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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
February 12th, 2018 - February 16th,2018
A weekly update on the GEF Program Management
Calendar
- Council Meeting Schedules
- GEFOP Meeting Schedules
Projects
- GEF Project Concepts, Proposals, Draft Documents Received
- Project Clearances, Approvals, Endorsements and Other Comments
Contacts
- GEF Secretariat Staff
- GEF Agencies
- GEF Trustee Convention Secretariats
Communications
- Introducing new staff to the GEFSEC
- Announcements
SCHEDULE OF FORTHCOMING GEF COUNCIL MEETING
GEF Council Consultations with Civil Society
GEF Council Meeting
LDCF/SCCF Council Meeting
STAP Panel Meetings
GEF Work Program Calendar for 2018
Events Dates
Receipt deadline for PIF/PFD
Draft Cover Note to Agencies, ConvSec, STAP
Inter-Agency Meeting with ConvSec, STAP
Posting of Work Program
Council Meeting
Council Approval
Meetings/Consultations
Kindly see the link to the compilation of council comments for the November 2017 GEF Work Programhttps://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/work-program-documents/Compilation%20of%20Council%20Comments%20-%20November%202017%20Work%20Program.pdf
Dates
March 9
May 18
May 24
May 29
June 24-26
June 26
Fiscal Year ‘18Country Support Program Activities
Expanded Constituency Workshops
Constituency Meetings
Requests Received from GEF Agencies
February 12 - 16, 2018
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
ADB
9999 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
ADB Regional Test 13-Feb-18David Elrie RodgersClimate
Change
10000 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
ADB Regional Test 13-Feb-18David Elrie RodgersClimate
Change
CI
9997 MSP CEO PIF Approval CI Rwanda Strengthening the Capacity of
Institutions in Rwanda to
implement the Transparency
Requirements of the Paris
Agreement
13-Feb-18Dustin SchinnClimate
Change
9948 MSP CEO PIF Approval CI Madagascar Building and Strengthening
Madagascar’s National Capacity to
Implement the Transparency
Elements of the Paris Agreement
13-Feb-18Dustin SchinnClimate
Change
FAO
9968 MSP CEO PIF Approval FAO Global Building global capacity to
increase transparency in the forest
sector (CBIT-Forest)
12-Feb-18Milena VasquezClimate
Change
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
IUCN
9232 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IUCN Regional (Cambodia,
Lao PDR, Myanmar)
Sustainable Management of
Peatland Ecosystems in Mekong
Countries
9-Feb-18Paul HartmanMulti Focal
Area
9521 FP CEO endorsement of FSP IUCN Guinea-Bissau Managing Mangroves and
Production Landscapes for Climate
Change Mitigation
13-Feb-18Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNDP
9836 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNDP Mauritius Mainstreaming Sustainable Land
Management and Biodiversity
Conservation in the Republic of
Mauritius
12-Feb-186005 Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Land
Degradation
9361 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Vietnam Mainstreaming Natural Resource
Management and Biodiversity
Conservation objectives into socio-
economic development planning
and management of Biosphere
Reserve in Viet Nam
12-Feb-185659 Hannah FairbankMulti Focal
Area
9996 EA CEO EA Approval UNDP Niger Fourth National Communication
on Climate Change
12-Feb-186214 Akio TakemotoClimate
Change
9998 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Global Test project 13-Feb-18David Elrie RodgersClimate
Change
9165 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNDP Regional (Egypt,
Libya, Sudan, Chad)
Enabling Implementation of the
Regional SAP for the Rational and
Equitable Management of the
Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System
(NSAS).
13-Feb-184736 Astrid HillersInternational
Waters
10001 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Nigeria Climate compatible green urban
development in Port Harcourt,
Nigeria
14-Feb-186001 Ming YangClimate
Change
9994 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNDP Argentina Mainstreaming Biodiversity
Conservation Criteria in Sectorial
and Inter-sectorial Public Policies
and Programs to Safeguard
Threatened Wildlife
16-Feb-186198 Mark ZimskyBiodiversity
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNEP
9958 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNEP Haiti Building Resilience in the Wake of
Climate Disasters in Southern Haiti
12-Feb-18Katya Kuang-IdbaClimate
Change
9402 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Antigua And Barbuda The Path to 2020 - Antigua and
Barbuda
12-Feb-18Sarah WyattBiodiversity
9539 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Malawi Enhancing Sustainability of
Protected Area Systems and
Stabilizing Agro-production in
Adjoining Areas through Improved
IAS Management
12-Feb-18Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
9747 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Mauritania Building Core Capacity for the
Implementation, Monitoring and
Reporting of Multilateral
Environmental Agreements
(MEAs) in the Context of the
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) in Mauritania
12-Feb-18Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
9809 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Benin Building Core Capacity for
Implementation, Monitoring and
Reporting of Multilateral
Environmental Agreements
(MEAs) and Relevant Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) in
Benin
13-Feb-18Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
9747 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Mauritania Building Core Capacity for the
Implementation, Monitoring and
Reporting of Multilateral
Environmental Agreements
(MEAs) in the Context of the
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) in Mauritania
14-Feb-18Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
9980 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global (Albania,
Armenia, Botswana,
Belarus, Georgia,
Iraq, Kenya, Kyrgyz
Republic, Sri Lanka,
Moldova,
Macedonia,
Myanmar, Maldives,
Malawi, Philippines,
Palau, Swaziland,
Chad, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan,
GEF Support to UNCCD 2018
National Reporting Process –
Umbrella II
15-Feb-18Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Land
Degradation
9744 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Iraq Establishing a Functional
Environmental Information System
for the Synergistic Implementation
of Multilateral Environmental
Agrements (MEAs) for Iraq
15-Feb-18Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
9695 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNIDO,
UNEP
Regional (Mongolia,
Philippines)
Contribution Towards the
Elimination of Mercury in the
ASGM sector From Miners to
Refiners
15-Feb-18Anil SookdeoChemicals
and Waste
10002 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP Swaziland Capacity Building for Enhanced
Transparency in Climate Change
Monitoring, Reporting and
Verification
16-Feb-18Dustin SchinnClimate
Change
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
9981 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global (Angola,
Burundi, Benin,
Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,
Cameroon, Cabo
Verde, Egypt, Eritrea,
Gabon, Ghana,
Guinea, Equatorial
Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Comoros,
Madagascar, Mali,
Mauritania,
Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger,
Nigeria, Sierra
Leone, Sao Tome and
Principe, Tanzania,
South Africa,
Zambia, Congo DR)
GEF Support to UNCCD 2018
National Reporting Process -
Umbrella I
16-Feb-18Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Land
Degradation
9408 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Regional (Antigua
And Barbuda,
Barbados, Dominica,
Grenada, St. Kitts
And Nevis, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent and
Grenadines)
Preventing COSTS of Invasive
Alien Species (IAS) in Barbados
and the OECS Countries
16-Feb-18Sarah WyattBiodiversity
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
10003 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global (Antigua And
Barbuda, Barbados,
Burkina Faso,
Bolivia, Bhutan,
Belize, Chile,
Colombia, Costa
Rica, Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
Grenada, Guatemala,
Guyana, Honduras,
Haiti, Jamaica, St.
Kitts And Nevis, St.
Lucia, Libya,
Mongolia, Mexico,
Seychelles, Somalia,
Suriname, South
Sudan, El Salvador,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Uruguay, St. Vincent
and Grenadines,
Venezuela)
GEF Support to UNCCD 2018
National Reporting
Process-Umbrella III
16-Feb-18Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Land
Degradation
UNIDO
9695 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNIDO,
UNEP
Regional (Mongolia,
Philippines)
Contribution Towards the
Elimination of Mercury in the
ASGM sector From Miners to
Refiners
15-Feb-18Anil SookdeoChemicals
and Waste
February 12 - 16, 2018
Responses to Proponents
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
CI
9948 MSP CEO PIF Approval CI Madagascar Building and
Strengthening
Madagascar’s National
Capacity to Implement the
Transparency Elements of
the Paris Agreement
5-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Climate
Change
Dustin Schinn
9434 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
CI Timor Leste Securing the Long-term
Conservation of Timor
Leste Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services
through the
Establishement of a
functioning National
Protected Area Network
and the Improvement of
Natural Resource
Management in Priority
Catchment Corridor
13-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Cyrille Barnerias
9983 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
CI Regional
(Botswana, Eritrea,
Comoros,
Mauritius,
Seychelles, Sudan,
Swaziland, Zambia)
Establishment of a
Regional Capacity-
Building Hub to
Strengthen the Capacity of
Member states in East and
Southern Africa to
Implement the Paris
Agreement’s Enhanced
Transparency Framework
15-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Climate
Change
Dustin Schinn
9997 MSP CEO PIF Approval CI Rwanda Strengthening the Capacity
of Institutions in Rwanda
to implement the
Transparency
Requirements of the Paris
Agreement
16-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Climate
Change
Dustin Schinn
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9948 MSP CEO PIF Approval CI Madagascar Building and
Strengthening
Madagascar’s National
Capacity to Implement the
Transparency Elements of
the Paris Agreement
20-Feb-18 PIF recommended for
CEO approval (PM
recommended for
technical clearance)
Climate
Change
Dustin Schinn
FAO
9517 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Sao Tome and
Principe
Landscape Restoration for
Ecosystem Functionality
and Climate Change
Mitigation in the Republic
of Sao Tome e Principe
13-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Asha Bobb-Semple
9988 MSP CEO PIF Approval FAO Equatorial Guinea Enhancing Equatorial
Guinea’s institutional and
technical capacity in the
agriculture, forestry and
other land-use sector for
enhanced transparency
under the Paris Agreement
15-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Climate
Change
Dustin Schinn
UNDP
9784 FP CEO PPG approval UNDP Bosnia-
Herzegovina
Environmentally Sound
Management of POPs in
Industrial and Hazardous
Waste Sectors
12-Feb-18 PPG recommended for
CEO approval
6088 Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
9531 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Afghanistan Conservation of Snow
Leopards and their Critical
Ecosystem in Afghanistan
12-Feb-18 FSP circulated to
Council before CEO
endorsement
5844 Multi Focal
Area
Hannah Fairbank
9598 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Iran Sustainable Land
Management in the Illam
Province of Iran
12-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
4708 Land
Degradation
Ulrich Apel
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9994 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Argentina Mainstreaming
Biodiversity Conservation
Criteria in Sectorial and
Inter-sectorial Public
Policies and Programs to
Safeguard Threatened
Wildlife
13-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
6198 Biodiversity Mark Zimsky
9193 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Kazakhstan Conservation and
Sustainable Management
of Key Globally Important
Ecosystems for Multiple
Benefits (Resubmission)
14-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5696 Multi Focal
Area
Asha Bobb-Semple
9965 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Nigeria Private Sector engagement
in Integrated Landscape
Management for Global
Environmental Benefits
14-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision (review sheet
sent today)
6210 Multi Focal
Area
Susan Waithaka
9429 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Cuba Incorporating Multiple
Environmental
Considerations and their
Economic Implications
into the Management of
Landscapes Forests and
Production Sectors in Cuba
15-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5760 Multi Focal
Area
Sarah Wyatt
9288 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Suriname Improving Environmental
Management in the Mining
Sector of Suriname, with
Emphasis on Gold Mining
15-Feb-18 FSP recommended for
endorsement (DOcs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
5627 Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
9739 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNDP Uruguay Building Institutional and
Technical Capacities to
Enhance Transparency in
the Framework of the Paris
Agreement
15-Feb-18 MSP recommended for
CEO approval (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
6069 Climate
Change
Milena Vasquez
6968 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Chad Chad National Adaptation
Plan
15-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5431 Climate
Change
Katya Kuang-Idba
9303 FP Council approval
of PIF
UNDP Ethiopia Climate Change
Adaptation in the Lowland
Ecosystems of Ethiopia
15-Feb-18 PIF approved by
Council
5630 Climate
Change
Dustin Schinn
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9784 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Bosnia-
Herzegovina
Environmentally Sound
Management of POPs in
Industrial and Hazardous
Waste Sectors
15-Feb-18 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
6088 Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
9994 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Argentina Mainstreaming
Biodiversity Conservation
Criteria in Sectorial and
Inter-sectorial Public
Policies and Programs to
Safeguard Threatened
Wildlife
16-Feb-18 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
6198 Biodiversity Mark Zimsky
9739 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNDP Uruguay Building Institutional and
Technical Capacities to
Enhance Transparency in
the Framework of the Paris
Agreement
16-Feb-18 MSP approved by CEO6069 Climate
Change
Milena Vasquez
9288 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Suriname Improving Environmental
Management in the Mining
Sector of Suriname, with
Emphasis on Gold Mining
16-Feb-18 FSP endorsed by CEO5627 Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
UNEP
9815 MSP CEO PIF Approval UNEP South Sudan Systemic, Institutional and
Individual Capacity for the
Implementation of the Rio
Conventions in the
Republic of South Sudan
8-Feb-18 PIF approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Susan Waithaka
9815 MSP CEO PPG approval UNEP South Sudan Systemic, Institutional and
Individual Capacity for the
Implementation of the Rio
Conventions in the
Republic of South Sudan
8-Feb-18 PPG approved by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Susan Waithaka
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9980 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global (Albania,
Armenia,
Botswana, Belarus,
Georgia, Iraq,
Kenya, Kyrgyz
Republic, Sri
Lanka, Moldova,
Macedonia,
Myanmar,
Maldives, Malawi,
Philippines, Palau,
Swaziland, Chad,
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, Serbia,
Zimbabwe)
GEF Support to UNCCD
2018 National Reporting
Process – Umbrella II
16-Feb-18 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for EA revision
Land
Degradation
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
9981 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Global (Angola,
Burundi, Benin,
Congo, Cote
d'Ivoire,
Cameroon, Cabo
Verde, Egypt,
Eritrea, Gabon,
Ghana, Guinea,
Equatorial Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Comoros,
Madagascar, Mali,
Mauritania,
Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger,
Nigeria, Sierra
Leone, Sao Tome
and Principe,
Tanzania, South
Africa, Zambia,
Congo DR)
GEF Support to UNCCD
2018 National Reporting
Process - Umbrella I
16-Feb-18 EA recommended for
CEO approval
(pending approval)
Land
Degradation
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
UNIDO
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9773 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNIDO Regional
(Armenia,
Moldova,
Macedonia, Serbia)
Introduction of POPs
BAT and BEP in the
Metallurgical Industry in
Central Eastern Europe,
Caucasus and Central Asia
(CEECCA): Republic of
Armenia, Former
Yugoslov Republic of
Macedonia, Republic of
Moldova, Republic of
Serbia
12-Feb-18 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
9773 FP CEO PPG approval UNIDO Regional
(Armenia,
Moldova,
Macedonia, Serbia)
Introduction of POPs
BAT and BEP in the
Metallurgical Industry in
Central Eastern Europe,
Caucasus and Central Asia
(CEECCA): Republic of
Armenia, Former
Yugoslov Republic of
Macedonia, Republic of
Moldova, Republic of
Serbia
12-Feb-18 PPG recommended for
CEO approval
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
9357 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNIDO Paraguay Strengthening the
Environmentally-sound
Management and Final
Disposal of PCBs
12-Feb-18 FSP recommended for
endorsement (Agency
notified - new version
showing round up
amounts needed)
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
9357 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNIDO Paraguay Strengthening the
Environmentally-sound
Management and Final
Disposal of PCBs
14-Feb-18 FSP recommended for
endorsement (Docs
circulating for
clearance/signature)
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
World Bank
9555 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank
Mexico Sustainable Productive
Landscapes
12-Feb-18 FSP recommended for
endorsement (PM
recommended for CEO
endorsement)
159835 Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9555 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank
Mexico Sustainable Productive
Landscapes
16-Feb-18 FSP endorsed by CEO159835 Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
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Chairperson
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Advisor to the CEO
Claus Astrup
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GEF Programs
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Katya Yuh Kuang-Idba Climate Change Specialist [email protected]+1 202 473 4364
Leah KarrerSenior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 8364
Milena Gonzalez Vasquez Junior Professional Associate
+1 202 458 1284
Mohamed Imam BakarrLead Environmental Specialist - Program
Strategy [email protected]
+1 202 458 8890
Nhu Quynh Phan Program Assistant [email protected] +1 202 473 4236
Pascal MartinezSenior Climate Change Specialist
+1 202 458-9755
Jean-Marc Sinnassamy Senior Environmental Specialist [email protected] +1 202 473 8060
Kettly DenisProgram [email protected]+1 202 473 0825
Mark ZimskyLatin America Regional Coordinator/ Biodiversity Focal Area Coordinator [email protected]
+1 202 473 7855
Manuela Ravina da SilvaJunior Professional Officer [email protected] +1 202 473 3231
Ming YangSenior Climate Change Specialist
+1 202 473 5707
Monica Fernandes Senior Program Assistant
+1 202 473 9647
Paul HartmanSenior Environmental Specialist [email protected]
Tigest Tirfe Program Assistant
+1 202 458 9297
Steffen HansenEnvironmental [email protected]
+1 202 458 8796
Ulrich ApelEurope and Central Asia Regional Coordinator/
Land Degradation Focal Area Coordinator
uapel@ thegef.org
+1 202 473 2573
Xiaomei TanSenior Climate Change Specialist
+1 202 473 7448
Sarah WyattOperations [email protected]
+1 202 473 0534
Director GEF Independent Evaluation Office
Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 473 2259
Senior Operations Officer [email protected]+1 202 473 6056
Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 473 0266
Dennis Bours Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 458 9153
Research Assistant [email protected]+1 202 473 1808
Molly WattsEvaluation Analyst [email protected]+1 202 473 3675
Sara El ChoufiEvaluation Analyst [email protected]+1 202 458 7069
Program Assistant [email protected]+1 202 473 0654
Peixuan ZhouEvaluation Analyst [email protected]+1 202 473 1703
nupam AnandEvaluation Officer [email protected]+202-473-3147
Geeta BatraDeputy Director and Chief Evaluation [email protected]+202-473-4442
Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 473 8154
Senior Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 4738896
Knowledge Management Officer [email protected]+1 202 458 4908
Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 458 2719
Information Analyst [email protected]+1 202 473 4914
Kyoko MatsumotoSenior Evaluation Officer [email protected]+1 202 473 2609
Senior Executive Assistant [email protected]+1 202 458 9682
Khondoker Tanveer Haider [email protected]
Laura Reynolds Nissley Consultant [email protected]
Silvia Mancini
smancini
Operations Associate
Sophie Hans-Moevi Senior Program Assistant shansmoevi
73 0701
Matthew Pueschel Consultant mpueschel 6743
Senior Climate Change Specialist
Saliha Dobardzic
[email protected]+ 202 473 5943
Young Hee Lee Operations Analyst ylee12
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Farayi Onias Madziwa Program Officer fmadziwa
58 5184
licia Marie Austin Temporary austin
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nni Rein Temporary rein
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Manager
GEF DIRECTORY OF ADDRESSEES
GEF Secretariat1
Program Coordination Registry1818 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20433, USA
gcoord ination@theg ef.org
Attn: Mr. Henry SalazarCoordinator - [email protected]
+1 202 473 8226
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) Registry 1818 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20433, USA
Mr. Praveen Desabatla
Team Leader, DFPTF
+1 202 458 2099
UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)413 rue Saint-Jacques, Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1 N9 [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias Executive Secretary GEF Contact Person: Mr. Yibin Xiang
Program Officer
+1 514 288 2220
UN Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC)Haus Carstanjen
Martin Luther King Strasse 8
53175 Bonn, Germany
Attn: Ms. Patricia EspinosaExecutive Secretary
GEF Contact Person(s):
- Ms. Deschen Tsering
- Mr. Alejandro Kilpatrick
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm ConventionsUNEP International Environment House 1
11-13 Chemin des Anemones
1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Attn: Dr. Rolph Payet Executive Secretary
Mr. Frank Moser
GEF Focal Point
0ffice of the Executive Secretary
+41 22 917 8951
1 GEF Secretariat’s physical address: 1899 Pennslyvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006
Convention Secretariats
GEF Trustee
GEF Secretariat
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)Herrmnn-Ehlers Str. 10
D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Attn: Ms. Monique Barbut
Executive Secretary
GEF Contact Person: Ms. Anja Thust
Program Officer, FCMI Unit
+49 228 815 2828
Interim Secretariat of the Minamata ConventionInternational Environment House 1
13, chemin des Anémones
CH-1219 Chatelaine, Geneva
Switzerland
Mr. Jacob Duer
Coordinator, Minamata Convention
[email protected] +41 22 917 82 17
STAP Panel and Secretariat
Rosina Bierbaum Chairperson [email protected]
Christopher Whaley STAP Secretary [email protected]
+1 734 763 8675 +1 202 974 1318
Ralph E. Sims Panel Member on Climate Change Mitigation [email protected] +64 21 166 4555
Guadalupe Duron Programme Officer [email protected] +1 202 974 1313
Brian Child Panel Member on Biodiversity [email protected] +352 392 0494
Robin Burgess Programme Assistant [email protected] +1 202 974 1311
Ricardo Barra Panel Member on Chemicals & Waste [email protected] 56-41-2204002
Annette Cowie Panel Member on Land Degradation [email protected] +61 2 677 28080
Ferenc Toth Panel Member of Adaptatation [email protected] +43 2236 864501
Sarah Lebel Climate Adaptation and Resilience Specialist [email protected] +1 202 621 5036
Virginia Gorsevski Senior Programme Officer [email protected] +1 202 621 5020
Sunday A. Leonard (PhD) Senior Programme Officer [email protected] + 33 (0) 1 44 37 19 98
Michael Stocking Advisor to the STAP Chair [email protected]+44 1603 592 339
Thomas E. Lovejoy Advisor to the STAP Chair [email protected]
Panel Secretariat
GEF Agency Secretariats
African Development Bank (AfDB) Registry Headquarters 01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01 Côte d'Ivoire [email protected]
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Registry 6 ADB Avenue Mandaluyong City 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines [email protected]
European Bankfor Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Registry One Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom [email protected]
Mr. Mahamat Assouyouti GEF Coordinator [email protected]
Copy to: Mr. Kurt Lonsway Division Manager, Environment and Climate Change [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Nessim Ahmad Deputy Director General, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Development and GEFOfficial Focal Point [email protected]
Copy to: Mr. Bruce Dunn Principal Environment Specialist, Environment and Safeguards and ADB/GEF Coordinator [email protected] +632 683 1922/ +632 683 1923
Attn: Ryan Alexander Associate Manager, Climate Finance [email protected]
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Registry Viale Dell Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome, Italy [email protected]
Attn: Mr Alexander Jones Director, Climate and Environment Division (CBC) [email protected] +3906 570 54477
Copy to: Mr. Jeffrey Griffin Senior Coordinator - FAO-GEF Unit Climate and Environment Division (CBC) [email protected] [email protected] +3906 570 55680
GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) Registry 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433, USA [email protected]
Ms. Emilia Battaglini GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected] + 1 202 458 0378
Copy to: Shaanti Kapila [email protected]
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Registry Via Paolo di Dono, 44 00142 Rome, Italy [email protected]
Mr. Perin Saint-Ange Associate Vice President, Programme Management Department [email protected] +39 06 5459 2448
Copy to: Ms. Margarita Astrálaga Director, Environment and Climate Division [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2151
Ms. Sheila Mwanundu [email protected]
Ms. Aisha Nazario [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2459 Ms. Estibalitz Morras [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2438
United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) Registry United Nations Avenue Gigiri, PO Box 30552 00100 Nairoibi, Ken ya [email protected]
Local Office: 900 17th Street, NW Suite 506, Washington, D.C. 20006
Ms. Kelly West GEF Coordinator [email protected] +254 20 762 4147
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Registry 1300 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20577, USA [email protected]
GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Registry 304 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017, USA [email protected]
Attn: Ms. Adriana Dinu GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected] +1 212 906 5143
Copy to: Nancy Bennet [email protected]
GEF Project Agency Secretariats
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) 380 Enrique Canaval Moreyra Ave., 13th Floor, San Isidro, Lima Lima 27, Peru [email protected]
Attn: René Gómez García Palao Senior Executive [email protected] +511-710-8530
Copy to: Ms. Ligia Castro de Doens, Director Environment [email protected]
Conservation International (CI) 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington VA, 22202 USA [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Miguel Morales Vice President/ Managing Director CI-GEF Project Agency [email protected]
Copy to: [email protected]
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Registry Vienna International Centre PO Box 300 A-1400 Vienna, Austria [email protected]
Mr. Juergen Hierold GEF Coordinator [email protected] +43 1 26026 4565
Copy to: Ms. Pamela Mikschofsky [email protected]
GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d
[email protected] +41 22 999 02 56
Mr. Sébastien Delahaye Portfolio Manager GEF Coordination Unit [email protected] +41 22 999 02 51
Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) Ministry of Environmental Protection ECO Building No.5 Houyingfang Hutong Xicheng District, Beijing 100035, China [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Xiao Xuezhi Deputy Director General [email protected] + 86-10-82268807
Copy to: Ms. Chen Haijun Director, [email protected] + 86-10-82268846
Ms. Yan Wei Senior Project Manager [email protected] + 86-10-82268848
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Rue Mauverney, 28 CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland [email protected]
Attn: Cyrie Sendashonga Global Director, Policy and Programme [email protected] +41 22 999 03 17
Copy to: Mr. Jean-Yves Pirot, Head, GEF Coordination Unit
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) 1258 Lever Road, Headway Hill Midrand, 1685 South Africa
Attn:Ms. Nomsa T. Zondi GEF Coordinator [email protected] +27 11 313 3491
GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF-US) 1250 24th St, NW Washington, DC 20037-1193 [email protected]
Attn: Dr. David S. McCauley Senior Vice President Policy and Government Affairs [email protected] +1-202-495-4159
Copy to: Mr. Hervé Lefeuvre Senior Director, GEF Relations and GEF Coordinator [email protected] +1-202-459-8533
Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade (FUNBIO) Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 286 5º andar Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22270-014 [email protected]
Attn: Fabio Heuseler Ferreira leite GEF Coordinator [email protected] + 55 21 2123-5326
Copy to: [email protected]
Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) 68 Avenue de La Liberation 1172 - Lomé / Togo
Attn: Mr. Yacoubou Bio-Sawe Director of Environment and Finance Climate (DEFIC), GEF Coordinator [email protected] +(228)22.232.525.24
Copy to: Ibrahim Traore Head of Finance Climate Division, [email protected] +1(228)22.23.26.92
DISTRIBUTION LIST WHEN SUBMITTING PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR GEF CEO APPROVAL/ENDORSEMENT
As a rule, all GEF Agencies are expected to circulate their project proposals to the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies,
and STAP and to the relevant Convention Secretariat.
Standard Distribution List for all projects (PIF, PPG, FSP, MSP, and EA): [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@adb.org [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@boad.org [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@dbsa.org [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected] [email protected]@[email protected] [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@wwfus.org [email protected]
To be included in the Standard Distribution List as appropriate:
For Biodiversity Projects: [email protected] [email protected]
For Land Degradation Projects:
For POPs Projects:
[email protected] For Climate Change Projects:
For Mercury Projects