; or that coffee farm owners are willing to embrace conservation-based biological crop protection and that inhabitants of buffer zones of two PAs where microbes are collected will become more knowledgeable and aware about biodiversity and genetic resources, thereby overcoming the identified barriers that limit the realisation of the potential of native microorganisms to contribute to the agricultural sector in accordance with the provisions of the NP (“Theory of Change”). The project strategy builds on the active participation of public, private, research, and civil society partners in Panama to build the institutional capacity needed to carry out research and development (R&D) to add value to genetic resources and to negotiate between providers and users of genetic resources, generating GEBs as well as social and economic benefits at the local level. The interrelated components described above will be the means through which this is achieved (see Figure 2).

16. The project will deliver GEBs related to the conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources. This will be achieved with the equal participation of men and women, ensuring that both groups benefit equally from the project and that the concerns and experiences of the women involved are an integral part of the design, implementation, and M&E of the project. The GEBs to be delivered are as follows:

Fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources (to local communities, resource managers, and PA officials)

Improved conservation of native microfungal biodiversity (20,533 hectares [ha] of PAs)

Improved conservation of ecosystems and host plants from which microfungal biodiversity is collected

Reduction in the impacts of agricultural chemicals on native biodiversity, due to increases in the use of biological crop protection practices (1,000 ha of coffee landscapes under improved practices)

Increased awareness of the existence, use, and option values of biological resources among key

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audiences (1,070 direct beneficiaries)

Contribution to the generation and potential replication of ABS best practices (agreements)

Contribution to national development strategies and economic growth

17. The project will contribute to the Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on ABS entry point under Objective 3 of the GEF Focal Area on Biodiversity. In general, an adequate supportive environment exists in Panama for the implementation of the NP, in terms of policy, legal, and planning instruments, due in part to the achievements of UNDP-GEF Project 4780; this project will therefore focus principally on the capacity building contemplated under GEFTF support to BD-3-8: Further development of biodiversity policy and institutional frameworks through the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety , including institutional capacity-building to carry out R&D to add value to genetic resources and capacities amongst stakeholders to negotiate between providers and users of genetic resources.

18. The project will contribute to implementation of Aichi Target 16: By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is in force and operational, consistent with national legislation, by contributing to the sustainable availability of biological crop protection agents. It will also contribute to Target 7: By 2020 areas under agriculture, aquaculture and forestry are managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of biodiversity by promoting of the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee landscapes. In addition, the project will contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, and Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss , to which Panama is committed; specifically the promotion of fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promotion of appropriate access to such resources as internationally agreed.

19. The project is consistent with the REDD Strategy of Panama. Under the REDD strategy, bioprospecting has been proposed as one of the activities to reduce CO2 emissions and ensure the sustainable use of forests. In addition, the project is in line with the 2017 Strategic Plan of the National System of Protected Areas, which promotes the development and implementation of a strategy for scientific research and communication regarding the ecological and cultural values of PAs. It will also contribute to a 10-year Strategic Action Plan (PAEM 2014-2024) to strengthen the conservation and use of Mesoamerican plant genetic resources for the adaptation of agriculture to climate change. Finally, the project responds to the National Plan of Action for climate change in Key Biodiversity Areas of Panama. This plan prioritizes conservation and adaptation measures to climate change, including scientific research to promote sustainable development in La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve).

20. The project is in accordance with the 2020 Environmental Vision for Panama set forth in the National Environment Strategy, which foresees that the valuation and knowledge of natural resources and biological richness in particular have contributed to the development of innovative economic activities and the improvement of traditional activities of production and extraction, and that natural terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems are being used in a sustainable manner and their biodiversity has allowed the development of novel products and environmental services, and with the National Strategic Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (PENCYT) 2019-2024.

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Figure 2. Theory of Change

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In vitro active extracts and compounds with

potential for the development of a

phytosanitary product identified

At least four alternative formulations of selected

endophytic fungi evaluated in field trials in

coffee crops

Development of a product for the crop protection industry

Capacity development programme for the negotiation of ABS

agreements

In vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most

promising formulations of fungi (e.g. active

ingredients, spore concentrations, abiotic

conditions and leaf development) for field trials

To support the realisation of the potential of native microorganisms to contribute to the agricultural sector while generating global environmental benefits, and improve the livelihood of people in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol, within a context of sharp regional economic disparities and limited institutional capacities

Little participation of local stakeholders in the sharing of benefits potentially generated from the commercial use of genetic

resources or biodiversity in general, and limited knowledge and value of microorganisms and biodiversity

In vitro trials of candidate biological

crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and

aqueous extracts)

Limited physical and technical capacities for the confirmation of the potential of promising microbes in

the agricultural sector

Guidance manuals developed for farmers and extensionists on the use of conservation-

based biological crop protection agents in coffee

Development Challenge

Barriers

Problems

Project Outputs

Project Outcomes

Facilitating ABS and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry

Project Impacts

Project Component 1 Project Component 2 Project Component 3

Loss and degradation of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in Panama poses a direct threat to populations of the

globally important microbes and other biodiversity that inhabit them

Inadequate conditions and capacities for the negotiation of ABS agreements in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol,

and little consideration to the active use, management and conservation of microbes in farming systems

Fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from

the utilization of genetic resources

1,000 ha of coffee landscapes under

improved practices (conservation-based

biological crop protection)

Conservation of native microfungal

biodiversity (20,533 ha of PAs

Interinstitutional collaborative research

strengthened

1,070 direct beneficiaries (535 women and 535

men) of the project

Protocols developed and tested for the use and

management regimes of conservation-based

biological crop protection in coffee production systems

Demonstration plots and training programmes established in or near the areas of collection of native

microfungi on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee

Communication, education, and public awareness about ABS strengthened in line with the management

plans for La Amistad National Park and Volcán Barú National Park, prioritizing as target audiences

communities and stakeholders within the PAs and their buffer zones (locations of endophytic fungus

collections)

Dissemination program implemented: public media

campaign and use of microbe biodiversity and

genetic resources with a gender approach;

community extension presentations explaining the

Monitoring and Evaluation with a

gender focus

Presentations carried out in colleges, associations, civic groups, NGOs, local government institutions, and the private sector

Replication of ABS best practices

Contribution to national development

strategies and economic growth

V. RESULTS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Expected Results:

Component 1: Development of a product for the crop protection industry.

21. Currently, biological control agents are widely commercialized and used in agriculture throughout Central America, but these are mostly based on a narrow range of control agents such as Bacillus thuringiensis and Lecanicillium lecanii, to which there is increasing evidence of pest resistance. An example of this is the case of the use of L. lecanii on coffee rust. In response to this situation, the project will support the testing of native microfungi from terrestrial sources for their potential in biological crop protection. Laboratory testing (Outputs 1.1.1, 1.2.1, and 1.2.2) and will done following INDICASAT’s Biosafety Manual.

22. Two endophytic fungi isolates have already preselected for their evaluation as crop protectants (against pathogens in coffee) in plant growth chamber studies. These were collected in 2013 and 2015 in the buffer zone of La Amistad International Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve), with funding from INDICASAT, SENACYT, and the Science and Innovation Fund of the British Embassy in Panama. Both of these isolates have 96% or less DNA sequence identity to the ones deposited in the NCBI nucleotide database and have relatively low frequencies in the localities where they were collected. One of these, isolate 422, is being currently described as a new species in a new monotypic genus and is active against both the CRL fungus ( Hemileia vastatrix) and the fungus causing American leaf spot of coffee (Mycena citricolor), two devastating pathogens of coffee in Central America and other regions.

Outcome 1.1: Promising active compounds identified from endophytic fungi as biological crop protection agents in the agricultural sector.

Output 1.1.1: In vitro active extracts and compounds with potential for the development of a phytosanitary product identified.

23. A first stage in the identification of fungi as potential biological crop protection agents will be the isolation and structural determination of their active compounds in laboratory trials that will be conducted by INDICASAT. These initial trials will consist of chemical profiling, isolation of active principles, and spectroscopic studies for the structural determination of the compounds. It is expected that 200 fungal extracts with antipathogenic activity and four purified active compounds will be obtained. The activities related to this product are as follows:

Cultivation of microorganisms for extraction in addition to the existing ones; the microorganisms will be grown in culture media appropriate for their optimal growth and production of metabolites.

Obtain extracts using organic solvents such as ethyl acetate and methanol from cultured microorganisms.

Biodirected isolation of active ingredients from the extracts obtained using chromatographic techniques such as HPLC.

Structural determination of active compounds using spectroscopic techniques such as monodimensional and two-dimensional NMR and MS.

Evaluation of the active compounds in vitro in biological tests against pathogens of agricultural importance.

Outcome 1.2: Strengthened research and development of novel biological crop protection agents.

1.2.1: In vitro trials of candidate biological crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and aqueous extracts).

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24. Following the initial isolation and structural determination of the compounds from the selected fungi, they will be subjected to a succession of trials (Outputs 1.2.1, 1.2.2, and 1.2.3), which may lead to the eventual development of a crop protection product for use against coffee pathogens, and the development of an ABS agreement for which capacities and conditions will be developed as proposed under Component 3.

25. The optimal conditions for evaluating in vitro activity (Petri dishes) of filamentous fungi against coffee rust and American leaf spot of coffee will be identified, particularly with variations in temperature in different media for in vitro tests, in addition to optimal conditions of preservation and maintenance of viable and clean coffee rust spores for testing. The sequence of in vitro trials will be as follows:

Interaction tests of the coffee pathogen extracts in liquid and solid media at different temperatures, depending on the pathogen and endophyte. Tests carried out at different temperatures will help to find the optimum growth temperature and activity of endophytes and pathogens. These tests will be done in liquid and solid media due to the nature of coffee pathogens; in liquid and solid media for rust, because rust produces abundant spores but is an obligate biotroph (i.e., it extract nutrients only from living plant tissues and cannot grow apart from their hosts); in a solid medium for American leaf spot of coffee that produces mostly buds, which are difficult to work with in liquid medium.

Optimization of anti-pathogen activity methodology developed by INDICASAT. The methodology will be optimized to keep viable and clean rust spores for testing.

Output 1.2.2: In vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi (e.g., active ingredients, spore concentrations, abiotic conditions, and leaf development) for field trials.

26. This output will identify the fungal formulations that have the greatest potential for success in the field. The sequence of in vivo trails will be as follows:

Selection of strains with optimal coffee colonization capacity in growth chamber conditions. Inoculations of coffee plants will be made to determine the ability of endophytic fungi to colonize coffee leaves. These will be achieved by planting the endophytic fungi in the middle of sampled tissue cultures, observation of fungal structures growth in coffee tissues, and quantification of the percentage of colonization.

Selection of strains with antipathogenic activity in vivo under growth chamber conditions. Coffee plants inoculated with different strains will be evaluated in their ability to tolerate infection and damage by coffee pathogens under controlled conditions of temperature, humidity, and photoperiod.

Evaluation of strain extracts in vivo. In case there are fungi with antipathogenic activity of interest that do not produce spores or cannot effectively colonize coffee tissues, their extracts will be tested by spraying them on coffee leaves of plants growing in greenhouses and assessment of the plant tolerance to infection by pathogens. This will determine the most promising formulations of fungi for field trials.

Output 1.2.3: At least four alternative formulations of selected endophytic fungi evaluated in field trials in coffee crops.27. Field trials of at least four formulations of selected endophytic fungi in coffee crops will be conducted on five coffee farms. New knowledge will be generated as to whether endophytic fungi or their extracts can control coffee rust or American leaf spot of coffee under field conditions, and which formulations would be more effective. The sequence of field trials will be as follows:

Optimize spore production or formulations in laboratory conditions. This activity consists of growing the selected fungi under different conditions of temperature, humidity, and nutrient content to identify optimal spore production conditions.

Field-test on five farms starting on the second year of project implementation. At least one trial will be carried out during the life of the project and the conditions of the application will be determined

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according to the conditions defined in Output 1.2.2, the medium of application will be by spraying. This activity will include at least one field test where different formulations (at least four) of endophytic fungi and/or their extracts will be evaluated to identify which of these can control coffee pathogens on farms. Field trials will be carried out initially in the experimental station of the IDIAP and it is expected that additional tests can be performed on at least four coffee farms. Free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) will be obtained from any worker (indigenous or not) that is asked to apply the crop-protection product in the coffee farms.

Output 1.2.4: Interinstitutional collaborative research strengthened.

28. An agreement will be established between INDICASAT, IDIAP, and the Autonomous University of Chiriquí (UNACHI)/Natural Resources Research Center to strengthen R&D of new biological agents for crop protection. To this end, the collaborative research agreement between INDICASAT and IDIAP will be activated, meetings to review the agreement will be held individually at each institution, and proposals will be developed that will be evaluated together until the activation of the agreement. In addition, a collaborative research agreement between INDICASAT and UNACHI will be established that focuses on training, participation in trials, and support for monitoring field research.

29. The interinstitutional collaborative research between INDICASAT and IDIAP will include the joint evaluation of optimal strains in the greenhouse. This will include visits to IDIAP facilities in the Province of Chiriquí to begin the evaluation tests as defined in Output 1.2.3. Finally, an interinstitutional workshop will be held to disseminate the results of the collaborative research and cooperation; other institutions that are related to the NP (e.g., the Ministry of Health [MINSA], MiAMBIENTE, and MIDA) will be invited to participate and will be informed about the R&D conducted within the framework of the NP.

Component 2: Facilitating access, benefit-sharing and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry.

30. The project will address both the “demand” end of ABS arrangements, in the form of the capacities of the potential beneficiaries to participate in ABS mechanisms, and the “supply” end, in the form of the capacities of government scientific institutions to realize the commercial potential of the target microbes and their derivatives, thereby generating the income that will be distributed amongst users and providers of the genetic resources. Investments will also contribute to the delivery of biodiversity benefits of global importance through the raising of knowledge and awareness regarding biodiversity and genetic resources amongst key stakeholders at the institutional and local levels (in the areas from which the microbes used under Components 1 and 2 were collected, and more broadly).

31. It is expected that a crop protection product will be developed by project end. Therefore, activities under this component will focus on two main tasks: a) Training of government officials and other relevant stakeholders on the negotiation of ABS agreements; and b) Negotiation of an ABS agreement between the government and users (i.e., companies) of the crop-protection product developed by scientists under Component 2 of this project.

Outcome 2.1: Increased capacity to negotiate an ABS agreement by the end of the project.

Output 2.1.1: Capacity development programme for the negotiation of ABS agreements.

32. The project will develop a programme to train negotiators that takes into account the business model of the crop-protection industry and other industries that might use genetic resources. To this end, an introductory interinstitutional workshop will be held in the Province of Chiriquí with support from UNACHI, taking into account the progress achieved under the GEF ABS Project (GEF Project ID 5731) Global Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol in which Panama participates, regarding the development of a national ABS legal and policy framework and ABS agreements negotiation. In addition, two training workshops will be held for technical officials and lawyers from MiAMBIENTE focused on the negotiation of ABS agreements, value chains of genetic products derived from biodiversity, and ABS business models for the agricultural sector. Other government agencies such as the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Comptroller General of the Republic of Panama, Ministry of Commerce and Industries/Directorate

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General of the Industrial Property Registry (MICI/DIGERPI), and INDICASAT, as well as the University of Panama and ANCON, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources of Panama, will be invited to participate.

33. At the local level, three training workshops on the negotiation of ABS agreements will be conducted. These workshops will have a gender focus and will be directed towards stakeholders directly involved in coffee production: farm owners and administrators, technicians, and local authorities. The project and its objectives will be highlighted in these workshops, as well as the role of the various stakeholders as custodians of biological/ genetic resources and in negotiating ABS agreements. Approximately 150 people will benefit from the training workshops. In addition, throughout the project and under the leadership of INDICASAT and IDIAP researchers, informational events and onsite awareness activities with a gender focus will be carried out in farms participating in the project, which will further highlight the importance of native microbes and biodiversity conservation in the farms. Similarly, meetings and/or workshops will be conducted periodically to inform stakeholders about the progress of the project at the interinstitutional and local levels, including the MiAMBIENTE Regional Office in Chiriquí and officials from La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú National Park (including the Executive Secretariat of the Panama-Costa Rica Border Development Cooperation Agreement, Ministry of Economy and Finance Panama, and the Binational Executing Technical Unit for the management of La Amistad International Park [UTEB-PILA]).

Outcome 2.2: Increased technical capacity for conservation-based biological crop protection in 1,000 ha of coffee farms in La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and the Barú National Park and their buffer zones, with potential to contribute to the conservation status of two globally important microbes (endophytic fungi) and their host ecosystems.

Output 2.2.1: Protocols developed and tested for the use and management regimes of conservation-based biological crop protection in coffee production systems.34. The project will collaborate with national institutions (IDIAP, MIDA, and the National Institute of Agriculture [INA]) in the development and delivery of training programmes on biological crop protection, augmentation of biological control agents, and associated protocols, materials and demonstration plots, which will be aimed at coffee producers with emphasis on conservation-based approaches using two native species of microfungi. This will be targeted in particular on producers in areas from which microfungi have been collected, as a means of delivering benefits to them in accordance with the principles of the NP.

35. The project will promote the negotiation of an ABS agreement between the government and users (i.e., companies) of the crop-protection product developed by scientists under Component 2. During the PPG, discussions were held with the company AdvancedBioControllers regarding the potential for entering into benefit-sharing agreements for commercial production once the product has been developed, and these discussions will be continued during the implementation phase of the project. Benefits negotiated under this agreement will be shared amongst all relevant stakeholders once the product is marketed. However, this event may not occur during the lifetime of the project. To this end, the following activities will be completed: a) adapt the INDICASAT Protocol on mass production, according to the product developed in Component 2 (production and scaling-up of a product based on endophytic fungi); b) hold meetings with the private company AdvanceBioControllers to discuss options for product scaling from the laboratory to field level; c) sign a Memorandum of Understanding / Agreement of Confidentiality between the private company and INDICASAT for product scaling; d) develop technical data sheets for the handling and application of the product in the field; e) scale the product from the laboratory to the field level through a collaborative effort between INDICASAT and AdvanceBIoControllers; and f) monitor and evaluate the results.

Output 2.2.2: Guidance manuals developed for farmers and extensionists on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee.36. Based on the technical data sheets for the handling and application of the product developed in the field (Output 2.2.3), a safety manual for the use of the product will be also developed before the testing in the field, which will contain technical data sheets and safety data sheets for the product under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines (environmental and social safeguards), and in line with the UNDP Environmental and Social Safeguards Standards (SES). The manual will have a gender focus and will be printed and disseminated

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amongst farmers and extension agents who will participate in the scaling-up of the product in the field.

Output 2.2.3: Demonstration plots and training programmes established in or near the areas of collection of native micro fungi, on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee.37. Initial demonstration and training activities about conservation-based biological crop protection will be based on biological agents that are already commonly available (such as Bacillus thurigiensis and Lecanicillium lecanii), focusing on the principles of biological crop protection1. A second stage of this training will be implemented based on the crop-protection product developed under Component 3. Biological protection of crops based on conservation will be promoted through demonstration plots, which, in addition to contributing to the conservation of biodiversity in production systems and improving production practices through the use of environmentally friendly techniques, will also serve as a mechanism for the distribution of benefits under the ABS Agreement (Output 2.1.1).

38. Under this project the promotion of conservation-based biological crop protection will have the following multiple benefits: a) promoting the maintenance of high levels of biodiversity in crop production systems, including the populations of microfungi that will constitute the basis of the proposed ABS schemes; b) reducing farmers’ dependence on the use of agricultural chemicals, with their associated negative impacts on the surrounding ecosystems, downstream of the crops where they are applied; c) offering producers of the commercial crops in question an effective and sustainable alternative for protecting their crops against pests and diseases. As such, it will constitute a channel for the distribution of benefits under the ABS model. The beneficiaries are the producers, as custodians of the populations of microfungi, who will receive ABS benefits in the form of technical assistance. The source of these benefits will initially be through the project; however, once the required capacities and mechanisms have been developed, the private sector will also achieve commercial benefits obtained from the marketing of the microfungi and their derivatives.

39. During the PPG, the target population of the demonstration plots and training programmes was identified and includes the coffee farmers with plots covering 1,000 ha that are located in the buffer zone of La Amistad International Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú National Park (Figures 2, 3 and 4; Table 1). Agreements will be defined and established with the farm owners for the establishment of demonstration plots in accordance with national regulations. This will be followed by onsite selection and demarcation of demonstration plots, as well as training for local stakeholders associated with the collection of native microfungi on uses of biological protection agents and for the use of biological agents to protect coffee crops (theoretical and practical), while simultaneously implementing biodiversity friendly production practices. Finally, the product demonstration protocol in the selected plots (field trials) will be implemented and the plots will be periodically monitored to assess the impact of its application as a conservation-based biological crop protection for coffee. FPIC will be obtained from any worker (indigenous or not) that is asked to apply the crop-protection product in the coffee farms.

Outcome 2.3: Increased knowledge and awareness regarding microbe biodiversity, conservation-based biological crop protection, and genetic resources.

Output 2.3.1: Communication, education, and public awareness about ABS strengthened in line with the management plans for La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú

1 Conservation-based biological crop protection can be defined as “the management of ecosystems to improve the survival, physiological capacities and/or effectiveness of biological control agents on target organisms in a specific area.” It therefore involves not only applying the control agent to the crop, but also ensuring that the required ecological conditions, host plants etc. are maintained in order to ensure the presence and status of the populations of the biological agents, as well as their effectiveness. The project is aware that microbial species are common and abundant in the forest and that some of these species are rare in coffee crops. It is also well known that biocontrol microbes are present in the coffee crops. As part of the proposed activities, the project will carry out an additional survey in La Amistad National Park to compare the composition of microbial communities found in common trees of the buffer zones of the protected area (PA) with those found in the coffee crops. Basically, the trees in the forest will serve as a source of inoculum of biocontrol fungi for the coffee plantations. In this context, the project will be increasing populations of biocontrol fungi in the coffee crops and will contribute to their conservation in the forest, which is also their natural habitat. Conserving the forest is also essential to ensure the protection of beneficial microbes for agriculture. Many endophytes can be airborne; thus, measuring microbial population before and after intervention (application of biocontrol agent) in the crops and the buffer zones of PAs (Amistad National Park and Volcán Barú National Park) is needed.

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National Park, prioritizing as target audiences communities and stakeholders within the PAs and their buffer zones (locations of endophytic fungus collections).40. The project will work with the Directorate of Environmental Culture of MiAMBIENTE, the Ministry of Education, the University of Panama, and the private sector in the development of programmes and products for environmental education focused on the importance and potential of native biodiversity. These will be targeted in particular at communities located in the buffer zones of the PAs where the microfungi are collected, which will build awareness about the value of the biodiversity and contributing its conservation, and to increase their understanding and level of acceptance of ABS schemes based on this biodiversity.

41. Environmental education material related to endophytic fungi and native biodiversity will be developed and distributed amongst members of local communities or placed in strategic locations in La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú National Park and their buffer zones, and which will include posters, murals, and infographics, among other tools using a gender focus. At least three gender-sensitive training activities on the importance and use of biodiversity and genetic resources will be conducted, with specific reference to microbes and support from INDICASAT staff. Staff from MiAMBIENTE based in La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú National Park will be equipped to support environmental education activities in the parks’ buffer zones; this will include laptop computers, digital cameras, and multimedia projector, among other equipment.

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Figure 2. Coffee farms in the project area: District of Boquete.

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Figure 3. Coffee farms in the project area: District of Renacimiento.

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Figure 4. Coffee farms in the project area: District of Tierras Altas.

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Table 1 - Coffee farms in the project area.District of Boquete

LocationID Farm name X Y1 Café Princesa Janca 343114 9737732 Café Suarez 337272 9740853 Cafetalera Don Nery 336979 9734664 Cafetales Don Alfredo - La Milagrosa 345497 9701825 Damarli State 338519 9700826 Elida State 336918 9742787 Finca Casanga 340556 9676758 Finca D&L 338504 9667809 Finca Dindos 337411 973732

10 Finca Dos Jefes 339776 97226911 Finca El Mirador 336302 97794212 Finca El Velo-Hacienda La Esmeralda 337076 97532813 Finca Gil Rubio 338307 97256914 Finca Hacienda La Esmeralda - Palmira 339087 96676815 Finca Horqueta 339199 97612616 Finca Lérida 336790 97458217 Finca Los Lajones 340563 96839818 Finca Oasis 335998 97269919 Fincas PSSA-Hacienda La Esmeralda 345832 97050320 Hacienda La Esmeralda 339377 96591321 Pam&Mike Finca 339035 96910922 Panama Espresso EST1999 340668 97054323 Sendero Culebra 337026 97776324 Taylor Papa Lalo Coffee 338525 97325225 Zona de Fincas Cañas Verdes - Hacienda La Esmeralda 335991 968931

District of RenacimientoLocation

ID Farm name X Y1 Asociación de Productores de Café de Renacimiento 303699 9771582 Café Della Sera 301056 9790503 Café Gallardo Zambrano 307315 9785554 Café La Jabita 295545 9790825 Cafetal Aguilar Peralta 307363 9786466 Finca Aguilar Barroso 307145 9786517 Finca Café de Eleta 306452 9823878 Finca Café Gallardo 298671 9785509 Finca Don Bosco 306965 982558

10 Finca Hartmann 306347 97814011 Finca Herca Internacional 299849 97898012 Finca La Llorona 308817 97943613 Finca Las Palmas 299616 97899614 Finca Momoto-Flia Hartmann 307947 979619

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15 Finca Moravia 306356 97716816 Guarumo Coffee Farms 308704 98074217 Santos Café 301911 976874

District of Tierras AltasLocation

ID Farm name X Y1 Café Olé 329603 9791722 Finca Bajo Grande 312947 9732573 Finca Café Don Lara 324558 9786854 Finca Janson 316251 9706325 Finca La Florentina 320585 9751426 Finca Lara 324328 978733

Output 2.3.2: Dissemination programme implemented.a) Public media campaign on protection and use of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources with a gender approach.42. The project will implement a public awareness programme about the protection and use of microbial biodiversity and genetic resources using a gender approach. A public media campaign will be designed around this working with target groups (three meetings or workshops). This will be done in coordination with INDICASAT and MiAMBIENTE to ensure the most relevant information related to project components 1 and 2 is considered. A media plan will be outlined and implemented ensuring that the best way to convey the message to the target audience is selected; this may include TV, radio, written press, and social networks as well the preparation of advertising material to help fund the campaign.

b) Community extension presentations explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources.43. To target a broader audience about the objective of the project, at least 15 community extension activities / events will be conducted in the project’s area of influence to inform and raise awareness about the uses of microbial biodiversity and genetic resources and using a gender approach. These will include the preparation of informational material and workshops to encourage participants’ sharing of knowledge and experiences. In addition, the project will coordinate with organizers of local events such as fairs, festivals, and regional public events to implement related community outreach events.

Output 2.3.3: Presentations carried out in colleges, associations, civic groups, NGOs, local government institutions, and the private sector.44. To increase knowledge about the R&D activities developed through the project, presentations will be given in colleges, associations, civic groups (including women groups), NGOs, and local government institutions. This will include at least five events to present the project and raise awareness about uses of microbial biodiversity and genetic resources to local organizations (Chiriquí Environmental Association, AMIPILA, FUNDICCEP, ADATA), universities (e.g., UNACHI), school districts (e.g., Volcán, Río Sereno, Boquete, Monte Lirio, Santa Clara, and Los Naranjos), municipalities, and other groups such as the Executive Secretariat of the Panama-Costa Rica Border Development Cooperation Agreement, the Ministry of Economy and Finance Panama, and UTEB-PILA.

45. The project team in collaboration with MiAMBIENTE and researchers will also organize a roundtable or symposium within national scientific events such as the Scientific Congress of the University of Panama or the Congress of the Panamanian Association for the Advancement of Science.

Project Component 3: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with a gender focus

Outcome 3.1: M&E assesses project impact and guides adaptive management.

Output 3.1.1: Project’s M&E Plan and Gender Action Plan implemented, ensuring the achievement of the planned goals.

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46. M&E of the project’s implementation will be conducted following GEF and UNDP guidelines and according to the M&E plan described in Section VII of this Project Document. The main tasks of the M&E plan include an inception workshop, annual monitoring of indicators in project results framework, PIR, annual NIM Audits, third party monitoring spot-checks, ongoing monitoring of environmental and social risks, ongoing monitoring of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan and the Gender Action Plan, Project Board meetings, oversight mission by the UNDP-GEF team and terminal GEF7 core indicators updates, and an Independent TE, among other activities. Project outcomes as described in the Project Results Framework (PRF; Section VI) will be monitored annually and periodically evaluated during project implementation to ensure they are achieved. M&E will also support adaptive management so that the lessons learned from implementing activities may be integrated in the project’s annual programming. A Gender Action Plan (Annex 8) will be implemented with specific activities that will be carried out through annual work plans, based on guidelines from the UNDP and GEF. The Gender Action Plan was developed during the PPG phase based on a detailed gender analysis to assess the different needs, roles, impacts, risks and differential access and control of natural resources of women and men

Partnerships

47. The project will build on the achievements of the UNDP-GEF Project (GEF Project ID 4780) Promoting the application of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing in Panama . It will build on project findings to include microbes with potential for use as biological crop protection agents.

48. The project will make use the results of the UNDP-GEF Project (GEF Project ID 5731) Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks, and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol , in particular regarding the development of a national ABS legal and policy framework and ABS agreements negotiation.

49. The project will consider lessons learned from the World Bank-GEF Project (GEF ID 5546) Sustainable Production Systems and Conservation of Biodiversity (World Bank), particularly regarding activities to mainstream biodiversity and sustainable production landscapes in production areas in the buffer zones of selected PAs, including La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and the Volcán Barú National Park, which will also benefit from the project proposed herein.

50. The project will exchange experiences and lessons learned with the UNDP-GEF Project (GEF Project ID 10172) Towards the transboundary Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) of the Sixaola River Basin shared by Costa Rica and Panama whose area of work includes the La Amistad International Park/World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve, in particular regarding best agriculture production practices.

51. The project will establish partnerships with private sector companies; in particular AdvancedBioControllers that likely to enter into ABS agreements for R&D of the formulations for the agricultural component of this project. This company has already shown interest in the development of products using microfungal crop protection agents to reduce agrochemical use.

52. The project will also establish partnerships with the media for the implementation of a public media campaign on protection and use of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources with a gender approach.

Risks

53. The overall project risk categorization is moderate risk. The project activities are designed ensuring minimal or no risks of adverse social or environmental impacts. During the project design stage, the social and environmental screening was completed (see Annex 4). As per standard UNDP requirements, the Project Coordinator will monitor risks quarterly and report on the status of risks to the UNDP Country Office. The UNDP Country Office will record progress in the UNDP ATLAS risk register. Risks will be reported as critical when the impact and probability are high (i.e., when impact is rated as 5, and when impact is rated as 4 and probability is rated at 3 or higher). Management responses to critical risks, as well as environmental and social grievances will also be reported to the GEF in the annual PIR. The detailed risk management strategy for the project is included in Annex 5.

Stakeholder engagement and south-south cooperation

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54. The successful implementation of the project will largely depend on the effective communication and coordination with the multiple project stakeholders and the implementation of mechanisms to ensure these stakeholders’ participation. The key national and sub-national stakeholders include MiAMBIENTE, INDICASAT AIP, SENACYT, IDIAP, and UNACHI, among others. At the local level, the most relevant stakeholders are the municipalities, the private sector (e.g., APEDE, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Center for Competitiveness in the Western Region [a public-private partnership]), and coffee farmers who will be involved in conservation-based biological crop protection. Private sector engagement will include the company Advanced Biocontrollers S.A. for the development of a crop-protection product. The project’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan is included in Annex 6, and includes information summarizing the main PPG workshops convened and stakeholder meetings conducted.

55. Learning opportunities and technology transfer from peer countries will be further explored during project implementation. To present opportunities for replication in other countries, the project will codify good practices and facilitate dissemination through global on-going South-South and global platforms such as the Global ABS Community2, a virtual platform oriented to provide support for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS, and the Panorama Portal “Solutions for a Healthy Planet3.

56. In addition, to bring the voice of Panama to global and regional fora, the project will explore opportunities for meaningful participation in specific events where UNDP could support engagement with the global development discourse on native microbes research for the agricultural sector, in accordance with the NP. The project will furthermore provide opportunities for regional cooperation with countries that are implementing initiatives on the NP on ABS in geopolitical, social and environmental contexts relevant to the proposed project in Panama.

Gender equality and Women’s Empowerment

57. According to the UNDP Gender Marker Rating, the project is categorized as GEN2: gender equality as a significant objective. During the PPG, a gender analysis for the prioritized landscape and a detailed Gender Action Plan (included as Annex 8) were developed to ensure gender mainstreaming in the project; specific gender-based indicators will be used for monitoring and a gender specialist will be contracted on a regular basis to facilitate improvements to gender equality and women’s empowerment and to update the Gender Action Plan.

Innovativeness, Sustainability and Potential for Scaling Up

58. Innovation will reside in the testing of native microbes as crop protection agents for coffee. This research entails in vitro (Petri dish) trials of candidate biological crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and extracts) under different conditions of temperature, in vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi, and field trials of at least 4 formulations of selected endophytic fungi (and/or their extracts), in coffee crops in five farms. Innovation will also reside in the application of results from research through the promotion of conservation-based biological crop protection in coffee farms that will allow to apply the formulation to the crop, allowing at the same time that the required ecological conditions, such has host plants are maintained in order to ensure the presence and status of the populations of the biological agents and their effectiveness, while promoting the maintenance of high levels of biodiversity in the coffee production systems. Another innovation of this project is the signing of a public-private Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement of Confidentiality between INDICASAT and the company AdvanceBioControllers for the scaling of a coffee crop-protection product and the development of technical data sheets for the handling and application of the product in the field, in line with NP/ABS requirements.

59. Sustainability. Panama has been investing financial resources in biodiscovery through the Center for Biodiversity and Drug Discovery of the Institute of Scientific Research and High Technology Services of panama (INDICASAT) to strengthen research and development in the country. Recently the government updated the national framework to generate agreements with the private sector to develop products from biodiversity in full compliance with the Nagoya Protocol. This new project will add to this national commitment and will further advance ongoing research of native microbes in the agricultural sector with potential for developing ABS 2 https://community.abs-sustainabledevelopment.net3 https://panorama.solutions/en

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products. The sustainability of this new project also relies on the government’s commitment to implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the partnerships that will be established with multiple stakeholders, including the participation of the private sector for the development of a crop protection agent for the coffee industry.

60. The sustainability of the project activities will also be ensured by the continued availability of training materials and case studies. These materials will be open access, available in electronic forma, and disseminated widely. They will provide comprehensive guidance for stakeholders, and will be used in future projects, as well as other countries of the region and beyond. The project will also contribute to ensure the sustainability of outcomes by improving the negotiation capacity of institutions (MiAMBIENTE and INDICASAT) to achieve benefit-sharing agreement addressing a product for the agriculture sector; this agreement will ensure that future monetary and non-monetary benefits derived from the marketing of the product are shared equitably between the users and providers of the genetic resource. The US$10 million grant provided by the Indian government to INDICASAT will facilitate sustainability by covering the recurrent costs associated with the R&D activities proposed by this project.

61. The project model, based on the realisation of the commercial potential of native biodiversity for the crop-protection industry and the equitable distribution of the resulting benefits to local stakeholders, has major potential for scaling up to other coffee landscapes and other ecosystems in the country where it is likely that similarly high levels of potentially useful genetic resources exists; and to other sectors (such as bananas and fruit crops) where there is a need, to date largely unmet, for sustainable and environmentally-friendly options for pest and disease management. In order to facilitate scaling up, lessons derived from the scientific research and the increase in capacities for ABS negotiations for the crop-protection product will be shared with other scientific groups in Panama and elsewhere, and with other decision makers who participate in the negotiation of ABS contracts.

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VI. PROJECT RESULTS FRAMEWORKThis project will contribute to the following Sustainable Development Goal (s): 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) and 15 (life on land)

This project will contribute to the following country outcome (UNDAF 2016-2020): 3.2: By 2020, the State has strengthened its capacities to design and implement policies, plans and programs that contribute to environmental sustainability, food and nutrition security, adaptation to climate change, disaster risk reduction and resilience build-upCPD Output 3.1: Improved compliance of commitments to international environmental agreements.

Objective and Outcome Indicators Baseline Mid-term Target End of Project Target

Project Objective:To support the realization of the potential of native microorganisms to contribute to the agriculture sector while generating global environmental benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol

Mandatory Indicator 1 ( GEF Core Indicator 11): # direct project beneficiaries disaggregated by gender (individual people)

0 465 (165 women; 300 men) 1,070 (535 women; 535 men)

Mandatory Indicator 2 (GEF Core Indicator 4) : Area of landscapes under improved practices (excluding protected areas)

0 500 ha of coffee farms 1,000 ha of coffee farms

Project Component 1 Development of a product for the crop protection industry

Project Outcome 1.1Promising active compounds identified from endophytic fungi, as biological crop protection agents in the agricultural sector

Indicator 3: Number of active extracts and compounds isolated in order to develop a product for the crop protection industry focused on the coffee sector.

Extracts: 0 Compounds: 0

Extracts: 100 Compounds: 2

Extracts: 200 Compounds: 4

Outputs to achieve Outcome 1.1

1.1.1 In vitro active extracts and compounds with potential for the development of a phytosanitary product identified.

Project Outcome 1.2Strengthened research and development of novel biological crop protection agents

Indicator 4: Number of formulations with potential for crop protection product development, on the basis of field trials of the prioritized formulations

0 2 4

Outputs to achieve Outcome 1.2

1.2.1 In vitro trials of candidate biological crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and aqueous extracts).1.2.2 In vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi (e.g. active ingredients, spore concentrations, abiotic conditions and leaf development) for field trials.1.2.3 At least four alternative formulations of selected endophytic fungi evaluated in field trials in coffee crops.1.2.4 Interinstitutional collaborative research strengthened.

Project Component 2 Facilitating access, benefit-sharing and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry

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Project Outcome 2.1Increased capacity to negotiate an ABS agreement by the end of the project

Indicator 5: Number of authorities and technical staff and local stakeholders practically applying the skills learned in negotiation of ABS agreements, disaggregated by gender

Men: 0 Women: 0

Men: 45 Women: 30

Men: 75 Women: 75

Indicator 6: Number of ABS agreements negotiated between the government and users of the crop protection product by project end

0 0 One (1)

Outputs to achieve Outcome 2.1

2.1.1 Capacity development programme for the negotiation of ABS agreements.

Project Outcome 2.2Increased technical capacity for conservation-based biological crop protection in 1,000 ha of coffee farms in the La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and the Volcán Barú National Park and their and buffer zones, with potential to contribute to the conservation status of two globally important microbes (endophytic fungi) and their host ecosystems

Indicator 7: Number of coffee producers practically applying the skills learned on the use of conservation -based biological crop protection agents, disaggregated by gender.

Men: 0 Women: 0

Men: 30 Women: 20

Men: 50 Women: 50

Outputs to achieve Outcome 2.2

2.2.1 Protocols developed and tested for the use and management regimes of conservation-based biological crop protection in coffee production systems2.2.2 Guidance manuals developed for farmers and extensionists on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee2.2.3 Demonstration plots and training programmes established in or near the areas of collection of native micro fungi, on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee

Project Outcome 2.3Increased knowledge and awareness regarding microbe biodiversity, conservation-based biological crop protection and genetic resources

Indicator 8: Number of people in La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and in the Volcán Barú National Park practically applying the skills learned on the importance and use of biodiversity and genetic resources, with specific reference to microbes, disaggregated by gender

Men: 0 Women: 0

Men: 200 Women: 100

Men: 350 Women: 350

Outputs to achieve Outcome 2.3

2.3.1 Communication, education, and public awareness about ABS strengthened in line with the management plans for La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú National Park, prioritizing as target audiences communities and stakeholders within the PAs and their buffer zones (locations of endophytic fungus collections).2.3.2 Dissemination programme implemented, including:-Public media campaign on protection and use of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources, with a gender approach-Community extension presentations explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources2.3.3 Presentations carried out in colleges, associations, civic groups, NGOs, local government institutions, and the private sector.

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Project Component 3 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with a gender focus

Outcome 3.1M&E assesses project impact and guides adaptive management.

Indicator 9: Progress in Project Gender Action Plan and M&E Plan

M&E Plan: 0% Gender Action Plan: 0%

M&E Plan: 50% Gender Action Plan: 50%

M&E Plan: 100% Gender Action Plan: 100%

Outputs to achieve Outcome 3.1

3.1.1 Project’s M&E Plan and Gender Action Plan implemented, ensuring the achievement of the planned goals.

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VII. MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) PLAN

62. The project results, corresponding indicators and mid-term and end-of-project targets in the project results framework will be monitored annually and evaluated periodically during project implementation. If baseline data for some of the results indicators is not yet available, it will be collected during the first year of project implementation. The Monitoring Plan included in Annex 3 details the roles, responsibilities, and frequency of monitoring project results.

63. Project-level monitoring and evaluation will be undertaken in compliance with UNDP requirements as outlined in the UNDP POPP and UNDP Evaluation Policy. The UNDP Country Office is responsible for ensuring full compliance with all UNDP project monitoring, quality assurance, risk management, and evaluation requirements.

64. Additional mandatory GEF-specific M&E requirements will be undertaken in accordance with the GEF Monitoring Policy and the GEF Evaluation Policy and other relevant GEF policies4. The costed M&E plan included below, and the Monitoring Plan in Annex 3, will guide the GEF-specific M&E activities to be undertaken by this project.

65. In addition to these mandatory UNDP and GEF M&E requirements, other M&E activities deemed necessary to support project-level adaptive management will be agreed during the Project Inception Workshop and will be detailed in the Inception Report.

Additional GEF monitoring and reporting requirements:

66. Inception Workshop and Report : A project inception workshop will be held within 60 days of project CEO approval, with the aim to:

a. Familiarize key stakeholders with the detailed project strategy and discuss any changes that may have taken place in the overall context since the project idea was initially conceptualized that may influence its strategy and implementation.

b. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the project team, including reporting lines, stakeholder engagement strategies and conflict resolution mechanisms.

c. Review the results framework and monitoring plan. d. Discuss reporting, monitoring and evaluation roles and responsibilities and finalize the M&E budget;

identify national/regional institutes to be involved in project-level M&E; discuss the role of the GEF OFP and other stakeholders in project-level M&E.

e. Update and review responsibilities for monitoring project strategies, including the risk register; SESP report, Social and Environmental Management Framework and other safeguard requirements; project grievance mechanisms; gender strategy; knowledge management strategy, and other relevant management strategies.

f. Review financial reporting procedures and budget monitoring and other mandatory requirements and agree on the arrangements for the annual audit.

g. Plan and schedule Project Board meetings and finalize the first-year annual work plan. h. Formally launch the Project.

67. GEF Project Implementation Report (PIR ): The annual GEF PIR covering the reporting period July (previous year) to June (current year) will be completed for each year of project implementation. Any environmental and social risks and related management plans will be monitored regularly, and progress will be reported in the PIR. The PIR submitted to the GEF will be shared with the Project Board. The quality rating of the previous year’s PIR will be used to inform the preparation of the subsequent PIR.

68. GEF Core Indicators : The GEF Core indicators included as Annex 13 will be used to monitor global environmental benefits and will be updated for reporting to the GEF prior to the TE. Note that the project team is responsible for updating the indicator status. The updated monitoring data should be shared with TE consultants prior to required evaluation missions, so these can be used for subsequent groundtruthing. The methodologies to be used in data collection have been defined by the GEF and are available on the GEF website.

4 See https://www.thegef.org/gef/policies_guidelines

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69. Terminal Evaluation (TE) : An independent terminal evaluation (TE) will take place upon completion of all major project outputs and activities. The terms of reference, the evaluation process and the final TE report will follow the standard templates and guidance for GEF-financed projects available on the UNDP Evaluation Resource Center .

70. The evaluation will be ‘independent, impartial and rigorous’. The evaluators that will be hired to undertake the assignment will be independent from organizations that were involved in designing, executing or advising on the project to be evaluated. Equally, the evaluators should not be in a position where there may be the possibility of future contracts regarding the project being evaluated.

71. The GEF Operational Focal Point and other stakeholders will be actively involved and consulted during the terminal evaluation process. Additional quality assurance support is available from the BPPS/GEF Directorate.

72. The final TE report and TE terms of reference (TOR) will be publically available in English and posted on the UNDP ERC by July 2023. A management response to the TE recommendations will be posted to the ERC within six weeks of the TE report’s completion.

73. Final Report : The project’s terminal GEF PIR along with the terminal evaluation (TE) report and corresponding management response will serve as the final project report package. The final project report package shall be discussed with the Project Board during an end-of-project review meeting to discuss lesson learned and opportunities for scaling up.

74. Agreement on intellectual property rights and use of logo on the project’s deliverables and disclosure of information: To accord proper acknowledgement to the GEF for providing grant funding, the GEF logo will appear together with the UNDP logo on all promotional materials, other written materials like publications developed by the project, and project hardware. Any citation on publications regarding projects funded by the GEF will also accord proper acknowledgement to the GEF. Information will be disclosed in accordance with relevant policies notably the UNDP Disclosure Policy5 and the GEF policy on public involvement6.

Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and BudgetGEF M&E requirements Responsible Parties Indicative

costs (US$)Time frame

Inception Workshop Implementing PartnerPM/Coordinator/ CTA

2,000 Within 60 days of CEO approval of this project.

Inception Report PM/Coordinator/ CTA None Within 90 days of CEO approval of this project.

Monitoring of indicators in project results framework

PM/Coordinator/ CTA None7 Annually prior to GEF PIR. This will include GEF core indicators.

GEF Project Implementation Report (PIR)

Regional Technical Advisor (RTA)UNDP Country Office8PM/Coordinator/ CTA

None Annually typically between June-August

Monitoring all risks (UNDP risk register)

UNDP Country OfficePM/Coordinator/ CTA

None9 On-going.

Monitoring of gender action plan Gender Expert 26,010 On-going.Supervision missions UNDP Country Office None10 AnnuallyOversight/troubleshooting missions

RTA and BPPS/GEF None10 Troubleshooting as needed

5 See http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/transparency/information_disclosurepolicy/6 See https://www.thegef.org/gef/policies_guidelines7 Paid through Project Coordinator salary8 Or equivalent for regional or global project9 Paid through Project Coordinator salary10 The costs of UNDP CO and UNDP-GEF Unit’s participation and time are charged to the GEF Agency Fee.

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Terminal GEF Core indicators MiAMBIENTEProject Coordinator

None Before terminal evaluation mission takes place

Independent Terminal Evaluation (TE)

Independent evaluators

33,400 July 2023

TOTAL indicative COST 61,410

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VIII. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

Roles and responsibilities of the project’s governance mechanism:

75. Implementing Partner : The Implementing Partner for this project is the Ministry of Environment (MiAMBIENTE).

76. The Implementing Partner is the entity to which the UNDP Administrator has entrusted the implementation of UNDP assistance specified in this signed project document along with the assumption of full responsibility and accountability for the effective use of UNDP resources and the delivery of outputs, as set forth in this document.

77. The Implementing Partner is responsible for executing this project. Specific tasks include:

Project planning, coordination, management, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. This includes providing all required information and data necessary for timely, comprehensive and evidence-based project reporting, including results and financial data, as necessary. The Implementing Partner will strive to ensure project-level M&E is undertaken by national institutes and is aligned with national systems so that the data used and generated by the project supports national systems.

Risk management as outlined in this Project Document; Procurement of goods and services, including human resources; Financial management, including overseeing financial expenditures against project budgets; Approving and signing the multiyear workplan; Approving and signing the combined delivery report at the end of the year; and, Signing the financial report or the funding authorization and certificate of expenditures.

78. Responsible Parties : INDICASAT will be a responsible party due to its experience associated to R&D of genetic resources.

79. Project stakeholders and target groups : The spectrum of stakeholders with an interest in or the capacity to influence the project is very diverse. Government officials include key ministries such as the MiAMBIENTE, MIDA, MICI, as well as institutions such as SENACYT. Local government officials will come from the municipalities of Boquete, Renacimiento, and Tierras Altas, in the Province of Chiriquí. These entities will generally oversee and facilitate the development of the project. Agricultural producers targeted by the project comprise a group of coffee growers who are landowners and specialists working in coffee farms; these stakeholders are key because they are: a) landowners of farms where endophytic fungi are present; b) resource users; and c) environmental stewards of biodiversity of interest for researchers. The academic and scientific institutions are made up of entities that perform research, independently of their public or private affiliations. Among these are INDICASAT, IDIAP, and the Autonomous University of Chiriquí (UNACHI). The private businesses are those interested in developing products that will be derived from the project, and as such would be strategically aligned with the research that will be conducted. The associations, NGOs, CBOs, and other civil society stakeholders associated with the project are mainly those performing scientific research at the national level, working in environmental issues, the agricultural sector tied to coffee production, and working in sustainable development.

80. UNDP: UNDP is accountable to the GEF for the implementation of this project. This includes oversight of project execution to ensure that the project is being carried out in accordance with agreed standards and provisions. UNDP is responsible for delivering GEF project cycle management services comprising project approval and start-up, project supervision and oversight, and project completion and evaluation. UNDP is responsible for the Project Assurance role of the Project Board/Steering Committee.

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National Project Director

(Protected Areas and Biodiversity)

Project Coordinator

Project Board/Steering CommitteeDevelopment Partners

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNDP RR

Project ExecutiveMinister of the Environment

Beneficiary RepresentativesSpecialty Coffee Association

of Panama

Project AssuranceUNDP

Country level UNDP Programme Officer

Regional level Regional Technical Advisor

Project SupportProject Assistant,

Gender Expert

Project Organisation Structure

Responsible Party INDICASAT

Project organization structure:

81. Project Board : The Project Board (also called Project Steering Committee) is responsible for taking corrective action as needed to ensure the project achieves the desired results. In order to ensure UNDP’s ultimate accountability, Project Board decisions should be made in accordance with standards that shall ensure management for development results, best value money, fairness, integrity, transparency and effective international competition.

82. In case consensus cannot be reached within the Board, the UNDP Resident Representative (or their designate) will mediate to find consensus and, if this cannot be found, will take the final decision to ensure project implementation is not unduly delayed.

83. Specific responsibilities of the Project Board include:

Provide overall guidance and direction to the project, ensuring it remains within any specified constraints; Address project issues as raised by the Project Coordinator; Provide guidance on new project risks, and agree on possible mitigation and management actions to

address specific risks; Agree on Project Coordinator’s tolerances as required, within the parameters set by UNDP-GEF, and

provide direction and advice for exceptional situations when the Project Coordinator’s tolerances are exceeded;

Advise on major and minor amendments to the project within the parameters set by UNDP-GEF; Ensure coordination between various donor and government-funded projects and programmes; Ensure coordination with various government agencies and their participation in project activities; Track and monitor co-financing for this project; Review the project progress, assess performance, and appraise the Annual Work Plan for the following

year; Appraise the annual project implementation report, including the quality assessment rating report;

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Ensure commitment of human resources to support project implementation, arbitrating any issues within the project;

Review combined delivery reports prior to certification by the implementing partner; Provide direction and recommendations to ensure that the agreed deliverables are produced satisfactorily

according to plans; Address project-level grievances; Approve the project Inception Report and Terminal Evaluation reports and corresponding management

responses; Review the final project report package during an end-of-project review meeting to discuss lesson learned

and opportunities for scaling up.

84. The composition of the Project Board must include the following roles:

a. Project Executive: Is an individual who represents ownership of the project and chairs the Project Board. The Executive is normally the national counterpart for nationally implemented projects. The Project Executive is: Minister of the Environment.

b. Beneficiary Representative(s): Individuals or groups representing the interests of those who will ultimately benefit from the project. Their primary function within the board is to ensure the realization of project results from the perspective of project beneficiaries. Often civil society representative(s) can fulfill this role. The Beneficiary representative (s) is/are: Specialty Coffee Association of Panama (SCAP).

c. Development Partner(s): Individuals or groups representing the interests of the parties concerned that provide funding and/or technical expertise to the project. The Development Partner(s) is/are: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UNDP Resident Representative.

d. Project Assurance: UNDP performs the quality assurance and supports the Project Board and Project Management Unit by carrying out objective and independent project oversight and monitoring functions. This role ensures appropriate project management milestones are managed and completed. The Project Board cannot delegate any of its quality assurance responsibilities to the Project Coordinator. UNDP provides a three – tier oversight services involving the UNDP Country Offices and UNDP at regional and headquarters levels. Project assurance is totally independent of the Project Management function.

85. Project extensions: The UNDP-GEF Executive Coordinator must approve all project extension requests. Note that all extensions incur costs and the GEF project budget cannot be increased. A single extension may be granted on an exceptional basis and only if the following conditions are met: one extension only for a project for a maximum of six months; the project management costs during the extension period must remain within the originally approved amount, and any increase in PMC costs will be covered by non-GEF resources; the UNDP Country Office oversight costs during the extension period must be covered by non-GEF resources.

IX. FINANCIAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

The total cost of the project is USD $15,398,301. This is financed through a GEF grant of USD $863,242 and USD $14,535,059 in co-financing. UNDP, as the GEF Implementing Agency, is responsible for the oversight of the GEF resources and the cash co-financing transferred to UNDP bank account only. 86. Confirmed Co-financing : The actual realization of project co-financing will be monitored during the terminal evaluation process and will be reported to the GEF. Co-financing will be used for the following project activities/outputs:

Co-financing source

Co-financing type

Co-financing amount

Planned Co-financingActivities/Outputs

Risks Risk Mitigation Measures

INDICASAT Grant and in-kind

11,799,544 Research activities under Component 1 including salaries, research facilities and equipment (Outputs

Low The UNDP Country Office will monitor the co-financing contributions to the

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1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, and 1.2.4)

project

MiAMBIENTE Grant and in-kind

1,140,000 Activities under Component 2 including training, environmental education, and management of protected areas and buffer zones (Outputs 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.3.2, and 2.3.3)

Low The UNDP Country Office will monitor the co-financing contributions to the project

SENACYT In-kind 1,140,000 Research activities under Components 1 and 2

Low The UNDP Country Office will monitor the co-financing contributions to the project

Think Tank UNACHI Grant 20,000 Activities under Component 3, training for the negotiation of ABS agreements (Output 2.1.1)

Low The UNDP Country Office will monitor the co-financing contributions to the project

Advanced Biocontrollers SA

Grant 250,000 Activities under Component 2, negotiation of an ABS agreement, develop technical data sheets for the handling and application of the product on biological crop protection in the field, and scale product from the laboratory to the field level (Output 2.2.1)

Low The UNDP Country Office will monitor the co-financing contributions to the project

UNDP Grant 185,515 Salaries of the Project Coordinator and the Project Assistant

Low The UNDP Country Office will monitor the co-financing contributions to the project

87. Budget Revision and Tolerance : As per UNDP requirements outlined in the UNDP POPP, the project board will agree on a budget tolerance level for each plan under the overall annual work plan allowing the Project Coordinator to expend up to the tolerance level beyond the approved project budget amount for the year without requiring a revision from the Project Board.

88. Should the following deviations occur, the Project Coordinator/CTA and UNDP Country Office will seek the approval of the BPPS/GEF team to ensure accurate reporting to the GEF:

a) Budget re-allocations among components in the project budget with amounts involving 10% of the total project grant or more; b) Introduction of new budget items that exceed 5% of original GEF allocation.

89. Any over expenditure incurred beyond the available GEF grant amount will be absorbed by non-GEF resources (e.g. UNDP TRAC or cash co-financing).

90. Audit : The project will be audited as per UNDP Financial Regulations and Rules and applicable audit policies. Audit cycle and process must be discussed during the Inception workshop. If the Implementing Partner is an UN Agency, the project will be audited according to that Agencies applicable audit policies.

91. Project Closure : Project closure will be conducted as per UNDP requirements outlined in the UNDP POPP. All costs incurred to close the project must be included in the project closure budget and reported as final project commitments presented to the Project Board during the final project review. The only costs a project may incur following the final project review are those included in the project closure budget.

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92. Operational completion : The project will be operationally completed when the last UNDP-financed inputs have been provided and the related activities have been completed. This includes the final clearance of the Terminal Evaluation Report (that will be available in English) and the corresponding management response, and the end-of-project review Project Board meeting. Operational closure must happen with 3 months of posting the TE report to the UNDP ERC. The Implementing Partner through a Project Board decision will notify the UNDP Country Office when operational closure has been completed. At this time, the relevant parties will have already agreed and confirmed in writing on the arrangements for the disposal of any equipment that is still the property of UNDP.

93. Transfer or disposal of assets : In consultation with the Implementing Partner and other parties of the project, UNDP is responsible for deciding on the transfer or other disposal of assets. Transfer or disposal of assets is recommended to be reviewed and endorsed by the project board following UNDP rules and regulations. Assets may be transferred to the government for project activities managed by a national institution at any time during the life of a project. In all cases of transfer, a transfer document must be prepared and kept on file 11. The transfer should be done before Project Management Unit complete their assignments.

94. Financial completion (closure) : The project will be financially closed when the following conditions have been met: a) the project is operationally completed or has been cancelled; b) the Implementing Partner has reported all financial transactions to UNDP; c) UNDP has closed the accounts for the project; d) UNDP and the Implementing Partner have certified a final Combined Delivery Report (which serves as final budget revision).

95. The project will be financially completed within 6 months of operational closure or after the date of cancellation. Between operational and financial closure, the implementing partner will identify and settle all financial obligations and prepare a final expenditure report. The UNDP Country Office will send the final signed closure documents including confirmation of final cumulative expenditure and unspent balance to the BPPS/GEF Unit for confirmation before the project will be financially closed in Atlas by the UNDP Country Office.

96. Refund to GEF: Should a refund of unspent funds to the GEF be necessary, this will be managed directly by the BPPS/GEF Directorate in New York. No action is required by the UNDP Country Office on the actual refund from UNDP project to the GEF Trustee.

11 See https://popp.undp.org/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc=/UNDP_POPP_DOCUMENT_LIBRARY/Public/PPM_Project%20Management_Closing.docx&action=default.

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X. TOTAL BUDGET AND WORK PLAN

Total Budget and Work PlanAtlas Award ID: 00097410 Atlas Output Project ID: 00101154

Atlas Proposal or Award Title: NAGOYA Parte 2

Atlas Business Unit PAN10

Atlas Primary Output Project Title Temas Nacionales NAGOYA

UNDP-GEF PIMS No. 5979

Implementing Partner Ministry of Environment (MiAMBIENTE)

Atlas ActivityAtlas

Implementing Agent

Atlas Fund ID

Donor Name

Atlas Budgetary Account

Code

ATLAS Budget Account Description

Amount Year 1 (USD)

Amount Year 2 (USD)

Amount Year 3 (USD)

Total (USD)

See Budget Note:

COMPONENT/ OUTCOME 1:

Development of a product for the crop protection industry

MiAMBIENTE62000

GEFTrustee

71300 Local Consultants 131,200 131,200 131,200 393,600 1

71600 Travel 10,000 10,000 10,000 30,000 2

72300 Materials & Goods 26,000 39,200 39,200 104,400 3

72500 Supplies 1,800 22,800 24,600 4

75700 Training, Workshops and Confer 2,500 2,500 5,000 5

Total Outcome 1 167,200 184,700 205,700 557,600

COMPONENT/ OUTCOME 2:

Facilitating access, benefit-sharing and

biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry

MiAMBIENTE 62000

GEFTrustee

71300 Local Consultants 5,000 10,000 5,000 20,000 6

72100 Contractual Services-Companies 2,000 14,500 14,500 31,000 7

72300 Materials & Goods 1,800 11,800 11,800 25,400 8

72500 Supplies 350 350 350 1,050 9

72800 Information Technology Equipmt 3,500 3,500 10

74200 Audio Visual&Print Prod Costs 16,000 16,000 32,000 11

75700 Training, Workshops and Confer 5,000 19,525 19,281 43,806 12

Total Outcome 2 17,650 72,175 66,931 156,756

COMPONENT/ OUTCOME 3: M&E

with a gender focus

MiAMBIENTE 62000 GEFTrustee

71200 International Consultants 16,000 16,000 13

71300 Local Consultants 8,670 8,670 18,120 35,460 14

71600 Travel 3,000 3,000 10,450 16,450 15

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Atlas ActivityAtlas

Implementing Agent

Atlas Fund ID

Donor Name

Atlas Budgetary Account

Code

ATLAS Budget Account Description

Amount Year 1 (USD)

Amount Year 2 (USD)

Amount Year 3 (USD)

Total (USD)

See Budget Note:

75700 Training, Workshops and Confer 2,000 500 2,500 16

Total Outcome 3 13,670 11,670 45,070 70,410

PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT

MiAMBIENTE

62000GEF

Trustee71400 Contractual Services

– Individuals 23,159 23,159 23,158 69,476 17

74100 Professional Services 3,000 3,000 3,000 9,000 18

Total Management 26,159 26,159 26,158 78,476

PROJECT TOTAL 224,679 294,704 343,859 863,242

Summary of Funds:AmountYear 1

AmountYear 2

AmountYear 3 Total

GEF 224,679 294,704 343,859 863,242INDICASAT 3,933,181 3,933,181 3,933,182 11,799,544

MiAMBIENTE 380,000 380,000 380,000 1,140,000SENACYT 380,000 380,000 380,000 1,140,000

Think Tank UNACHI 10,000 10,000 20,000

Advanced Biocontrollers SA 125,000 125,000 250,000

UNDP 61,838 61,838 61,839 185,515*TOTAL 4,989,698 5,184,723 5,223,880 15,398,301

* Cash contribution for: a) 87% of Project Coordinator and b) 50% of Project Assistant.

Budget note number

Comments

Component 1. Development of a product for the crop protection industry112 a) Postdoctoral chemist to identify in vitro active extracts and compounds with potential for the development of a phytosanitary product. Total cost: $126,000; $3,500/month for 36

month during three years (Output 1.1.1).b) Microbiologist to conduct in vitro trials of candidate biological crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and aqueous extracts). Total cost: $120,600; $3,350/month for 36 months during three years (Output 1.2.1).

12 Please refer to Annex 6 for further details on local consultancies such as proposed rate and level of effort.

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c) Postdoctoral student to conduct in vitro trials. Total cost: $63,000; $3,500/month for 18 months during three years (Output 1.2.1).d) Postdoctoral student to conduct in vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi for field trials. Total cost: $84,000; $3,500/month for 24 months during three years (Output 1.2.2).

2 Daily subsistence allowance (DSA) related to development of a product for the crop protection industry. Total cost: $30,000; $10,000/year during three years. (all outputs in component).

3 a) Diesel. Total cost: $3,000; $1,000/year over three years (all outputs in component).b) Laboratory supplies to identify in vitro active extracts and compounds with potential for the development of a phytosanitary product. Total cost: $75,000; $25,000/year during three years (Output 1.2.1).c) Laboratory supplies to conduct in vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi for field trials. Total cost: $26,400; $13,200/year during years 2 and 3 (Output 1.2.2).

4 b) Field supplies to conduct in vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi for field trials. Total cost: $3,600; $1,800/year during years 2 and 3 (Output 1.2.2).c) Field supplies to evaluate at least four alternative formulations of selected endophytic fungi evaluated in field trials in coffee crops. Total cost: $21,000 during year 3 (Output 1.2.3).

5 Participation in scientific conferences related to development of a product for the crop protection industry. Total cost: $5,000 during years 2 and 3.

Component 2: Facilitating access, benefit-sharing and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry

613

a) Crop Expert to adapt the existing protocol of mass production of INDICASAT according to the product developed in Component 2. Total cost: $5,000 during year 1 (Output 2.2.1).b) Crop Expert to development of a guidance manual with technical data sheets and product safety sheets following EPA standards (environmental and social safeguards). Total cost: $5,000 during year 2 (Output 2.2.2).c) Communications Expert to develop a public media campaign on protection and use of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources, with a gender approach. Total cost: $10,000 during year 3 (Output 2.3.2).

7

a) Scaling-up the product developed in Component 2 in the laboratory and in the field, including signing of Memorandum of Understanding / confidentiality between a private company and INDICASAT and development of technical data sheets for product handling. Total cost: $25,000; $12,500/year during years 2 and 3 (Output 2.2.1).b) Logistical support for community extension presentations explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources, and presentations carried out in colleges, associations, civic groups, NGOs, etc. Total cost: $6,000; $2,000/year during three years (Output 2.3.2 and Output 2.3.3).

8a) Agricultural inputs for 5 demonstration plots on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee. Total cost: $20,000; $4,000/plot during years 2 and 3 (Output 2.2.3)b) Training materials. Total cost: $5,400 over three years (all related outputs in this component).

9 IT supplies. Total cost: $1,050 over three years (Output 2.3.1).

10 Lap top computers, USB, digital camera, 64 GB memory card, tripod, multimedia projector, and 2 TB external hard drives to support environmental education activities in the parks buffer zones and other activities. Total cost: $3,500 during year 1 (Output 2.3.1).

11 a) Publication of a guidance manual developed for farmers and extensionists on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee. Total cost: $6,000 during year 2 (Output 2.3.2).b) Material for environmental education associated with endophytic fungi and native biodiversity. Total cost: $10,000 during year 2 (Output 2.3.1)c) Printed material and audiovisuals related to a public media campaign on protection and use of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources, with a gender approach. Total cost:

13 Please refer to Annex 6 for further details on local consultancies such as proposed rate and level of effort.

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$16,000 during year 3 (Output 2.3.2).

12

a) Training workshops (3) for negotiation of ABS agreements directed to representatives of coffee farmers. Total cost: $4,500 during years 1 and 2 (Output 2.1.1).b) Training workshops (2) for negotiation of ABS agreements directed to technical staff and legal advisors of MiAMBIENTE. Total cost: $4,000 during years 1 and 2 (Output 2.1.1).c) Information and awareness-raising events (5) in the farms involved in the project regarding native microbes and biodiversity conservation. Total cost: $7,500 during year 2 (Output 2.3.1).d) Events (2) for the dissemination of a guide manual for farmers and extensionists on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee. Total cost: 2,000 during year 2 (Output 2.2.2).e) Meetings (2) to establish agreements with the owners of the farms for demonstration plots on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee. Total cost: $1,500 during year 3 (Output 2.2.3).e) Training events (3) for farmers on the use of biological agents for protection of coffee crops (theoretical and practical). Total cost: $4,650 during year 3 (Output 2.2.3).f) Training events (4) on conservation and use of biodiversity and genetic resources, with specific reference to microbes. Total cost: $6,000 during year 2 (Output 2.3.1).g) Meetings (3) for the design of a public media campaign on protection and use of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources, with a gender approach. Total cost: $900 during year 2 (Output 2.3.2).h) Community extension presentations (15) explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources. Total cost: $4,500 during years 1 to 3 (Output 2.3.2).i) Events (5) carried out for local colleges, associations, civic groups, NGOs, etc., explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources. Total cost: $3,750 during year 3 (Output 2.3.3).j) Scientific workshops for national and international researchers related to native microbes in the agricultural sector in accordance with the NP. Total cost: $4,506 during year 3 (Output 2.3.3).

Component 3: M&E with a gender focus1314 M&E Expert. Terminal project evaluation. Total cost: $16,000 during year 3.

1415a) M&E Expert. Terminal project evaluation. Total cost: $9,450 during year 3.b) Gender Expert. Support and monitoring of gender mainstreaming (Gender Mainstreaming Plan and PRF gender-based indicators). Total cost: $26,010; $8,670/year during 3 years.

15a) Travel costs for terminal evaluation (including DSA): Total cost: $7,450 during year 3.b) Travel costs for other M&E Plan activities, including monitoring of Gender Action Plan: Total cost: $9,000; $3,000/year during years 1 to 3.

16a) Project Inception Workshop. Total cost $2,000 during year 1.b) Terminal evaluation related workshops. Total cost: $500 during year 3.

Project Management Unit17 a) Project Coordinator (13% of salary): responsible for the overall management of the project, including the mobilization of all project inputs, supervision over project staff,

consultants and sub-contractors. Total cost: $21,000; $7,000/year during three years.b) Project Assistant (50% of salary): financial management of the project, accounting, purchasing, and reporting. Total cost: $48,476; $16,158.67/year during three years.

18 External audit and Third Party monitoring spotchecks (3). Total cost: $9,000; $3,000 year during three years.

14 Please refer to Annex 6 for further details on local consultancies such as proposed rate and level of effort.15 Please refer to Annex 6 for further details on local consultancies such as proposed rate and level of effort.

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XI. LEGAL CONTEXT97. This project document shall be the instrument referred to as such in Article 1 of the Standard Basic Assistance Agreement between the Government of Panama and UNDP, signed on 23 August 1973. All references in the SBAA to “Executing Agency” shall be deemed to refer to “Implementing Partner.”

98. This project will be implemented by the Ministry of Environment (MiAMBIENTE) (“Implementing Partner”) in accordance with its financial regulations, rules, practices and procedures only to the extent that they do not contravene the principles of the Financial Regulations and Rules of UNDP. Where the financial governance of an Implementing Partner does not provide the required guidance to ensure best value for money, fairness, integrity, transparency, and effective international competition, the financial governance of UNDP shall apply.

99. The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations or UNDP concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

XII. RISK MANAGEMENT

100. Consistent with the Article III of the SBAA, the responsibility for the safety and security of the Implementing Partner and its personnel and property, and of UNDP’s property in the Implementing Partner’s custody, rests with the Implementing Partner. To this end, the Implementing Partner shall:

a) Put in place an appropriate security plan and maintain the security plan, taking into account the security situation in the country where the project is being carried;

b) Assume all risks and liabilities related to the Implementing Partner’s security, and the full implementation of the security plan.

101. UNDP reserves the right to verify whether such a plan is in place, and to suggest modifications to the plan when necessary. Failure to maintain and implement an appropriate security plan as required hereunder shall be deemed a breach of the Implementing Partner’s obligations under this Project Document.

102. The Implementing Partner agrees to undertake all reasonable efforts to ensure that no UNDP funds received pursuant to the Project Document are used to provide support to individuals or entities associated with terrorism and that the recipients of any amounts provided by UNDP hereunder do not appear on the list maintained by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). The list can be accessed via http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/aq_sanctions_list.shtml.

103. The Implementing Partner acknowledges and agrees that UNDP will not tolerate sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse of anyone by the Implementing Partner, and each of its responsible parties, their respective sub-recipients and other entities involved in Project implementation, either as contractors or subcontractors and their personnel, and any individuals performing services for them under the Project Document.

(a) In the implementation of the activities under this Project Document, the Implementing Partner, and each of its sub-parties referred to above, shall comply with the standards of conduct set forth in the Secretary General’s Bulletin ST/SGB/2003/13 of 9 October 2003, concerning “Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse” (“SEA”).

(b) Moreover, and without limitation to the application of other regulations, rules, policies and procedures bearing upon the performance of the activities under this Project Document, in the implementation of activities, the Implementing Partner, and each of its sub-parties referred to above, shall not engage in any form of sexual harassment (“SH”). SH is defined as any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offense or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.

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104. a) In the performance of the activities under this Project Document, the Implementing Partner shall (with respect to its own activities), and shall require from its sub-parties referred to in paragraph 103 (with respect to their activities) that they, have minimum standards and procedures in place, or a plan to develop and/or improve such standards and procedures in order to be able to take effective preventive and investigative action. These should include: policies on sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse; policies on whistleblowing/protection against retaliation; and complaints, disciplinary and investigative mechanisms. In line with this, the Implementing Partner will and will require that such sub-parties will take all appropriate measures to:

i. Prevent its employees, agents or any other persons engaged to perform any services under this Project Document, from engaging in SH or SEA;

ii. Offer employees and associated personnel training on prevention and response to SH and SEA, where the Implementing Partner and its sub-parties referred to in paragraph 103 have not put in place its own training regarding the prevention of SH and SEA, the Implementing Partner and its sub-parties may use the training material available at UNDP;

iii. Report and monitor allegations of SH and SEA of which the Implementing Partner and its sub-parties referred to in paragraph 103 have been informed or have otherwise become aware, and status thereof;

iv. Refer victims/survivors of SH and SEA to safe and confidential victim assistance; and

v. Promptly and confidentially record and investigate any allegations credible enough to warrant an investigation of SH or SEA. The Implementing Partner shall advise UNDP of any such allegations received and investigations being conducted by itself or any of its sub-parties referred to in paragraph 103 with respect to their activities under the Project Document, and shall keep UNDP informed during the investigation by it or any of such sub-parties, to the extent that such notification (i) does not jeopardize the conduct of the investigation, including but not limited to the safety or security of persons, and/or (ii) is not in contravention of any laws applicable to it. Following the investigation, the Implementing Partner shall advise UNDP of any actions taken by it or any of the other entities further to the investigation.

105. b) The Implementing Partner shall establish that it has complied with the foregoing, to the satisfaction of UNDP, when requested by UNDP or any party acting on its behalf to provide such confirmation. Failure of the Implementing Partner, and each of its sub-parties referred to in paragraph 104, to comply of the foregoing, as determined by UNDP, shall be considered grounds for suspension or termination of the Project.

106. Social and environmental sustainability will be enhanced through application of the UNDP Social and Environmental Standards (http://www.undp.org/ses) and related Accountability Mechanism (http://www.undp.org/secu-srm).

107. The Implementing Partner shall: (a) conduct project and programme-related activities in a manner consistent with the UNDP Social and Environmental Standards, (b) implement any management or mitigation plan prepared for the project or programme to comply with such standards, and (c) engage in a constructive and timely manner to address any concerns and complaints raised through the Accountability Mechanism. UNDP will seek to ensure that communities and other project stakeholders are informed of and have access to the Accountability Mechanism.

108. All signatories to the Project Document shall cooperate in good faith with any exercise to evaluate any programme or project-related commitments or compliance with the UNDP Social and Environmental Standards. This includes providing access to project sites, relevant personnel, information, and documentation.

109. The Implementing Partner will take appropriate steps to prevent misuse of funds, fraud or corruption, by its officials, consultants, responsible parties, subcontractors and sub-recipients in implementing the project or using UNDP funds. The Implementing Partner will ensure that its financial management, anti-corruption and anti-fraud policies are in place and enforced for all funding received from or through UNDP.

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110. The requirements of the following documents, then in force at the time of signature of the Project Document, apply to the Implementing Partner: (a) UNDP Policy on Fraud and other Corrupt Practices and (b) UNDP Office of Audit and Investigations Investigation Guidelines. The Implementing Partner agrees to the requirements of the above documents, which are an integral part of this Project Document and are available online at www.undp.org.

111. In the event that an investigation is required, UNDP has the obligation to conduct investigations relating to any aspect of UNDP projects and programmes in accordance with UNDP’s regulations, rules, policies and procedures. The Implementing Partner shall provide its full cooperation, including making available personnel, relevant documentation, and granting access to the Implementing Partner’s (and its consultants’, responsible parties’, subcontractors’ and sub-recipients’) premises, for such purposes at reasonable times and on reasonable conditions as may be required for the purpose of an investigation. Should there be a limitation in meeting this obligation, UNDP shall consult with the Implementing Partner to find a solution.

112. The signatories to this Project Document will promptly inform one another in case of any incidence of inappropriate use of funds, or credible allegation of fraud or corruption with due confidentiality.

113. Where the Implementing Partner becomes aware that a UNDP project or activity, in whole or in part, is the focus of investigation for alleged fraud/corruption, the Implementing Partner will inform the UNDP Resident Representative/Head of Office, who will promptly inform UNDP’s Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI). The Implementing Partner shall provide regular updates to the head of UNDP in the country and OAI of the status of, and actions relating to, such investigation.

114. UNDP shall be entitled to a refund from the Implementing Partner of any funds provided that have been used inappropriately, including through fraud or corruption, or otherwise paid other than in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Project Document. Such amount may be deducted by UNDP from any payment due to the Implementing Partner under this or any other agreement. Recovery of such amount by UNDP shall not diminish or curtail the Implementing Partner’s obligations under this Project Document.

115. Where such funds have not been refunded to UNDP, the Implementing Partner agrees that donors to UNDP (including the Government) whose funding is the source, in whole or in part, of the funds for the activities under this Project Document, may seek recourse to the Implementing Partner for the recovery of any funds determined by UNDP to have been used inappropriately, including through fraud or corruption, or otherwise paid other than in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Project Document.

116. Note : The term “Project Document” as used in this clause shall be deemed to include any relevant subsidiary agreement further to the Project Document, including those with responsible parties, subcontractors and sub-recipients.

117. Each contract issued by the Implementing Partner in connection with this Project Document shall include a provision representing that no fees, gratuities, rebates, gifts, commissions or other payments, other than those shown in the proposal, have been given, received, or promised in connection with the selection process or in contract execution, and that the recipient of funds from the Implementing Partner shall cooperate with any and all investigations and post-payment audits.

118. Should UNDP refer to the relevant national authorities for appropriate legal action any alleged wrongdoing relating to the project, the Government will ensure that the relevant national authorities shall actively investigate the same and take appropriate legal action against all individuals found to have participated in the wrongdoing, recover and return any recovered funds to UNDP.

119. The Implementing Partner shall ensure that all of its obligations set forth under this section entitled “Risk Management” are passed on to each responsible party, subcontractor and sub-recipient and that all the clauses under this section entitled “Risk Management Standard Clauses” are included, mutatis mutandis, in all sub-contracts or sub-agreements entered into further to this Project Document.

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XIII. MANDATORY ANNEXES

1. Project Map and geospatial coordinates of the project area

2. Multiyear Workplan

3. Monitoring Plan

4. Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP)

5. UNDP Atlas Risk Register

6. Stakeholder Engagement Plan

7. Overview of technical consultancies/subcontracts

8. Gender Analysis and Gender Action Plan

9. Procurement Plan for first year of implementation

10. GEF focal area specific annexes

11. GEF Core indicators

12. GEF Taxonomy

13. Partners Capacity Assessment Tool and HACT

14. UNDP Project Quality Assurance Report

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Annex 1: Project map and Geospatial Coordinates of project sites

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Annex 2: Multi Year Work Plan

Outcomes Outputs Activities Year 1 Year 2 Year 3Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Component 1: Development of a product for the crop protection industryOutcome 1.1 Output 1.1.1 Identify in vitro active extracts and compounds

with potential for the development of a phytosanitary product

Outcome 1.2 Output 1.2.1 In vitro trials of candidate biological crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and aqueous extracts).

Output 1.2.2 In vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi for field trials

Output 1.2.3 Evaluate at least 4 alternative formulations of selected endophytic fungi evaluated in field trials/coffee crops

Participation in scientific conferences related to development of a product for the crop protection industry

Output 1.2.4 Establish an agreement to strengthen R&D of new biological agents for crop protection

Joint evaluation of optimal strains in the greenhouse.

Interinstitutional workshop will be held to disseminate the results of the collaborative research and cooperation

Component 2: Facilitating access, benefit-sharing, and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industryOutcome 2.1 Output 2.1.1 Design the capacity development programme for

the negotiation of ABS agreements

Training workshops for negotiation of ABS agreements directed to technical staff and legal advisors of MiAMBIENTE

Training workshops for negotiation of ABS agreements directed to representatives of coffee

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Outcomes Outputs Activities Year 1 Year 2 Year 3Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

farmers

Information and awareness-raising events in the farms involved in the project regarding native microbes and biodiversity conservation

Outcome 2.2 Output 2.2.1 Adapt the existing protocol of mass production of INDICASAT according to the product developed in Component 2

Scaling-up the product developed in Component 2 in the laboratory and in the field

Output 2.2.2 Development of a guidance manual with technical data sheets and product safety sheets following EPA standards

Publication and dissemination of a guidance manual developed for farmers and extensionists on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee

Output 2.2.3 Establish agreements with the owners of the farms for demonstration plots

Training events for farmers on the use of biological agents for protection of coffee crops

Implementation of demonstration plots on the use of conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee

Outcome 2.3 Output 2.3.1 Training events (3) on conservation and use of biodiversity and genetic resources, with specific reference to microbes

Output 2.3.2 Design a public media campaign on protection and use of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources, with a gender approach

Implementation of public media campaign

Community extension presentations explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources

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Outcomes Outputs Activities Year 1 Year 2 Year 3Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Output 2.3.3 Events (5) carried out for local colleges, associations, civic groups, NGOs, etc., explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources

Scientific workshops for national and international researchers

Component 3: Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) with a gender focusOutcome 3.1 Output 3.1.1 Conduct M&E of the project’s implementation

following GEF and UNDP guidelines and according to the M&E plan

Implement the Gender Action Plan

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Annex 3: Monitoring Plan This Monitoring Plan and the M&E Plan and Budget in Section VI of this project document will both guide monitoring and evaluation at the project level for the duration of project implementation.

Monitoring IndicatorsTargets

Description of indicators and

targets

Data source/Collection

MethodsFrequency Responsible

for data collection

Means of verification Risks/Assumptions

Project Objective:To support the realization of the potential of native microorganisms to contribute to the agriculture sector while generating global environmental benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the NP

Indicator 1: Number of direct project beneficiaries disaggregated by gender (individual people)

1,070 (535 women; 535 men)

Coffee producers and local population of two PA buffer zones where native microbes are collectedAuthorities and technical staff and local stakeholders trained in negotiation of ABS agreements

Surveys / interviews with coffee producers and other stakeholders

Annually Project Coordinator and MiAMBIENTE

Results of surveys / interviewsUpdated Gender Action Plan

Risks:The project team and the executing agency fails to involve all project partnersAssumptions:Willingness of decision makers and coffee producers to recognize the potential of native microbes in the agricultural sector in accordance with the NPOptimal sampling

Indicator 2: Area of landscapes under improved practices (excluding protected areas

1,000 ha Area of coffee farms benefiting from increased technical capacity for conservation-based biological crop protection

Calculated based on the size of the farms potentially involved in the project

Midpoint and end of the project

Project Coordinator and MiAMBIENTE

Field surveys and maps

Risks:Limited benefits for producers result in limited global environmental benefitsAssumptions:Willingness of coffee farmers to participate in the project

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Monitoring IndicatorsTargets

Description of indicators and

targets

Data source/Collection

MethodsFrequency Responsible

for data collection

Means of verification Risks/Assumptions

Environmental variability, including climate change, within normal range

Component 1: Development of a product for the crop protection industry

Project Outcome 1.1: Promising active compounds identified from endophytic fungi, as biological crop protection agents in the agricultural sector

Indicator 3:Number of active extracts and compounds isolated in order to develop a product for the crop protection industry focused on the coffee sector

Extracts: 200Compounds: 4

Extracts and compounds from endophytic fungi, as biological crop protection agents in the agricultural sector

In vitro, in vivo, and field testing, including chemical profiling, the isolation of active principles, and spectroscopic studies for the structural determination of the extracts and compounds

Annually Project Coordinator and INDICASAT

Scientific publications and technical reports

Risks:It is not possible to identify promising extracts and compounds as biological crop protection agents in the agricultural sector during the life projectAssumptions:Two endophytic fungi isolates have already preselected for their evaluation as crop protectant (against pathogens in coffee) in plant growth chamber studies, which increases the probability of success

Project Outcome 1.2:Strengthened research and development of

Indicator 4:Number of formulations with potential for crop

Four (4) Promising formulations of fungi (e.g. active ingredients, spore concentrations,

In vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials

Annually Project Coordinator and INDICASAT

Scientific publications and technical reports

Risks:It is not possible to identify promising extracts and compounds as

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Monitoring IndicatorsTargets

Description of indicators and

targets

Data source/Collection

MethodsFrequency Responsible

for data collection

Means of verification Risks/Assumptions

novel biological crop protection agents

protection product development, on the basis of field trials of the prioritized formulations

abiotic conditions and leaf development) for field trials

biological crop protection agents in the agricultural sector during the life projectAssumptions:Two endophytic fungi isolates have already preselected for their evaluation as crop protectant (against pathogens in coffee) in plant growth chamber studies, which increases the probability of success

Component 2: Facilitating access, benefit-sharing and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry

Project Outcome 2.1: Increased capacity to negotiate an ABS agreement by the end of the project

Indicator 5: Number of authorities and technical staff and local stakeholders practically applying the skills learned in negotiation of ABS agreements disaggregated by gender

150 (75 men and 75 women)

Training of potential negotiators that take into account the business model of the crop-protection industry and other industries that might use genetic resources

Surveys / interviews Annually Project Coordinator and MIAMBIENTE

Results of surveys / interviewsLists of attendance at training eventsTraining certificates

Risks:Limited training opportunitiesAssumptions:Interest from authorities, technical staff and local stakeholders

Indicator 6: One (1) Negotiation of Draft of ABS At end of Project ABS agreement Risks:

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Monitoring IndicatorsTargets

Description of indicators and

targets

Data source/Collection

MethodsFrequency Responsible

for data collection

Means of verification Risks/Assumptions

Number of ABS agreements negotiated between the government and users of the crop protection product by project end

an ABS agreement between the government and users (i.e., companies) of the crop-protection product developed by scientists under Component 2 of this project

agreement project Coordinator and MIAMBIENTE

signedMemoirs of negotiation meetings

Lack of interest from companies for entering into benefit-sharing agreements regarding commercial production once a product has been developedAssumptions:A crop protection product will be developed by project end

Project Outcome 2.2:Increased technical capacity for conservation-based biological crop protection in 1,000 ha of coffee farms in the La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and the Volcán Barú National Park and their and buffer zones, with potential to contribute to the

Indicator 7:Number of coffee producers practically applying the skills learned on the use of conservation -based biological crop protection agents disaggregated by gender).

100 (50 men and 50 women)

Coffee farmers interested in conservation-based biological crop protection

Surveys / interviews with coffee producers

Annually Project Coordinator and MiAMBIENTE

Results of surveys / interviewsUpdated Gender Action Plan

Risks:Lack of interest from coffee farmers to participate because of limited benefits perceivedAssumptions:Farm-level demonstrations and training activities on conservation-based biological crop protection are optimal

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Monitoring IndicatorsTargets

Description of indicators and

targets

Data source/Collection

MethodsFrequency Responsible

for data collection

Means of verification Risks/Assumptions

conservation status of two globally important microbes (endophytic fungi) and their host ecosystems

Project Outcome 2.3:Increased knowledge and awareness regarding microbe biodiversity, conservation-based biological crop protection and genetic resources

Indicator 8:Number of people in La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and in the Volcán Barú National Park practically applying the skills learned on the importance and use of biodiversity and genetic resources, with specific reference to microbes, disaggregated by gender

700 (350 men and 350 women)

Communities members located in the buffer zones of the two PAs from which the collections of microfungi are made,

Surveys / interviews with local community members

Annually Project Coordinator and MiAMBIENTE

Results of surveys / interviewsUpdated Gender Action Plan

Risks:Lack of interest from local community members in biodiversity conservation and genetic resourcesAssumptions:Environmental education activities are optimal

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Monitoring IndicatorsTargets

Description of indicators and

targets

Data source/Collection

MethodsFrequency Responsible

for data collection

Means of verification Risks/Assumptions

Component 3: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with a gender focus

Project Outcome 3.1:M&E assesses project impact and guides adaptive management.

Indicator 9:Level of implementation of Project’s M&E Plan and Gender Action Plan.

M&E Plan: 100%Gender Action Plan: 100%

M&E Plan according to Section VII of this Project DocumentGender Action Plan according to Annex 9 of this Project Document

Surveys / interviews with local community membersM&E reports

Annually Project Coordinator, Gender Expert, MiAMBIENTE, UNDP

Results of surveys / interviewsUpdated M&E and Gender Action Plan

Risks:The project team and the executing agency fails to involve all project partnersAssumptions:Project implemented according to schedule

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Annex 4: UNDP Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP)

Project Information

Project Information

1. Project Title Realising the potential of native microbes in the agricultural sector, in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol

2. Project Number UNDP-GEF PIMS No. 5979

3. Country Panama

Part A. Integrating Overarching Principles to Strengthen Social and Environmental SustainabilityQUESTION 1: How Does the Project Integrate the Overarching Principles in order to Strengthen Social and Environmental Sustainability?Briefly describe in the space below how the Project mainstreams the human-rights based approach

The project will support the Government of Panama for the realisation of the potential of native microorganisms to contribute to the agricultural sector while generating global environmental benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol (NP). The project will ensure respect of the rights of the populations who live in areas from which microbes of use for the agricultural sector are derived, and who have traditionally managed the source ecosystems in a sustainable manner, to receive adequate and appropriate benefits from their any commercial uses that are made of them, in accordance with the provisions of the NP on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS). The income potentially shared among community members through the ABS schemes will contribute to their abilities to improve their living and nutritional conditions; and the promotion by the project of biological crop protection measures will help to ensure that local people are able to live in environmental conditions free from exposure to harmful agricultural chemicals. The project design includes a Stakeholder Engagement Plan that incorporates a communication and information management plan and a management of complaints and grievances mechanism that will allow to maintain fluid communication with the stakeholders and to effectively to respond to any legitimate concern, complaint, or grievance

that may arise related to the project activities and executing entities. The project will respect the human rights of all project participants regardless of their race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status.

Briefly describe in the space below how the Project is likely to improve gender equality and women’s empowerment

According to the UNDP Gender Marker Rating, the project is categorized as GEN2: gender equality as a significant objective. Gender equity will be furthered by facilitating consultations and analyses in order to ensure all ABS agreements that are entered into provide for the equitable sharing of benefits from biodiversity use between men and women. The project design includes a gender analysis focusing on the two protected areas an their buffer zones where microbes are collected and a Gender Action Plan to ensure that considerations of gender equity are adequately provided for in the project strategy, and identifies opportunities for the active promotion of women’s social and economic status includes define gender-sensitive indicators of project success for use in the monitoring and evaluation system of the project. A gender specialist will be contracted on a regular basis to facilitate improvements to gender equality and women’s empowerment and to update the Gender Action Plan.

Briefly describe in the space below how the Project mainstreams environmental sustainability

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Environmental sustainability will be promoted by: a) increasing the availability of biological crop protection agents as alternatives to agricultural chemicals, by supporting their research and development and the strengthening of value chains; b) increasing knowledge of local stakeholders, including coffee producers, on the potential of biological crop protection measures (including “conservation-based” measures) and how to apply them; and c) reducing pressures on La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and Volcán Barú National Park, including the raising of awareness among local stakeholders regarding the importance and value of biodiversity and genetic resources.

Part B. Identifying and Managing Social and Environmental RisksQUESTION 2: What are the Potential Social and Environmental Risks?

QUESTION 3: What is the level of significance of the potential social and environmental risks?

QUESTION 6: What social and environmental assessment and management measures have been conducted and/or are required to address potential risks (for Risks with Moderate and High Significance)?

Risk Description Impact and Probability (1-5)

Significance(Low, Moderate, High)

Comments Description of assessment and management measures as reflected in the Project design. If ESIA or SESA is required note that the assessment should consider all potential impacts and risks.

1. There is a risk that duty-bearers do not have the capacity to meet their obligations in the Project

(Principle 1: q5)

I = 3P = 2

Moderate If ABS mechanisms do not function properly, there is a risk that the users of biodiversity fail to compensate local communities in an adequate and just manner, and that Government authorities fail in their duty to oversee benefit distribution mechanisms. The probability of occurrence is limited by the fact that a national ABS policy already exists and has been tested in previous benefit-sharing agreements in Panama.

This risk will be managed through Component 2, Output 2.3.1, by provide training to strengthen the capacities of relevant 1nstitutions to fulfill their duties in relation to ensuring the equitable distribution of benefits through ABS agreements, in accordance with the provisions of the NP and related national legislation.

2. There is a risk that rights-holders do not have the capacity to claim their rights

(Principle 1: q6)

I = 3P = 2

Moderate If capacity development is inadequate or ineffective, local stakeholders may not be able to negotiate fair distribution of benefits from the exploitation and commercialization of their biodiversity resources. The probability of occurrence is limited by the fact that a national ABS policy already exists and has been tested in previous benefit-sharing agreements in Panama.

This risk will be managed through Component 2, Output 2.1.1, by provide training to strengthen the capacities of local stakeholders, including coffee farmers, to claim their rights in relation to the equitable distribution of benefits through ABS agreements, in accordance with the provisions of the NP and related national legislation.

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3. There is a likelihood that the project would have adverse impacts on gender equality and/or the situation of women and girls, reproduce discriminations against women based on gender, and limit women’s ability to use, develop and protect natural resources, taking into account different roles and positions of women and men in accessing environmental goods and services

(Principle 2: q1, q2, and q4)

I = 3P = 3

Moderate If ABS mechanisms do not function properly, there is a risk that they result in the benefits derived from the use and commercialization being distributed in an inequitable manner between men and women, that women are unable to participate in an equitable and effective manner in negotiation of the conditions of ABS agreements, and are marginalized from opportunities to obtain benefits in an equitable manner arising from the use and commercialization of microbes.

This risk will be managed through the Gender Action Plan developed during the PPG following a gender analysis for the two protected areas and their buffer zones where genetic resources will be collected. In addition, the Project Results Framework includes gender-based indicators that will be updated periodically by a project gender expert. Project benefits are focused in improving research, production, training, and decision-making opportunities for women.

4. Poorly designed or executed project activities may have a negative impact on critical habitats and/or environmentally sensitive areas, including legally protected areas (i.e., national parks).

(Standard 1: 1.2)

I = 1P = 5

Low Microbes will be collected from La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and the Volcán Barú National Park, and their derivatives analyzed and potentially commercialized, and these protected areas will be strengthened by reducing pressures in their buffer zones and by raising awareness of the local population about the native biodiversity and genetic resources present in these areas. There are no potential biosafety-related impacts as the research process will not sell to develop genetically modified organisms but only formulations of fungi that native to the areas. In addition, risk of pollution is minimal as the fungal formulations will be of organic nature, and sprayed for conservation-based biological crop protection in coffee farms. Conservation-based biological crop protection will have the following multiple benefits: a)

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promoting the maintenance of high levels of biodiversity in crop production systems, including the populations of microfungi that will constitute the basis of the proposed ABS schemes; and b) reducing farmers’ dependence on the use of agricultural chemicals, with their associated negative impacts on the surrounding ecosystems, downstream of the crops where they are applied.

5. The Project involves the utilization of genetic resources, which can potentially have a negative impact on native microbes(Standard 1: 1.9)

I = 1P = 5

Low The fundamental premise of the project is the promotion of ABS mechanisms based on the exploration, collection, analysis, processing and commercialization of native microbes and their derivatives. The focus of the project on the use of ABS mechanisms, in accordance with the provisions of the NP, will ensure that the collection and utilization of genetic resources avoids negative environmental impacts and in fact generates positive benefits.

6. Project activities and outcomes may be vulnerable to the potential impacts of climate change.

(Standard 2: 2.2; Standard 3: 3.5)

I = 2P = 2

Low Panama is vulnerable to climate change impacts, including intense and prolonged rainfalls, windstorms, floods, and droughts. This risk is considered low as climate change may only affect a limited number of coffee farms involved with the project.

7. Workers on coffee farms and laboratory staff might be exposed to hazards common to this activity, including to formulations of selected endophytic fungi in coffee crops and testing of known compounds with promising antiparasitic

I = 3P = 3

Moderate Field trials of at least four formulations of selected endophytic fungi in coffee crops, which may be developed into a commercial crop protection product in accordance with the provisions of the NP and related national legislation, will be conducted on five coffee farms (the medium of application will be by spraying).

This risk will be managed through development of technical data sheets for the handling and application of the organic crop protection product in the field (Output 2.2.1). In addition, a safety manual for the use of the product will be also developed (Output 2.2.2) prior to field-testing, which will contain technical data sheets and safety data sheets for the product under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines (environmental and social safeguards). The manual will be printed and disseminated amongst farmers and extension agents who will participate in the scaling-up of the product in the field, and coffee

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properties

(Standard 3: 3.7; Standard 7: 7.4)

farmers will be trained in the use of the crop-protection product developed.In the case of laboratory testing (Outputs 1.1.1, 1.2.1, and 1.2.2), it and will done following INDICASAT’s Biosafety Manual (http://indicasat.org.pa/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MANUAL-de-bioseguridad-V-21.0.pdf).To ensure that US EPA guidelines and INDICASAT’s biosafety procedures are consistent with the SES requirements and that the highest standard is followed by the project, the UNDP Country Office will conduct an assessment of safety measures prior to initiation of laboratory and field-testing. In addition, a HACT assessment was conducted (January 2020) for INDICASAT, and the Partner Capacity Assessment Tool (PCAT) was used to assess project management capacity, including and assessment of protocols and safeguards in place to minimize the risk of harm to project-affiliated staff, the environment and assets.

8. There may be indigenous peoples working in the five private coffee farms where the organic crop-protection product will be tested. They could be exposed to the organic crop-protection product applied by the project scientists in the five coffee farms.

(Standard 6: 6.1)

I = 3P = 3

Moderate Indigenous peoples (particularly the Ngäbe Buglé) could be hired by the private owners of coffee farms during the growing and harvesting seasons in the five coffee farms of the project where the organic crop-protection product will be tested.

This risk will be managed through development of technical data sheets for the handling and application of the organic crop-protection product in five coffee farms (Output 2.2.1). In addition, a safety manual for the use of the product will be also developed (Output 2.2.2), which will contain technical data sheets and safety data sheets for the product under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines (environmental and social safeguards). The manual will be printed and disseminated amongst farmers and extension agents. If the organic crop-protection product achieves the desired results, then its application will be scaled-up to a number of coffee farms to be determined during project implementation, and coffee farmers will be trained in the use of the organic crop-protection product developed. Free, prior, and informed consent will be obtained from any worker (indigenous or not) that is asked to apply the crop-protection product in the coffee farms. In addition, to ensure that US EPA guidelines are consistent with the SES requirements and that the highest standard is followed by the project, the UNDP Country Office will conduct an assessment of safety measures prior to initiation field-testing.

QUESTION 4: What is the overall Project risk categorization?

Select one (see SESP for guidance) Comments

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Low Risk ☐

Moderate Risk X The project activities are designed ensuring minimal or no risks of adverse social or environmental impacts. The risk assessment and risk mitigation measures considered during the final project design, includes the adoption of project approaches that allow for greater localization of programmed actions, i.e. greater involvement of researchers and a selected number of coffee farmers (Including women) in facilitating access, benefit-sharing and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry. Risks are fully incorporated into UNDP’s Risk Register and risk monitoring mechanisms and dedicated project personnel will be assigned to monitor and manage associated safeguards

High Risk ☐

QUESTION 5: Based on the identified risks and risk categorization, what requirements of the SES are relevant?

Check all that apply Comments

Principle 1: Human Rights X See comment on risks 1 and 2.

Principle 2: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment X See comment on risk 3.

1. Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resource Management X See comment on risks 4 and 5.

2. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation X See comment on risk 6.

3. Community Health, Safety and Working Conditions X See comment on risk 7.

4. Cultural Heritage ☐

5. Displacement and Resettlement ☐

6. Indigenous Peoples X See comment on risk 8.

7. Pollution Prevention and Resource Efficiency X See comment on risk 7.

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Final Sign Off Signature Date DescriptionQA Assessor

QA ApproverPAC Chair

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SESP Attachment 1. Social and Environmental Risk Screening Checklist

Checklist Potential Social and Environmental Risks

Principles 1: Human Rights Answer (Yes/No)

1. Could the Project lead to adverse impacts on enjoyment of the human rights (civil, political, economic, social or cultural) of the affected population and particularly of marginalized groups?

No

2. Is there a likelihood that the Project would have inequitable or discriminatory adverse impacts on affected populations, particularly people living in poverty or marginalized or excluded individuals or groups?

No

3. Could the Project potentially restrict availability, quality of and access to resources or basic services, in particular to marginalized individuals or groups?

No

4. Is there a likelihood that the Project would exclude any potentially affected stakeholders, in particular marginalized groups, from fully participating in decisions that may affect them?

No

5. Is there a risk that duty-bearers do not have the capacity to meet their obligations in the Project? Yes

6. Is there a risk that rights-holders do not have the capacity to claim their rights? Yes

7. Have local communities or individuals, given the opportunity, raised human rights concerns regarding the Project during the stakeholder engagement process?

No

8. Is there a risk that the Project would exacerbate conflicts among and/or the risk of violence to project-affected communities and individuals?

No

Principle 2: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

1. Is there a likelihood that the proposed Project would have adverse impacts on gender equality and/or the situation of women and girls?

Yes

2. Would the Project potentially reproduce discriminations against women based on gender, especially regarding participation in design and implementation or access to opportunities and benefits?

Yes

3. Have women’s groups/leaders raised gender equality concerns regarding the Project during the stakeholder engagement process and has this been included in the overall Project proposal and in the risk assessment?

No

4. Would the Project potentially limit women’s ability to use, develop and protect natural resources, taking into account different roles and positions of women and men in accessing environmental goods and services?

Yes

Principle 3: Environmental Sustainability: Screening questions regarding environmental risks are encompassed by the specific Standard-related questions below

Standard 1: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

1.1 Would the Project potentially cause adverse impacts to habitats (e.g. modified, natural, and critical habitats) and/or ecosystems and ecosystem services?

No

1.2 Are any Project activities proposed within or adjacent to critical habitats and/or environmentally sensitive areas, including legally protected areas (e.g. nature reserve, national park), areas proposed for protection, or recognized as such by authoritative sources and/or indigenous peoples or local

Yes

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communities?

1.3 Does the Project involve changes to the use of lands and resources that may have adverse impacts on habitats, ecosystems, and/or livelihoods? (Note: if restrictions and/or limitations of access to lands would apply, refer to Standard 5)

No

1.4 Would Project activities pose risks to endangered species? No

1.5 Would the Project pose a risk of introducing invasive alien species? No

1.6 Does the Project involve harvesting of natural forests, plantation development, or reforestation? No

1.7 Does the Project involve the production and/or harvesting of fish populations or other aquatic species?

No

1.8 Does the Project involve significant extraction, diversion or containment of surface or ground water? No

1.9 Does the Project involve utilization of genetic resources? (e.g. collection and/or harvesting, commercial development)

Yes

1.10 Would the Project generate potential adverse transboundary or global environmental concerns? No

1.11 Would the Project result in secondary or consequential development activities which could lead to adverse social and environmental effects, or would it generate cumulative impacts with other known existing or planned activities in the area?

No

Standard 2: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

2.1 Will the proposed Project result in significant greenhouse gas emissions or may exacerbate climate change?

No

2.2 Would the potential outcomes of the Project be sensitive or vulnerable to potential impacts of climate change?

Yes

2.3 Is the proposed Project likely to directly or indirectly increase social and environmental vulnerability to climate change now or in the future (also known as maladaptive practices)?For example, changes to land use planning may encourage further development of floodplains, potentially increasing the population’s vulnerability to climate change, specifically flooding

No

Standard 3: Community Health, Safety and Working Conditions

3.1 Would elements of Project construction, operation, or decommissioning pose potential safety risks to local communities?

No

3.2 Would the Project pose potential risks to community health and safety due to the transport, storage, and use and/or disposal of hazardous or dangerous materials (e.g. explosives, fuel and other chemicals during construction and operation)?

No

3.3 Does the Project involve large-scale infrastructure development (e.g. dams, roads, buildings)? No

3.4 Would failure of structural elements of the Project pose risks to communities? (e.g. collapse of buildings or infrastructure)

No

3.5 Would the proposed Project be susceptible to or lead to increased vulnerability to earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding or extreme climatic conditions?

Yes

3.6 Would the Project result in potential increased health risks (e.g. from water-borne or other vector-borne diseases or communicable infections such as HIV/AIDS)?

No

3.7 Does the Project pose potential risks and vulnerabilities related to occupational health and safety due Yes

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to physical, chemical, biological, and radiological hazards during Project construction, operation, or decommissioning?

3.8 Does the Project involve support for employment or livelihoods that may fail to comply with national and international labor standards (i.e. principles and standards of ILO fundamental conventions)?

No

3.9 Does the Project engage security personnel that may pose a potential risk to health and safety of communities and/or individuals (e.g. due to a lack of adequate training or accountability)?

No

Standard 4: Cultural Heritage

4.1 Will the proposed Project result in interventions that would potentially adversely impact sites, structures, or objects with historical, cultural, artistic, traditional or religious values or intangible forms of culture (e.g. knowledge, innovations, practices)? (Note: Projects intended to protect and conserve Cultural Heritage may also have inadvertent adverse impacts)

No

4.2 Does the Project propose utilizing tangible and/or intangible forms of cultural heritage for commercial or other purposes?

No

Standard 5: Displacement and Resettlement

5.1 Would the Project potentially involve temporary or permanent and full or partial physical displacement?

No

5.2 Would the Project possibly result in economic displacement (e.g. loss of assets or access to resources due to land acquisition or access restrictions – even in the absence of physical relocation)?

No

5.3 Is there a risk that the Project would lead to forced evictions? No

5.4 Would the proposed Project possibly affect land tenure arrangements and/or community based property rights/customary rights to land, territories and/or resources?

No

Standard 6: Indigenous Peoples

6.1 Are indigenous peoples present in the Project area (including Project area of influence)? Yes

6.2 Is it likely that the Project or portions of the Project will be located on lands and territories claimed by indigenous peoples?

No

6.3 Would the proposed Project potentially affect the human rights, lands, natural resources, territories, and traditional livelihoods of indigenous peoples (regardless of whether indigenous peoples possess the legal titles to such areas, whether the Project is located within or outside of the lands and territories inhabited by the affected peoples, or whether the indigenous peoples are recognized as indigenous peoples by the country in question)?If the answer to the screening question 6.3 is “yes” the potential risk impacts are considered potentially severe and/or critical and the Project would be categorized as either Moderate or High Risk.

No

6.4 Has there been an absence of culturally appropriate consultations carried out with the objective of achieving FPIC on matters that may affect the rights and interests, lands, resources, territories and traditional livelihoods of the indigenous peoples concerned?

No

6.5 Does the proposed Project involve the utilization and/or commercial development of natural resources on lands and territories claimed by indigenous peoples?

No

6.6 Is there a potential for forced eviction or the whole or partial physical or economic displacement of indigenous peoples, including through access restrictions to lands, territories, and resources?

No

6.7 Would the Project adversely affect the development priorities of indigenous peoples as defined by them?

No

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6.8 Would the Project potentially affect the physical and cultural survival of indigenous peoples? No

6.9 Would the Project potentially affect the Cultural Heritage of indigenous peoples, including through the commercialization or use of their traditional knowledge and practices?

No

Standard 7: Pollution Prevention and Resource Efficiency

7.1 Would the Project potentially result in the release of pollutants to the environment due to routine or non-routine circumstances with the potential for adverse local, regional, and/or transboundary impacts?

No

7.2 Would the proposed Project potentially result in the generation of waste (both hazardous and non-hazardous)?

No

7.3 Will the proposed Project potentially involve the manufacture, trade, release, and/or use of hazardous chemicals and/or materials? Does the Project propose use of chemicals or materials subject to international bans or phase-outs?For example, DDT, PCBs and other chemicals listed in international conventions such as the Stockholm Conventions on Persistent Organic Pollutants or the Montreal Protocol

No

7.4 Will the proposed Project involve the application of pesticides that may have a negative effect on the environment or human health?

Yes

7.5 Does the Project include activities that require significant consumption of raw materials, energy, and/or water?

No

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Annex 5: UNDP Risk Register# Description Risk Category Impact &

ProbabilityRisk Treatment / Management Measures Risk Owner

1 Minimal changes in the cultivation parameters of the endophytic fungi may negatively affect the production of compounds of interest.

Technical If a compound for the agricultural sector, the delivery of GEBs in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol may not be possible.

L = 3I = 3

Establishment and application of cultivation protocols that ensure the reproducibility of results

Project CoordinatorINDICASAT

2 Uncertainty of governmental changes in policies.

Political Changes in presidential administration, which is accompanied by changes to personnel in institutions directly involved with protected areas, permits and bioexploration may cause delays and impact of related investments.

L = 3I = 3

To address these uncertainties, the project executors we will continue to communicate closely with MiAMBIENTE (the agency in charge of protected areas and genetic resources) in order to maintain a fluid working relationship. Component 2 of the project will specifically contribute to raise awareness among decision makers (especially in Government) regarding the value of biodiversity and genetic resources and the importance of its conservation.

Project Coordinator, MiAMBIENTE, UNDP

3 Unforeseen changes in the levels and attractiveness of threats to biodiversity, reducing the effectiveness of ABS as a strategy for motivating conservation.

Social and Environmental Increased threats to protected areas, biodiversity, and genetic resources from non-sustainable production practices and other threats in the project area (La Amistad National Park/World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve and Volcán Barú National Park and their buffer zones) may limit the delivery of GEBs.

L = 3I = 3

The project will raise awareness among decision-makers, local communities and coffee producers on the full range and magnitude of the benefits that can be generated from the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, compared to alternative activities that imply its destruction, resulting in decision-makers allocating sufficient resources to PAs to enable them to be protected effectively against changing levels of threats, and producers in adopting sustainable production practices.

Project Coordinator, MiAMBIENTE

4 SESP Risk 1. There is a risk that duty-bearers do not have the capacity to meet their obligations in the Project

OperationalStrategic

If ABS mechanisms do not function properly, there is a risk that the users of biodiversity fail to compensate local communities in an adequate and just manner, and that Government authorities fail in their duty to

This risk will be managed through Component 2, Output 2.1.1, by provide training to strengthen the capacities of relevant institutions to fulfill their duties in relation to ensuring the equitable

Project Coordinator, MiAMBIENTE, UNDP

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# Description Risk Category Impact &Probability

Risk Treatment / Management Measures Risk Owner

oversee benefit distribution mechanisms.

L = 2I = 3

distribution of benefits through ABS agreements, in accordance with the provisions of the NP and related national legislation.

5 SESP Risk 2. There is a risk that rights-holders do not have the capacity to claim their rights

OperationalStrategic

If capacity development is inadequate or ineffective, local stakeholders may not be able to negotiate fair distribution of benefits from the exploitation and commercialization of their biodiversity resources.

L = 2I = 3

This risk will be managed through Component 2, Output 2.1.1, by provide training to strengthen the capacities of local stakeholders, including coffee farmers, to claim their rights in relation to the equitable distribution of benefits through ABS agreements, in accordance with the provisions of the NP and related national legislation.

Project Coordinator, MiAMBIENTE, UNDP

6 SESP Risk 3. There is a likelihood that the project would have adverse impacts on gender equality and/or the situation of women and girls, reproduce discriminations against women based on gender, and limit women’s ability to use, develop and protect natural resources, taking into account different roles and positions of women and men in accessing environmental goods and services

OperationalStrategic

If ABS mechanisms do not function properly, there is a risk that they result in the benefits derived from the use and commercialization being distributed in an inequitable manner between men and women.

L = 3I = 3

This risk will be managed through the Gender Action Plan developed during the PPG following a gender analysis for the two protected areas and their buffer zones where genetic resources will be collected. In addition, the Project Results Framework includes gender-based indicators that will be updated periodically by a project gender expert. Project benefits are focused in improving research, production, training, and decision-making opportunities for women.

Project Coordinator, Gender Expert, MiAMBIENTE, UNDP

7 SESP Risk 4. Poorly designed or executed project activities may have a negative impact on critical habitats and/or environmentally sensitive areas, including

OperationalStrategic

Microbes will be collected from La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and the Volcán Barú National Park, if not done properly this may limit the delivery of GEBs.

L = 5

Project activities will be positive for the status of these PAs in as much as they will: a) Provide local people with benefits through ABS agreements based on the sustainable use of microbes; b) Promote and facilitate the use of biological crop protection measures as alternatives to

Project Coordinator, MiAMBIENTE

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# Description Risk Category Impact &Probability

Risk Treatment / Management Measures Risk Owner

legally protected areas (i.e., national parks).

I = 1 environmentally damaging agricultural chemicals; and c) contribute to PAs management through the provision of additional educational materials and raising awareness among local communities about the value of biodiversity.There are no potential biosafety-related impacts as the research process will not sell to develop genetically modified organisms but only formulations of fungi that native to the areas. In addition, risk of pollution is minimal as the fungal formulations will be of organic nature, and sprayed for conservation-based biological crop protection in coffee farms. Conservation-based biological crop protection will have the following multiple benefits: a) promoting the maintenance of high levels of biodiversity in crop production systems, including the populations of microfungi that will constitute the basis of the proposed ABS schemes; and b) reducing farmers’ dependence on the use of agricultural chemicals, with their associated negative impacts on the surrounding ecosystems, downstream of the crops where they are applied.

8 SESP Risk 5. The Project involves the utilization of genetic resources, which can potentially have a negative impact on native microbes

OperationalStrategic

Microbes will be collected from La Amistad National Park (World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve) and the Volcán Barú National Park, if not done properly this may limit the delivery of GEBs.

L = 5I = 1

The fundamental premise of the project is the promotion of ABS mechanisms based on the exploration, collection, analysis, processing and commercialization of native microbes and their derivatives. The focus of the project on the use of ABS mechanisms, in accordance with the provisions of the NP, will ensure that the collection and utilization of genetic resources avoids negative environmental impacts and in fact

Project Coordinator, MiAMBIENTE

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# Description Risk Category Impact &Probability

Risk Treatment / Management Measures Risk Owner

generates positive benefits.9 SESP Risk 6. Project

activities and outcomes may be vulnerable to the potential impacts of climate change.

Environmental Panama is vulnerable to climate change impacts, including intense and prolonged rainfalls, windstorms, floods, and droughts, which may affect trials in coffee farms for testing alternative formulations of selected endophytic fungi for coffee crops.

L = 2I = 2

Panama is vulnerable to climate change impacts, including intense and prolonged rainfalls, windstorms, floods, and droughts. This risk is considered low as climate change may only affect a limited number of coffee farms involved with the project.

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SESP Risk 7. Workers on coffee farms and laboratory staff might be exposed to hazards common to this activity, including to formulations of selected endophytic fungi in coffee crops and testing of known compounds with promising antiparasitic properties

OperationalStrategic

Field trials of at least four formulations of selected endophytic fungi in coffee crops, which may be developed into a commercial crop protection product in accordance with the provisions of the NP and related national legislation, will be conducted on five coffee farms (the medium of application will be by spraying) and may affect the health of farm workers.

L = 3I = 3

This risk will be managed through development of technical data sheets for the handling and application of the organic crop protection product in the field (Output 2.2.1). In addition, a safety manual for the use of the product will be also developed (Output 2.2.2) prior to field-testing, which will contain technical data sheets and safety data sheets for the product under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines (environmental and social safeguards). The manual will be printed and disseminated amongst farmers and extension agents who will participate in the scaling-up of the product in the field, and coffee farmers will be trained in the use of the crop-protection product developed.In the case of laboratory testing (1.1.1, 1.2.1, and 1.2.2), it and will done following INDICASAT’s Biosafety Manual (http://indicasat.org.pa/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MANUAL-de-bioseguridad-V-21.0.pdf).To ensure that US EPA guidelines and INDICASAT’s biosafety procedures are consistent with the SES requirements and that the highest standard is followed by the

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# Description Risk Category Impact &Probability

Risk Treatment / Management Measures Risk Owner

project, the UNDP Country Office will conduct an assessment of safety measures prior to initiation of laboratory and field-testing. In addition, a HACT assessment was conducted (January 2020) for INDICASAT, and the Partner Capacity Assessment Tool (PCAT) was used to assess project management capacity, including and assessment of protocols and safeguards in place to minimize the risk of harm to project-affiliated staff, the environment and assets.

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SESP Risk 8. There may be indigenous peoples working in the five private coffee farms where the organic crop-protection product will be tested. They could be exposed to the organic crop-protection product applied by the project scientists in the five coffee farms.

Social OperationalStrategic

Indigenous peoples (particularly the Ngäbe Buglé) may work on privately owned coffee farms during the growing and harvesting seasons in the five coffee farms of the project where the organic crop-protection product will be tested which may affect their health.

L = 3I = 3

This risk will be managed through development of technical data sheets for the handling and application of the organic crop-protection product in five coffee farms (Output 2.2.1). In addition, a safety manual for the use of the product will be also developed (Output 2.2.2), which will contain technical data sheets and safety data sheets for the product under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines (environmental and social safeguards). The manual will be printed and disseminated amongst farmers and extension agents. If the organic crop-protection product achieves the desired results, then its application will be scaled-up to a number of coffee farms to be determined during project implementation, and coffee farmers will be trained in the use of the organic crop-protection product developed. Free, prior, and informed consent will be obtained from any worker (indigenous or not) that is asked to apply the crop-protection product in the coffee farms. In addition, to ensure that US EPA guidelines are consistent with the SES

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# Description Risk Category Impact &Probability

Risk Treatment / Management Measures Risk Owner

requirements and that the highest standard is followed by the project, the UNDP Country Office will conduct an assessment of safety measures prior to initiation field-testing.

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Annex 6: Overview of Technical Consultancies

Consultant Time Input Tasks, Inputs and OutputsFor Project Management / Monitoring & Evaluation

Local / National contractingProject CoordinatorRate: $7,000/year (13% of salary paid with GEF funds)

3 years The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the overall management of the project, including the mobilization of all project inputs, supervision over project staff, consultants and sub-contractors.Duties and Responsibilities Manage the overall conduct of the project. Plan the activities of the project and monitor progress against the approved workplan. Execute activities by managing personnel, goods and services, training and low-value grants, including drafting terms of

reference and work specifications, and overseeing all contractors’ work. Monitor events as determined in the project monitoring plan, and update the plan as required. Provide support for completion of assessments required by UNDP, spot checks and audits. Manage requests for the provision of UNDP financial resources through funding advances, direct payments or

reimbursement using the FACE form. Monitor financial resources and accounting to ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial reports. Monitor progress, watch for plan deviations and make course corrections when needed within Project Board-agreed

tolerances to achieve results. Ensure that changes are controlled and problems addressed. Perform regular progress reporting to the Project Board as agreed with the board, including measures to address challenges

and opportunities. Prepare and submit financial reports to UNDP on a quarterly basis. Manage and monitor the project risks – including social and environmental risks - initially identified and submit new risks to

the Project Board for consideration and decision on possible actions if required; update the status of these risks by maintaining the project risks log;

Capture lessons learned during project implementation. Prepare revisions to the multi-year workplan, as needed, as well as annual and quarterly plans if required. Prepare the inception report no later than one month after the inception workshop. Ensure that the indicators included in the project results framework are monitored annually in advance of the GEF PIR

submission deadline so that progress can be reported in the GEF PIR. Prepare the GEF PIR; Assess major and minor amendments to the project within the parameters set by UNDP-GEF; Monitor implementation plans including the gender action plan, stakeholder engagement plan, and any environmental and

social management plans; Monitor and track progress against the GEF Core indicators.

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Consultant Time Input Tasks, Inputs and Outputs Support Terminal Evaluation process.

Project AssistantRate: $16,158.67/year(50% of salary paid with GEF funds)

3 years Duties and ResponsibilitiesUnder the guidance and supervision of the Project Coordinator, the Project Assistant will carry out the following tasks: Assist the Project Coordinator in day-to-day management and oversight of project activities; Assist the Project Coordinator in matters related to M&E and knowledge resources management; Assist in the preparation of progress reports; Ensure all project documentation (progress reports, consulting and other technical reports, minutes of meetings, etc.) are

properly maintained in hard and electronic copies in an efficient and readily accessible filing system, for when required by PB, TAC, UNDP, project consultants and other PMU staff;

Provide PMU-related administrative and logistical assistance.Gender ExpertRate: $8,670/year

3 years Duties and Responsibilities Monitor progress in implementation of the project Gender Action Plan ensuring that targets are fully met and the reporting

requirements are fulfilled; Oversee/develop/coordinate implementation of all gender-related work; Review the Gender Action Plan annually, and update and revise corresponding management plans as necessary; Work with the Project Coordinator to ensure reporting, monitoring and evaluation fully address the gender issues of the

project.M&E ExpertRate: $3,150/week

3 weeks, year 3

Tasks: conduct the terminal project evaluation following UNDP and GEF guidelines.Key Deliverables: terminal project evaluation report; management responses document.

International / Regional and global contractingM&E ExpertRate: $4,000/week

4 weeks, year 3

Tasks: conduct the terminal project evaluation following UNDP and GEF guidelines.Key Deliverables: terminal project evaluation report; management responses document.

For Technical AssistanceComponent/Outcome 1

Local / National contractingPostdoctoral chemistRate: $3,500/month

36 months during three years

Tasks: identify in vitro active extracts and compounds with potential for the development of a phytosanitary product (Output 1.2.1).Key Deliverables: Research reports related to the task described above.

MicrobiologistRate: $3,350/month

36 months during three years

Tasks: conduct in vitro trials of candidate biological crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and aqueous extracts) (Output 1.2.1).Key Deliverables: Research reports related to the task described above.

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Consultant Time Input Tasks, Inputs and OutputsPostdoctoral studentRate: $3,500/month

18 months during three years

Tasks: conduct in vitro trials of candidate biological crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and aqueous extracts) (Output 1.2.1).Key Deliverables: Research reports related to the task described above.

Postdoctoral studentRate: $3,500/month

24 month during three years

Tasks: conduct in vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi for field trials (Output 1.2.2).Key Deliverables: Research reports related to the task described above

For Technical AssistanceComponent/Outcome 2

Local / National contractingCrop ExpertRate: $5,000/year

Year 1 Tasks: adapt the existing protocol of mass production of INDICASAT according to the product developed in Component 2 (Output 2.2.1).Key Deliverables: draft of updated protocol.

Crop ExpertRate: $5,000/year

Year 2 Tasks: develop of a guidance manual with technical data sheets and product safety sheets following EPA standards (environmental and social safeguards) (Output 2.3.2).Key Deliverables: draft of the guidance manual.

Communications ExpertRate: $10,000/year

Year 3 Tasks: develop a public media campaign on protection and use of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources, with a gender approach (Output 2.3.2).Key Deliverables: Media plan.

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Annex 7: Stakeholder Engagement Plan 1.0 Introduction

The objective of the project is to support the potential for native microorganisms to contribute to the agricultural sector in Panamá, while at the same time generating global environmental benefits (GEBs) in accordance with the Nagoya Protocol (NP).

Scientific research in Panamá is closely tied to agricultural activity and the study of tropical diseases. However, it was not until 1997 that the Panamanian government established guidelines and tools for scientific, technological, and innovative development in the country through Law 13, 15 April 1997. The National Secretariat for Science and Technology (SENACYT) is the principal institution that drives research in these areas at the national level.

The Institute for Scientific Research and Technological Services (INDICASAT) was created by the SENACYT in 2002. This public service institution coordinates trials along different lines of research, among which are biotechnology and the chemistry of natural products. One of these research projects works with endophytic fungi linked to coffee growing in the coffee-growing region of the buffer zone in La Amistad National Park and the Volcán Barú National Park in the Chiriquí province of Panamá. For the project proposed herein, the potential of three of these fungi to protection of crops will be evaluated. Two preselected endophytic fungi were isolated as protection for crops (against pathogens in coffee) during studies of plant growth chambers. The collection of these fungi between 2013 and 2015 was made possible through funding from INDICASAT, SENACYT, and the Science and Innovation Fund of the British Embassy in Panamá.

Preliminary studies conducted in the coffee-growing region in Chiriquí on lands higher than 1,000 meters above sea level (masl) established the presence of endophytic fungi with the potential for agricultural research. From an agricultural perspective, the added value of developing organic products that contribute to coffee cultivation management is high, above all considering that the Panamanian coffee culture is experience great success, as the country is identified globally as the producers of the best coffee in the world. In addition, with close to 6,000 hectares (ha) in the province of Chiriquí dedicated to this activity, reducing the use of agrochemicals will benefit forests, water bodies, and soil, and will contribute to the sustainable management of the crops.

The coffee-growing activity in the project’s principal region of interest for onsite studies and experiments, which is located in the buffer zone of the La Amistad National Park and Volcán Barú National Park, forms part of a deeply rooted culture for the area’s residents. A majority of the farms are third-generation, although in recent years people from other places, mostly Europe and North America, have acquired small-scale farms that are already in operation. Labor on the farms during growing and harvesting seasons may include indigenous workers, particularly the Ngäbe Buglé.

On the other hand and according to information gathered by INDICASAT and the Autonomous University of Chiriquí (Think Tank and Natural Resources Research Center), there is a high percentage of female scientific researchers within scientific centers of investigation at the national level; nevertheless, there are not many researchers associated with these centers of investigation.

The project’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan will use information gathered about the stakeholders that have been identified through participatory processes during the PPG phase of the Project. The Stakeholder Engagement Plan will ensure the participation of the different stakeholders that may have an interest in the project, especially those who would be affected by or benefit from the project. The Stakeholder Engagement Plan is based on UNDP social and environmental standards (SES) and on the GEF’s Stakeholder Involvement Policy.

2.0 Key Project Stakeholders

The spectrum of stakeholders with an interest in or the capacity to influence the project is very diverse, because each of the project’s components is directed towards a specific sector: for example, the scientific community, farmers and businesses that develop and sell products, and benefiting communities. It is precisely this diversity of stakeholders that creates the possibility of including other stakeholders in the project that could contribute to its

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success or derive benefits from its results, such as academia, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and the community at-large.

If there are stakeholders with a great amount of influence and importance for achieving the project’s objectives, it is vital that at the local level, none of those groups (both women’s and men’s) are left out, as they are the environmental stewards. These groups include coffee farm workers, university students and professionals that conduct scientific research in the project’s area of interest, among others. These groups could benefit from knowledge about appropriate use, resource conservation, and access to benefits that are provided by biodiversity, thereby ensuring not only gender equality but also awareness-raising and empowerment of the local population around these issues.

2.1 Categories and Levels of the Types of Key Stakeholders

The project’s key stakeholders are represented within different sectors, and can be categorized as shown in the following graphic.

Figure 1. Types of Project Stakeholders

Government officials include some key ministries such as MiAMBIENTE, the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA), and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MICI), as well as institutions such as the Panamanian Tourism Authority (ATP) and SENACYT. Local government officials (comprising mayors and representatives of districts or corregimientos) will come from the municipalities of Boquete, Renacimiento, and Tierras Altas. These entities will generally oversee and facilitate the development of the project.

Agricultural producers targeted by the project comprise a group of coffee growers who are landowners and specialists working in coffee farms in the districts of Los Naranjos, Jaramillo, and Palmira in the district of Boquete; Nueva California, Volcán, Cerro Punta, and Paso Ancho in the district of Tierras Altas; and Río Sereno and Santa Clara in the district of Renacimiento. These stakeholders are key because they are: a) landowners of farms where endophytic fungi are present; b) resource users, and c) environmental stewards of biodiversity of interest for researchers.

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Government Officials

Agricultural Producers

Private businesses

associated with product

development

Civil Society Organizations,

NGOs, and CBOs

Professionals and workers

linked with the project

activities

Academic and Scientific

Institutions

The private businesses are those interested in developing products that will be derived from the project, and as such would be strategically aligned with the research that will be conducted. The associations, NGOs, CBOs, and other civil society stakeholders that could be interested parties to this project are mainly those performing scientific research at the national level, working in environmental issues, the agricultural sector tied to coffee production, and working in sustainable development. Examples include the Panamanian Association for the Advancement of Science, Special Coffees Association of Panamá (SCAP), Renacimiento Producers’ Association, AMIPILA, and environmental lawyers, among others.

The workers in this sector are mainly day laborers that work in planting, maintenance, and bean cultivation. There are also workers who work in the coffee processing plants and in associated activities, such as Tours de Café and cafeterias of the different brands. These workers are principally the Ngäbe Buglé, part of this population is itinerant and lives on farms only during the harvest season, which causes this population to vary in number during the year. However, for the remainder of the activities the workers live on the farms or in neighboring communities.

Technicians and professionals linked to the project are mainly represented by men and women that work in the scientific or agricultural fields and who provide services to the institutions that perform research related to the different components or the project or perform work or consultations in the coffee farms (which is why they would be linked to the project).

The academic and scientific institutions that could be considered as project stakeholders are made up of entities that perform research, independently of their public or private affiliations. Among these are the INDICASAT-AIP, the University of Panamá, the Panamanian Institute of Agricultural Research (IDIAP), the Smithsonian Institute of Tropical Research, the Autonomous University of Chiriquí (UNACHI), and others. The first three represent stakeholders who are directly involved in the project; the rest are strategically aligned or may have interest in the project. Table 1 presents the different categories and levels of the key stakeholders identified for the project.

Table 1 - Key stakeholders identified for the Project.

Stakeholder Category Level

Direct Beneficiaries of the Project

Ministry of the Environment Government Authority National

Institute for Scientific Research and High Technology Services (INDICASAT)–National Secretariat of Science and Technology (SENACYT)

Scientific Institution National

University of Panamá Academic/Scientific Institution National

Fincas Café KotowaOwner: Café KotowaLocation: Los Naranjos, Boquete

Agricultural Producer Local

Fincas Hacienda La EsmeraldaOwner: Price Peterson and the Peterson FamilyLocation: Jaramillo and Palmira, Boquete

Agricultural Producer Local

Finca Café de EletaOwner: Café de EletaLocation: Piedra Candela, Renacimiento

Agricultural Producer Local

Finca Café GallardoOwner: José GallardoLocation: Jurutungo, Renacimiento

Agricultural Producer Local

Fincas Los Lajones Estate and Emporium Estate Agricultural Producer Local

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Stakeholder Category Level

Owner: Graciano CruzLocation: Palmira, Boquete

Finca LaraOwner: Hermanos LaraLocation: Volcán, Tierras Altas

Agricultural Producer Local

Autonomous University of Chiriquí (UNACHI) (Center for Natural Resources Research and Think Tank of UNACHI)

Academic Institution Regional

Institute of Agricultural Research of Panamá (IDIAP) Scientific Institution National

Technicians and permanent workers in the coffee farms that are part of the project

Community Local

Private businesses that develop products for agricultural uses (for example, AdvanceBio Controllers)

Agricultural Business National

Indirect Beneficiaries of the Project

Specialty Coffee Producers Association (50 partners—approximately 40 men and 10 women)

Agricultural Producers National

Renacimiento Producers Association (62 partners—approximately 50 men and 12 women)

Agricultural Producers Local

Other independent coffee growers (approximately 200 people—150 men and 50 women)

Agricultural Producers Local

Municipalities of Boquete, Renacimiento, and Tierras Altas (Corregimientos of the study area—35,000 people, of which approximately 19,000 are men and 16,000 are women)

Government Officials Local

Stakeholders Participating in the Execution of the ProjectMinistry of Environment Government Official National

INDICASAT Scientific Institution National

Owners of the coffee farms involved in the project Agricultural Producers Local

Private businesses that develop products for agricultural uses

Businesses National/ International

Stakeholders with Potential Interest in the Project

Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) Government Official National

Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MICI) Government Official National

Ministry of Health (MINSA) Government Official National

Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) Government Official National

Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) Government Official National

Circuito del Café (18 associated farms) Agricultural Producers Regional

Schools from the districts of Boquete, Renacimiento, and Tierras Altas

Academic Institutions Local

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Stakeholder Category Level

Amigos del Parque Internacional La Amistad (AMIPILA) Civil Society Local

Asociación Ambiental de Chiriquí Civil Society Local

Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral Comunitario y Conservación de los Ecosistemas (FUNDICEP)

Civil Society Local

Alianza para el Desarrollo Ambiental de Tierras Altas (ADATA)

Civil Society Local

Movimiento Ciencia en Panamá (approximately 240 scientists and associates at the national level)

Civil Society National

Biofuture Panama (New Faces of Science—Biological Sciences Association)

Civil Society National

Panamanian Association for the Advancement of Science (APANAC)

Civil Society National

Smithsonian Institute for Tropical Research Scientific Institution National

Lawyers (guild/independent) Civil Society National

2.2 Stakeholder Analysis

Table 3 presents the key stakeholders identified for the project, their roles, potential interest in the project, their importance for the project’s success and their levels of influence in relation to the project. Numerical values were established within categories to determine the importance and level of the stakeholder for project implementation; these are as follows:

Table 2 - Categories identifying the importance and influence of stakeholders in relation to the project.

Category Description

1 Little/No Importance; Little/No Influence

2 Some Importance; Some influence

3 Moderate Importance; Moderate Influence

4 Very Important; Significant Influence

5 Critical player; Very Influential

Based on these categories, a results matrix mapping the stakeholders was developed and is provided in tables 3 and 4.

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Table 3 – Identification of stakeholders and their interests – Direct Beneficiaries.Stakeholder Role in the Project Interests at Stake in Relation to the Project Importance of

Stakeholder for Success of Project

Level of Influence of Stakeholder

over ProjectMiAMBIENTE Promotes project as national governing

body for the protection, conservation, preservation, and restoration of the environment, and the sustainable and responsible use of natural resources through the promotion of best environmental practices in compliance with the law.

Develop studies and educational processes that contribute to the sustainable use of resources and biodiversity conservation in the country, especially in protected areas such as the La Amistad National Park and the Volcán Barú National Park.

5 5

INDICASAT-SENACYT Serve as the principal researchers for the project.

The project provides an opportunity to continue scientific studies to develop products that protect crops that will serve to improve sustainable resource use and biodiversity conservation in the country, at the same time promoting research and education.

5 5

Kotowa Coffee FarmsOwner: Café KotowaLocation: Los Naranjos, Boquete

Source and guardians of biogenetic resources for research and development of products based on native microbes.

Sustainability of agricultural activity associated with cultivation of coffee, creating opportunities to improve coffee cultivation processes and farm maintenance, at the same time contributing to best agricultural practices and conservation of biodiversity and its biogenetic resources.

5 4

Hacienda La Esmeralda FarmsOwner: Price Peterson and the Peterson FamilyLocation: Jaramillo and Palmira, Boquete

Source and guardians of biogenetic resources for research and development of products based on native microbes

Sustainability of agricultural activity associated with cultivation of coffee, creating opportunities to improve coffee cultivation processes and farm maintenance, at the same time contributing to best agricultural practices and conservation of biodiversity and its biogenetic resources.

5 4

Eleta Coffee FarmOwner: Café de EletaLocation: Piedra

Source and guardians of biogenetic resources for research and development of products based on native microbes

Sustainability of agricultural activity associated with cultivation of coffee, creating opportunities to improve coffee cultivation

5 4

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Stakeholder Role in the Project Interests at Stake in Relation to the Project Importance of Stakeholder for

Success of Project

Level of Influence of Stakeholder

over ProjectCandela, Renacimiento

processes and farm maintenance, at the same time contributing to best agricultural practices and conservation of biodiversity and its biogenetic resources.

Gallardo Coffee FarmOwner: José GallardoLocation: Jurutungo, Renacimiento

Source and guardians of biogenetic resources for research and development of products based on native microbes

Sustainability of agricultural activity associated with cultivation of coffee, creating opportunities to improve coffee cultivation processes and farm maintenance, at the same time contributing to best agricultural practices and conservation of biodiversity and its biogenetic resources.

5 4

Los Lajones Estate and Emporium Estate Coffee FarmsOwner: Graciano CruzLocation: Palmira, Boquete

Source and guardians of biogenetic resources for research and development of products based on native microbes

Sustainability of agricultural activity associated with cultivation of coffee, creating opportunities to improve coffee cultivation processes and farm maintenance, at the same time contributing to best agricultural practices and conservation of biodiversity and its biogenetic resources.

5 4

Lara Coffee FarmOwner: Hermanos LaraLocation: Volcán, Tierras Altas

Source and guardians of biogenetic resources for research and development of products based on native microbes

Sustainability of agricultural activity associated with cultivation of coffee, creating opportunities to improve coffee cultivation processes and farm maintenance, at the same time contributing to best agricultural practices and conservation of biodiversity and its biogenetic resources.

5 4

Institute of Agricultural Research of Panama (IDIAP)

Associated with research, raising stakeholder awareness, and education

The project activities will contribute towards improving capacities and agricultural research.

3 3

Autonomous University of Chiriquí (Center for Natural Resources Research

Associated with research, raising stakeholder awareness, and education

The project activities will strengthen scientific investigation at the university level and encourage the participation of local researchers in the investigative and

3 2

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Stakeholder Role in the Project Interests at Stake in Relation to the Project Importance of Stakeholder for

Success of Project

Level of Influence of Stakeholder

over Projectand Think Tank of UNACHI)

educational processes associated with the project.

Technicians and permanent workers on the coffee farms

Custodians of biogenetic resources and biodiversity on the farms where they work.

The project activities will improve agricultural practices, reducing health risks to the workers and empowering them as custodians of the biodiversity and resources tied to the project.

2 1

Private businesses that develop products (e.g., Advanced Biocontrollers S.A.)

Developers of products based on results of the research conducted. Supporters of the research, and key stakeholders in the development of ABS agreements.

The project will contribute to the development of new products of interest to the agricultural sector, benefiting the businesses that are dedicated to these activities, the general population, and the environment.

3 3

Table 4 – Identification of stakeholders and their interests – Indirect Beneficiaries.Stakeholder Role in the Project Interests at Stake in Relation to the

ProjectImportance of Stakeholder for Success of Project

Level of Influence of Stakeholder over Project

Association of Specialty Coffees (50 members)

Groups together several farms involved in the project so that they may serve as supporters and facilitators of the project. They could also become future direct beneficiaries of the project.

The project activities will improve their agricultural practices and increase their competitiveness.

3 2

Renacimiento Producers Association (62 members)

Serves as a facilitator and support for the project. They could also become future direct beneficiaries of the project.

The project activities will improve their agricultural practices and increase their competitiveness.

3 2

Other Independent Coffee Producers

Could become beneficiaries of the project results, such as ABS agreements and as potential users of products that will be developed.

The project activities will improve their agricultural practices and increase their competitiveness.

2 2

Municipalities of Boquete,

Serve as facilitators of awareness-raising and educational processes regarding the

The project activities will encourage research, environmental conservation,

2 2

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Stakeholder Role in the Project Interests at Stake in Relation to the Project

Importance of Stakeholder for Success of Project

Level of Influence of Stakeholder over Project

Renacimiento, and Tierras Altas

biodiversity use and conservation related to biogenetic resources.

tourism, and sustainable use of resources in the region, bringing economic benefits at the local level.

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Based on the results presented above, table 5 shows the measure of importance and influence of the project’s stakeholders.

Table 5 – Stakeholder importance and influence.

Importance InfluenceHigh Moderate Low

High - Financial institutions- MiAMBIENTE- INDICASAT-SENACYT- Agricultural producers

Moderate -IDIAP- Private businesses

-MIDA-UNACHI- Agricultural technicians and workers-Other coffee growers (associations, guilds, and independent operators)

Low -Other ministries-Municipalities-Educational institutions-CSOs-Scientific institutions

3.0 Stakeholder Engagement Plan

3.1 Plan Objectives

The project’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan serves as a guide for involving the different stakeholders, as well as those who have some type of interest, in the activities of the project during its entire life cycle.

The Plan’s objectives are as follows:

Facilitate continuous, open, and culturally appropriate communication with the different stakeholders in relation to their activities, progress, and impacts, and results of the project.

Promote the equal participation of men and women in the different project activities.

This purpose of this Plan is to facilitate the project’s development, reducing the risk for potential conflicts among the interested parties and maximizing the benefits of the research, training, awareness-raising, and education, as the main components of the project.

3.2 Preparation Phase (PPG)

Project preparation entails various stages, from its conception to the submittal of the ProDoc, which is the document that supports the possible allocation of funds for the project.

Project planning includes the participation of different stakeholders who provide knowledge and experience for articulating the project’s objectives with the activities required for successful implementation. As such, activities with the interested parties have been carried out to-date with the objective of creating the necessary conditions to present the project, giving attention to the different needs and priorities of these stakeholders and ensuring gender equality.

During the project preparation phase, the stakeholder involvement strategy was coordinated by MiAMBIENTE and the UNDP. The following activities were conducted (also see Table 6):

Identification of the relevant stakeholders for preparation of the ProDoc, particularly the scientific community, government institutions, and representatives of the agricultural sector and businesses interested in the development of products based on the project’s results.

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Workshops held with key stakeholders that consisted of the following:

o An inception workshop that had as its objective sharing the project’s goals and building consensus with participants about the objectives, goals, and operational framework, as well as UNDP-GEF rules and procedures, the foundational documents and mechanisms for project planning, the project concept (PIF), the work plan for the project’s final design phase (IP/PPG), and the expected outcomes of the inception planning phase (PPG). This workshop included the following participants: 25 specialists from the UNDP, INDICASAT, SENACYT, the University of Panamá, MiAMBIENTE, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the National Association for the Conservation of Nature, and businesses that develop and market agricultural products.

o A framework results workshop, with the objective of developing, based on participants’ consensus, the contents of the results framework (which integrates the objectives, indicators, and results, reference values, mid-term and final project goals, and assumptions) and the activities matrix (which contains a description of the outputs per project component, as well as the activities that will be carried out, the resources, those responsible for carrying out the activities, and the period of execution). This workshop lasted two days and had the participation of 27 stakeholders on the first day and 21 stakeholders the second day. The participants represented UNDP, INDICASAT, SENACYT, the University of Panamá, MiAMBIENTE, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, UNACHI, IDIAP, an indigenous women’s organization, and a business that develops and sells agricultural products.

o A final validation workshop of the project’s proposal, with the objective of reviewing and building consensus for the final versions of the results framework and activities matrix, as well as the roles and responsibilities of the interested parties. This workshop had the participation of 19 stakeholders representing the UNDP, MiAMBIENTE, Ministry of Economy and Finance, INDICASAT, the University of Panamá, coffee growers, the National Association for the Conservation of Nature, and an indigenous women’s organization.

Surveys and interviews with stakeholders representing the scientific and coffee-growing communities to obtain information in support of developing the documents that form part of the proposal. These documents include the baseline, the Stakeholder Engagement Plan, and the Gender Action Plan. A team from the UNACHI-SENACYT Think Tank was interviewed, as well as the director and research team from the UNACHI Natural Resources Research Center, a coffee producer from the Circuito del Café, and a researcher from INDICASAT. These interviews provided relevant information about the status of scientific research related to the agricultural field in the country, the importance of research for the coffee-growing industry, as well as gender aspects relevant to the development of the project’s Gender Action Plan. Surveys were also taken of some of the coffee growers who are interested in participation of the project that provided information about the characteristics of the coffee farms, the workers, and the level of knowledge and application of ABS agreements.

Table 6 – Principal stakeholder participation activities during the project preparation phase

Methods Activity Location Date Number of participants

Workshop Inception workshop City of Panamá August 20, 2019 25

Workshop Results framework workshop

City of Panamá October 1 and 2, 2019

27 (October 1)21 (October 2)

Surveys and interviews

Application of surveys and interviews

Chiriquí Province and City of Panamá

October 1 and 2 andNovember 15 – 26, 2019

11

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Workshop Final validation workshop

City of Panamá December 11, 2019 19

The Stakeholder Engagement Plan will be socialized among the interested parties at project inception and will be updated during project execution as necessary.

3.3 Governance

The project will be developed under the modality of an implementing partner (IP), which will be the Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Panamá. The responsible party or project executor will be an NGO/IGO that is selected during the initial phase of project startup.

A Board of Directors will monitor the project and will be composed of the following:

A representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs A representative of the beneficiaries/responsible parties (these last two either permanent or upon

request) A representative of MiAMBIENTE A representative of UNDP

The Board of Directors may invite other entities to become full members of the Board.

The implementation agreements will be at the national level, with support provided by the UNDP (NIM Support).

3.4 Communication and Information Management Plan

The Executing Agency will be responsible for maintaining fluid communication with the stakeholders through traditional means and new informational technologies. This communication will be duly recorded on a monthly basis in scorecards that indicate the type of communication, the reason, and the responsible parties.

Activities will be developed with support from the implementation partner that promote awareness and disseminate information about the project. This will allow project partners to know the opinions, suggestions, and concerns of the different stakeholders, which will be documented to ensure the proper follow up on these inputs. Activities such as workshops and trainings will serve as spaces for stakeholders to present and discuss the progress of project implementation, which will be documented in meeting minutes.

The team’s internal communication about project implementation will be through systematic mechanisms such as periodic reports, email exchange, and others. A biannual report will be issued and disseminated among interested parties and will include a form to submit comments and recommendations to the Executing Agency. The principal methods recommended for communication with the interested parties are presented in Table 5.

Table 5 - Principal recommended formats for communication, according to type, among the interested parties

Interested Party MethodSocial

networks, emails

Educational/informational

brochure

Periodic reports Press articles

Participation in local events

Government officials X XAgricultural producers X X XScientific and academic institutions

X X X

Businesses that develop and market agricultural products

X X

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Interested Party MethodSocial

networks, emails

Educational/informational

brochure

Periodic reports Press articles

Participation in local events

Organizations X X X XAgricultural workers X XGeneral community X X X

3.5 Opportunities to increase the participation of interested parties at the local level

Mechanisms for the participation of interested parties at the local level are focused on facilitating the knowledge, awareness-raising, and dissemination of information about biodiversity use and conservation, particularly native microbes. The Executing Unit will work with the different local groups (producers, academia, municipalities, etc.) to promote local participation in the activities that will be developed. During project development the different groups will be provided orientation about the importance of women’s participation in the various events for coordination and implementation of activities at the local level. A registry disaggregated by gender will be maintained for each activity as a means to follow up and improve participation.

It is expected that the project will raise local awareness among the interested parties about the project and the key aspects of the NP such that the stakeholders’ interests, needs, and vision about these issues are considered and contribute to the success of the project.

3.6 Management of Complaints and Grievances

The management of complaints and grievances is necessary to respond to any legitimate concern, complaint, or grievance that may arise related to the project activities and executing entities.

Roles and Responsibilities

These concerns, complaints, or grievances may be received by any person linked to the Project in the Executing Agency or within the administration of the participating coffee farms. As such, it will be the responsibility of the Executing Agency to assign the persons who will serve as the link between those potentially affected and the project.

Addressing the complaints and grievances will be the responsibility of a team comprising a representative of the implementing partner, a representative of the Executing Agency, a representative of the project technical staff, and a representative of the farms participating in the project. The team will be responsible for the following:

Address any concern, complaint, or grievance received. Follow up with a response/solution to the concern, complaint, or grievance. Interact with the claimant. Close the complaint or grievance in accordance with the claimant. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the mechanism.

Process

Table 6 presents the procedure for recording, managing, and closing out concerns, complaints, or grievances.

Table 6 – Procedure for addressing complaints and grievances

Action Procedure Response Time Form of CommunicationReceipt of complaint Record in the form

designed for this actionImmediate -Telephone

-In person-Email

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Action Procedure Response Time Form of CommunicationPhase 1 of the process Transfer recorded

complaint to the team that addresses the complaints and grievances

Same day as recording the complaint

-Email

Phase 2 of the process Analyze the complaint No more than 1 day after receiving the complaint

-Email-Telephone-In person

Phase 3 of the process Response/solution In the case of complaints that are considered serious: immediately after analyzing the complaint or grievance, a preliminary response will be given to the affected party while investigation takes place.In the case of complaints/grievances that require a site visit, no more than 2 days after the site visit.In the case of complaints/grievances that are easily resolved, a response may be given immediately to the affected party.

-In person-Email-Telephone

Phase 4 of the process Closure Immediately after the solution is implemented and feedback is obtained from the affected party.

-In person

Phase 5 of the process (if occurs)

Denial of closure by the affected party

After denial, alternatives will be provided to the affected party for a secondary solution or the corresponding legal procedure.

-In person

3.7 Project Execution Phase

Table 7 presents the Stakeholder Engagement Plan proposed for the execution phase of the project.

3.8 Monitoring and Evaluation

The Project Board of Directors will monitor the compliance of the Stakeholder Engagement on a regular basis. This will be provided at least quarterly during the first three years of the project and biannually following that. The results of compliance with the Stakeholder Engagement Plan will be provided in the project annual report. The final evaluation will be carried out by the financial organization(s) and implementing partner at the national level (MiAMBIENTE).

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Table 7 – Project Stakeholder Engagement Plan.Stakeholder

TypeMeans of

InvolvementParticipatory Activities Responsible

PartiesIndicators Period of

InvolvementEstimated

BudgetGovernment officials

-Face-to-face meetings, workshops, conferences-Telephone and electronic communication-Visits to participating farms

- Presentation of project initiation, progress, and results validation-Technical trainings

Project coordination

Technical consultants

-Number of institutions involved in participatory activities-Number of officials participating in the project activities-Percentage of men and women participating in project activities

During the period of project implementation, according to the Multi Year Work Plan (Annex 2)

5,000

Agricultural producers

-Face-to-face meetings-Workshops-Technical tours within the farms-Telephone and electronic communication

-Trainings about the project, ABS agreements, and the protection of biodiversity and its resources-Trials on demonstration plots of land

Project coordinationTechnical training teamTechnical research team

-Number of producers participating in the activities-Percentage of men and women participating in project activities

During the period of project implementation, according to the Multi Year Work Plan (Annex 2)

3,500

Scientific institutions

- Meetings/ conferences-Workshops-Publications-Work sessions

-Technical trainings Project coordinationTechnical consultants

-Number of scientists participating in the project activities-Percentage of male and female scientists participating in the project activities-At least one publication associated with the project issued by a scientific institution

During the period of project implementation, according to the Multi Year Work Plan (Annex 2)

5,000

Academic institutions

-Awareness-raising and education events-Workshops-Publications-Work sessions

-Training regarding the project, ABS, the use and conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources

Project coordination

Environmental education team

-Number of students and academics participating in the project activities-Percentage of men and women participating in the project activities

During the period of project implementation, according to the Multi Year Work Plan (Annex 2)

3,500

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Stakeholder Type

Means of Involvement

Participatory Activities Responsible Parties

Indicators Period of Involvement

Estimated Budget

-Scientific trials Project technical team

-Number of people attending the scientific demonstrations- At least one publication associated with the project issued by an academic institution

Civil society -Information dissemination campaign-Community extension events-Workshops/meetings-Technical tours-Electronic communication

-Presentation and dissemination of informational material at festivals and other community events-Demonstrations at stations established in the project’s area of influence-Trainings about the use and conservation of biodiversity and biogenetic resources-Training about ABS agreements

Communications consultant team

Environmental education team

Technical consultant on ABS agreements

-Number of participatory activities performed in the project framework-Number and percentage of men and women benefitting from participatory activities-Number of people trained on ABS agreements-Number of organized groups participating in the activities

During the period of project implementation, according to the Multi Year Work Plan (Annex 2)

15,000

Community (workers, technicians, and area residents)

-Technical tours of the farms-Community extension events

-Onsite demonstration workshops-Presentation and dissemination of informational material in festivals and other community events-Trainings about the use and conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources

Project technical team

Environmental education team

-Number of participatory activities conducted- Number and percentage of men and women benefitting from participatory activities

During the period of project implementation, according to the Multi Year Work Plan (Annex 2)

7,500

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Stakeholder Type

Means of Involvement

Participatory Activities Responsible Parties

Indicators Period of Involvement

Estimated Budget

Private sector (Advanced Biocontrollers S.A.)

- Negotiation of ABS agreements

-Develop and test protocols for conservation-based biological crop protection agents in coffee-Scaling-up the product developed

MiAMBIENTEINDICASAT

- Number of ABS agreements negotiated between the government and users of the crop protection product by project end

During the period of project implementation, according to the Multi Year Work Plan (Annex 2)

Covered under budget for Output 2.2.1)

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Annex 8: Gender Analysis and Gender Action Plan

1. IntroductionThe objective of the project is to support the realisation of the potential of native microorganisms to contribute to the agricultural sector while generating global environmental benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the Nagoya Protocol (NP).

The project links stakeholders representing government agencies (e.g., MiAMBIENTE), researchers from the Institute for Scientific Research and High Technology Services - National Secretariat of Science and Technology (INDICASAT-SENACYT), and other associated organizations such as the Institute of Agricultural Research of Panama (IDIAP), the Autonomous University of Chiriquí, as well as coffee producers (including owners and workers on the coffee farms in three districts within Panama: Boquete, Tierras Altas, and Renacimiento), local officials, and residents of these districts.

This Gender Analysis and Gender Action Plan considers the heterogeneity of the stakeholders targeted by the project, with the purpose of mainstreaming gender during the implementation of the project and ensuring the participation of men and women and the equal distribution of benefits that are generated.

This Gender Analysis and Gender Action Plan was developed based on the information collected through secondary sources, workshops, and interviews and surveys of various stakeholders, including those from the agricultural and scientific sectors, which were conducted during the project’s preparation phase.

2. Gender Analysis The project incorporates three components: research related to the agricultural sector, facilitating ABS and biodiversity conservation based on the development of a product for the crop protection industry, in particular for coffee production, and M&E; therefore, the current gender situation is analyzed in terms of scientific research, agricultural activity (particularly coffee production), and the principal interested parties associated with the project.

2.1 National and international norms and agreements related to gender equalityPanama has developed a series of legal instruments that promote the rights of women and gender equality, which is reflected in documents such as the Public Policy on Equal Opportunity for Women, Law No. 4, 29 January 1999; Law 71 of 2008, which created the National Women’s Institute with the objective of coordinating programs and projects that promote participation, reduction of gender inequality, equal access and control of resources for development purposes, among others; Executive Decree No. 31, 16 April 2001, through which the National Gender Training System was created; Executive Decree No. 100, 20 April 2017, that regulates Law 82, 24 October 2013, which adopts measures to prevent violence against women and reforms the Penal Code to identify the murder of women and penalize acts of violence against women, and Law 7, 14 February 2018, which adopts measures to prevent, prohibit, and penalize discrimination against women. In addition, Law 56 of 2017 promotes women’s participation in Advisory Boards, establishing women’s right to access and actively participate in decision making within public organizations and regulated businesses in the country. Article 2 of Law 56 states that those organisms that have a structural organization that includes a Board of Directors, a Management Council, or other similar organizations, they must designate, at a minimum, a total of 30% women comprising those roles.

In addition, Panama is a regional leader of the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) and within those commitments as part of this coalition are the Regional Plan and National Plan to reduce the gender-based salary gap. Some of the initiatives that form part of the National Plan (with support from UN Women) are the following:

The regulation of Law 4 concerning equal opportunity for women. Collaborative activities with the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC, according to its Spanish

title) for improved measurement of the gender-based salary gap. Draft legal project around the gender-based salary gap. Development of a website and pedagogical document about the gender-based salary gap. Prototype of a tool to measure the gender-based salary gap in businesses.

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The country also maintains its commitments as signatory of international agreements related to this issue; examples of these are the following:

Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1979, this convention offers a framework for obligatory compliance to achieve gender equality and the rights of women and girls. In addition, it establishes that the gender perspective should be incorporated into all institutions, policies, and actions to ensure their equal treatment and improve their current situation.

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women: This convention was adopted on 9 June 1994 by the Organization of American States. It establishes for the first time the right of women to live a life free of violence and represents important support from the Inter-American System of Human Rights.

The Beijing declaration and platform for action: The Beijing Platform for Action was presented in 1995 and seeks to accelerate the application of the Nairobi Strategies to strengthen the progress of women in the future, eliminate obstacles that make it difficult for them to participate in all spheres of public and private life, and establish broad and equal conditions in terms of political, economic, social, and cultural decisions about gender equality as a process that helps development and reduces poverty.

2.2 Gender Analysis for The Scientific And Agricultural Sectors In Panama

In 2019 Panama is ranked as first among the economies of Latin America and is globally ranked 67 th in the Human Development Index, although the unemployment rate this year has risen (7.1% in August 2019, rising 1% for men and 1.2% for women compared to 2018). Total unemployment for men was 5.8% and for women 8.8% during the same period. Unemployed youth varies between 15% and 20% of the population, and within this category 85% are women younger than 29 years old (Labor Market Survey, 2018).

According to the global Gender Inequality Index, the country is ranked 108 th, which is a step backward compared with previous years. This inequality occurs in rural as well as urban areas, reflecting exclusionary factors such as: lack of employment opportunities, inequality in education, and poverty. Women in roles as housewives and caretakers of children is also an exclusionary factor that is largely seen in rural and indigenous areas. Inequality is perceived in the lower participation of women in medium and high-level positions, having lower incomes compared with men, and the concentration of women in lower-production sectors and opportunities; this is despite the fact that women represent the largest portion of the qualified work force in the country (INEC, 2018).

Nevertheless, the situation of rural and indigenous women contrasts strongly with that of women who live in urban areas, in terms of quality of life. Rural and indigenous women tend to serve as domestic workers, frequently without being paid, and help with agricultural activities as well as their responsibilities in their own households. Currently there is a growing group of women who add to these responsibilities with artisanal crafts or other traditional products to earn extra income. Indigenous women are more vulnerable because they are indigenous (47.8% of indigenous women nationally are illiterate). Indigenous women also have the highest rate of internal migration (7.08%), compared with non-indigenous women. As such, Chiriquí is the province with the third-highest migration of indigenous within the country (16%). The majority of those migrating are seeking education, work, and medical services (these migrants comprise 57% men and 43% women).

The Analysis and Action Plan for the Gender Parity Initiative in Panama carried out in 2018 highlights the following aspects:

Panama is one of the 10 countries with the highest level of inequality in the world. Gender equality is a critical factor for Panama’s growth, and it estimated that the country’s GDP will grow

21% if the labor inequality gap between men and women can be reduced. Women’s education is concentrated in careers associated with education, health, social sciences, business

and teaching (70%), with just 7% in careers associated with science, engineering, technology, and math. Professional and educational choices are shaped by gender bias that is related to traditional stereotypes

about men and women’s capabilities.

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Panama holds one of the best positions in Latin America with regard to women occupying supervisory positions (representing 45% of staff, per INEC [2018]). Nevertheless, these positions are concentrated in lesser and middle management areas (71% of the proportion of businesses without women in executive level positions; this is according to the OIT; ACT/EMP, 2015 to 2018). Similarly, women who sit on boards of directors of public sector entities is only 18%; 14% for registered private companies.

In terms of self-employment/business ventures, just 3 of every 10 people are women.

A study recently performed by the National Council of Private Businesses (CONEP, 2019) about business practices to promote gender equity in Panama shows that important goals have been achieved and verified through applied surveys of local businesses; the following results are highlighted: recruitment, retention, and promotion of women (47% of businesses surveyed), maternity leave policies beyond legal requirements (32%), and training provided in executive skills and competencies 31%). Among the least developed were strategies that include objectives for gender inclusion at the upper management level (2%), working remotely or teleworking (in conditions that are equal for men and women) (2%), support in the form of child care and elderly care (4%), and part-time work (in conditions that are equal for men and women) (4%).

Women and Science

According to World Bank, in 2012 only 17% of the population of Panama had received a university education. Data from the University of Panama (the main public university in the country) showed that for every 10 graduates, 7 are women (in 2014). According to the Association of Private Universities of Panama, 53% of the student body are men and 47% are women (in 2019). The Forum on Gender Equality in Science, Technology, and Innovation (CTI according to its Spanish title) indicated that 65% of university graduates are women. However, not only do women in the labor market earn 17% less than men, less than 40% of employed women have jobs related to CTI and less than 35% of employed women have jobs within the CTI industries. In addition, only 28% are women in leadership positions in CTI.

Data from the Labor Survey (2018) indicate that nationally, only 2.34% of the employed population has professional scientific and technical jobs. Of the total number of employed women in the country, only 2.5% have these professions.

The Gender Analysis performed in 2018 on women’s participation in science in Panama, in coordination with SENACYT and with support from the UNDP, shows the following information of relevance to the project:

Women encounter significantly greater obstacles than men during their scientific careers and participate less as decision makers in Panama.

Women represent 59% of those with professional and technical jobs, and 40% of higher and middle management positions.

More than 60% of the country’s researchers are men and have the majority of ISO-certified researchers. Women represent only a third of the principal researchers on projects that receive research and develop

funds or that receive recognition from the National Research System and only represent one-fifth of those participating in patents in the country.

Women represent just 28% of principals of research studies or decision makers in science and none serve as directors of high-production scientific research centers.

Women scientists indicate that there is gender discrimination through current stereotypes, as well as lack of actions taken to balance work and family life, among other issues.

According to the Gender Analysis performed by the UNDP and SENACYT on women’s participation in science in Panama, the majority of scientific researchers in the country are men (more than 60%). Although 65% of university graduates are women, around 60% of doctorates have been awarded through SENACYT to men (with a marked difference in the agricultural sciences—75% men); of those with doctorates, women scientists represent 1.1%, compared to 3% of men with the same qualifications. Despite these statistics, the majority of researchers within INDICASAT and UNACHI-SENACYT who are working with the project are women. Men are the main decision makers or directors within INDICASAT; however, those same positions are held by women in UNACHI.

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Among the organizations involved in the project at the institutional level (MiAMBIENTE, MEF, IDIAP, etc.) there is a somewhat equal level of participation in the activities that were developed during the project preparation phase by the different institutions. Despite this, supervisory roles in the departments with which the project is working are mostly held by men.

The gender focus in the scientific sector as concerns the project (Components 1 and 2) is proposed to maximize opportunities for women to participate in technical training and in leadership and decision maker roles in the different research components that are proposed.

Women and Agriculture

In Panama, the majority of participants in the agricultural sector are men (78%), with women representing 22%. In the coffee sector, 23% of producers are women and 77% are men (Agricultural Census, 2011). A study on gender equality in the coffee sector carried out in 2018 by the International Coffee Organization (ICO), showed that between 20% and 30% of the coffee farms in the world are operated by women and up to 70% of laborers on coffee farms are women, depending on the region. The same study showed that, compared with men, the farms operated by women frequently have reduced access to land, technical support, financing, or knowledge. In addition, the study indicated that the countries exporting coffee present more extreme levels of inequality. Worse still, according to the study, the evidence indicates that access to resources and opportunities in this sector is significantly lower for women than men.

Information gathered by the ICO study shows that in Central America between 19% and 34% of the total number of coffee producers are women, and in general, between 20% and 21% of Latin American women participate in agriculture. A study performed by the Word Bank shows that in countries with proximity to Panama, access to land is double that for men than for women; the situation is no different in Panama.

With regard to the educational levels of agricultural producers, in the Department of Chiriquí where the project will be implemented, the majority of producers are not educated past primary school (54%), while specifically in the case of women producers, 46% are not educated beyond primary school. According to the 2010 Census, 89.08% of the production units correspond to small and medium-scale agriculture (areas less than 20 hectares [ha]); 96.4% of women producers and 85.6% of men producers are within this production category. In Panama there are 51,424 agricultural producers (65%) that have areas of land smaller than 0.5 ha; however, most of this group (86.8%) have areas of land smaller than 0.1 ha. Production units that are larger than 20 ha correspond to 14.4% of producers. Women’s access to small areas of land is at 65% and their access to large areas of land is at 3.6%.

According to the analysis performed by the UNDP and SENACYT, the latest data from the United Nations Organization shows that 70% of the land ownership deeds for agricultural lands in Panama are held by men. The information collected during the PPG phase of the project confirms that the majority of coffee production farms either belong to or are managed by men. Some farms were identified as either being managed by women or women have some role in decision making, mostly those farms associated with the Specialty Coffees Association and the Coffee Circuit (tourism route). These women form part of the family owners of the farms.

In the case of agricultural workers associated with coffee growing activities (most of which are from the Ngäbe Buglé indigenous group), during the planting and maintenance periods on the farms, almost all workers are men. However, during the harvest period, women play a vital role as agile and careful workers harvesting the coffee beans, while men supervise the coffee bean picking. Despite this, the men of the families receive payment for the work. The role of provider and decision maker is played by the man, despite the importance of female labor in this activity (it should be noted that 52% of the national indigenous populations live outside of indigenous territories).

The project’s area of influence where the native microbes of interest for agricultural research associated with endophytic fungi are collected, is integrated into the corregimientos of Los Naranjos, Jaramillo, and Palmira (in Boquete); Río Sereno and Santa Clara (in Renacimiento); and Volcán, Cerro Punta, Nueva California, and Paso Ancho (in Tierras Altas). Demographic data for this region shows that the majority of residents are men (54%) and that women represent 46% of the local population. Generally, in these communities, which for the most part are

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rural (with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants), women’s participation in the labor force is generally connected to their roles within the household. To work in outside labor, women must first deal with household issues; otherwise, they remain in their roles as housewives.

The main differences that are observed in terms of roles and needs among men and women are more marked among producers and workers in the coffee-growing sector. The roles that entail command and control are performed by men, which does not only occur in the activity “per se,” but in the quality of life of those involved in the activity, especially of women and children. Nevertheless, the growing role of women in the industrialization of the activity has served to reduce this gap.

The project will reach both men and women, as the development of an organically based agricultural product will contribute to the health of those participating in the coffee growing activity and the area surrounding the farms, thereby generating social benefits for men and women, as well as in the area of environmental education, which can promote the effective participation of women in biodiversity conservation.

The project will contribute to reducing the gap in access to and control of natural resources by training scientific women, women producers, and women workers in the coffee growing industry and in ABS agreements, biodiversity use and conservation, and also by having them participate in the processes related to field trials.

3. Gender Action Plan

The Gender Plan is management tool that seeks to guide and promote that men and women to have the same opportunities for involving themselves in the activities of the various project components and to benefit from its outcomes. The Plan corresponds to the GEF and UNDP gender policies and guidance and indicates that key aspects regarding the needs, opportunities, priorities, status, and relationships between men and women in relation to the project have been identified and incorporated into the process of design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the project, specifically through the following actions:

Promote the equal participation of men and women in the project, especially at the decision-making level and in carrying out activities.

Incorporate into the project document the contributions of women who participated in the activities during the project preparation phase.

Establish indicators that help to measure the effective execution of the Gender Plan during the life of the project.

Strengthen the capacities of the stakeholders involved in the project, promoting equality among men and women in the research components as well as the extension activities (education/information dissemination).

The strategy to mainstream gender into the project is presented below. Indicators have been included related to the following:

Equal participation by men and women in the processes for raising awareness, training, and environmental education.

Project benefits for men and women. Access of men and women to resources linked to the project.

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Objectives Actions Indicators Target Baseline Responsible Party Estimated Cost (USD)

Ensure that men and women participate equally in decision-making, implementation of activities, and monitoring and evaluation of the project.

-Hold 2 work meetings, with key personnel to assign roles and responsibilities to men and women.-Perform monitoring every 6 months of the equal participation of men and women in the project.

Percent of men and women in key roles related to project activities.

At least 50% are women

0% MiAMBIENTE, UNDP

26,010 (Salary of Gender Expert)

Strengthen the capacities of women and promote opportunities for equal participation in processes related training and environmental education.

-Carry out training sessions and produce dissemination of information and education material with a gender focus highlighting the importance of the role of women scientists in terms of biodiversity and genetic resources research, and in the case of the stakeholders in the area of study the role of men and women in relation to the importance of the conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources.

-Percent of materials for dissemination and education with a gender focus.

100% 0% MiAMBIENTE, INDICASAT, Project Team

27,090 (Components 1 and 2)

-Percent of men and women benefiting from opportunities around raising awareness, training, and environmental education as part of the project.

At least 50% are women.

0%

-Percent of men and women actively participating in actions for raising awareness, training, and environmental education.

Between 30% and 50% of the participants are women.

0%

Ensure the equal participation of men and women in aspects of ABS related to genetic resources at the farm

-Carry out workshops about ABS agreements with the participation of both men and women.

-Percent of men and women involved in discussions about ABS agreements.

At least 50% are women

0% MiAMBIENTE, INDICASAT, Project Team

2,000(Component 2)

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Objectives Actions Indicators Target Baseline Responsible Party Estimated Cost (USD)

level that are potential beneficiaries of the project.

-Assess the level of knowledge of men and women at the farm level farms, about access to or use of biodiversity and genetic resources, and the distribution of benefits.

-Percent of men and women who, upon project finalization, have been trained in legislation regarding ABS agreements.

Between 40% and 50% of the people trained in ABS are women.

0%

-Percent of men and women from the participating farms who have received information about ABS.

Men: 50%Women: 50%

0%

Raise the awareness of owners and key personnel of the farms participating in the project about the connection between gender and biodiversity issues.

-Meetings/dialogue with coffee producers to ensure the participation of men and women in training and extension activities that will be developed.- Meetings/dialogue with key staff and workers during visits to the farms participating in the project about the need for men and women to be involved in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, including native microbes.

-Percent of producers and key staff, men and women, reached by the awareness-raising activities.

Men: 50%Women: 50%

0% MiAMBIENTE, INDICASAT, Project Team

1,200(Component 2)

-Percent of men and women contacted during the field visits.

At least 30% are women.

0%

Involve men and women in the project’s area of study for the preparation and development of extension events to promote knowledge

-Plan the extension events with the participation of men and women at the institutional level as well as with local stakeholders in the area of study.

-Percent of men and women who participate in the planning processes, according to stakeholder type.

At least 50% are women.

0% MiAMBIENTE, INDICASAT, Project Team

2,250(Component 2)

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Objectives Actions Indicators Target Baseline Responsible Party Estimated Cost (USD)

about the use and conservation of biodiversity including native microbes.

-Develop a list of potential groups or organizations that could participate in the extension events in which women would play a relevant role.-Identify local allies who could provide support to the extension events with a focus on gender.

-Percent of men and women who participate in extension events.

At least 50% are women.

0%

0%

Identify opportunities for the development of future projects linking biodiversity, scientific research, and sustainable agricultural practices, with a focus on gender.

-During the activities for awareness-raising, training, and environmental education, create spaces for dialogue with participants to identify opportunities for men and women to jointly develop future projects related to the conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources with a gender focus.

-Percent of men and women participating in the discussion about opportunities for future projects for the conservation of biodiversity and genetic resources with a gender focus.

At least 50% are women.

0% MiAMBIENTE, INDICASAT, Project Team

Cost included of the budget for training and awareness-raising in project Component 2.

-Number of future projects identified linking the gender component as a key element.

At least one (1).

0

Total 58,550

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Annex 9: Procurement Plan for first year of implementation

No

Project Outcome of which the

procurement is related to

Type of Supply Description of goods, services or works

Unit of Measure Quantity

Estimated Unit Price in

USD

Estimated Total Price in

USD

Available budget in

USD

Estimated date of

Completion of Activity

Responsible authorities

1

Project Outcome 1.1:Promising active compounds identified from endophytic fungi, as biological crop protection agents in the agricultural sector

Consultant / Postdoctoral chemist

Identify in vitro active extracts and compounds with potential for the development of a phytosanitary product

Month 12 3,500 42,000 42,000 October 2021 INDICASAT

2

Travel DSA related to development of a product for the crop protection industry

Year 1 5,000 5,000 5,000 October 2021 INDICASAT

3 Fuel Diesel Year 1 500 500 500 October 2021 INDICASAT

4

Laboratory supplies Lab supplies to identify in vitro active extracts and compounds with potential for the development of a phytosanitary product

Year 1 25,000 25,000 25,000 October 2021 INDICASAT

5

Project Outcome 1.2:Strengthened research and development of novel biological crop protection agents

Consultant / Microbiologist

Conduct in vitro trials of candidate biological crop protection agents (endophytic fungi and aqueous extracts).

Month 12 3,350 40,200 40,200 October 2021 INDICASAT

6Consultant / Postdoctoral student

Conduct in vitro trials. Month 6 3,500 21,000 21,000 October 2021 INDICASAT

7

Consultant / Postdoctoral student

Conduct in vivo growth chamber and greenhouse trials to determine the most promising formulations of fungi for field trials

Month 8 3,500 28,000 28,000 October 2021 INDICASAT

8 Travel DSA related to development of a

Year 1 5,000 5,000 5,000 October 2021 INDICASAT

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product for the crop protection industry

9 Travel Diesel Year 1 500 500 500 October 2021 INDICASAT

10 Project Outcome 2.1:Increased capacity to negotiate an ABS agreement by the end of the project

Training materials Training materials Year 1 600 600 600 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

11

Training Workshop for negotiation of ABS agreements directed to representatives of coffee farmers

Workshop 1 1,500 1,500 1,500 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

12

Training Workshop for negotiation of ABS agreements directed to technical staff and legal advisors of MiAMBIENTE

Workshop 1 2,000 2,000 2,000 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

13

Project Outcome 2.2:Increased technical capacity for conservation-based biological crop protection in 1,000 ha of coffee farms in the La Amistad National Park and the Volcán Barú National Park and their and buffer zones, with potential to contribute to the conservation status of two globally important microbes (endophytic fungi) and their host ecosystems

Consultant/Crop Expert

Adapt the existing protocol of mass production of INDICASAT according to the product developed in Component

Year 1 5,000 5,000 5,000 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

14

Training materials Training materials Year 1 600 600 600 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

15 Project Outcome 2.3:Increased knowledge and awareness regarding microbe biodiversity, conservation-based biological crop

Contractual services/ Company

Logistical support for community extension presentations explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources, and presentations carried out

Year 1 2,000 2,000 2,000 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

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protection and genetic resources

in colleges, associations, civic groups, NGOs, etc

16 Training materials Training materials Year 1 600 600 600 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

17 Supplies IT supplies Year 1 350 350 350 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

18

Equipment Lap top computers, USB, digital camera, 64 GB memory card, tripod, multimedia projector, and 2 TB external hard drives

Year 1 3,500 3,500 3,500 December 2020

MiAMBIENTE

19

Training Community extension presentations explaining the uses of microbe biodiversity and genetic resources

Event 5 300 1,500 1,500 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

20 Project Outcome 3.1:M&E assesses project impact and guides adaptive management.

Consultant/Gender Expert

Support and monitoring of gender mainstreaming

Year 1 8,670 8,670 8,670 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE

21 Travel Travel costs for other M&E Plan activities

Year 1 3,000 3,000 3,000 October 2021 Project Team

22Workshop Project Inception

WorkshopWorkshop 1 2,000 2,000 2,000 September

2020MiAMBIENTE, UNDP, Project Team

23

PMC Consultant / Project Coordinator

Project planning, day-to-day management of project activities, project reporting

Year 12 7,000 7,000 7,000 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE, UNDP

24

Consultant / Project Assistant

Financial management of the project, accounting, purchasing, and reporting

Year 12 16,159 16,159 16,159 October 2021 MiAMBIENTE, UNDP

25 Professional Services

Audit and spotchecks Year 1 3,000 3,000 3,000 October 2021 UNDP

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Annex 10: GEF focal area specific annexes Site Description and Coffee Production

The La Amistad International Park is a transboundary protected area shared between Costa Rica and Panama. In Panama, the park has area of 207,000 ha (95% in the Province of Bocas del Toro and 5% in the Province of Chiriquí) and it is located in the western end of the country. In the Province of Chiriquí, the buffer zone of the La Amistad International Park (PILA) is within the districts of Renacimiento, Boquete, and Tierras. The Volcán Barú National Park (PNVB) 14,322.5 ha) is also part of these districts (Table 1). Both protected areas are part of the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve, which lies in the foothills and mountains of the Cordillera de Talamanca, between the mountain ranges of Panama and Costa Rica. Species such as the puma (Felis concolor), ocelot (F. pardalis), jaguar (F. yagouaroundi), Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) and Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) are found within the biosphere reserve.

Table 1. Political-administrative and demographic information about coffee districts in the buffer zone of La Amistad International Park that are part of the project study area.Province District Corregimiento Area

(km2)Protected

Areas Present

PopulationTotal Men Women

Chiriquí Boquete Los Naranjos 98.9 PILAPNVB

4,596 2,531 2,065

Jaramillo 77.5 --- 2,655 1,447 1,208Palmira 57.5 PNVB 1,776 1,006 770

Renacimiento Río Sereno 83.2 PILA 5,463 2,862 2,601Santa Clara 67.0 PILA 2,642 1,459 1,183

Tierras Altas Volcán 233.7 PNVB 12,717 6,587 6,130Cerro Punta 105.1 PILA

PNVB7,754 4,438 3,316

Nueva California

PILA No data

No data No data

Paso Ancho PILAPNVB

No data

No data No data

Source: INEC, 2010.

The history of Panamanian coffee began when European immigrants settled the region in the late 19th century, bringing coffee with them. Located in the western extremity of the country, the Chiriquí Province was the area first settled with coffee. Indigenous people of the Ngäbe Buglé ethnic group live in the region and work in the agricultural sector, especially in coffee cultivation. According to the 2010 Population and Housing Census, the population of Los Naranjos district consists of 40.14% indigenous, Bugaba 34.34%, Palmira 37.22% indigenous, Jaramillo 22.15% indigenous, Río Sereno 17.99% indigenous, and Santa Clara has 32.32% indigenous.

Coffee is produced in farms located between 1,000 and 2,500 meters above sea level. 38% of the coffee producers in the country are from the Chiriquí Province, harvesting 83% of the national production in 59% of the total area dedicated to coffee cultivation; 5,109.84 ha are under coffee cultivation in Chiriquí Province. The coffee sector contributes 0.32% of the national production of industrial crops. Overall, Panama is focused on the highest-quality/lower-volume end of the spectrum – producing roughly 0.1% of the world’s coffee.

Coffee farms are privately owned and rely on indigenous labor (estimated at more than 3,000 people with direct jobs during the harvest season), especially from the Ngäbe Buglé ethnic group. Women’s participation in coffee production is relevant as they play an important role in harvesting the beans on many farms, while men are

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responsible for loading the sacks of coffee beans onto vehicles for transportation. However, in most cases the men receive the weekly wages.

Women’s participation in the coffee production sector consists of approximately 33% in administrative or managerial positions; approximately 15% in permanent jobs associated with maintenance of the farm, and during the harvesting season women comprise almost 40% of the day laborers. Most of these women, especially the indigenous, are mothers who must care for their families during their time on the farms. They are economically dependent on their husbands and typically have low levels of literacy and education. The situation changes when it comes to processing plants and marketing processes, where women tend to outperform men.

In 2018, coffee production represented USD $212.2 million16. Although the economic impact of coffee (harvest and processing) is lower than that of other agricultural industries, its combined value-added multiplier is the highest (1.64 and 1.62). This means that this activity has the greatest potential for adding value to the economy, especially in exportation of roasted coffee (international prices per ton are three times more than unroasted coffee). Despite this, total annual coffee production has remained stagnant (close to 200,000 quintales/year), there is a shortage of labor, low automation of production, and there are pests present that affect productivity and generate incremental costs. Despite this, many of the country’s most prominent farms are thriving; Panama’s volcanic soil, altitude, and climatic conditions offer an ideal environment for producing specialty coffees. The price paid to coffee producers in Panama tends to be higher than the average international price, although the yield per hectare of coffee is lower than in other countries of the region.

According to representatives of the coffee industry in the project study area who were interviewed during the PPG phase, training, information, and technical assistance are needed to improve the quality of coffee and to take advantage of opportunities derived from the project, considering that organic coffee is worth up to 15 times more than non-organic coffee. Accordingly, the potential for native microbes to create agricultural products for the coffee industry is of great interest to the coffee growers who were interviewed. Similarly, technical staff from the Think Tank Center of the Autonomous University of Chiriquí agreed that there are opportunities for the coffee industry to become involved in research and sustainable development. There are also opportunities for women to become empowered as coffee growers and for workers to take part in scientific research and have access to the benefits provided by the biological resources of the study area, all of which will bring added value to the coffee sector activities.

Baseline scientific research (including compounds) an the proposed interventions

Agricultural SectorThe project will support INDICASAT research on endophytic fungi for their potential in biological crop protection in the agriculture sector, against Coffee Leaf Rust fungus (Hemileia vastatrix) and the fungus causing American leaf spot of coffee (Mycena citricolor).

Baseline Proposed Interventions20 extracts and four isolated bioactive compounds have been obtained with a high degree of purity, but are pending structural elucidation and identification.

In vivo growth chamber, greenhouse, and field trials to determine four promising formulations. Develop a collaborative agreement with a company to scale-up a crop protection product.

16

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Annex 11: GEF Core indicators

Core Indicator 1

Terrestrial protected areas created or under improved management for conservation and sustainable use

(Hectares)

Hectares (1.1+1.2)Expected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE207,000 N/A            

Indicator 1.1 Terrestrial protected areas newly created      Name of Protected Area

WDPA ID IUCN categoryHectares

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

            (select)                                    (select)                        

Sum                        Indicator 1.2 Terrestrial protected areas under improved management effectiveness      Name of Protected Area

WDPA ID IUCN category HectaresMETT Score

Baseline AchievedApproval MTR TE

                      

SumCore Indicator 2

Marine protected areas created or under improved management for conservation and sustainable use

(Hectares)

Hectares (2.1+2.2)Expected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                       

Indicator 2.1 Marine protected areas newly created      Name of Protected Area

WDPA ID IUCN categoryHectares

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

            (select)                                    (select)                        

Sum                        Indicator 2.2 Marine protected areas under improved management effectiveness      Name of Protected Area

WDPA ID IUCN category HectaresMETT Score

Baseline AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

            (select)                                    (select)                        

Sum      Core Indicator 3

Area of land restored (Hectares)

Hectares (3.1+3.2+3.3+3.4)Expected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                       

Indicator 3.1 Area of degraded agricultural land restored      Hectares

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                       

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Core Indicator 1

Terrestrial protected areas created or under improved management for conservation and sustainable use

(Hectares)

                       Indicator 3.2 Area of forest and forest land restored      

HectaresExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                                              

Indicator 3.3 Area of natural grass and shrublands restored      Hectares

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                              

Indicator 3.4 Area of wetlands (including estuaries, mangroves) restored      Hectares

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                              

Core Indicator 4

Area of landscapes under improved practices (hectares; excluding protected areas) (Hectares)

Hectares (4.1+4.2+4.3+4.4)Expected Expected

PIF stage Approval MTR TE6,000 1,000            

Indicator 4.1 Area of landscapes under improved management to benefit biodiversity      Hectares

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

6,000 1,000                                   

Indicator 4.2 Area of landscapes that meet national or international third-party certification that incorporates biodiversity considerations

     

Third party certification(s):      

     

     

HectaresExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                                              

Indicator 4.3 Area of landscapes under sustainable land management in production systems      Hectares

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                              

Indicator 4.4 Area of High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) loss avoided      Include documentation that justifies HCVF     

HectaresExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                                              

Core Area of marine habitat under improved practices to benefit biodiversity (Hectares)

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Core Indicator 1

Terrestrial protected areas created or under improved management for conservation and sustainable use

(Hectares)

Indicator 5Indicator 5.1 Number of fisheries that meet national or international third-party certification that

incorporates biodiversity considerations     

Third party certification(s):      

     

     

NumberExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                                              

Indicator 5.2 Number of large marine ecosystems (LMEs) with reduced pollution and hypoxial      Number

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                              

Indicator 5.3 Amount of Marine Litter AvoidedMetric Tons

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                              

Core Indicator 6

Greenhouse gas emission mitigated (Metric tons of CO₂e )

Expected metric tons of CO₂e (6.1+6.2)PIF stage Approval MTR TE

Expected CO2e (direct)                        Expected CO2e (indirect)                        

Indicator 6.1 Carbon sequestered or emissions avoided in the AFOLU sector       Expected metric tons of CO₂e

PIF stage Approval MTR TEExpected CO2e (direct)                        

Expected CO2e (indirect)                        Anticipated start year of accounting                        

Duration of accounting                        Indicator 6.2 Emissions avoided Outside AFOLU      

Expected metric tons of CO₂eExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TEExpected CO2e (direct)                        

Expected CO2e (indirect)                        Anticipated start year of accounting                        

Duration of accounting                        Indicator 6.3 Energy saved      

MJExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                                              

Indicator 6.4 Increase in installed renewable energy capacity per technology      

TechnologyCapacity (MW)

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

(select)                        

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Core Indicator 1

Terrestrial protected areas created or under improved management for conservation and sustainable use

(Hectares)

(select)                        

Core Indicator 7

Number of shared water ecosystems (fresh or marine) under new or improved cooperative management

(Number)

Indicator 7.1 Level of Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and Strategic Action Program (TDA/SAP) formulation and implementation

     

Shared water ecosystem Rating (scale 1-4)PIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                                          

Indicator 7.2 Level of Regional Legal Agreements and Regional Management Institutions to support its implementation

     

Shared water ecosystem Rating (scale 1-4)PIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                                          

Indicator 7.3 Level of National/Local reforms and active participation of Inter-Ministerial Committees      Shared water ecosystem Rating (scale 1-4)

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                                              

Indicator 7.4 Level of engagement in IWLEARN through participation and delivery of key products      

Shared water ecosystemRating (scale 1-4)

Rating RatingPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                                          

Core Indicator 8

Globally over-exploited fisheries Moved to more sustainable levels (Metric Tons)

Fishery Details     

Metric TonsPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                       Core Indicator 9

Reduction, disposal/destruction, phase out, elimination and avoidance of chemicals of global concern and their waste in the environment and in processes, materials and products

(Metric Tons)

Metric Tons (9.1+9.2+9.3)Expected Achieved

PIF stage PIF stage MTR TE                       

Indicator 9.1 Solid and liquid Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) removed or disposed (POPs type)      

POPs typeMetric Tons

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

(select) (select)

(select)                        

(select) (select)

(select)                        

(select) (select)

(select)                        

Indicator 9.2 Quantity of mercury reduced      Metric Tons

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Core Indicator 1

Terrestrial protected areas created or under improved management for conservation and sustainable use

(Hectares)

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                       Indicator 9.3 Hydrochloroflurocarbons (HCFC) Reduced/Phased out

Metric TonsExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                       

Indicator 9.4 Number of countries with legislation and policy implemented to control chemicals and waste      Number of Countries

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                       Indicator 9.5 Number of low-chemical/non-chemical systems implemented particularly in food production,

manufacturing and cities     

TechnologyNumber

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                                                          

Indicator 9.6 Quantity of POPs/Mercury containing materials and products directly avoidedMetric Tons

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval PIF stage Approval

                                              

Core Indicator 10

Reduction, avoidance of emissions of POPs to air from point and non-point sources (grams of toxic

equivalent gTEQ)

Indicator 10.1 Number of countries with legislation and policy implemented to control emissions of POPs to air

     

Number of CountriesExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TE                       

Indicator 10.2 Number of emission control technologies/practices implemented      Number

Expected AchievedPIF stage Approval MTR TE

                       Core Indicator 11

Number of direct beneficiaries disaggregated by gender as co-benefit of GEF investment (Number)

NumberExpected Achieved

PIF stage Approval MTR TEFemale 1,800 535            

Male 1,700 535            Total 3,500 1,070            

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Annex 12: GEF 7 Taxonomy

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4Influencing

modelsTransform policy and regulatory environmentsStrengthen institutional capacity and decision-makingConvene multi-stakeholder alliancesDemonstrate

innovative approaches

Deploy innovative financial instruments

StakeholdersIndigenous

PeoplesPrivate Sector

Capital providersFinancial intermediaries and market facilitatorsLarge corporationsSMEsIndividuals/EntrepreneursNon-Grant PilotProject Reflow

BeneficiariesLocal CommunitiesCivil Society

Community Based Organization

Non-Governmental Organization

AcademiaTrade Unions and Workers Unions

Type of Engagement

Information DisseminationPartnershipConsultationParticipation

CommunicationsAwareness RaisingEducationPublic CampaignsBehavior Change

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Capacity, Knowledge and Research

Enabling ActivitiesCapacity

DevelopmentKnowledge Generation and ExchangeTargeted ResearchLearning

Theory of ChangeAdaptive ManagementIndicators to Measure Change

InnovationKnowledge and Learning

Knowledge ManagementInnovationCapacity DevelopmentLearning

Stakeholder Engagement Plan

Gender EqualityGender

Mainstreaming Beneficiaries Women groups Sex-disaggregated indicators Gender-sensitive indicators

Gender results areas

Access and control over natural resourcesParticipation and leadershipAccess to benefits and

servicesCapacity developmentAwareness raisingKnowledge generation

Focal Areas/Theme

Integrated Programs

Commodity Supply Chains (17Good Growth Partnership)

Sustainable Commodities ProductionDeforestation-free SourcingFinancial Screening ToolsHigh Conservation Value

ForestsHigh Carbon Stocks Forests

17

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Soybean Supply ChainOil Palm Supply ChainBeef Supply ChainSmallholder FarmersAdaptive Management

Food Security in Sub-Sahara Africa

Resilience (climate and shocks)

Sustainable Production Systems

AgroecosystemsLand and Soil HealthDiversified FarmingIntegrated Land and Water ManagementSmallholder FarmingSmall and Medium

EnterprisesCrop Genetic DiversityFood Value ChainsGender DimensionsMulti-stakeholder Platforms

Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration

Sustainable Food SystemsLandscape RestorationSustainable Commodity ProductionComprehensive Land Use PlanningIntegrated LandscapesFood Value ChainsDeforestation-free SourcingSmallholder Farmers

Sustainable CitiesIntegrated urban planningUrban sustainability

frameworkTransport and MobilityBuildingsMunicipal waste

managementGreen spaceUrban BiodiversityUrban Food SystemsEnergy efficiencyMunicipal Financing

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Global Platform for Sustainable CitiesUrban Resilience

BiodiversityProtected Areas and

LandscapesTerrestrial Protected AreasCoastal and Marine Protected AreasProductive LandscapesProductive SeascapesCommunity Based Natural Resource Management

MainstreamingExtractive Industries (oil, gas, mining)Forestry (Including HCVF and REDD+)TourismAgriculture &

agrobiodiversityFisheriesInfrastructureCertification (National Standards)Certification (International Standards)

SpeciesIllegal Wildlife TradeThreatened SpeciesWildlife for Sustainable DevelopmentCrop Wild RelativesPlant Genetic ResourcesAnimal Genetic ResourcesLivestock Wild RelativesInvasive Alien Species (IAS)

BiomesMangrovesCoral ReefsSea GrassesWetlandsRiversLakesTropical Rain ForestsTropical Dry ForestsTemperate ForestsGrasslands

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ParamoDesert

Financial and AccountingPayment for Ecosystem

ServicesNatural Capital Assessment and AccountingConservation Trust FundsConservation Finance

Supplementary Protocol to the CBD

BiosafetyAccess to Genetic Resources Benefit Sharing

ForestsForest and Landscape Restoration

REDD/REDD+Forest

AmazonCongoDrylands

Land DegradationSustainable Land

ManagementRestoration and Rehabilitation of Degraded LandsEcosystem ApproachIntegrated and Cross-sectoral approachCommunity-Based NRMSustainable LivelihoodsIncome Generating

ActivitiesSustainable AgricultureSustainable Pasture ManagementSustainable Forest/Woodland ManagementImproved Soil and Water Management TechniquesSustainable Fire

ManagementDrought Mitigation/Early Warning

Land Degradation NeutralityLand ProductivityLand Cover and Land cover changeCarbon stocks above or below ground

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Food SecurityInternational

WatersShipCoastalFreshwater

AquiferRiver BasinLake Basin

LearningFisheriesPersistent toxic substancesSIDS : Small Island Dev

StatesTargeted ResearchPollution

Persistent toxic substancesPlasticsNutrient pollution from all sectors except wastewaterNutrient pollution from Wastewater

Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and Strategic Action Plan preparationStrategic Action Plan ImplementationAreas Beyond National JurisdictionLarge Marine EcosystemsPrivate SectorAquacultureMarine Protected AreaBiomes

MangroveCoral ReefsSeagrassesPolar EcosystemsConstructed Wetlands

Chemicals and Waste

MercuryArtisanal and Scale Gold

MiningCoal Fired Power PlantsCoal Fired Industrial BoilersCementNon-Ferrous Metals

ProductionOzone

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Persistent Organic PollutantsUnintentional Persistent Organic PollutantsSound Management of chemicals and WasteWaste Management

Hazardous Waste Management

Industrial Wastee-Waste

EmissionsDisposalNew Persistent Organic PollutantsPolychlorinated BiphenylsPlasticsEco-EfficiencyPesticidesDDT - Vector ManagementDDT - OtherIndustrial EmissionsOpen BurningBest Available Technology / Best Environmental PracticesGreen Chemistry

Climate ChangeClimate Change

AdaptationClimate FinanceLeast Developed CountriesSmall Island Developing

StatesDisaster Risk Management

Sea-level riseClimate ResilienceClimate informationEcosystem-based

AdaptationAdaptation Tech Transfer

National Adaptation Programme of ActionNational Adaptation PlanMainstreaming AdaptationPrivate SectorInnovationComplementarityCommunity-based

AdaptationLivelihoods

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Climate Change Mitigation

Agriculture, Forestry, and other Land UseEnergy EfficiencySustainable Urban Systems and TransportTechnology TransferRenewable EnergyFinancingEnabling Activities

Technology TransferPoznan Strategic

Programme on Technology Transfer

Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN)

Endogenous technologyTechnology Needs

AssessmentAdaptation Tech Transfer

United Nations Framework on Climate Change

Nationally Determined ContributionParis AgreementSustainable Development Goals

Climate Finance (Rio Markers)Climate Change Mitigation 1Climate Change Mitigation 2Climate Change Adaptation 1Climate Change Adaptation 2Climate Change Mitigation 0Climate Change Adaptation 0

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Annex 13: Partners Capacity Assessment Tool and HACT

Included as separate documents.

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Annex 14: UNDP Project Quality Assurance Report

Completed in UNDP online corporate planning system.

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