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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
February 22rd, 2016 - February 26th, 2016
A weekly update on the GEF Program Management
Calendar
- Council Meeting Schedules - GEFOP Meeting Schedules
Projects
- GEF Project Concepts, Proposals, Draft Documents Received - Project Clearances, Approvals, Endorsements and Other Comments
Contacts
- GEF Secretariat Staff - GEF Agencies - GEF Trustee Convention Secretariats
Communications
- Introducing new staff to the GEFSEC - Announcements
SCHEDULE OF FORTHCOMING GEF COUNCIL MEETINGS
Meetings/Consultations Fall 2015 Spring 2016 GEF Council Consultations with Civil Society Oct 19 June 6
GEF Council Meeting Oct 20 -21 June 7 -9
LDCF/SCCF Council Meeting Oct 21 June 9
GEF CSO Forum
STAP Panel Meetings Oct 19 June 6
GEF Work Program Calendar for 2016
Events April IWP
Receipt deadline for PIF 11-Jan
GEF GPU Technical clearance deadline 8-Feb
GEF PPO clearance deadline 15-Feb
CEO WP Approval 26-Feb
Draft Cover Note to Agencies, ConvSec, STAP 7-Mar
Inter-Agency Meeting with ConvSec, STAP 10-Mar
Posting of Work Program 14-Mar
Council Meeting
Council Approval 12-Apr
June CWP
29-Feb
28-Mar
4-Apr
15-Apr
25-Apr
28-Apr
2-May
7-9 Jun
9-Jun
TBD GEF Introduction Seminar
World Bank J Building - J B1-080, Washington, DC
February 16-19 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (10)
Gaborone, Botswana - Lansmore Masa Square Hotel
March 1-4 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Antigua and Barbuda, Bahama, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago (17)
Trinidad and Tobago - Venue TBD
March 15-18Expanded Constituency Workshop - Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine (12)
Becici, Montenegro - Hotel Splendid Conference Center
March 29 - April 1 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam + Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka + China (15) Thailand – Venue TBD
April 18-22 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay + Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador (9) Argentina - Venue TBD
May 3-6 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and The Gambia (9)
May 10-13 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo (8)
April 22-29Expanded Constituency Workshop - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela (8) Guatemala - Venue TBD
June 21-24 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan + Armenia, Belarus, and Russian Federation (10) Kazakhstan - Venue TBD
July 19-22 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda (14)
September 8-11 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo,
Fiscal Year ‘16 Country Support Program Activities
Expanded Constituency Workshops
Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon 2015, and Sao Tome and Principe (8))
October 6-9 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu (17) Fiji - Venue TBD
November 1-4 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, and Yemen + Algeria, Egypt , Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia + Iran, Turkey (14)
Requests Received from GEF Agencies
February 22 - 26, 2016
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
AfDB
9161 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Nigeria LCB-NREE: Component Nigeria:
Comprehensive management of
natural resource in Borno State
23-Feb-16Pascal MartinezMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
FAO
5432 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Angola Integrating Climate Resilience into
Agricultural and Agropastoral
Production Systems through Soil
Fertility Management in Key
Productive and Vulnerable Areas
Using the Farmers Field School
Approach
19-Feb-16Rawleston MooreClimate
Change
5406 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Gambia Community-Based Sustainable
Dryland Forest Management
22-Feb-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Land
Degradation
5657 FP CEO endorsement of FSP FAO Turkey Conservation and Sustainable
Management of Turkey's Steppe
Ecosystems
24-Feb-16Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
9396 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Azerbaijan Forest Resources Assessment and
Monitoring to Strengthen Forest
Policy and Knowledge Framework
in Azerbaijan
25-Feb-16Ulrich ApelMulti Focal
Area
9397 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Turkey Biodiversity Conservation and
Sustainable Forest Management in
Kaz Daglari
25-Feb-16Ulrich ApelMulti Focal
Area
Funbio
9271 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
Funbio Brazil National Strategy for Conservation
of Threatened Species
(PROSPECIES)
11-Jan-16Mark ZimskyBiodiversity
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
IADB
9354 MSP CEO MSP Approval IADB Colombia Public Lighting Energy Efficiency
Program: Public lighting
replacement of low-efficiency
VSAP bulbs with high-efficiency
LEDs in Colombia
26-Feb-16Milena VasquezClimate
Change
IFAD
5764 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IFAD Indonesia Sustainable Management of
Peatland Ecosystems in Indonesia
(SMPEI)
19-Feb-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
IUCN
9352 MSP CEO MSP Approval IUCN Nepal Strengthening Capacities for
Implementation of the Nagoya
Protocol in Nepal
19-Feb-16Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNDP
5686 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Dominica Low Carbon Development Path
Promoting Energy Efficient
Lighting and Solar Photovoltaic
Technologies
22-Feb-164969 Ming YangClimate
Change
9088 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Costa Rica Sixth Operational Phase of the
GEF Small Grants Programme in
Costa Rica
22-Feb-165625 Maria Del Pilar
Barrera Rey
Multi Focal
Area
9252 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP India Solar Photovoltaic-Based
Electricity Generation (SPEG) in
Indian Railways
22-Feb-165572 David Elrie RodgersClimate
Change
5886 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNDP Global Transboundary Cooperation for
Snow Leopard and Ecosystem
Conservation
22-Feb-165413 Yoko WatanabeBiodiversity
9395 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Azerbaijan Baku Green Port and Logistics
Initiative
24-Feb-164948 Ming YangClimate
Change
9398 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Uruguay Uruguay’s Second Biennial
Update Report (BUR2)
26-Feb-165836 Milena VasquezClimate
Change
UNEP
5691 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Tanzania Sustainable Land Management of
Lake Nyasa Catchment in Tanzania
24-Feb-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Land
Degradation
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNIDO
6993 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNIDO Global Integrated Solutions for Energy,
Water, Food, and Ecosystem
Security under Rapid Global
Change
25-Feb-16Astrid HillersMulti Focal
Area
February 22 - 26, 2016
Responses to Proponents
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
ADB
9355 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
ADB Tonga Outer Island Renewable
Energy Project
24-Feb-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance
(12/14/2015)
Climate
Change
Ming Yang
BOAD
9393 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
BOAD Togo Project of hybridization of
diesel engines of
multifunctional platforms
with solar systems
25-Feb-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Climate
Change
Ming Yang
EBRD
9047 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
EBRD Regional (Albania,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Bosnia-
Herzegovina,
Belarus, Egypt,
Georgia, Jordan,
Morocco,
Moldova,
Montenegro,
Macedonia,
Tunisia, Turkey,
Ukraine, Serbia)
Green Logistics Program
(non-grant)
22-Feb-16 FSP endorsed by CEOClimate
Change
Xiaomei Tan
FAO
9090 FP CEO PPG approval FAO Afghanistan Community-based Forest
Management for
Biodiversity Conservation
and Climate Change
Mitigation
22-Feb-16 PPG recommended for
CEO approval (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
IFAD
9133 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IFAD Swaziland Food-IAP: Climate-Smart
Agriculture for Climate-
Resilient Livelihoods
(CSARL)
22-Feb-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Knut Sundstrom
IUCN
9391 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
IUCN Global The Global Environmental
Commons – Solutions for
a Crowded Plane
22-Feb-16 MSP approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Astrid Hillers
9352 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
IUCN Nepal Strengthening Capacities
for Implementation of the
Nagoya Protocol in Nepal
25-Feb-16 MSP sent to Agency
for revision (Review
Sheet Completed)
Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier
UNDP
5533 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP China Developing and
Implementing the National
Framework on Access to
and Benefit Sharing of
Genetic Resources and
Associated Traditional
Knowledge
16-Feb-16 FSP endorsed by CEO5310 Biodiversity Yoko Watanabe
9377 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Cuba Review and update of the
national implementation
plan for the Stockholm
Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs)
in Cuba
16-Feb-16 EA approved by CEO5830 POPs Evelyn Swain
9381 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Ghana Development of Minamata
Convention Initial
Assessment (MIA) for
Ghana
17-Feb-16 EA approved by CEO5806 Chemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9088 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Costa Rica Sixth Operational Phase of
the GEF Small Grants
Programme in Costa Rica
18-Feb-16 FSP pending CEO
endorsement (project
doc sent to Agency for
correction)
5625 Multi Focal
Area
Maria Del Pilar
Barrera Rey
9394 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Macedonia Second Biennial Update
Report on Climate Change
22-Feb-16 EA recommended for
CEO approval (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
Climate
Change
Rawleston Moore
9394 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Macedonia Second Biennial Update
Report on Climate Change
23-Feb-16 EA approved by CEOClimate
Change
Rawleston Moore
9359 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Regional
(Moldova, Ukraine)
Enabling Transboundary
Cooperation and
Integrated Water
Resources Management in
the Dniester River Basin
23-Feb-16 PIF approved by CEO5269 International
Waters
Steffen Hansen
9359 MSP CEO PPG approval UNDP Regional
(Moldova, Ukraine)
Enabling Transboundary
Cooperation and
Integrated Water
Resources Management in
the Dniester River Basin
23-Feb-16 PPG approved by CEO5269 International
Waters
Steffen Hansen
5686 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNDP Dominica Low Carbon Development
Path Promoting Energy
Efficient Lighting and
Solar Photovoltaic
Technologies
25-Feb-16 MSP sent to Agency
for revision
4969 Climate
Change
Ming Yang
5458 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Peru Conservation,
Management and
Restoration of Fragile
Lomas Ecosystems
25-Feb-16 PIF approved by CEO Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
5738 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Mexico Strengthening of National
Capacities for the
Implementation of the
Nagoya Protocolon Access
to Genetic Resources and
the Fair and Equitable
Sharing of Benefits
Arisingfrom their
Utilization to the
Convention on Biological
Diversity
25-Feb-16 FSP recommended for
endorsement (Cover
Memo and Review
Sheet Completed)
5375 Biodiversity Jaime Cavelier
UNEP
5744 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNEP Bahamas Strengthening Access and
Benefit Sharing (ABS)
23-Feb-16 MSP approved by CEOBiodiversity Jaime Cavelier
UNIDO
9358 EA CEO EA Approval UNIDO Nigeria National Action Plan on
Mercury in the Nigerian
Artisanal and Small-Scale
Gold Mining sector
18-Feb-16 EA approved by CEOChemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
9263 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNIDO Cote d'Ivoire Multi-Sector Waste
Management Development
to Reduce the Emission of
Unintentional Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs)
and Polychlorinated
Biphenyl Ethers
(PBDEs)
23-Feb-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Chemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
9184 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNIDO Kazakhstan Introduction of ODS
Alternatives in Agriculture
and in Post-harvest Sector
25-Feb-16 MSP sent to Agency
for revision (Rsheet
sent)
Chemicals and
Waste
Lulwa Ali
World Bank
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9099 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
World
Bank
Regional (Kyrgyz
Republic,
Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan)
Central Asia Water
Resources Management
(CA-WaRM) Phase I
Project
22-Feb-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
152346 International
Waters
Steffen Hansen
DirectorGustavo Fonseca
ManagerClaude Gascon
Program StrategyMohamed Bakarr
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Chizuru Aoki
Latin America RegionMark Zimsky
Africa RegionIbrahima Sow
Asia RegionYoko Watanabe
Small Islands Developing States Region
Rawleston Mooore
Europe and Central AsiaUlrich Apel
GlobalAstrid Hillers
BiodiversityMark Zimsky
Climate Change Mitigation
David Rodgers
Climate Change Adaptation
Rawleston Moore
Sustainable Forest Management
Ian Gray
Land DegradationUlrich Apel
Chemicals & WasteAnil Sookdeo
International Waters Christian Severin
Policy, Partnerships and Operations
DirectorElwyn Grainger-Jones
ManagerHerbert Acquay
Patnerships and Resource Mobilization
Pilar Barrera Rey Country Relations/Secretary to the Council
William Ehlers
Policy and StrategyAndrew Velthaus
OperationsHenry Salazar
Results-Based ManagementChristine Roehrer
Knowledge ManagementYasemin Biro
Information TechnologyDeepak Kataria
Gender and Social IssuesYoko Watanabe / Gabriella
Richardson Temm
GEF CEO and ChairpersonNaoko Ishii
Advisor to the CEO/Conflict Resolution
Commissioner Peter Lallas
Advisor to the CEO Claus Astrup
Head of CommunicationsRobert Bisset
Front Office
GEF Programs Unit
Naoko Ishii Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson
Peter Lallas Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 9732
Claus Pram Astrup Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer [email protected] + 1 202 478 7270
Amornrat Ning Poopech Resource Management Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 4366
Julienne Kouame Program Analyst [email protected] +1 202 473 8736
Esther Pormes Senior Executive Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 8736
Robert Bisset Head of Communications [email protected] +1 202 458 5191
Christian Hofer Senior Communications Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 0936
Patrizia Cocca Communications Officer and KM Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 0234
Mandakini Sud Communications Consultant [email protected]
Camila Perez Gabilondo ET Temporary - Communications [email protected] +1 202 458 0895
Mailing Address: GEF Secretariat
1818 H Street, NW, MSN N8-800 Washington, D.C. 20433
+1 202 473 0508; Fax: +1 202 522 3240/3245
Communications
FRONT OFFICE
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
Abeer Mohammed Abdul Kal Al Dagestani Country Relations Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 2994
Akila Nazneen Financial Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 1760
Amanda Adams Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 9878
Christina Bogyo Senior Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 6974
Christine Roehrer Coordinator –Lead Results Based Management [email protected] +1 202 473-0337
Deepak Kataria Coordinator - Information Technology [email protected] +1 202 473 3881
Gabriella Richardson-Temm Extended Tern Consultant - Gender and Social Issues [email protected]
Henry Salazar Coordinator - Operations [email protected] +1 202 473 8226
Herbert Acquay Manager - Policy, Partnerships and Operations [email protected] +1 202 473 1043
Juman Byun Business Solutions Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 7987
Lesly Rigaud Client Technologies Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 3881
Minna Maria Kononen Country Relations Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 9402
Naiying Peng Operations Analyst [email protected] +1 202 458 9580
Nicolas Alejandro Marquez Pizzanelli Extended Term Consultant Country Relations [email protected] +1 202 473 9522
Olivier Besson Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473-8935
Omid Parhizkar Operations Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 5506
Oreste Pedro Maia Andrade Junior Consultant o [email protected]+1 202 478 9387
Elwyn Grainger-Jones Director
[email protected] + 1 202 473 8782
Pilar Barrera Coordinator - Partnerships and Resource Mobilization [email protected] +1 202 458 9891
Quynh Xuan Thi Phan Financial Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 4760
Raul Rodriguez Temporary [email protected]
Ramon Prudencio C de Mesa Operations Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 9285
Regine Mpoyi Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 2754
Robert Schreiber Program Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 0288
Seo-Jeong Yoon Policy Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 7832
Sonja Sabita Teelucksingh Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 4004
Susan Waithaka Country Relations Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 5457
Thomas Biegel Consultant [email protected] +1 202 473 9252
William Ehlers Coordinator – Country Relations/ Secretartary to the Concil [email protected] +1 202 458 9436
Yasemin Biro Coordinator - Knowledge Management [email protected] +1 202 473 1550
Yoko Watanabe Coordinator – Gender and Social Issues [email protected] +1 202 473 9847
PROGRAMS
Anil Bruce Sookdeo Chemicals and Waste Focal Area Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 0683
Astrid Hillers Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 8173
Camila Florez Bossio
Extended Term Consultant [email protected] +1 202 473-4346
Chizuru Aoki Lead Environmental Specialist - Multilateral Environmental Agreements [email protected] +1 202 473 6068
Christian Severin International Waters Focal Area Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 2001
Claude Gascon L ead Prog ra m Manager [email protected] +1 202 458 9755
David Rodgers Climate Change Mitigation Focal Area Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 458 9869
Dustin SchinnOperations [email protected] +1 202 458 1234
Evelyn Swain Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 1151
Fareeha Iqbal Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 9593
Flavius Mihaies Consultant, Climate and Chemicals [email protected] +1 202 560 4934
Glynis Barber Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 9647
Ibrahima Sow Africa Regional Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 473 2716
Jaime Cavelier Senior Biodiversity Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 4886
Jean-Marc Sinnassamy Senior Environmental Specialist jsinnassamy @thegef.org +1 202 478 8060
Kathryn Cherrie
Senior Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 458 1460
Kettly Denis Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 0825
Knut Roland Sundstrom Climate Change Specialist ksundstro m@ thegef.org +1 202 473 7510
Gustavo Fonseca Director
[email protected] + 1 202 458 4818
Leah Karrer Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 8364
Lulwa Ali Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 5618
Mark Zimsky Latin America Regional Coordinator/ Biodiversity Focal Area Coordinator mzi msk [email protected] +1 202 473 7855
Masako Ogawa Senior Environment Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458 2789
Milena Gonzalez Vasquez
Junior Professional Associate [email protected] +1 202 458 1284
Ming Yang Senior Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 5707
Mohamed Imam Bakarr Lead Environmental Specialist - Program Strategy [email protected] +1 202 458 8890
Monica Fernandes Senior Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 9647
Nhu Quynh Phan Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 4236
Nicole Glineur Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 2512
Pascal Martinez Senior Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 458-9755
Rawleston Moore SIDS Regional Coordinator/ Climate Change Adaptation Focal Area Coordinator [email protected] + 1 202 473 8231
Saliha Dobardzic Senior Climate Change Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 5943
Sarah Wyatt Operations Analyst [email protected] +1 202 473 0534
Shakil Kayani Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 458 4680
Steffen Hansen Junior Professional Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 8796
Tigest Tirfe Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 458 9297
Ulrich Apel Europe and Central Asia Regional Coordinator/ Land Degradation Focal Area Coordinator uapel@ thegef.org +1 202 473 2573
Xiaomei Tan Climate C h a n g e Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 7448
Yoko Watanabe Asia Regional Coordinator [email protected] +1 202 473 9847
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GEF Secretariat
GEF Secretariat1
Program Coordination Registry1818 H Street, NWWashington, D.C. 20433, [email protected]
GEF Trustee
International Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment (The World B ank) Registry1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433, USA [email protected]
Mr. Praveen DesabatlaTeam Leader, DFPTF
+1 202 458 2099
Convention Secretariats
Attn: Mr. Braulio F. de Souza DiasExecutive SecretaryGEF Contact Person: Mr. Yibin XiangProgram OfficerY [email protected]+1 514 288 2220
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[email protected]+45228 815 1999
Secretariat o the Basel, otterdam and Stockholm ConventionsUNEP International Environment House 111-13 Chemin des Anemones1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Attn: Dr. Rolph PayetExecutive Secretary
Henry Salazar Coordinator - hsalazar
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Attn: Ms. Monique Barbut Executive Secretary
GEF Contact Person: Ms. Anja Thust Program Officer, FCMI [email protected]+49 228 815 2828
Interim Secretariat of the Minamata ConventionInternational Environment House 1 13, chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Chatelaine, Geneva Switzerland
Mr. Jacob Duer Coordinator, Minamata Convention [email protected]+41 22 917 82 17
STAP Panel and Secretariat
Panel Secretariat
Rosina BierbaumChairperson [email protected]+1 734 763 8675
Thomas HammondSTAP Secretary [email protected]+1 202 974 1318
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Guadalupe DuronProgramme Officer [email protected]+1 202 974 1313
Brian ChildPanel Member on Biodiversity [email protected]+352 392 0494
Robin BurgessProgramme Assistant [email protected]+1 202 974 1311
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Christine Wellington-MooreSenior Programme Officer [email protected]+1 202 974 1303
Annette CowiePanel Member on Land Degradation [email protected]+61 2 677 28080
Lev NeretinSenior Programme Officer [email protected]
+1 202 621 5020
Jakob GranitPanel Member on International Waters [email protected]+46 73 707 8536
Virginia GorsevskiConsultant [email protected]+1 202 621 5039
Anand PatwardhanPanel Member on Adaptation [email protected]+1 301 405 3413
Michael StockingAdvisor to the STAP Chair [email protected]+44 1603 592 339
Thomas E. LovejoyAdvisor to the STAP Chair [email protected]
GEF Agency Secretariats
African Development Bank (AfDB) RegistryHeadquarters01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01Côte d'[email protected]
Mr. Mahamat Assouyouti GEF [email protected]
Copy to:Mr. Kurt LonswayDivision Manager, Environment and [email protected]
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Registry6 ADB AvenueMandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila, [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Nessim AhmadDirector, Environment and Social Safeguards and GEF Official Focal Point [email protected]
Copy to:Mr. Bruce DunnADB/GEF Coordinator [email protected]+632 683 1922/ +632 683 1923
European Bank for Reconstruction and Attn: Ms. Marta SimonettiDevelopment (EBRD) Registry Senior ManagerOne Exchange Square (Multilateral Funds – Climate and Environment)London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom EBRD GEF Executive [email protected] Donor Co-Financing – VP Policy
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Attn: Mr. Gustavo MerinoDirector, Investment Centre [email protected]@fao.org+3906 570 54477
Copy to:
Mr. Jeffrey GriffinSenior Coordinator - GEFInvestment Center [email protected]+3906 570 55680
GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Registry 1300 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20577, USA [email protected]
Mr. Michael Collins GEF Coordinator [email protected] + 1 202 623 2158
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) Registry 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433, USA [email protected]
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Copy to: Ms. Margarita Astrálaga
Director, Environment and Climate Division [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2151
Ms. Sheila Mwanundu GEF Coordinator [email protected]: +39 06 5459 2031
Ms. Aisha Nazario [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2459
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Registry United Nations Avenue Gigiri, PO Box 30552 00100 Nairoibi, Ken ya [email protected]
Local Office:
900 17th Street, NW Suite 506, Washington, D.C. 20006
Ms. Brennan VanDyke GEF Executive Coordinator Deputy Director, Office for Operations [email protected] Tel: (917) 367-2114
Copy to: Ms. Kelly West Senior GEF Portfolio Manager Office for Operations [email protected]
GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Registry 304 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017, USA [email protected]
Attn: Ms. Adriana Dinu GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected] +1 212 906 5143
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) 380 Enrique Canaval Moreyra Ave., 13th Floor, San Isidro, Lima Lima 27, Peru [email protected]
Conservation International (CI) 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington VA, 22202 USA [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Miguel MoralesVice President/ Managing DirectorCI-GEF Project [email protected]
Copy to:[email protected]
GEF Project Agency Secretariats
United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization (UNIDO) Registry Vienna International Centre PO Box 300 A-1400 Vienna, Austria [email protected]
Mr. Juergen HieroldGEF Coordinator [email protected]+43 1 26026 4565
Attn: René Gómez García PalaoSenior [email protected]+511-710-8530
Copy to: Ms. Ligia Castro de Doens, DirectorEnvironment [email protected]
Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) Ministry of Environmental Protection ECO Building No.5 Houyingfang Hutong Xicheng District, Beijing 100035, China [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Xiao Xuezhi Deputy Director General [email protected] + 86-10-82268807
Copy to: Ms. Chen Haijun Director, [email protected] + 86-10-82268846
Ms. Yan Wei Senior Project Manager [email protected] + 86-10-82268848
GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d
Development Bank of Southern Africa(DBSA) 1258 Lever Road, Headway Hill Midrand, 1685 South Africa [email protected]
Attn:Ms. Nomsa T. Zondi GEF Coordinator [email protected] +27 11 313 3491
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Rue Mauverney, 28 CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland [email protected]
Attn: Cyrie Sendashonga Global Director, Policy and Programme [email protected] +41 22 999 03 17
Copy to: Mr. Jean-Yves Pirot, Head, GEF Coordination Unit [email protected] +41 22 999 02 56
Mr. Sébastien Delahaye Portfolio Manager GEF Coordination Unit [email protected] +41 22 999 02 51
GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF-US)1250 24th St, NW Washington, DC 20037-1193 [email protected]
Attn: Dr. David S. McCauley Senior Vice President Policy and Government Affairs [email protected] +1-202-495-4159
Copy to:Mr. Hervé Lefeuvre Senior Director, GEF Relations and GEF Coordinator [email protected] +1-202-459-8533
Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade (FUNBIO) Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 286 5º andarBotafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ [email protected]
Attn: Fabio Heuseler Ferreira leite GEF Coordinator [email protected] + 55 21 2123-5326
Copy to: [email protected]
DISTRIBUTION LIST WHEN SUBMITTING PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR GEF CEO APPROVAL/ENDORSEMENT
As a rule, all GEF Agencies are expected to circulate their project proposals to the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies, and STAP and to the relevant Convention Secretariat. Standard Distribution List for all projects (PIF, PPG, FSP, MSP, and EA): [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@conservation.org [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
To be included in the Standard Distribution List as appropriate: For Biodiversity Projects: For Land Degradation Projects: For POPs Projects: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] For Climate Change Projects: For Mercury Projects [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]