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Comparative Advantages
and GEF Experience & Expertise of
UNDP
How to access GEF funds through
UNDP
(project cycle)GEF Caribbean Expanded Constituency Workshop
Belize City, Wednesday 02 March 2011
The UNDP as a GEF Agency
GEF Agencies play key roles in managing GEF projects on the ground:
They assist eligible governments and NGOs in the development, implementation, and management of GEF projects
They are requested to focus their involvement in GEF project activities within their respective comparative advantages
For integrated projects, agencies may choose to partner and define clear complementary roles, based on comparative advantages
¿Comparative Advantage?
UNDP: the UN’s Global Development Network
UNDP’s mandate
is to help countries connect to
knowledge, experience and resources
to address global, regional and national
development challenges
UNDP’s Strategic Plan
Poverty Reduction & Achievement of MDGs
Crisis Prevention & Recovery
Environment & Sustainable Development
Democratic Governance
The Energy & Environment Group (EEG) of UNDP
based in UNDP’s Bureau of Development Policy
responsible for providing leadership & technical support to the delivery of the Environment & Sustainable Development pillar of UNDP’s Strategic Plan
main focus = help countries develop the capacity to fully incorporate environmental sustainability into development, at local, national, regional and global levels
The Energy & Environment Group (EEG) of UNDP
principal areas of work:
environmental mainstreaming
environmental finance
adaptation to climate change
local governance of resources, incl.
energy
UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency
UNDP has a global network of country offices (COs)
UNDP CO’s receive support from the EEG/GEF’s Regional Coordination Unit in Panama and from the UNDP GEF Unit HQ in New York
UNDP in the Caribbean: Country Offices
UNDP in the Caribbean: Country Offices GEF contacts
Country Office UNDP contact E_mailBarbadosGrenada, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica
(PO) Reynold Murray [email protected]
(PA) Anne Marie [email protected]
Belize (PO) Diane Wade [email protected]
(PA) Ismirla Andrade [email protected]
Cuba (PO) Gricel Acosta [email protected]
(PA) Patricia Fernandez [email protected]
Dominican Republic(PO) Maria Eugenia Morales [email protected]
(PA) Jacqueline Sanchez [email protected]
Guyana (PO) Patsy Ross [email protected]
(PA) Nadine Livan [email protected]
Haiti (PO) Arnad Dupuy [email protected] (PA) Anne Marie Jamine Charles Merilian [email protected]
Jamaica (Bahamas) (PO) Margaret Jones Williams [email protected]
(PA) Nicole Brown [email protected]
Suriname (PO) Thomas Gittens [email protected]
(PA) Bryan Drakenstein [email protected]
Trinidad & Tobago (PO) Rosemary Lall [email protected]
PO = Programme Officer – PA = Programme Associate
The UNDP EEG LAC & the system of Principal and Regional Technical Advisors
The EEG is subdivided in substantial Technical Areas (international waters, ecosystems & biodiversity, land degradation, climate change, etc.) led by a Principal Technical Advisor (PTA, at HQ – New York)
The PTA leads a team of Regional Technical Advisors (RTAs, in RCU Panama)
The RTAs belong to a Regional Team, led by a Regional Team Leader. The Regional Team provides support to the CO’s and promotes coordination among technical areas in the region
UNDP in the Caribbean: Regional Coordination Unit Contacts
http://www.undp.org/gef/contacts/lac.html
UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency
UNDP has vast experience in integrated policy development, human resources development, institutional strengthening, and non-governmental and community participation
UNDP assists countries in promoting, designing and implementing activities consistent with both the GEF mandate and national sustainable development plans
UNDP has extensive inter-country programming experience
UNDP’s experience & expertise – delivery under GEF4
UNDP’s experience & expertise – GEF portfolio for LAC currently under implementation
UNDP’s experience & expertise – GEF portfolio for Caribbean, important topics
• Sustainable Natural Resources Management
• Biodiversity conservation, management, mainstreaming
• Protected Area Systems sustainability, finance (incl. coastal/marine areas)
• Water governance, IWRM, ICM, fisheries
• Sustainable Land Management: capacity building, demonstration
• Strengthening adaptive capacities
• Enabling activities: NBSAPs, NCs, reports, …
How to access GEF funds through the UNDP
Project cycle – full-sized project
How to access GEF funds through the UNDP
3 Phases project support
3 tiers of Quality control
Project Identification
Project Development
Project Oversight
UNDP CountryOffice
programming dialogue with country partners,
UNDAF/CCA and CPD
project development support, inter-ministerial
consultation, identification and engagement with
partners
annual work plan; financial procedures; financial oversight and audit; project
governance; project progress; general support and troubleshooting; evaluation,
financial closure and final reporting
UNDP/GEFRegion-based
Technical Advisor
upstream policy dialogue - sectoral, finance and planning ministries;
identify potential SOFs; technical & eligibility
screening
source technical expertise; assure overall technical
quality
technical backstopping to CO; technical quality assurance; sourcing and
controlling quality of technical expertise; extract and disseminate knowledge and
lessons
UNDP/GEFPrincipal TechnicalAdvisor
determine strategic priorities for support based on global good technical
practice
overall quality control → clearances with sources of
funds
ensure best available global knowledge and expertise; technical control of quality and performance; technical backstopping; knowledge synthesis and dissemination
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Under guidance from UNDP-GEF Regional Coordination Unit, UNDP Country Office evaluates:
GEF eligibility
Relevance to CCA/UNDAF
Execution Arrangements
Funding option
Need for preparatory assistance via Project Preparation Grant
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Provides the templates and guidelines to Proponent
Assists Proponent with finalization of the concept, ensuring comments from UNDP-GEF Regional Unit, and Headquarters Focal Area Team are satisfactorily addressed*
Submits Concept to GEF Regional Unit for clearance and transmittal to Headquarters Focal Area Team;
Ensure that the GEF OFP Endorsement letter is available
* Iterative Review until proposal is cleared
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Provide the template and guidelines to Proponent
Assists Proponent with formulation of the project document, ensuring comments from UNDP-GEF Regional Unit, Headquarters Focal Area Team and STAP reviewer are satisfactorily addressed*
Submits final proposal to GEF Regional Unit for clearance and transmittal to Headquarters Focal Area Team
Ensures that Cofinancing letters (commitment letters) are available
* Iterative Review until proposal is cleared
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Assists Proponent with finalization of the project document, ensuring :
Comments from Council are satisfactorily addressed Terms of reference of project staff are added to the document
Legal context and audit clause are mentioned in the document
ALL Commitment letters for cofinancing are available
A detailed Budget and Annual Workplan in Atlas format as per UNDP-GEF Advisory Note on Atlas
Submits final proposal to GEF Regional Unit for clearance and transmittal to Headquarters Focal Area Team
UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency
UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency
UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency
UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency
UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency
UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency