The Global Environment Facility
Regional Professional Staff Meeting – February 10, 2016 – Cairo
Jeffrey Griffin
Senior Coordinator – FAO-GEF Unit
TCID – Rome
What is the GEF? An international global financing mechanism for key MEA
Since Rio Summit in 1992 - $14.5 billion in grants, leveraged $75.4 billion co-financing; 4,000 projects in over 165 countries.
A partnership of 183 countries, international institutions, and private sector.
GEF Trust Fund - Replenishments
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2.2 2.75 2.95 3.14
4.35 $ B
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GEF Replenishment Year
GEF Funds (1995-2018)
GEF 6= $4.43b
What does it fund?
7 priority areas for funding: Biodiversity
Climate change mitigation
Climate change adaptation
Land degradation
International waters
Chemicals and waste
Sustainable forest management
GEF Allocations by Major Area
USD Millions
How Does the GEF “Think?”
Baseline Project/Programme
And then…
There is GEF Incremental Funding with the baseline serving as the cofinacning
Growth & Changing Nature of FAO-GEF Portfolio
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Mill
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Value of PIFs approved by year, in USD
Funds approved each year Cumulative value of portfolio
FAO-GEF Projects by Region Global/ Regional
16%
RAF 26%
RAP 30%
REU 5%
RLC 21%
RNE 2%
Past, Present and Future for RNE?
$10,498,402 $3,740,800
NENA Portfolio July 2014 Total: USD 14,239,202 - # projects: 6
PPG Under Implementation $22,950,000
$11,001,473
$7,147,635
$2,498,402
$6,168,300
NENA Portfolio February 2016 Total: USD 49,765,810 - # projects: 11
Hard Pipeline PIFs cleared PPG CEO Endorsed Under Implementation
$50,000,000 $43,597,510
NENA Portfolio July 2018 Potential total: USD 93,597,510 – Potential # projects: 16
Hard Pipeline Under Implementation
FAO Country Offices FAO Regional & Sub-regional
Offices
SROs
FAO Regional
Offices
SROs
FAO - Rome Global Environment Facility
GEF
FAO-GEF
Unit
GEF
FAO-GEF Focal Points
GEF Officer/consultant
Country Offices w/GEF program manager
Technical
Units – Rome
based
Technical
Units --Rome
based
Other 17 GEF
Agencies (UNDP,
WB, UNDIO, etc.)
Emerging FAO Structure on GEF
FAO-GEF & RNE Dedicated FAO-GEF unit within TCI
10 + Natural Resources Officers and support staff
Regionally managed portfolio (1 person providing support to RNE)
1 M&E person & 1 finance person who also supports RNE projects.
1 full time consultant in RNE on GEF
Soon to come:
GEF Appendix to the FAO Project Cycle Guidelines
GEF Fee Budget Holder Authority to be extended to BHs, LTOs.