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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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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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

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Technical

Units --Rome

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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.