2007 Annual Report

French GlobalEnvironment Facility

Annual Report 2007

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Activities in 2007and project review 1994-2007

Capitalisation activities in 2007

Appendices

IntroductionGuiding principles and objectives of the FGEF

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FGEF management bodies - Steering Committee, Scientific and TechnicalCommittee and SecretariatThe project cycleMain acronyms

- Project assessments completed or ongoing in 2007- Capitalisation studies and seminars- Project assessment synopses and extracts

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Activity breakdown by focal area and geographical location, 1994-2007Activity breakdown by promoting institutionProject advancementBiodiversity- Project portfolio- Geographical distribution Climate Change- Project portfolio- Geographical distribution International Waters- Project portfolio- Geographical distributionLand degradation and persistent organic pollutants- Project portfolio- Geographical distributionOzone layer- Application of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol - Review of projects financed by the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol and managed by the FGEF Secretariat - Project portfolio

Contents

Communication activities in 2007

2007 was a flagship year for the French GlobalEnvironment Facility and its mission to promoteinnovation in addressing global environment

issues and sustainability in developing countries.

The FGEF finances projects or programmes thatintroduce innovative approaches and are reprodu-cible on larger scales.

• With 29 new projects in 2007, the FGEF is effecti-vely promoting a number of innovative topic areas :- the vulnerability of developing countries to climatechange and their capacities for rising to the challenge,through three different operations in the Indian Oceanand Africa; reducing greenhouse gas emissionsthrough energy efficiency in buildings, urban transportand renewable energy in the Maghreb, sub-SaharanAfrica and certain Eastern European countries; capaci-ty-building for public and private beneficiaries forClean Development Mechanism processing purposes inAfrica and CDM implementation in the forests of theCongo Basin;

- promotion of marine and inland protected areas andecotourism in southeast Asia, Latin America and Africain partnership with local stakeholders and governmentdepartments in France and other countries; forestconservation and eco-certified management.The FGEF has piloted discussions between internationaldonors agencies on financing conservation and biodi-versity through trust funds, from which the incomecovers all or some of the recurrent costs of protectedareas.

• A large number of projects cofinanced by the FGEFcut across different focal areas and are addressedthrough a multi-sector ecosystem approach. This is thecase with the project for creating a bio-energy plat-form in India, involving both public and private stake-holders (Teri Group and French operators) and alsowith an exceptional operation – amongst those finan-ced by bilateral agencies and the Multilateral Fund forthe implementation of the Montreal Protocol – in sixAfrican countries, where the twofold aim is to addressboth climate change and stratospheric ozone deple-tion. These innovative projects are introducing newtechnologies that draw on French knowledge andknow-how.

The FGEF contributes to French internationalstrategies and commitments for the global envi-ronment.

• The FGEF’s activities are helping to support Frenchadministrations in developing and implementing newconcepts in the global environment field and indefining French strategies and positions in relation

to international bodies such as the Global EnvironmentFacility, as shown by its active contributions to theParis Conference entitled Citoyens de la Terre(“Citizenship of the Earth”), organised by the FrenchPresident in February, to the meeting of the Parties tothe Montreal Protocol in September and to theConference of the Parties to the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change in Bali inDecember.

• The prizes awarded by the President of Costa Ricafor a biodiversity project on Coco Island, and by theCanadian Minister for the Environment and the Director-General of the UNEP on the occasion of the 20th anni-versary of the Montreal Protocol, as well as citations ofthe FGEF during the Grenelle Environment Forum, alsobear witness to the relevance of its activities.

The FGEF is founded on an original system ofgovernance

• The significant results achieved by the FGEF, des-pite its small size within the French cooperation andassistance system, have been made possible thanks toa system of governance based on three interactingunits :The Steering Committee fosters synergies betweendifferent departments and institutions in specifichighly motivating topic areas, and makes decisionswith reference to the objectives and means set out inthe strategic programming framework for 2007-2008.The Scientific and Technical Committee, made up ofkey dedicated high-level figures, guides and informspolicy orientations towards genuinely innovative topicareas and development of the necessary methodolo-gies. The Secretariat, which is based at the AFD, bringsan efficient and flexible approach to bear on projectimplementation, applying international standards andstrengthening capitalization activities.

With Sir Nicolas Stern’s report on the economics of cli-mate change and the costs of inaction, the publicationof the 4th IPCC report and the Grenelle EnvironmentForum, the year 2007 brought environmental topicsfirmly back on the agenda of debates on fundamentalissues and development models.

In this context and drawing on its 13 years of experience,the FGEF is helping to further knowledge and toimplement innovative programmes and projectsthat can be reproduced on a larger scale to addressglobal environment and sustainable developmentissues.

Marc-Antoine MARTINFGEF Secretary-General

Introduction

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Guiding principles and objectivesof the FGEF

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The FGEF’s guiding principles are summarised inthe following comments from the senior adviserswho carried out the strategic assessment of theFacility in 2006 :

« The FGEF has proved to be an original and effectiveinstrument for international cooperation for develop-ment and the environment. It enables France to giveemphasis to its own geographical priorities whileensuring consistency with the broader objectives assi-gned to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and,more generally, with undertakings made in respect ofinternational conventions on the environment.It also acts as a vehicle providing French stakeholdersfrom the science, research, business and NGO commu-nities with access to environmental forums and stu-dies contributing to international debates in this area.Finally, French policy gives a high priority toapproaches to global environment issues within thecontext of sustainable development. The FGEF uses adynamic approach to encourage linkages betweendevelopment and the environment. These linkageswill be losing none of their relevance in the years tocome ».

The overall objective of the FGEF is to encourage deve-loping or transitional countries to adopt and imple-ment sustainable development strategies, pro-grammes and projects that are compatible with thelong-term preservation of our planet's ecological equi-librium.

Its specific objective is to contribute to financing, inthe form of grants, of development projects thatproduce an enduring impact in addressing the followingglobal environment issues :

biodiversity,climate change,international waters,the ozone layer1,land degradation, including desertification and deforestation,persistent organic pollutants.

The FGEF acts :

• to strengthen the integration of global environmentissues in projects for sustainable and equitabledevelopment,

• to support operations in the field in beneficiary countries,

• through an approach that emphasises learning andsupport to innovative or exemplary projects,

• on request from, and under the responsibility of,any of its five institutional members,

• under minority financing arrangements,

• as an additional mechanism within the Frenchpublic aid system, under Official DevelopmentAssistance accounts.

The FGEF’s resources have been replenished for the 4thtime since 1994 with a budget allocation of 70.2 M€

for 2007-2010.FGEF subsidies amount to an average of 1.1 M€ perproject, representing 18% of total project costs onaverage.

(1) Projects relating to protection of the ozone layer are addressed under a specific procedure, which we will describe below.

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T he Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateralfund which was officially launched in 1994. For theperiod from 2006 to 2010, a total of US$ 3.1 billion

was awarded to replenish the fund, with France contribu-ting 154 M€. The GEF is a financial mechanism used toimplement international conventions (on biodiversity,climate change, desertification, and persistent organicpollutants).

The FGEF is a bilateral fund which was created in 1994and operates with an endowment from the State budget. Itis additional to the French contribution to the GEF.

The FGEF does not call upon implementation agencies forits operations. Each project financed by the FGEF is sub-mitted under the responsibility of one of the five institu-tions represented on its Steering Committee, as explainedbelow.

Like the GEF, the FGEF draws on the findings of a consul-tative scientific and technical committee.

In terms of activities, the two mechanisms differ in thefollowing respects :

• The FGEF devotes over 50 % of its resources to Sub-Saharan Africa, as opposed to 20 % for the GEF;• The FGEF gives priority to economic and social develop-ment projects in beneficiary countries that include globalenvironment components; the GEF may intervene inprojects that focus purely on biodiversity protection andconservation or on research, but its doctrine has beenevolving with a view to securing better integration ofglobal environment protection and sustainable develop-ment issues.• The FGEF’s share in the total cost of projects is limitedto 50%; there is no ceiling on GEF contributions.

Of the 172 projects identified as of 31 December 2007 bythe FGEF, 38 also draw on GEF resources.

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2007 was the first year of execution of the FGEF’s fourth4-year budget period (2007–2010) and of the strategicprogramming framework for 2007–2008, which setsout guidelines, objectives by geographic region andfocal area and the corresponding criteria, methods andmeans.

The main results for 2007 in terms of financial andbudgetary management are as follows :

• a continuing high level of commitment, with17.5 M€ allocated to 15 projects, mainly inAfrica and the Mediterranean,

• strengthened capitalisation and communicationactivities,

• an improvement in disbursements, which is fully inline with the objectives of the strategic programmingframework for 2007-2008.

Average annual commitments for the past threeyears (2005-2006-2007) amount to 18.21 M€, with16 projects launched.Average grants earmarked for identified projects inthe last three years (2005-2006-2007) amount to14.67 M€, with 15 projects identified.

By the end of 2007, the FGEF’s geographical objectivesas set out for 2007-2008 had been achieved. Activitiesin the area of climate change exceeded the objectives

set. In 2008, commitments will need to be balancedout towards biodiversity.

The accounting and financial audit conducted prior tothe replenishment of resources in 2006 had recom-mended the implementation of cash flow manage-ment planning in addition to accounting and budgetmonitoring. This was done at the end of 2006,enabling cash flow requirements to be monitoredmore closely in 2007.

The ratio of commitments over the bilateral share ofthe Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund increasedslightly from 2006 to 2007, with one project in Indiaand four in Africa. Among the latter, a flagship projectcovering six countries is simultaneously addressingozone depletion (Montreal Protocol) and climate change(Kyoto Protocol).

From 1994 to 2207, the FGEF began or completedprocessing of 172 projects altogether, amounting to atotal potential commitment of 190.15 M€. Of theseprojects, 161 have been appraised and launched,representing a total commitment of 177.37 M€. Theconsolidated report on activities from 1994 to the endof 2007 is given in the following sections.

Ecotourism in Madagascar – Whale-watching at Sainte-Marie © Megaptera

Activtiy breakdown by focal area and geographical location, 1994-2007

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The projects were distributed as follows :

FOCAL AREA %STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK

OBJECTIVES 2007-2008NUMBER OF PROJECTS

TOTAL 172 190 147 504 100%

AMOUNT FOR IDENTIFIEDPROJECTS IN €

Biodiversity 95 93 560 648 49% 35% - 50%

Climatechange

43 53 875 519 28% 27% - 37%

100%

International waters 23 26 389 786 14% 10% - 20%

POP - Land degradation

11 16 321 551 9% 8% - 15%

COUNTRY / REGION %STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK

OBJECTIVES 2007-2008NUMBER OF PROJECTS

TOTAL 172 190 147 504 100%


Sub-Saharan Africa + Mediterranean 110 121 520 708 64% 65%

Other regions 62 68 626 796 36% 35%

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ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN BY PROMOTING INSTITUTION

The 172 projects identified were distributed as follows :

NUMBER OF PROJECTS

PROMOTINGINSTITUTION %NUMBER OF PROJECTS

TOTAL 172 190 147 504 100%


MAEE 65 68 761 788 36%

AFD 53 57 473 368 30%

MEDAD 27 30 021 008 16%

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PROJECT ADVANCEMENT

The 172 projects identified have reached the following stages in processing (in number of projects) :

BIODIVERSITY

Project portfolioThe biodiversity portfolio contains 95 projects representing 93.56 M€, including 92.68 M€ for 94 projectsalready launched.The table below gives the list of projects after identification. Projects identified in 2007 are shown in bold.

NUMBER OF PROJECTSIDENTIFIED

FOCAL AREA

TOTAL 172 161 226

NUMBER OF PROJECTSCOMMITMENTS

NUMBER OF PROJECTS WITHSIGNED AGREEMENTS

Biodiversity 95 94 144

Climatechange 43 36 48

International waters 23 22 26

POP - Land degradation

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PROJECTS (€)

07/07/1995Déforestation tropicale par agriculture itinérante

sur brûlisCeinture tropicale 152 449 MAEE

07/07/1995Gestion & préservation de l'écosystème

du banc d'Arguin Mauritanie 671 843 MAEE

PROJECTSIDENTIFICATION

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26/03/2001Interactions entre élevage et faune sauvage

autour des aires protégées Tchad 770 000 MAEE07/03/2000

21/10/1994

21/10/1994

15/04/1996 Unité de conservation d'Arly Burkina Faso 378 378 AFD21/10/1994

15/04/1996Réhabilitation et valorisation du parc national

du Niokolo KobaSénégal 686 021 MAEE21/10/1994

22/11/1995 Maintien biodiversité après éradication tsé-tsé Zimbabwe 766 819 MAEE15/03/1995

20/09/1996Biodivalor - appui à la valorisation durable

des forêts tropicales Gabon 450 792 MAEE07/07/1995

20/12/1996 Terroirs villageois de Kouré et du Dallol Bosso

Protection de la biodiversité dans le bas delta mauritanien

Niger 304 898 AFD07/07/1995

01/04/1997 Mauritanie 609 796 AFD07/07/1995

Aménagement forestier durable 09/11/1999 Gabon 954 598 AFD-MAEE07/07/1995

Protection et gestion des espaces naturels terrestres et marins

20/09/1996 Mayotte 495 459 AFD15/04/1996

Gestion de l'information environnementale dans le bassin du Congo

06/05/1998 Afrique / Régional 762 245 MAEE01/04/1997

Projets pilotes de protection & valorisation de la biodiversité dans le cadre du PAE

29/06/2000 Madagascar 1 326 306 MAEE01/04/1997

Gestion des sites Ramsar, par des actions d'échanges techniques innovants

22/12/1997 Afrique / Régional 381 123 MEDAD30/09/1997

Conservation de la biodiversité de la Péninsule du Cap

06/05/1998 Afrique du Sud 914 694 AFD30/09/1997

Restauration des écosystèmes du Parc nationalElizabeth et du Lac George

18/02/1999 Ouganda 1 158 613 MESR30/09/1997

Gestion environnementale dans les zones de concentration de populations réfugiées

18/02/1999 Afrique / Régional 701 265 MAEE06/05/1998

Appui aux unités de conservation de la faune17/06/1999 Burkina Faso 762 245 AFD29/09/1998

Maintien de la biodiversité dans la vallée du Zambèze

17/06/1999 Zimbabwe 435 000 MAEE18/02/1999

Préservation et gestion des aires protégées de la Pendjari

12/09/2000 Bénin 1 100 000 AFD18/02/1999

Observatoire de la Guinée maritime26/03/2001 Guinée 1 300 000 AFD09/11/1999

Préservation des ressources halieutiquespar les communautés de pêcheurs

26/03/2001 Sénégal 900 000 AFD09/11/1999

Conservation de la biodiversité dans les parcs nationaux du Faro et de Bouba N'Djida

07/07/2004 Cameroun 1 500 000 AFD07/03/2000

Agrobiodiversité du sorgho06/07/2001 Burkina Faso / Mali 1 300 000 MESR27/11/2000

Gestion durable de la pêche crevettière06/07/2001 Madagascar 1 056 000 AFD27/11/2000

Antilopes sahélo-sahariennes29/03/2002 Afrique / Régional 1 385 000 MEDAD27/11/2000

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30/11/2001 Plateau Mahafaly Madagascar 900 000 AFD26/03/2001

29/03/2002Développement du tourisme de nature

en Afrique centrale (ECOFAC)Afrique / Régional 939 000 AFD26/03/2001

30/04/2003 Gestion des terroirs de chasse Centrafrique 1 000 000 MAEE26/03/2001

30/11/2001 Réhabilitation de l'aire protégée de Méru Kenya 1 860 000 AFD06/07/2001

26/03/2004 Jardins éthiopiens Ethiopie 1 230 000 MAEE24/05/2002

30/04/2003 Aménagement de la Congolaise CIB Congo 873 000 AFD15/11/2002

26/03/2004 Réseau des "Conservatoires" Namibie 1 400 000 MAEE15/11/2002

26/03/2004Conservation et valorisation de la biodiversité

et des éléphants du GourmaMali 1 560 000 MAEE15/11/2002

30/04/2003 Parc marin de Mnazi Bay Tanzanie 630 000 MAEE15/11/2002

27/10/2004 Réhabilitation des écosystèmes insulaires Seychelles 460 000 MAEE04/07/2003

30/03/2005Conservation de la nature et développement

communautaire et touristique dans le KalahariBotswana 935 000 MEDAD27/11/2003

26/03/2004 Développement du Parc national de Quirimbas Mozambique 700 000 AFD27/11/2003

05/07/2005 Fondation pour les aires protégées et la biodiversité :contribution au capital Madagascar 1 000 000 AFD26/03/2004

27/10/2004 Bio-Hub - Gestion durable et communautaire de labiodiversité et des ressources naturelles Afrique / Régional 500 000 MAEE26/03/2004

25/11/2005 Gestion de la biodiversité en périphérie des grandsparcs nationaux du bassin du Congo Afrique / Régional 2 500 000 MAEE07/07/2004

05/07/2006 Conservation de la biodiversité autour du Parc national de Sapo Libéria 830 000 MAEE27/10/2004

30/03/2005 Programme de Petites Initiatives 1ère tranche Afrique / Régional 1 200 000 MAEE-MEDAD27/10/2004

30/03/2005 Réseau d'aires marines protégées des pays de l'Océan indien Afrique / Régional 700 000 MAEE27/10/2004

25/11/2005 Projet pilote bio culturel d'Antrema Madagascar 320 000 MAEE30/03/2005

25/11/2005 Gestion communautaire de la biodiversitéautour des aires protégées Ghana 1 200 000 MAEE30/03/2005

05/07/2006 Conservation de la biodiversité et développement dusecteur protégé de la réserve forestière de Lomako

Congo (Républiquedémocratique)

781 000 MAEE25/11/2005

05/07/2006 Protection de la forêt humide de Gola Sierra Leone 1 186 000 MAEE30/03/2006

05/07/2006 Programme de Petites Initiatives 2ème tranche Afrique / Régional 1 000 000 MAEE-MEDAD05/07/2006

18/12/2006 Extension aux petits permis forestiers de la dynamique d'aménagement durable Gabon 2 000 000 AFD05/07/2006

30/03/2007 Efficacité de la gestion des aires protégées en Afrique de l'Ouest Afrique / Régional 990 000 MAEE05/07/2006

06/07/2007 Gestion durable des forêts communales Cameroun 1 300 000 MAEE18/12/2006

30/11/2007 Parc national d'Addo Elephant Afrique du Sud 984 000 AFD30/03/2007

Conservation de la biodiversité et certification dubois de deux forêts classées Côte d'Ivoire 877 000 MAEE30/11/2007

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TOTAL AFRICA ( 54 PROJECTS ) 51 078 544

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PROJECTSCOMMITMENT

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PROJECTS (€)

07/07/1995Protection & valorisation des récifs coralliens

(Petites Antilles)Sainte-Lucie 240 778 MAEE


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15/03/1995


(Petites Antilles)St Vincent &Grenadines

107 477 MAEE15/03/1995


(Petites Antilles)Grenade 147 052 MAEE15/03/1995

01/04/1997Développement communautaire & conservation

de la Mata Atlantica (région d'Iguape)Brésil 312 520 MEDAD07/07/1995

15/04/1996 Conservatoire ethnobotanique OMAERE Equateur 126 738 MAEE22/11/1995

20/09/1996Contribution à la prise en compte de l'environnement

dans la prospection pétrolièreBolivie 112 218 MAEE15/04/1996

20/12/1996"Projets démonstratifs" du programme de protection

des forêts tropicales Brésil 1 524 490 MAEE20/09/1996

06/05/1998 Forêt naturelle tempérée chilienne Chili 751 269 MAEE22/12/1997

18/02/1999 Conservation de la biodiversité de la Sierra Nevada Colombie 988 784 MAEE06/05/1998

18/02/1999Haut bassin du Rio Jejui et

réserve naturelle de MbaracayuParaguay 1 141 301 MINEFE29/09/1998

29/06/2000"Parc naturel régional" au développement durable

des provinces Carrera et Capitan PratChili 1 000 000 MEDAD18/02/1999

26/03/2001Actions pilotes de valorisation de la biodiversité

dans le Pantanal du Rio NegroBrésil 980 000 MAEE29/06/2000


dans l'Etat d'AmapaBrésil 1 140 000 MEDAD29/06/2000

06/07/2001 Couloir biologique parcs Puracé et Cueva los Guacharos Colombie 1 600 000 MAEE26/03/2001

30/11/2001Utilisation durable des ressources forestières

des GuyanesAL / Régional 1 620 000 MEDAD26/03/2001

30/11/2001Gestion durable des ressources naturelles avec

communautés indigènes MapuchesChili 1 695 000 MAEE26/03/2001

29/03/2002 Renforcement du système national d'aires protégées Cuba 1 500 000 MAEE06/07/2001

15/11/2002Conservation et développement des forêts subtropicales

de montagne (Couloir écologique du Haut Bermejo)Argentine 1 000 000 MAEE06/07/2001


végétale en zones tropicales du Chaparé - BIODESABolivie 450 000 MESR30/11/2001

04/07/2003Protection de la biodiversité de l'aire de conservation marine de l'Ile Coco

Costa Rica 1 065 000 MEDAD30/11/2001



An iguana © Dominiek Plouvier –WWF Guyanas

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PROJECTSCOMMITMENT

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PROJECTS (€)


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27/11/2003Appui aux communautés indigènes dans le Parc national de Canaïma

Venezuela 470 000 MEDAD30/04/2003

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07/07/1995Conservation de la biodiversité des forêts des ghâts

occidentaux Inde 125 466 MAEE21/10/1994

26/03/2004Aires protégées et partage des avantages

dans les états de la Caraïbe orientaleAntilles orientales 1 372 000 MAEE04/07/2003

07/07/2004Gestion intégrée des aires protégées de la région

caraïbe du GuatemalaGuatemala 800 000 MAEE26/03/2004

05/07/2005 Gestion durable des ressources forestières en Amazonie Brésil 1 380 000 MAEE26/03/2004

30/03/2005Conservation et utilisation durables des récifs

coralliens de l'écorégion mésoaméricaineGuatemala / Honduras 750 000 MAEE27/10/2004

30/11/2007Développement du système national des aires

protégées uruguayenUruguay 1 000 000 MEDAD18/12/2006

30/11/2007Biodiversité et gestion durable des forêts

du plateau des GuyanesGuyanes 1 300 000 MEDAD30/03/2007

TOTAL LATIN AMERICA ( 25 PROJECTS ) 24 574 628

TOTAL ASIA & PACIFIC ( 8 PROJECTS ) 7 181 466

29/03/2002 Réserve des bovidés sauvages Vietnam 1 049 000 MAEE26/03/2001

07/07/2004Maintien et préservation des hydro systèmes urbains

en milieu tropicalLaos 600 000 AFD24/05/2002

07/07/2004Préservation et utilisation de l'agrobiodiversité

des plantes racines & tuberculesVanuatu 677 000 MAEE04/07/2003

07/07/2004Contribution à l'initiative régionale pour la protection

des récifs coralliens dans le Pacifique SudPacifique Sud 2 000 000 AFD-MAEE26/03/2004

05/07/2006Réseau des aires marines protégées et tourisme

durable sur la côte AndamanThaïlande 1 000 000 AFD30/03/2005

05/07/2005 Conservation de l'écosystème des Cardamomes Cambodge 840 000 AFD30/03/2005

30/11/2007Développement de l'écotourisme et protection de la biodiversité dans la province de Lao Caï

Vietnam 890 000 AFD30/03/2007

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PROJECTS (€)


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20/12/1996Protection & valorisation des écosystèmes

en dobroudja bulgare Bulgarie 286 604 MAEE-MEDAD15/04/1996

30/11/2001 Gestion et aménagement d'une forêt communale pilote Géorgie 1 200 000 KFW29/06/2000

06/07/2001 Réseau de fondations pour la biodiversité Hongrie 1 106 000 MEDAD27/11/2000

TOTAL EASTERN EUROPE ( 3 PROJECTS ) 2 592 604

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22/12/1997Conservation d'espaces naturels littoraux

dans le bassin méditerranéenLiban 461 669 MEDAD15/03/1995


dans le bassin méditerranéenMaroc 607 471 MEDAD15/03/1995


dans le bassin méditerranéenTunisie 609 796 MEDAD15/03/1995

22/12/1997Conservation d'espaces naturels littoraux dans

le bassin méditerranéen (suivi-évaluation)Maghreb / Régional 91 469 MEDAD15/03/1995

07/03/2000Gestion du parc naturel d'Ifraneet de ses zones périforestières

Maroc 2 288 000 AFD29/09/1998

15/11/2002 Aires protégées marines et côtières Tunisie 1 475 000 MEDAD27/11/2000

05/07/2005Développement du Commissariat national

du littoral algérienAlgérie 1 200 000 MEDAD27/11/2004

25/11/2005 Appui aux réserves naturelles libanaises Liban 1 400 000 AFD05/07/2005

TOTAL MEDITERRANEAN ( 5 PROJECTS ) 8 133 406


Gold Creek – illegal gold panning in Guyana © Dominiek Plouvier – WWF Guyanas

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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

COUNTRY / REGION NUMBER OF PROJECTSAMOUNT FOR

IDENTIFIED PROJECTS IN € %

Sub-Saharan Africa + Mediterranean 59 59 211 950 63%

Latin America 25 24 574 628 26%

Asia - Pacific 8 7 181 466 8%

Eastern Europe 3 2 592 604 3%

TOTAL 95 93 560 648 100%

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The aim of this programme is to promote protection and sustainablemanagement of Cameroon’s forests by accompanying the process ofState decentralisation in order to strengthen the network of communityforests. The priority is to establish an organised network of municipalforests led by trained and motivated mayors, to support them in theirapplications for listing their forests and in the subsequent introduction offorest management plans designed to ensure sustainability, local deve-lopment and sources of local employment.To achieve these objectives, the programme is acting simultaneously atinstitutional level (Ministry for Forests and public funds for rural develop-ment assistance), municipal level (training for mayors, vocational forestrytraining for young people, establishment of municipal forest managementcommittees), in the business sector (contractual agreements with municipalauthorities) and in the timber sector (organisation of a regional market,establishment of inter-municipal marketing bodies...)

CAMEROON : municipal forests support programme Amount : 13 M€

including FGEF contribution of 1.3 M€

Beneficiary : association of forest municipalities

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The FGEF is supporting the extension of the AddoElephant National Park in South Africa’s Eastern CapeProvince. The Park is set to become the third largest inthe country and aims to protect an outstanding range ofbiodiversity while fostering local socio-economic deve-lopment through tourism.

Eastern Cape Province is one of the poorest in SouthAfrica. Since its agricultural sector went into decline inthe late 1990s, it has developed into a centre for alter-native activities based on wild fauna management(ranching, hunting and wildlife tourism). This is thecontext in which the State decided to create the AddoElephant National Park. Once extended from the coastto the mountains inland, the initial 2 200 hectare parkcreated in 1931 will eventually cover more than400 000 hectares. The South African State is covering

70% of the funding requirement, with the remainderprovided by international partners.

FGEF contribution is aiming to establish innovativepartnerships between the Park, private landownersand local communities, develop a Marine ProtectedArea, support local communities in the zone, foster theemergence of local SMEs and enhance the value of localcultural traditions.

The project’s economic impact is considerable, with1 228 ecotourism-related jobs already created. Eachadditional 15 000-hectare land parcel incorporated intothe Park creates 40 new jobs.

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SOUTH AFRICA : extension of the Addo Elephant National ParkAmount : 24.8 M€

including FGEF contribution of 0.98 M€ Beneficiary : South African National Parks

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The “West Africa Protected Areas” pro-gramme is cofinanced by the FGEF, theInternational Foundation for the Bancd’Arguin, UNESCO and the IUCN. It waslaunched in October 2007 and isaiming to promote biodiversity conser-vation by improving protected areamanagement methods in the sub-region. The project is being implemen-ted under the IUCN’s programme forprotected areas in West and CentralAfrica based in Ouagadougou, and hasfour main objectives :

• to establish a simple and transpa-rent system to monitor and assessmanagement effectiveness in all pro-tected area categories,• to conduct a significant number ofassessments, distribute their resultsand identify exemplary pilot sites,• to strengthen the knowledgerequired in these sites for theirmanagement, and to develop inno-vative solutions to address the chal-lenges identified,

• to offer training programmes desi-gned to address emerging issues, inthe form of targeted modules and aregional Master’s degree.

Since its launch, the programme hastrained some thirty “counterpart”agents in the region who haveconducted several assessments ofmanagement systems and parks,including in Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania,Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Togo.

The resulting recommendations arebeing applied to establish manage-ment priorities for the implementationof the Biodiversity Convention’s workprogramme for protected areas, whichis financed by UNEP and the GEF. Theprogramme is also about to launch aMaster’s degree course in protectedarea management, which will begin inthe autumn of 2008. The course will beimplemented by three institutionswhich are already partners in the pro-gramme, the International Institute for

Hydrau l ic and Env i ronmenta lEngineer ing, the Univers i ty ofOuagadougou (Burkina Faso) and theUniversity of Abobo-Adjamé (Côted’Ivoire). The programme is also run-ning training courses that are seen asa priority in view of assessmentresults (capacity-building for womento take part in the consultation pro-cess on protected areas, informationon access to finance for conservationprojects and courses focusing on Parkmonitoring tools, such as UNESCO’s“Enhancing our Heritage”).

Finally, the programme is supportingstudies to further knowledge on pro-tected areas and managementmethods, in liaison with researchcentres.

All the resulting output is available online at www.papaco.org. Programmeadvancement is reviewed in a monthlynewsletter.(To subscribe, contact [email protected])

AFRICA / REGIONAL : efficient protected area management in West AfricaAmount : 2.65 M€


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The Small-Scale Initiatives programme reached fullmaturity in 2007.

This programme aims to foster the involvement ofcivil societies of the South in tackling biodiversityprotection, climate change and persistent organicpollution, by financing small-scale projects imple-mented by local NGOs, stakeholders, authorities andcommunities.

The FGEF’s last three calls for proposals in 2007 recei-ved 102 project submissions. The Steering Committeeselected 21 of these to receive total grant financing of686 000 € towards their total cost of 1 550 000 €.

In 30 months, including the last call for proposals issuedin March 2008, the programme will have committed theentire amount of available funds, a total of 1.9 M€representing an average grant of 34 000 € for each of

the 56 projects selected. This represents an FGEFfinancing rate of 38%, an improvement of the objectiveof 50%.

Initial supervisory activities in the field carried out by theIUCN, which is responsible for technical monitoring ofthe projects in liaison with embassies and AFD agencies,have indicated high rates of achievement towards pro-ject goals, in terms of results in the field, local NGOcapacity-building, economic results, demonstrativeeffects and reproducibility, as well as favourable resultsfrom the ensuing communication activities in terms ofthe funding amounts committed.

An external evaluation is to be launched in 2008 tocheck the initial appraisal and supply the FGEF SteeringCommittee with a basis for discussions as to furtheraction to be taken on this programme.

SMALL-SCALE INITIATIVES PROGRAMMEFGEF contribution : 2.2 M€

Beneficiary : NGOs in countries of the South

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Aménagement et gestion traditionnelle de la galerie forestière de Adjiro

Bénin FAT 45 00080 000

Mise au point d'une trousse à outils de gestion environnementale

Bénin ABPEE 10 00060 000

Gestion participative de la mare d'OursiBurkina Faso Naturama 30 000108 000

Education et interprétation touristique dans les aires protégées de Gamba

Gabon Ibonga 50 000100 000

Musée du Haut OgoouéGabonMaison du Tourisme

et de la Nature15 00030 000

Conservation de l'éléphantLaos Elephantasia 50 000184 000

Corridor biologique entre les parcs nationaux de Ranomafana et Andringitra

Madagascar APMM 30 00060 000

Aire protégée du territoire Loky ManambatoMadagascar Fanamby 35 00070 200

Valorisation des déchets de MahajangaMadagascar GEVALOR 50 000225 000

Aire saharienne protégée communautaire dans la commune de Ouadane

MauritanieUICN Mauritanie / Commune

Ouadane50 000120 000

TOTAL : 9 Commitment as of November 2005 977 200 355 000

TOTAL : 13 Commitment as of March 2006 1 217 547 450 000

Création d'un espace transfrontalier de conservation des hippopotames

Bénin AVPN 39 000131 049

Ecotourisme de Mohéli et associations environnementales

Comores FADESIM 49 00060 500

Etude et sauvegarde des tortues marinesCongo RENATURA Congo 40 000106 145

Programme d'éducation à l'environnementCongo HELP 30 000142 500

Réduction pressions anthropiquessur les tortues luths à Pongara

Gabon ASF 40 00069 892

Ecotourisme et protection des tortues marines à Mayumba

Gabon Gabon Environnement 40 00071 651

Réserve marine et gestion des ressources halieutiques

Madagascar APA / WCS 50 000130 000

Valorisation de la biodiversité par la vente de produits au secteur privé international

Madagascar L'Homme et l'Environnement 30 000100 000

Maîtrise de la consommation d'énergie dans les ménages de la ville de Larache

Maroc ECODEL 25 00090 071

Conservation des baleines à bossePacifique,

Nouvelle-CalédonieOpération Cétacés 37 000130 073

Création d’une zone villageoise de chasseRépubliqueCentrafrique

RICAGIRN FB 40 00066 666

Protection et étude des lamantins sur le fleuve Sénégal

Sénégal Noé Conservation / Océanium 20 00059 000

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Préservation de la mangrove de la lagune côtière du Sud Bénin

Bénin AFEL 18 00036 000

Réserve de chasse communautaire d'Ibolo-Koundoumou

Congo Brazzaville CFC 38 28597 079

Ecotourisme baleinier à Sainte MarieMadagascar Megaptera 50 00070 576

Gestion de la faune des Zones CynégétiquesVillageoises (ZCV)

RépubliqueCentrafricaine

APFC / IGF 48 300301 000

TOTAL : 4 Commitment as of December 2006 504 655 154 585

TOTAL : 8 Commitment as of March 2007 799 053 308 200

Conservation et valorisation des forêtsde Kpinkonzoumé et de Houanvè

Bénin CERGET 21 00032 993

Ecotourisme autour du Lac AhéméBénin EcoBénin 42 20057 147

Réserve naturelle communautaire de gestion de la faune sauvage

Burkina Faso OND 31 400112 598

Récupération foncière et préservation biodiversitédans la Sierra Nevada

Colombie Tchendukua Ici et Ailleurs 50 000221 000

Conservation de la mangrove d'AkandaGabon CADDE 31 00041 415

Gestion durable du conflit hommes-éléphantsMozambique Cabo Delgado 50 000174 200

Valorisation du jardin botanique de Bom SucessoSao Tomé Monte Pico 32 60045 810

Gestion de l'aire du patrimoine régional des Trois Marigots

Sénégal Wetland International Sénégal 50 000113 890


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Protection d'une zone humide et de l'antilope sitatunga

Bénin CREDI 28 10078 989

Recyclage de pneus usagésBénin UNSO 12 40016 518

Appui aux tradipraticiens de l’ATTPH pour la protection d’espèces médicinales menacées

Burkina Faso ATTPH / GERES 20 10042 305

Réintroduction et élevage de l'autruche ouest-africain

Burkina Faso CDPF 50 00095 786

Ecotourisme communautaire dans le village de Doussala

Gabon PROGRAM 47 70066 084

Aménagement d'un écomusée pour les enfantsGabonMaison du Tourisme

et de la Nature15 00019 060

Formation des jeunes à la protectiondes ressources naturelles

Gabon Les Amis du Pangolin 10 00012 883

Ateliers de théâtre pour sensibiliserà la protection de l'environnement

Madagascar 2HY-FAIRE LIEN 21 60066 000

Création d'une aire protégée pour la conservation de l'hippopotame

Niger APHN - Noé Conservation 50 00077 000

Bonnes pratiques de pêche responsableSao Tomé MARAPA 23 10030 798

TOTAL : 10 Commitment as of July 2007 505 423 278 000

TOTAL : 3 Commitment as of November 2007 156 190 100 500

TOTAL PROGRAMME PPI 4 160 068 1 646 285

Réserve forestière en zone steppiqueAlgérie ASJDN 37 50050 000

Tourisme communautaire dans le Parc Nationalde la Lopé

Gabon Mogheso 30 00058 550

Jardin botanique de plantes médicinalesSénégal SANTORUN 33 00047 640

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Customary associations in the villages surroundingthe forest of Adjiro (8 000 ha) in central Benin haveformed a group under the authority of the Banté Kingwith the hunters’ brotherhood and the voodoo prieststo establish new rules for protecting, monitoring andmanaging wildlife and natural resources.

The project that began in July 2006 reached completionin December 2007 :• a management contract was signed between theBanté Royal Palace, traditional healers, hunters and vil-lages and certified by the Water and ForestsDepartment, in order to protect and manage forest landsunder the responsibility of the traditional hunters;

• a watering-hole for livestock was created outside theforest as well as a 22 km track around its perimeter formonitoring purposes. 350 beehives were installed for 90families in compensation for losses of forest produce.

This project illustrates the potential role of Africansocial, religious and cultural traditions in protecting theenvironment and natural resources.

The experiment is to be extended to an adjacent 6 000hectare forest under a new project, which has beenaccepted as part of the Small-Scale Initiatives programme.

BENIN : development under traditional management of the Adjiro gallery forest Amount : 80.000 €including FGEF contribution of : 45.000 €Beneficiary : Tobé honey farm and Aguechab-Ayede Association

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The project began in 2006, and is focusing on :• support to the organisation of waste collection by themunicipality,• studies on waste materials, compost produced andmarket outlets, and on possibilities for trade in creditsfor CO2 emissions avoided by producing the compost,• establishment of an experimental composting plant,• trading compost and carbon.

The waste dump’s recurrent costs are to be covered by :• sales of compost,• trade in carbon credits,• remuneration by the municipality of waste sortingservices undertaken to produce the compost.

By the end of 2007, Gevalor had reached its objectives :The landfill site had been redeveloped, with partialmechanisation producing 50 tonnes of compost permonth (600 tonnes per year), and a permanent workforceof 25 people treating 5% of the city’s waste production.The production costs of the compost, at about 50 € pertonne, are covered almost entirely by compost sales at16 € per tonne, and by sales of carbon credits to theGood Planet.org association at 12.75 € per tonne of car-bon, or 32 € per tonne of compost.A “CDM project description” file complying with theapproved methodology for small-scale projects underthe Climate Convention is being produced in agreementwith the Malagasy government as the first of its kind inthe country.

Gevalor and the municipality of Mahajanga will nowneed to upscale their collection activities in order tohandle all of the city’s waste.

MADAGASCAR : recycling household waste in the city of Mahajanga Amount : 250.000 €including FGEF contribution of 50.000 €Beneficiary : Gevalor, in partnership with the Mahajanga Urban Community

CLIMATE CHANGE

Project portfolioThe “Climate Change” project portfolio contains 43 projects representing 53.88 M€, including 45.98 M€ for36 projects already launched.The table below gives the list of projects after identification. Projects identified in 2007 are shown in bold.

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20/12/1996 Gestion villageoise des massifs forestiers Mali 762 245 AFD-MAEE07/07/1995

17/06/1999 L’insertion de la composante électrification décentralisée Burkina Faso 220 000 AFD22/11/1995

30/09/1997 Projet Alizés électrification rurale Mauritanie 762 245 AFD01/04/1997

18/02/1999 Centrale charbon-bagasse de Belle-Vue Maurice 514 515 AFD01/04/1997

09/11/1999Agro-écologie et stockage carbone

(programme transversal)Afrique / Régional 762 245 AFD-MAEE17/06/1999

27/11/2000 Plan d’action agro-écologie Afrique / Régional 1 935 600 AFD-MAEE17/06/1999

07/03/2000Développement des gisements de phosphates

carbonatésSénégal 1 112 900 MESR09/11/1999

30/11/2001Développement d’une filière de carbonisation

des résidus végétauxMauritanie 600 000 MAEE26/03/2001

30/03/2006Mécanisme de développement propre

dans le secteur forestierAfrique / Régional 2 300 000 MAEE27/11/2003

30/03/2005 Programme incubateur des projets MDP Afrique / Régional 2 000 000 AFD07/07/2004

05/07/2006 Passage au quatre-temps des “sémidjans” de Cotonou Bénin 1 000 000 AFD25/11/2005

06/07/2007Renforcement de capacité en matière d’adaptation aux

changements climatiques dans l’océan IndienAfrique / Régional 1 000 000 MAEE-MEDAD18/12/2006

Développement du biodiesel Burkina Faso 1 200 000 AFD18/12/2006

06/07/2007 Remplacement de refroidisseurs en Afrique (AFROC) Afrique / Régional 750 000 MEDAD18/12/2006

Appui à l’adaptation aux changements climatiques dans les secteurs de l’agriculture et de l’eau

Afrique / Régional 1 200 000 MAEE30/03/2007

Approche globale des transports urbains - municipalité de Tshwane

Afrique du Sud 1 000 000 AFD06/07/2007

Vigilance des pays africains face au changement climatique

Afrique / Régional 2 000 000 MAEE30/11/2007


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22/12/1997 Programme d’électrification en zones rurales de Bahia Brésil 381 123 MAEE-MINEFE15/04/1996

29/06/2000 Conversion de véhicules au gaz naturel à Mexico Mexique 1 400 000 MAEE09/11/1999

30/11/2007 Projet géothermie caraïbes Dominique 2 000 000 AFD05/07/2005

05/07/2006 Appui institutionnel et appliqué Climat Mexique 285 000 MINEFE30/03/2006


TOTAL ASIA & PACIFIC ( 10 PROJECTS ) 13 986 019

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17/06/1999Amélioration de l’efficacité énergétique

de la construction neuveChine 3 284 550 MINEFE-MEDAD30/09/1997

17/06/1999Développement de la petite hydroélectricité en zones

rurales isoléesIndonésie 610 000 MINEFE22/12/1997

27/11/2003Efficacité énergétique dans la programmation

et la construction de logementsChine 2 700 000 MEDAD15/11/2002

26/03/2004Projet de transports collectifs intégré et durable

du grand HanoïVietnam 2 000 000 MINEFE27/11/2003

27/10/2004Diffusion des bonnes pratiques d’efficacité énergétique

secteur de la constructionAfghanistan 1 350 000 MAEE26/03/2004

30/03/2006Appui au montage des projets MDP dans quatre provinces de l’ouest de la Chine

Chine 750 000 AFD05/07/2005

30/11/2007Promotion de projets d’efficacité énergétique

et d’énergies renouvelablesAsie / Régional 1 100 000 AFD PROPARCO18/12/2006

Appui au programme de financement des projets d’efficacité énergétique et d’énergies renouvelables

Chine 600 000 AFD30/03/2007

30/11/2007 Plateforme de développement des bioénergies Inde 1 500 000 AFD-MESR06/07/2007

20/09/1996 Electrification photovoltaïque d’atolls isolés Vanuatu 91 469 AFD21/10/1994

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06/05/1998Efficacité énergétique dans la construction

et réglementation thermiqueTunisie 1 905 613 AFD22/11/1995


01/04/1997Amélioration de l’efficacité énergétique

de parcs de logements collectifsLiban 868 959 MEDAD15/04/1996

26/03/2001 Bois énergie en milieu urbain Maroc 1 594 054 AFD22/12/1997

06/07/2001 Electrification décentralisée et pompage solaire Maroc 1 600 000 AFD17/06/1999

15/11/2002Projet de mise à niveau énergie-environnement

Sidi-BernoussiMaroc 825 000 MAEE24/05/2002

27/10/2004 Electrification rurale globale Maroc 500 000 AFD07/07/2004

05/07/2006Mise en place d’une station d’épuration à Fès

avec valorisation énergétique du biogazMaroc 900 000 AFD25/11/2005

Diffusion de chauffe-eau solaires Tunisie 1 000 000 AFD18/12/2006

30/11/2007Appui à la maîtrise de l’énergie dans l’industrie

et le secteur tertiaireJordanie 1 560 000 AFD06/07/2007

Amélioration de l’efficacité énergétique dans les bâtiments

Maroc 900 000 MEDAD06/07/2007





Latin America 4 4 066 123 8%

Asia - Pacific 10 13 986 019 26%


TOTAL 43 53 875 519 100%

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09/11/1999Fonds d’efficacité énergétique

et réduction des émissions de carboneEurope de l’Est 2 000 000 MINEFE30/09/1997

27/11/2003 Structuration d’une filière régionale bois énergie Lituanie 1 050 000 MEDAD15/11/2002

30/03/2005Renforcement des capacités et appui à la mise en place

d’un fonds dédié à l’efficacité énergétiqueEurope de l’Est 2 000 000 MAEE07/07/2004


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AFRIQUE / REGIONAL : regional climate change adaptation programme in the Indian Ocean countries Amount : 3.6 M€


Beneficiary : Indian Ocean Commission

As forecast by official scientific circles and as observed,a great many parts of the world are threatened by sealevel rise or by the increasing frequency of extreme cli-mate events. Island regions are particularly vulnerable.The Indian Ocean Commission, whose members are theComoros, France (La Réunion), Madagascar, Mauritiusand the Seychelles, has launched a regional adaptationprogramme to identify threats on a common basis andpropose measures to improve preparation and limitdamage on the regional scale caused by climate change.The programme is being financed in collaboration withthe MAEE, the French Region of La Réunion and theEuropean Union.

The FGEF’s contribution is targeting :• capacity-building for the IOC and its member statesfor observations and furthering knowledge on climatechange;• assessing the effects of climate change and analysingthe region’s geographical and economic vulnerability;• establishing a regional adaptation strategy by streng-thening early warning and natural risk preventionsystems, identifying good practice and initiating pilotactivities to serve as reference examples.

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JORDAN : support to energy management in industry and the tertiary sectorAmount : 3.34 M€

including FGEF contribution of 1.56 M€ Beneficiary : Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan has few natural resources, and its reliance onimported fossil fuels has pushed up its energy expendi-tures to nearly 20% of GDP. To address this situation, theState has launched a series of priority programmes thatare designed to tap into the country’s renewable ener-gy potential and promote energy efficiency.

In order to support these new initiatives, the AFD andFGEF have set up a joint arrangement with the WorldBank (GEF) and the Jordanian banking system to financean integrated programme of technical and institutional

support along with investments in renewable energies,energy efficiency and natural resource protection.

The programme component funded by the FGEF isfocusing on technical and institutional capacity-buil-ding and on support to energy efficiency projectassessments and financing. The objective is to raiseawareness, supply information and accompany thedevelopment of a market for energy efficiency in theindustrial and tertiary sectors.

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INTERNATIONAL WATERS

Project portfolioThe “International Waters” project portfolio contains 23 projects representing 26.39 M€, including 24.39 M€ for22 projects already launched.The table below gives the list of projects after identification. Projects identified in 2007 are shown in bold.

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29/06/2000 Appui à la gestion des eaux du fleuve Sénégal Afrique / Régional 1 350 000 MAEE06/05/1998

30/04/2003 Système d'observation des cycles hydrologiques (HYCOS) Afrique / Régional 1 000 000 MAEE18/02/1999

26/03/2001Contrôle de la pollution et contribution à la gestion

du fleuve ZambèzeZambie / Zimbabwe 1 500 000 MAEE09/11/1999

15/11/2002 Appui à la commission du fleuve Orange-Senqu Afrique / Régional 1 500 000 MAEE27/11/2000

07/07/2004Mise en place d'un observatoire de l'environnement

du Bassin du fleuve NigerAfrique / Régional 1 200 000 AFD-MAEE27/11/2003

25/11/2005Gestion des ressources halieutiques du sud-ouest

de l'Océan Indien (SWIOFP)Afrique / Régional 800 000 MAEE27/10/2004

30/03/2006 Initiative pour le bassin du Nil Egypte / Soudan /

Ethiopie1 000 000 AFD27/10/2004

06/07/2007Observatoire des ressources en eau

du bassin de la VoltaAfrique / Régional 1 200 000 MAEE18/12/2006



TOTAL ASIA ( 1 PROJECT ) 1 000 000

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17/06/1999Observatoire des ressources hydriques

dans le bassin du Haut ParaguayAmérique latine /

Régional1 894 180 MINEFE20/12/1996

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30/03/2006 Appui à la commission du fleuve Mékong (MRC) Asie / Régional 1 000 000 AFD07/07/2004

30/04/2003 Protection environnementale du Rio de la Plata Argentine & Uruguay 1 005 000 MAEE26/03/2001

26/03/2004Gestion des écosystèmes fluvio-lacustres

du Rio MagdalenaColombie 1 200 000 MAEE30/04/2003

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30/09/1997 Récupération des éléments irradiés du navire Lepse Russie 1 417 776 MAEE20/09/1996

09/11/1999 Appui à la gestion transfrontière du bassin de l'Irtysh Russie / Kazakhstan 1 000 000 MEDAD06/05/1998

30/11/2001Réalisation d'un plan de gestion du bassin versant

de la rivière NarvaEstonie et Russie 1 165 000 MESR26/03/2001

04/07/2003 Gestion transfrontière du bassin de la Korös/Crisuri Hongrie / Roumanie 1 024 000 MEDAD15/11/2002

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21/10/1994 Gestion des ressources du Bassin du Jourdain Méditerranée 290 676 MINEFE21/10/1994

17/06/1999 Données hydrologiques Méditerranée 1 675 154 MINEFE22/11/1995

29/03/2002 Appui à la mise en oeuvre du PAS MED Méditerranée 1 353 000 MEDAD06/05/1998

27/11/2003 Système aquifère du SaharaAlgérie / Libye /

Tunisie315 000 MEDAD30/04/2003

30/03/2006 Transfert d'eau de la mer rouge à la mer morteTerritoires autonomes

palestiniens1 000 000 AFD05/07/2005

06/07/2007Gestion partagée du système aquifère

du Sahara septentrionalMéditerranée

Régional500 000 MEDAD18/12/2006

Partenariat stratégique pour le grand écosystème marin de la Méditerranée

MéditerranéeRégional

2 000 000 MEDAD06/07/2007




Sub-Saharan Africa + Méditerranée 15 16 683 830 63%

Latin America 3 4 099 180 16%

Asia – Pacific 1 1 000 000 4%


TOTAL 23 26 389 786 100%

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MEDITERRANEAN : a strategic partnership for the Mediterranean-wide marine ecosystem Amount : 10.2 M€

including FGEF contribution of 2 M€

Beneficiary : WWF

This project is aiming to preserve the functions of the Mediterranean-wide marine ecosystem by establishing acoherent network of Marine Protected Areas associated with sustainable uses of marine resources.

Project activities are designed to address the specific difficulties and issues that arise in Marine Protected Areas:development of management plans and strengthened conservation objectives, deployment of a natural resourcemonitoring system, capacity-building, participation of local stakeholders, networking between managers andaddressing tourism and fishing activities.

The project is one of the activities conducted under the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) to complement the MAP’sefforts to control pollution from land sources.

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LAND DEGRADATION AND PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

Project portfolioThe “Land Degradation and POPs” portfolio covers 11 projects representing 16.32 M€, including 14.32 M€

for 9 projects already launched. Identified projects are listed below.Those identified in 2007 are shown in bold.

PROJECTSCOMMITMENT

DATE



PROJECTS IN €


DATE

30/09/1997Réseau d'observatoires de surveillance écologique

à long terme - ROSELTAfrique / Régional 1 341 551 MAEE-MEDAD20/12/1996

PROJECTSCOMMITMENT

DATE



PROJECTS IN €


DATE

07/07/2004Appui au développement des techniques

agro-écologiquesLaos 1 470 000 AFD26/03/2004

07/03/2000 Environnement mondial et lutte contre la désertification Afrique / Régional 3 000 000 MAEE22/12/1997

07/03/2000 Appui au développement local de l'Ouest (padl) Burkina Faso 1 600 000 AFD09/11/1999

30/11/2001 Appui au développement local de l'Ouest (pdlo) Burkina Faso 1 610 000 AFD27/11/2000

05/07/2006Programme d'élimination et de prévention de

la résurgence des stocks de pesticides obsolètesMali 600 000 MEDAD27/11/2003

31/01/2005 Traitement environnental de la lutte anti-acridienne Afrique / Régional 1 000 000 MAEE27/10/2004

Lutte contre la désertification et gestion durable des ressources naturelles

Djibouti (RépubliqueDémocratique de)

1 000 000 AFD30/03/2007

Programme d'appui multi-pays pour l'agro-écologie(PAMPA)

Afrique régional 1 000 000 MAEE06/07/2007


TOTAL ASIA ( 1 PROJECT ) 1 470 000

PROJECTSCOMMITMENT

DATE



PROJECTS IN €


DATE

25/11/2005Programme d'élimination et de prévention de

la résurgence des stocks de pesticides obsolètesTunisie 800 000 MEDAD27/11/2003


05/07/2006Appui au développement de l'agriculture

de conservationTunisie 1 400 000 AFD07/07/2004

30/03/2007 Valorisation des oasis du sud marocain Maroc 1 500 000 AFD18/12/2006

NB : The project entitled Programme d’élimination et de prévention de la résurgence des stocks de pesticides obsolètes (programme for eliminating stockpiles of obsolete pesticides and preventing their reappearance) of is counted as a single project included in the account for Africa.

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Asia + Pacific 1 1 470 000 9%

TOTAL 11 16 321 551 100%


Asia - Pacific

91%

9%

MOROCCO : preserving and developing oasesin Southern Morocco Amount : 5.3 M€


Beneficiary : United Nations DevelopmentProgramme

This project is working to halt the current process declineand gradual abandon of oases and thus to avert thedesertification of large areas along desert margins. Theaim is to foster public policy-making that contributes tothe preservation of Morocco’s invaluable heritage and topromote a territory-wide approach to oasis develop-ment. Project activities are therefore designed fordemonstrative purposes in order to foster discussionand heighten awareness and both national and local

levels. The main tool used for this purpose is the intro-duction of a “local area” approach that brings a territo-ry-wide perspective to bear on the issues at stake andpromotes a process of consultation between all stake-holders. The aim is to achieve a common view of oasisdevelopment and effective formulation of a project forthe territory as a whole that reflects developing aware-ness and will ultimately mobilise those responsible atgovernment level.

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The FGEF Secretariat, on behalf of the MINEFe, is respon-sible for monitoring strategies and for advising on theorientations submitted by member countries to thegoverning bodies of the Montreal Protocol and itsMultilateral Fund (MF). The MF provides grant finance toprojects designed to reduce emissions of stratosphericozone-depleting substances (ODS) in countries coveredby Article V, i.e. those where ODS consumption wasbelow 0.3 kg per capita on the date when the Protocolcame into force. Most of these are developing countries.

Projects financed by the Multilateral Fund may be imple-mented by the UNEP, UNDP, the United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organisation (UNIDO) or the World Bank,or by contributing countries through their bilateral agen-cies up to a share of 20% of their total contribution.

In the case of bilateral financing, the decision-makingprocess is still multilateral. Projects must be approved bythe 14-member MF Executive Committee. Germany,France Italy and the UK make up a single group, in whicheach takes the chair on a rotating basis every two years.

The Executive Committee draws up the eligibility andintervention principles and criteria that applicant coun-tries and projects must satisfy. The Executive Committeeholds meetings three times a year during which newdecisions and strategic orientations are proposed, discus-sed and approved.

Finally, the FGEF Secretariat pilots the implementationand management of projects identified and submittedby France to the Multilateral Fund.

From 1991 to the end of 2007, French contributions tothe Multilateral Fund amounted to a total of 174.5 mil-lion USD, including 15 million USD in commitments to 97projects since 1994.

Intervention proceeds as follows :

• organisation of preparatory studies on identifiedprojects (assistance to the identification and formula-tion of investment projects);

• implementation of investment projects enablingArticle V countries to keep to their schedule for remo-ving ODS (chlorofluorocarbons, methyl bromide, carbontetrachloride, halons, etc.). These projects usuallyinvolve the conversion of industrial equipment or pro-duction processes. Most current projects are multi-yearmanagement plans for refrigerant fluids or nationalplans for final elimination of ozone-depleting sub-stances;

• technical assistance, training, public awareness andinstitutional capacity building.

Laos Project - Construction of a machine for ODS recovery and recycling

© Béatrice Vincent

OZONE LAYER

APPLICATION OF THE MULTILATERAL FUND FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL

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REVIEW OF PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE MULTI-LATERAL FUND FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THEMONTREAL PROTOCOL AND MANAGED BY THEFGEF SECRETARIAT

All these projects are listed in the table below. Thefour projects approved in 2007 are highlighted inyellow; on going projects are in light orange.

In 2007, the FGEF Secretariat focused in particular onthe preparation of two exemplary regional projects inAfrica.

In one of these, a 5.3 M€ project for Egypt, Namibia,Nigeria, Sudan and Senegal, an original feature is theassociation of the Multilateral Fund (UNIDO and finan-cial contributions from Germany, Japan and France)with the FGEF, for the dual purpose of protecting theozone layer and acting against the greenhouse effect,with a contribution of 0.75 million € from the FGEF forclimate change activities.

In the second case, the FGEF Secretariat contributed tothe set-up of a project concerning 38 African countriesand implemented in cooperation with the UNEP, whichaims to strengthen African customs networks in orderto prevent illicit trade in ODS through regional com-mercial organisations (Central African Economic andMonetary Community, Common Market for Easternand Southern Africa, Southern Africa Customs Unionand the West African Economic and Monetary Union).

At the end of 2007, disbursements slowed downslightly as a result of institutional changes in somecountries and difficulties in negotiating conventionswith international organisations.

Morocco projectTransporting cut flowers (Projectfor methyl bromide elimination)

© Béatrice Vincent

Laos ProjectDocumentation on the managementplan for refrigerants © Béatrice Vincent

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PROJECT TITLE COUNTRY

APPROVEDBY MF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Refrigeration management plan preparation Ivory Coastfév.-1997

SECTOR

Refrigerant

STATE

Closed

TYPE

Preparation

TOTAL AFTERADJUSTMENTS

$25,000.00

PARTNERS

Implementation of the RMP Ivory Coastmars-1998 Refrigerant TransferedTechnical

assistance$227,650.00

Documentary on trafficin second-hand refrigerators

Ivory Coastmars-1999 Refrigerant ClosedTechnical

assistance$9,619.00

Project preparation for projects in commercialrefrigeration production facilities

Ivory Coastjuil.-2002 Refrigerant Completed Preparation $15,750.00

ODS phase out in 50 existingcentrifugal chillers units

Ivory Coastjuil.-2002 Refrigerant Transfered Investment $1,100,000.00

Implementation of the refrigerant managementplan: monitoring the activities of the RMP andset up of an import/export licensing system

Ivory Coastjuil.-2002 Refrigerant TransferedTechnical


Implementation of the RMP update Ethiopiadéc.-2004 Refrigerant On goingTechnical


Germany(GTZ)

Project preparation for a terminal phase-outmanagement plan in the servicing sector

Ethiopiamars-2007National

phase out planOn going Preparation $33,900.00

Germany(GTZ)

Technical assistance in air conditioning Ghanamars-1999 Refrigerant ClosedTechnical


Terminal CFCs phase-out management plan(first tranche)

Kenyadéc.-2004National

phase out planOn going Investment $243,982.82

Germany(GTZ)

Country programme preparation Madagascarfév.-1997Several sectors

ClosedCountry

programme$36,981.00

Implementation of the RMP : set up a national recovery and recycling network

Madagascarnov.-1999 Refrigerant ClosedTechnical


Implementation of the RMP :training of personnel in charge of control

and monitoring of imports of ODSMadagascarnov.-1999 Refrigerant Closed Training $27,300.00

Implementation of the RMP :training of trainers and refrigeration

technicians in good service practicesMadagascarnov.-1999 Refrigerant Closed Training $48,510.00

Implementation of the RMP Update :recovery and recycling component

Madagascarnov.-2005 Refrigerant On goingTechnical


Project preparation in the foam sector (Fofy) Malijuil.-1998 Foam Closed Preparation $15,000.00

Phase-out of CFC-11 by conversion to methylene chloride in the manufacture of

flexible polyurethane foam at Fofy IndustrieMalinov.-1998 Foam Closed Investment $151,000.00

Country programme preparation Mauritaniajuil.-1994Several sectors

ClosedCountry

programme$41,420.00

Training and awareness of personnel involvedin the task of codifying and identifying ODS

and ODS-containing materialMauritaniasep.-1994

Several sectors

Closed Training $9,456.00

Conversion of CFC-based commercial refrigeration installations

in the fishing industryMauritaniasep.-1994 Refrigerant Closed

Technicalassistance

$99,522.00

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APPROVEDBY MF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Training of refrigeration technicians Mauritaniasep.-1994

SECTOR

Refrigerant

STATE

Closed

TYPE

Training


$25,000.00

PARTNERS

Institutional strengthening project proposal Mauritaniasep-1997Several sectors

ClosedInstitutionnalstrengthening

$25,983.00

Refrigerant management plan update Mozambiquedéc.-2004 Refrigerant On goingTechnical


Germany(GTZ)

Implementation of the RMP update Ugandadéc.-2004 Refrigerant On goingTechnical


Germany(GTZ)

Project preparation for a terminal ODS phase-out management plan

Ugandanov.-2006National


Germany(GTZ)

Implementation of the RMP : development andimplementation of a tax/incentive programme

CARjuil.-2001 Refrigerant On goingTechnical

assistance$6,215.00

Implementation of the RMP : monitoring the activities of the RMP project, including

registration of refrigeration service technicians,distributors and importers of CFCs

CARjuil.-2001 Refrigerant On goingTechnical


Implementation of the RMP: train the trainers programme for refrigeration technicians in good

management practices and a training programmeto address technicians in the informal sector

CARjuil.-2001 Refrigerant On going Training $68,817.00

Implementation of the RMP : training programmefor customs officers CARjuil.-2001 Refrigerant On going Training $87,507.00

Technology transfer workshop for African countries on practical implementation

of the Montreal ProtocolRegionaljuil.-1995

Several sectors

Closed Training $120,000.00

Refrigeration and global environment evaluation of equipment modernization study Regionaldéc.-2000 Refrigerant Closed

Technicalassistance

$15,750.00

Strategic demonstration project for acceleratedconversion of CFC chillers in 5 African Countries(Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria and Sudan)

Regionalavr.-2006 Refrigerant On going Demonstration $406,800.00UNIDO, Japan,

Germany

African customs enforcement networks for preventing illegal trade in ODS Regionalnov.-2007

Several sectors

On goingTechnical

assistance$84,750.00 UNEP

Project preparation for projects in the hotel and fisheries industries and recycling Senegalmai-1996 Refrigerant Closed Preparation $9,752.00

Training of technicians in domestic refrigeration and air conditioning Senegalfév.-1997 Refrigerant Closed Training $16,500.00

Project preparation for a terminal phase-outmanagement plan Seychellesjuil.-2006

National phase out plan

On going Preparation $22,600.00Germany

(GTZ)

Terminal ODS phase-out management plan (first tranche) Seychellesmars-2007


On going Investment $135,600.00Germany

(GTZ)

Implementation of the RMP update Tanzaniajuil.-2005 Refrigerant On goingTechnical


Germany(GTZ)

TOTAL AFRICA (38 PROJECTS ON GOING AND UNDER PREPARATION) $ 3,871,069.14

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APPROVEDBY MF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Project preparation for phase out of methylbromide used in grain fumigation

Costa Ricanov.-1999

SECTOR

Fumigation

STATE

Closed

TYPE

Preparation


$12,243.00

PARTNERS

National CFC phase-out management plan :phase-out of ODS in the refrigeration and

air-conditioning sector (first tranche)Cubajuil.-2004


TransferedTechnical



APPROVEDBY MF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Survey for halon banking management plan inWest Asia (Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar and Yemen)

ASPjuil.-1999

SECTOR

Halons

STATE

Closed

TYPE

Technicalassistance


$17,500.00

PARTNERS

Project preparation of phase out of use of ODS solvent in production of parts working in high voltage conditions

Chinanov.-1999 Solvent Closed Preparation $28,875.00

CTC phase-out plan for the consumption andproduction sectors : 2004 work programme

Indiaavr.-2004National

phase out planOn going Investment $1,085,000.00

Germany(GTZ)

CTC phase-out for the consumption and production sectors : 2005 annual programme

Indiaavr.-2005National

phase out planOn going Investment $1,085,000.00

Germany(GTZ)

CTC phase-out for the consumption and production sectors : 2006 annual programme

Indiajuil.-2006National


Germany(GTZ)

CTC phase-out plan for the consumption andproduction sectors : 2007 annual programme

Indiajuil.-2007National

phase out planOn going

Technicalassistance

$585,000.00Germany

(GTZ)

Project preparation/technical assistance for MAC recycling and training in good

servicing practicesIranoct.-1996 Refrigerant Closed Preparation $30,000.00

Set up of a national programme of recoveryand recycling CFC-12 (pilot project in Tehran)

Irannov.-1997 Refrigerant CompletedTechnical


Projects preparation and technical assistance in the halon sector

Irandéc.-1997 Halons Closed Preparation $31,500.00

Project preparation and technical assistance in the solvent sector

Irandéc.-1997 Solvent Closed Preparation $31,500.00

Conversion to non-CFC facilities of 4 companies producing cars and wagons

equipped with MAC-umbrella projectIranmars-1998 Refrigerant Completed Investment $138,600.00

Small and medium enterprises study Irannov.-1998Several sectors

On goingTechnical


Conversion to ODS-free technology atDorcharkh Company

Iranjuil.-1999 Solvent Closed Investment $165,140.00

Halon management programme Iranjuil.-1999 Halons On goingTechnical


National ODS phase-out plan for CFCs :2005 annual implementation plan

Cubaavr.-2005National

phase out planTransfered Investment $0.00

TOTAL LATIN AMERICA (3 PROJECTS ON GOING AND UNDER PREPARATION) $ 103,003.00


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APPROVEDBY MF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

National CFC phase-out plan: first tranche Irandéc.-2003

SECTOR


STATE

On going

TYPE

Investment


$1,117,348.00

PARTNERS

National CFC phase-out plan :2005 annual implementation programme

Iranavr-2005National


Technical assistance in air-conditioning Jordanianmars-1999 Refrigerant ClosedTechnical


Technical assistance for country programmeand refrigerant management plan preparation

Laosmars-1999Several sectors

ClosedCountry

programme$31,500.00

Implementation of the RMP: training of trainers ingood refrigerant management practices (phase I);

national technicians training project (phase II)Laosjuil.-2001 Refrigerant Completed Training $88,987.50

Implementation of the RMP : recovery and recycling, training and demonstration

project (complement)Laosjuil.-2001 Refrigerant On going

Technicalassistance

$42,840.00

Implementation of the RMP :customs training programme

Laosjuil.-2001 Refrigerant On going Training $92,142.00

Project preparation for a terminal phase-outmanagement plan

Laosjuil.-2006National


Phasing out the use of CFC-113 in the electronics industry through the

technical promotion of no clean processesMalaysianov.-1995 Solvent Closed Investment $0.00

No clean process improvement training for electronic assemblers who phased

out the use of CFC-113Malaysiajuin-1997 Solvent Closed Training $219,385.00

Halon banking management plan in West Asiacountries : Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar and Yemen

(jointly implemented with Germany)Regionalmars-2000 Halons Closed

Technicalassistance

$123,375.00

Project preparation in the commercial refrigeration sector

Syrianov.-1998 Refrigerant Closed Preparation $16,172.00Germany

(GTZ)

Technical assistance in the air-conditioning sector

Syrianov.-1998 Refrigerant ClosedTechnical


Germany(GTZ)

Conversion from CFC-11 to HCFC-141b and fromCFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the

manufacture of commercial refrigeration equipment at Bashar Refrigerators

Syrianov.-1999 Refrigerant Closed Investment $51,569.00Germany

(GTZ)

Development of a halon banking management plan

Syrianov.-1999 Halons ClosedTechnical


CFC emission reduction in central air conditioning

Syrianov.-1999 Refrigerant Completed Investment $150,150.00

Conversion from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technologyin the manufacture of commercial refrigeration

equipment at Shoukairi and Co.Syrianov.-1999 Refrigerant On going Investment $35,027.00

Germany(GTZ)

Conversion from CFC-11 to HCFC-141b and from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the manufacture of commercial refrigeration

equipment at Sarkisian Refrigerators

Syrianov.-1999 Refrigerant On going Investment $60,672.00Germany

(GTZ)

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APPROVEDBY MF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Establishing a halon bank and umbrella project for 63 manufacturers

Syriajuil.-2001

SECTOR

Halons

STATE

Closed

TYPE

Technicalassistance


$169,050.00

PARTNERS

No clean process improvement training for electronic assemblers

Thailandnov.-1999 Solvent Closed Training $121,907.00


APPROVEDBY MF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Projects preparation and technical assistancein the foam sector

Lebanonmai-1996

SECTOR

Foam

STATE

Closed

TYPE

Technicalassistance


$19,505.00

PARTNERS

Conversion to non-CFC technology in themanufacture of polyurethane flexible molded

foam at Meuble Mode SarlLebanonoct.-1996 Foam Closed Investment $55,465.00

Conversion to non-CFC technology in themanufacture of flexible foam (slabstock)

at Merza Foam SarlLebanonoct.-1996 Foam Closed Investment $107,222.00


at Furniture and Plastic Sarl (FAP)Lebanonoct.-1996 Foam Closed Investment $128,700.00

Conversion to non-CFC technology in themanufacture of rigid foam (sandwich panels)

at Kilzi and Co. SarlLebanonoct.-1996 Foam Closed Investment $141,000.00


at Fomaco SarlLebanonoct.-1996 Foam Closed Investment $151,742.00


at Plastiflex SarlLebanonoct.-1996 Foam Closed Investment $146,776.00

Project preparation for the commercial refrigeration sector

Lebanonoct.-1996 Refrigerant Closed Preparation $30,000.00

Conversion of refrigeration industrial facilities Lebanondéc.-1997 Refrigerant Closed Investment $153,162.00

Training of refrigeration technicians on recovery and recycling methodologies

Lebanondéc.-1997 Refrigerant Closed Training $52,668.00

Remaining issues for a RMP and preparation of strategy and projects for reduction of CFC

emissions in centrifugal chillersLebanonjuil.-1999 Refrigerant Closed

Technicalassistance

$45,750.00

Project preparation to establish a CFC and HCFC recovery and recycling centre

Lebanonoct.-1996 Refrigerant Closed Preparation $30,000.00

Implementation of an ODS recovery and recycling network

Lebanonnov.-1997 Refrigerant On goingTechnical


Country programme preparation Vietnamjuil.-1994Several sectors

ClosedProgramme

pays$21,035.00

Technical assistance on alternative technologies for cold storage facilities

and project preparationVietnamoct.-1996 Refrigerant Closed

Technicalassistance

$34,500.00

CFC emission reductions in spinning halls airconditioning systems chillers (pilot project)

Vietnamjuil.-1999 Refrigerant Closed Investment $197,340.00

TOTAL ASIA (37 PROJECTS ON GOING AND UNDER PREPARATION) $ 7,924,791.50


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APPROVEDBY MF

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Remaining issues for a RMP and preparation of strategy and projects for reduction of CFC

emissions in centrifugal chillersLebanon

On going projects

Projects 2007

juil.-1999

SECTOR

Refrigerant

STATE

Completed

TYPE

Technicalassistance


$45,750.00

PARTNERS

Project preparation for the formulation of a project to implement a recycling network

for CFC-11, CFC-12 and HCFC-22Moroccomai-1996 Refrigerant Closed Preparation $20,000.00

Technical assistance on alternative technologies for cold storage facilities

Moroccooct.-1996 Refrigerant ClosedTechnical


Training of refrigeration technicians on recovery and recycling methodologies

Morocconov.-1997

Including on goingprojects

Refrigerant Closed Training $53,361.00

Implementation of an ODS recovery and recycling network

Morocconov.-1997 Refrigerant On goingTechnical


Phase-out of methyl bromide use in the cut flower and banana production

Morocconov.-1999 Fumigation On going Investment $1,127,384.00

Technical assistance for cold storage equipment (training and demonstration project)

Moroccodéc.-2000 Refrigerant CompletedTechnical

assistance$120,054.00 UNIDO

TOTAL MEDITERRANEAN (20 PROJECTS ON GOING AND UNDER PREPARATION) $ 3,249,695.00

REGIONNUMBER OF

ON GOING PROJECTSAMOUNT

IN MILLION USD %

Africa

Mediterranean

16 $ 1,68 18%

3 $ 1,90 20%

REGIONNUMBER OF

ON GOING PROJECTSAMOUNT

IN MILLION USD %

AFRICA

PreparationInvestmentTechnical assistanceDemonstrationTraining

32812

$ 0,09$ 0,38$ 0,65$ 0,41$ 0,16

5,4%22,6%38,7%24,4%9,5%

MEDITERRANEAN

Technical assistanceInvestment

21

$ 0,78$ 1,10

41,1%57,9%

ASIA

PreparationInvestmentTechnical assistanceTraining

1741

$ 0,03$ 4,50$ 1,21$ 0,09

0,5%76,8%20,6%1,5%

Asia 13 $ 5,86 62%

TOTAL 32 $ 9,44 100%

Africa

Mediterranean

Asia

50%9%

41%

TOTAL PROJECTS 98

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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONOF ON GOING PROJECTS

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PROJECT ASSESSMENTS COMPLETEDOR ONGOING IN 2007

In accordance with the aim of strengthening capitali-sation set out in the strategic programming frameworkfor 2007, thirteen project assessments were launchedin 2007.

BIODIVERSITY

Benin - Preservation and management of protectedareas in Pendjari National Park (AFD).Madagascar - Mahafaly Plateau (AFD).Senegal - Preservation of fishing resources by fishingcommunities (AFD).Latin America / Regional - Sustainable use of forestresources in the Guyanas (MEDAD).Madagascar - Support to sustainable management ofprawn fisheries (AFD).

Chile - Regional Nature Park in the Carrera and CapitanPrat Provinces (MEDAD) : assessment launched inDecember 2007 to be finalised in 2008; completionreport drawn up by the Regional Nature ParksFederation.Bolivia - Conservation and development of plant biodi-versity in the tropical zones of Chaparé Biodesa(MENESR) : assessment launched in December 2007 tobe finalised in 2008; completion report drawn up bythe University of Cochabamba.Guinea - Observatory for Maritime Guinea (AFD) :assessment launched in December 2007 to be finali-sed in 2008.

Biohub - Sustainable community management of bio-diversity and natural resources (MAEE) : mid-termassessment carried out with the CST.Venezuela - Support to indigenous communities inCanaïma National Park (MEDAD).

CLIMATE CHANGE

Tunisia - Energy efficiency in buildings and thermalregulation (AFD).Assessment of a project to organise a fuelwood sectorin Lithuania postponed to 2008.

INTERNATIONAL WATERS

Romania/Hungary - Transboundary management ofthe Körös/Crisuri basin – Tisza secondary basin(MEDAD): assessment launched in December 2007 tobe finalised in 2008.

LAND DEGRADATION

Africa / Regional - Regional Global EnvironmentInitiative and Combating Desertification (IREMLCD) withthe CILSS (MAEE).

CAPITALISATION STUDIES AND SEMINARS

Three studies on biodiversity and climate change, onestudy on FGEF project assessment methodology, oneconference and one capitalisation seminar were orga-nised in 2007 in consultation with member institu-tions, the CST and other partners.

The resulting intellectual output has contributed to thedevelopment and distribution of knowledge and inno-vative know-how on global environment topics.

BIODIVERSITY

Assessment of experience with trust funds for long-term financing of biodiversity conservation costs andof their use in French-speaking Africa.

Assessment of the economic, social and environmen-tal benefits of FGEF intervention for marine protectedareas.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Cross-cutting study to identify French know-how in thefield of climate change, with the MINEFE/DGTPE, MAEEand ADEME : study launched in 2006 with 60 000 €

FGEF cofinancing.

International conference on Biofuel Issues andPerspectives in Africa, November, Ouagadougou, withthe government of Burkina Faso, WAEMU and ECOWASand with support from the FGEF, MAEE, AFD andADEME.

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LAND DEGRADATION

Seminar on “Direct sowing under plant cover in tropi-cal soils” with a particular focus on carbon sequestra-tion in agricultural land. December, Madagascar, withcontributions from the FGEF and AFD.

METHODOLOGY

In 2007, the FGEF conducted a meta-evaluation ofretrospective analyses of ex-post assessments of pro-jects cofinanced by the FGEF. Conclusions have beenposted on the internet.

PROJECT ASSESSMENT SYNOPSESAND EXTRACTS

1-BENINPRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTEDAREAS IN PENDJARI NATIONAL PARK

Beneficiary: StateSector: BiodiversityConvention signed: october 2000Planned duration: 4 yearsTotal cost: 9.9 M€

FGEF contribution: 1.1 M€

Project promoter: FGEF

This project was part of a broader Benin NationalParks Conservation and Management Programme(PCGPN) costing a total of 19.6 M€. Besides the FGEFcontribution, the programme also received cofinan-cing from KfW and GTZ (German overseas cooperationagency), the Netherlands cooperation agency, theEuropean Union and the Global Environment Facility(GEF). Under these arrangements, management ofthe FGEF’s contribution to the Pendjari project wasdelegated to KfW.

LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS1. The development and management plan for thePendjari Biosphere Reserve was satisfactorily drawnup and applied.The August 2007 assessment points out that “themanagement plan provides for the integration of localpopulations through AVIGREF(1), the village associationfor fauna management , and its coordination body, theAVIGREF Union. The project’s main successes may beconsidered to be the organisation of this participatorymanagement system and the resulting high standardof relationships between villagers and the NationalPark’s management body (DPNP)(2) . The Pendjari pro-ject is undoubtedly the most successful example of itskind in West Africa”.

2. The main difficulty encountered by the project areits poor results in terms of Park infrastructure (rehabi-litation or construction of trails – 736.50 km – poolsand wells, […] construction of administrative premisesfor the Park management body).

3. In order to overcome the population’s initial reser-vations towards the programme and to help ensurethat Park conservation contributes to developmentamong neighbouring communities, the project promoteda system for redistributing income from hunting, a

(1) Associations Villageoises de Gestion des Réserves de Faune(2) Direction du Parc National de la Pendjari

Betafo site – straw from oats harvest and bean seed crop © Nicolas Hertkorn – AFD

Afghanistan – a fuelwood reserve for a public establishment © GERES

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community investment scheme using income from thePark and provided support to income-generating acti-vities, as well as involving local populations in tourismoperations.The assessment indicates that income among popula-tions in the Pendjari’s buffer zone had increased byabout 11% since 2002. Incomes among families adja-cent to the buffer zone are reported to be 21% higher onaverage than among other neighbouring communities.

4. Biodiversity has been consolidated. It is reported inthe assessment that “the project’s impact on biodi-versity consolidation is indisputable”.“There are no threats to the environment”: farmingactivities are well concentrated within the buffer zoneand the system for access to natural resources in hun-ting zones is operating satisfactorily, the forest firemanagement plan is properly implemented and late-season fires have become exceptional. Populationincreases have been noted in all animal speciesmonitored, most notably among elephants.These generally positive findings need to be temperedby the fact that poaching still occurs to some degree.Thanks to regular ecological monitoring, the assess-ment confirms that the elephant population has dou-bled in the last four years.

5. The Park’s management bodies are operationaland efficient. The August 2007 assessment reportsthat management objectives for the Pendjari NationalPark have been achieved overall, and that the annualwork plan has been fulfilled thanks to the implemen-tation of an effective management system at projectlevel. However, the assessment points out that“although the current status is satisfactory overall,there is no guarantee as to the permanence of opera-tional facilities”.It recommends that the creation of a foundation forthe conservation of Benin’s national parks should befinalised and appropriate financial mechanismsimplemented.

6. At the same time, efforts to promote the Park haveincreased income from tourism, with visitor numbersgrowing from 2200 in 1998 to more than 5800 in2007.60% of the Park’s operating costs are now self-finan-ced. Of this percentage, 31% is from State grants and

29% from direct receipts from tourism and the opera-tion of hunting zones. External financing to be securedamounts to 40% of the total financing requirement.

7. Improved legal framework. The Fauna Act hasbrought substantial progress in the development ofparticipatory management of the Park’s fauna and pro-tected areas. The legal review process has not beencompleted and the assessment recommends that thisshould be done, particularly as regards compensationfor wild fauna damage to crops.

8. The coordination of activities with neighbouringBurkina Faso is still not adequate. Burkina Faso’smore decentralised system of administration could beadapted to the methods of counterpart departmentsto provide greater flexibility and responsiveness.

2-SENEGALPRESERVATION OF FISHING RESOURCES BYFISHING COMMUNITIES

Beneficiary: Oceanium AssociationSector: BiodiversityConvention signed: August 2001Planned duration: 5 yearsTotal cost: 13.4 M€


Project promoter: AFD

The activities planned under this project, known asthe “Narou Heulek” project, were :

• creation by fishing communities of protected areasto address the different issues of halting dynamitefishing, reducing pressures on juvenile fish stocks,damage caused by rotating seine nets and preservingfragile mangrove habitats,

• identification of alternative sources of income, eitherfrom other types of fishing or from activities such astourism,

• installation of artificial reefs within certain protectedareas to help regenerate fish habitats and protect localfishing zones from encroaching trawlers,

• testing fish aggregating devices (FADs) to promotealternative fishing methods,

• awareness, training and communication activitiesamong fishing communities all along the coast inorder to disseminate achievements beyond pilot sites,(3) Zone d’Occupation Contrôlée

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• scientific monitoring of project impacts by Senegal’sFisheries Research Institute (CRODT) in collaborationwith the IRD.

LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS1. The project is relevant. In terms of biodiversity, thelocations of the project’s five marine protected areas(MPAs) cover a variety of situations that are represen-tative of Senegal's marine diversity. Moreover, three ofthese (Bamboung in the Saloum Delta and the twozones in Casamance) are zones of regional biodiversityinterest. Finally, thanks to the diversity and wealth ofecosystems in the Saloum Delta basin, the BamboungMPA has been listed as a UNESCO biosphere reservesince 1981.

2. The establishment of a community MPA has pro-ved to be exemplary. The Oceanium project has resul-ted in the establishment of Senegal’s first functionalMarine Protected Area. The Keur Bamboung MPA isunique in the country and is serving as a textbookexample for the sub-region. It is already receivingexchange visits from Guinea-Conakry and GuineaBissau as well as from other regions in Senegal.

3. The threats to the project that were identifiedduring its development have largely been broughtunder control. The decree listing five MPA sites sup-ported by Oceanium has not been published; to date,

Bamboung is the only area protected by decree.Because of this, progress with MPA projects has notbeen up to expectations.

4. Oceanium’s method for creating MPAs has provedexemplary and ensures significant presence in thefield. Videos highlighting problems encountered (e.g.juvenile fish captures, damage to the sea ground,etc.) were filmed locally and shown at village mee-tings, providing a basis for subsequent discussions.Most of the activities promoted by Oceanium rely onvolunteer work that ensures close community invol-vement.

5. Scientific monitoring of the aquatic environmentand fishing resources showed indisputable improve-ments in the marine ecosystem. Scientific monitoring of each MPA created was plannedas part of the project. To date, only the BamboungMPA is being monitored. In collaboration with theCRODT and the IRD, resulting in the publication ofscientific research work, an ex-ante reference assess-ment was carried out before the protective measureswere applied. Monitoring work is focusing on fishingbut also provides information on fish biodiversity. Themain results after four years of scientific monitoringare: an increase in the number of species found, anincrease in biodiversity with the return of large preda-tors and fish species with high market value, an

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Marking out the Petit Kassa community MPA in Casamance © J.F. Hellio & N. Van Ingen - 2008

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improvement in the structure of fish populations and apossible increase in biomass within the MPA. Finally, itis very likely that the MPA is helping to improve fishcatches and incomes for fishing communities.

6. Oceanium has become a flagship organisation inthe region thanks to support from the FGEF, which inturn has received a boost to its image.The assessment team noted Oceanium’s excellentreputation in all the zones visited in Senegal. Theyfound very positive reports in the local and internatio-nal press with numerous articles in magazines such asNational Geographic, Terres Sauvages, GrandsReportages, Voyages and Océans.

Oceanium also participates in numerous local radioand television broadcasts. The Casamance and KeurBamboung projects have been featured in twoThalassa programmes on the French France3 TV chan-nel, including a 30-minute feature entirely dedicatedto the project. In each case, the programmes highligh-ted the FGEF’s support to Oceanium.

Senegal – Replanting site for 500 000 mangrove trees in 2007 © J.F. Hellio & N. Van Ingen- 2008

3-TUNISIAENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS AND THERMALSTANDARDS

Beneficiary: Tunisian Energy Management AgencySector: Climate ChangeConvention signed: October 2000 Planned duration: 4 yearsTotal cost: 10.3 M€


Project promoter: AFD

Project description and relevance to the interventioncontextThe project assessed addresses the development ofthermal and energy regulations for new buildings inTunisia, conducted in accordance with an original“experimental anticipation” process. The aim of thisapproach is to identify the different obstacles to theoperational implementation of the regulation and toeliminate these obstacles prior to its adoption. Theproject received subsidies from the FGEF (1.9 M€), theGEF (4.4 M USD or 4.2 M€) as well as contributionsfrom the Tunisian State (2.1 MDT or 1.6 M€) and theTunisian prime contractors (2.7 MDT or 2.6 M€).The project was managed by a team working withinthe Tunisian Energy Management Agency (ANME),which established a steering committee made up ofrepresentatives from the ministries concerned, profes-

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sional organisations and associations and fundingagencies.The project was found to be relevant in that itresponds to the increasing deficit in the energy balan-ce, the growing share of energy demand from thebuilding sector and increasing convenience needs. It isfully in line with Tunisia's national strategy for energymanagement up to 2030.

The project covers :

• identification, design, construction and monitoringof 46 demonstration operations conducted by publicand private professionals in the residential and tertia-ry sectors,

• capacity building among those involved in the pro-cess and activities to mobilise professional involve-ment;

• development of specific tools, including technicalguides for professionals and the creation of an energyefficiency and convenience label for buildings.

The project focused on new rather than existingconstructions. This decision was consistent with theboom in new construction activities at the time whenthe project was launched. The project fostered simple,low-cost technical improvements in all buildings (roofand wall insulation, reversing the bricks used indouble partitions(5)), and diversified other improve-ments in order to foster innovations that are savingone third of energy on average.Well-designed documentation of high technical quali-ty was produced and used to support a large numberof training programmes.

LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS1. The FGEF and GEF strengthened the effectiveness ofthe approach by increasing the visibility of activitieswithin a specific project and by facilitating internatio-nal exchanges of know-how. Long-term support hasbeen successfully established.Because these are multiple-component, low-cost pro-jects where responsiveness is a determining factor,funding agencies and host organisations need to esta-blish simplified financing procedures that are suitedto the local context.

2. Efforts to achieve maximum energy savings at leastcost to government departments could result in targe-ting luxury rather than welfare housing.

However, the thermal regulation for new housingconcerns the construction sector as a whole. Specificfinancial incentives should therefore be provided inthe case of welfare housing, as an accompanyingmeasure when the regulation enters into force.In general, with projects for energy efficiency in buil-dings, it is preferable to begin with new housing evenif the potential for savings is lower, because it isalways easier and cheaper to incorporate thermalmodifications at the design stage.

3. Achieving reductions in energy consumption andgreenhouse gas emissions on the scale of an entirecity demands an overall approach integrating transportnetworks, the density of built-up areas, employment,industry and residential locations.

4. The assessment team emphasised the smooth run-ning of this project and the substantial amount ofwork accomplished by the project team and participa-ting professionals. This is one of the very few pilot pro-jects on the implementation of thermal regulations inbuildings currently in existence across the world. Theresulting good practice is worth disseminating interna-tionally. The project’s impacts are significant, particu-larly as regards climate issues, and will increase consi-derably with the promulgation of the regulation andthe application of its accompanying incentives.

(5) Reversing the construction of double partitions by placing 8-hole bricks onthe outside and 12-hole bricks on the inside to increase the inertia of the wall.

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CAPITALISATION STUDIES AND SEMINARS, 2007

ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL

• Paris Conference entitled Citoyens de la Terre(“Citizens of the Earth”) for global ecological gover-nance, February 2007: FGEF participation (Secretary-General and CST Chairman) in the round-table on bio-diversity and ceremony and presentation of an exhibi-tion entitled Biodiversité et Humanité – nos vies sontliées (Biodiversity and Humanity – our lives are intert-wined). The exhibition has been on display sinceDecember 2006 in the entrance hall of the Secretariatfor the Biodiversity Convention in Montreal.

• Numerous citations of the FGEF in six leaflets publishedby the AFD (in French and English and/or Portuguese), onthe AFD’s work in Mozambique, Morocco and Tunisia, incities and urban development and with NGOs.

• Map of the AFD/FGEFgroup’s project portfolioon energy efficiency andrenewable energy andretrospective assessmentof the Lebanon project.

• Publication in French of theFGEF’s Strategic ProgrammingFramework for 2007-2008.

• Publication in French andEnglish of the retrospectiveanalysis of ex-post assess-ments of projects cofinan-ced by the FGEF.

• Redesign of the FGEF web siteat www.ffem.fr to include disbursement procedures in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.All FGEF communications during the events citedabove are available on the Web site.

• Presentation of global environment issues and FGEFactivities : Master ’s Degree in SustainableDevelopment – Centre for International DevelopmentStudies and Research (CERDI ), University of Auvergne– UMR 6587.

ON THE ENVIRONMENT BY FOCAL AREA

CLIMATE CHANGE• Seminar on “Financing Energy Management inTunisia and the Mediterranean Countries” (24-25 April2007, in Hammamet) : contribution by the FGEFSecretariat on “Development Assistance and EnergyManagement – the FGEF Experience”.

• United Nations in Geneva, 27 April 2007 : signaturewith Mr Marek Belka, the Executive Secretary of theEconomic Commission for Europe and former PrimeMinister of Poland, and Mr JM Ripert, Ambassador for

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France, of the FGEF cofinancing convention for a projecton “capacity building and support to the implementa-tion of an energy efficiency fund”.

• Article in “Objectif Chine” Newsletter, June 2007,“L’énergie en Chine – partenariats dans l’énergiepropre”.

• Paris, 1 October 2007 : signature at Matignon, theFrench Prime Minister’s residence, of an FGEF conven-tion (for public transport in Hanoi City) during the visitof the Vietnamese Prime Minister, in the presence ofthe French and Vietnamese authorities.

• European Development Days (Lisbon, 7 – 9 November2007) on integrating climate issues in development :http://www.eudevdays.eu/Public/SideEvent.php by

the GRET, AFD, MAEE andFGEF: contribution to the sideevent – publication of leafletson climate change : “A AFD eas mudancas climaticas –Uma estrategia e instru-mentos renvados” and“A França, parceiro inter-national das alteracçoesclimaticas” and poster aposter entitled “Franceand C l imate Change”that includes the FGEFlogo.

• CDM support programme in China : production of aleaflet presenting the project (in English and French).

• Casablanca : participation in the 10th anniversarycelebrations of the IZDIHAR Association (“energy effi-ciency in industry” project in the Sidi Bernoussi indus-trial park) of the FGEF Secretary-General, who made aspeech in the presence of the Moroccan Ministers for

Energy and SMEs/SMIs, the Mayor of Casablanca,representatives from the French Embassy, the AFD andthe World Bank (22 November 2007).

INTERNATIONAL WATERS• Romania – Hungary - project for integrated manage-ment of the Körös/Crisuri Basin - article in “DanubeWatch” magazine – www.icpdr.org.

BIODIVERSITY• Award ceremony for the FGEF-WWF-Terre Sauvagecompetition on “Action for Biodiversity in Africa” inGabon by the Ambassador for France in the presenceof the representatives of the WWF, to the two

10th Anniversary of the IZDIHAR Association – Casablanca

Diploma for thePPI competition inGabon – 1st prize :Maison duTourisme et de la Nature

Cooperation project(“Support to CDM

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• Courrier de la Planète magazine, January-Marchissue 2007 - FGEF cited for the “Home Garden ofEthiopia” project.

• FGEF cited in “Libération” in an article on antelopesin the Sahel (La resurrection des antilopes au Sahel),Sunday 11 March 2007

• International working group on sustainable tourism- March 2007 - contribution during the Round Table on“Tourism and Territories”.

• Continental magazine - March 2007 - article onexemplary projects in Africa (Quand l’Afrique donnel’exemple),

• On Radio France International (RFI) : - Interview with J.Calas from the FGEF Secretariatduring a symposium on agricultural biodiversity in theSahel, broadcast during the “Atelier des Sciences” pro-gramme in the week of 21st May.- Interview with the Director-General of the IUCN onMonday 22 October 2007 (11:40 a.m. to 12:00) duringthe Visiteur du Jour programme : the value of the FGEF’ssmall initiatives programme was emphasised and illus-trated by a further interview with a project promoterfrom Benin.

• France TV report on the “Conservancies*” projectfinanced by the FGEF during the visit to Namibia byMinister M. Bockel in September 2007.

• In “Le Monde” travel supplement of 27 September2007 : FGEF cited in an article on ecotourism inSenegal (Sénégal – le gout du Paradis).

prize-winners. First prize of 15 000 € to theMaison du Tourisme et de la Nature NGO ; secondprize of 10 000 € to the Amis du pangolin NGO.

The event was covered by the local press, and anarticle was published in the December-January issue ofTerre Sauvage magazine.

• Galardon Awards 2007: the Ambassador for Francereceives the first prize in the International Cooperationcategory, awarded to the FGEF for “Coco Island, aWorld Heritage Site”, from the President of theRepublic of Costa Rica.

Costa Rica : the FGEF receives the 2007 awardfor “Coco Island, a World Heritage Site”

Article on the BamboungMarine Protected Area in

“Le Monde”

Article in Directsoir : www.directsoir.net

Article on the competition in Terre Sauvage magazine

Article in Courrier de la

Planète

Diploma for the PPI competition in Gabon – 1st prize : Maison duTourisme et de la Nature

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• FGEF contribution to a publication by the WorldAssociation of Soil and Water Conservation entitled“No-Till Farming Systems”, October 2007.

• November 2007 issue of the monthly magazine “30millions d’amis” (readership 2.2 million) : feature onantelopes (Un troupeau à la reconquête du désert)and the antelopes project in the Sahel and Sahara pro-moted by the MEDAD, showing the FGEF logo.

• Grenelle Environment Forum – report from workinggroup n°2 on “preserving biodiversity and naturalresources” issued on 26 September 2006 : FGEF citedon page 26 as follows : “French responsibility andinternational commitment … to a gradual increase inthe share of Official Development Assistance for theprotection of biodiversity and natural resources to10% by 2012, through additional contributions to theFrench Global Environment Fund (100 M€ every fouryears)…”

• Cambodia : FGEF support to an environmental filmFestival, in association with the AFD.

• Cambodia: FGEF support to a Cambodian televisionprogramme on the environment, in association withthe AFD.

• Leaflet on “scientific tourism among the bonobos”produced by the African Wildlife Foundation, emphasi-sing the role of the FGEF in the project for the Lomako-Yokola wildlife reserve in the Democratic Republic ofCongo.

• Leaflet on the project for “Biodiversity Conservationin South Africa’s Cape Peninsula“ cofinanced by theFGEF.

• WWF annual review for 2007: WWF programme inMadagascar and the Western Indian Ocean (FGEFcited).

• La gestion concertée des resources naturelles –l’épreuve du temps (“Joint Management of NaturalResources – the Test of Time”) published by Gret andKarthala, featuring a selection of contributions to theGEGOREV symposium in June 2006.

• Biodiversity feature inRegards sur la Terre – Natureet développement annualreview 2007 – Les repères dudéveloppement durable –2008 agenda – edited byPierre Jacquet and LaurenceTubiana, Les Presses SciencesPo : contribution to the fea-ture from FGEF engineers.

• Exhibition on marineresource use in Senegal(Sénégal – l’homme et lamer) at the Porte DoréeAquarium, Paris (18 December 2007 to 22 June 2008)featuring the activities of the NGO Oceanium suppor-ted by the FGEF.

Leaflet on the Senegal exhibition

FGEF cited inthe annualreview published by WWFMadagascar

Gret/Karthalapublication

FGEF participationin the WASWCpublication

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Leaflet on South Africa. FGEF project for biodiversity conservation in the Cape Peninsula

New edition of the ATIBT’s

“Forest Production”publication

Africa Programme - pesticide stockpiles in Tunisia

OZONE LAYER• 20th anniversary celebrations of the MontrealProtocol held in Montreal on 16 September 2007 -speech by the head of French delegation, theSecretary-General of the FGEF and “ozone” awardsgiven by the Canadian minister of the environmentand the UNEP Director-General on 17 September 2007.

• Press conference at the MEDAD with Secretary ofState Mme Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet for the 20thanniversary of the Montreal protocol : participationand speech by the FGEF Secretary-General on 13September 2007 on “The Multilateral Fund for theMontreal Protocol - French cooperation and protectionof the stratospheric ozone layer”.

• Publication of theFGEF leaflet on ozoneto complete its collec-tion of topic-centredleaflets (biodiversity,climate change andinternational waters),which are updatedevery two years.

M.A. Martin receives an award on behalf of the FGEF for its role in implemen-ting the Multilateral Fund for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol “inrecognition of its extraordinary assistance to developing countries as part ofthe worldwide effort to eliminate ozone-depleting substances and protect theozone layer”, from the Canadian minister for the environment and theDirector-General of UNEP.

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Partnership for the forests of the Congo Basin

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Appendices

STEERING COMMITTEEThe steering committee is the decision-making bodyfor the FGEF. It is chaired by the representative fromthe Ministry for the Economy (Directorate-General forthe Treasury and Economic Policy) and is made up ofrepresentatives from the following institutions :

• Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment,

• Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs,

• Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research,

• Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development and Planning,

• French Development Agency.

FGEF MANAGEMENT BODIES : STEERING COMMITTEE, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND SECRETARIAT

The steering committee met three times in 2007.

Issuing decisions on :

• identification files after receiving opinions from the scientific and technical committee,

• ssessment reports, enabling the Secretariat to commit funds,

• overall FGEF policy and recommendations for the Secretariat.

MINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY, INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYMENT Directorate-General for the Treasury and Economic Policy

- Julien Rencki (Chairman)Department for Multilateral Affairs and DevelopmentDeputy Director for International Financial Affairs andDevelopment

- François MarionChief Officer for Development Assistance andMultilateral Development Institutions

- Nicolas PregoChief Officer for Project Assistance with theInternational Business Development Branch

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

- Odile RousselDeputy Director for the EnvironmentDirectorate for Economic and Financial Affairs

- RepresentativeDirectorate for the United Nations and InternationalOrganisations

- André Pouillés-DuplaixDeputy Director for Sectoral Policies and the Millennium ObjectivesDirectorate General for International Cooperation and Development

- RepresentativeDirectorate for Scientific Cooperation and Research

MINISTRY OF ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

- Aline Kuster-MénagerHead, International Affairs

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

- Pierre FabreAdvisor for Research to the Director for InternationalRelations and Cooperation (DRIC)

- François ClinDeputy Director of the Department for Energy,Transport, Environment and Natural Resources withthe Technology Directorate

FRENCH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (AFD)

- Roger GoudiardDirector, Asia Department

- Robert PeccoudDirector of the Research and KnowledgeManagement Department, Strategy Directorate

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ACTING MEMBERS (AS OF 31/12/2007)

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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (CST)

The CST has 10 members who :

• issue recommendations at the identification stage,

• contribute to the processing of applications and supply observations at the commitment stage, should the case arise,

• guide and conduct studies relating to the scientificand technical aspects of the global environment,

• take part in initiatives aiming to inform and raise awareness among French and international partnerson the challenges raised by global environmental issues.

THE FGEF SECRETARIAT

The FGEF Secretariat is attached to the StrategyDirectorate of the French Development Agency (AFD).

In 2007, the members of the Secretariat were as follows :

• Secretary-General,

• Engineer for Biodiversity,

• Engineer for International Waters, Land Degradation and Forests,

• Engineer for Climate Change,

• Engineer for Biodiversity, Climate Change and Chemical Pollutants,

• Two management officers,

• Two assistants.

Protection of the stratospheric ozone layer is a specificmission requiring the long-term services of an externalconsultant.

Michel Griffon (Chairman of the CST) All focal areasANRDidier Babin BiodiversityCIRAD Marc Bied-Charreton Land degradationUniversity of St Quentin en YvelinesLucien Chabason Sustainable development – economicsIDDRIPatrick Duncan BiodiversityCNRSPierre Giraud EconomicsENSMP CERNAMichel Hamelin Climate ChangeADEMERémi Pochat International WatersLCPC CGGREFJacques Rilling Climate ChangeCSTB and GIECLouis-Alexandre Romaña International WatersIFREMER

MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (AS OF 31/12/2007)

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Appendices

The Secretariat's operational activities are organisedinto three categories :

1. Contributions to the processing and monitoringof projects financed by the FGEF

This is the Secretariat's primary and most importantmission in support of FGEF member institutions. Itinvolves examining projects, informing and consultingwith the different partners in France (public, privateand associations) and abroad (bilateral and multilateral),and work on ex-ante appraisals, implementationmonitoring and ex-post evaluations.

2. Participation in thematic or sectoral studiesconducted in France on global environment topics

The Secretariat is responsible for informing its deve-lopment assistance partners.It also participates in various bodies or initiatives (suchas the scientific committee of the Interministerial TaskForce on Climate Change or the Plan Bleu).Under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, theSecretariat has contributed to preparatory work rela-ting to the environment carried out by the

Interministerial Committee for InternationalCooperation and Development.Linking up with these activities is the Secretariat's partici-pation in interministerial work on the climate and biodiver-sity conventions, and more broadly on national strategiesfor sustainable development and biodiversity.

3. Monitoring multilateral financing mechanismsfor the global environment

This concerns both the Global Environment Facility andthe Multilateral Fund for Implementation of theMontreal Protocol. Monitoring of the GEF is a missionwhich is specific to the FGEF Secretariat. This taskensures that the Secretariat team is well informed asto GEF strategies, programmes and projects, while alsoenabling its members to put forward their own pointsof view on the strength of ten years of experience. TheHead of the Secretariat deputises for the representati-ve of the Directorate General for the Treasury andEconomic Policy on the GEF Council.

Marc-Antoine Martin (extension 3374) [email protected] Calas [email protected] Bosse (extension 3065) Climate [email protected] du Castel (extension 3310) International waters, land degradation, [email protected] Rieb (extension 3538) Biodiversity, climate change, chemical pollutants [email protected] Denise Parmentier (extension 3368) Corporate and budget [email protected] Alligbonnon (extension 3093) Budget affairs/Monitoring of financing [email protected] Assistance to engineersVéronique Lefebvre (extension 4116) Assistant [email protected] Carpentier (extension 3496) Budget affairs/Monitoring of [email protected] Assistance to engineers

External expert responsible for ozone layer protection projects under the Montreal Protocol : Béatrice Vincent (extension 3943 – [email protected]).

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This mission involves :

• formulating opinions on the GEF’s strategic andoperational activities and its organisation andmanagement,

• examining the projects, programmes and policyorientations submitted to it.

Monitoring of the Multilateral Fund for Implemen-tation of the Montreal Protocol on protection of theozone layer involves taking part in its ExecutiveCommittee meetings, monitoring operational activitiesand participating whenever required in meetings bet-ween the parties.

THE PROJECT CYCLE

Project stages are as follows :

1. Pre-identification : member institution – secretariat– promoter

2. Identification

• preparation of an identification file by one ofthe institutional partners with the potentialbeneficiary,

• support from the FGEF secretariat to file preparationand formatting,

• verification of project eligibility by the FGEFsecretariat,

• opinions from the FGEF scientific and technicalcommittee and secretariat,

• authorisation from the steering committee to launchex-ante project appraisal.

3. Ex-ante appraisal

• detailed definition of the technical, economic andinstitutional conditions for project implementation andof the focal points for applying finance on the basis ofthe project’s feasibility, logical framework and presen-tation document

4. Commitment

• approval of the project by the steering committee,opinions given by the CST and the Secretariat,

• signature of the financing agreement with thebeneficiary.

5. Implementation

• project implementation by the beneficiary,

• monitoring and supervision by the French institution

supported by the Secretariat,

• mid-term assessment if required,

• management of funds by the AFD.

6. Report on project completion

7. Ex-post evaluation

• assessment of results and impacts after projectcompletion.

8. Communication to third parties (CDs, leaflet, etc.)

9. Capitalisation

• retrospective assessments, documentation andseminars.

Communication on the project after completion orafter ex-post evaluation is carried out by the memberinstitution with support from the Secretariat and/orthe beneficiary partners. Communication may focus ona group of projects relating to a common topic or geo-graphical area.

MAIN ACRONYMS

AFD : Agence française de développement – French Development Agency

CDM : Clean Development MechanismCER : Certified Emission Reduction unitFASEP : Fonds d’aide au secteur privé - Private Sector Assistance

FundGEF : Global Environment FacilityGTZ : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische ZusammenarbeitJI : Joint ImplementationMAEE : Ministère des affaires étrangères et européennes –

French Ministry of Foreign and European AffairsMEDAD : Ministère de l’écologie, du développement et de

l’aménagement durables (French Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development and Planning)

MIES : Mission interministérielle de l’effet de serre - Interministerial Task Force on Climate Change

MLF : Multilateral Fund for implementation of the Montreal Protocol

MPA : Marine Protected AreaNDRC : National Development and Reform CommissionNGO : Non-Governmental OrganizationODA : Official Development AssistanceODP : Ozone Depletion PotentialODS : Ozone-Depleting SubstancesPASP : Programme on African Stock PilesPOP : Persistent Organic PollutantsUNEP : United Nations Environment ProgrammeUNDP : United Nations Development ProgrammeUNIDO : United Nations Industrial Development Organization

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FFEM-FGEF / Agence Française de Développement5 rue Roland Barthes – 75598 Paris cedex 12, France

Tél. : 33 (0) 1 53 44 42 42Fax : 33 (0) 1 53 44 32 48

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