UNEP Projects and Lessons Learned in the

Caribbean

UNEP’s Overall GEF Portfolio

BIODIVERSITYRegional Project for Implementing National Biosafety Frameworks in the Caribbean Sub-region $3.344M/$3.768MMitigating the Threats of Invasive Alien Species in the Insular Caribbean $2.8M/$3.084M

Building a Sustainable National Marine Protected Area Network (Bahamas and Regional)Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks in the Caribbean II (Regional)

UNEP’s Overall GEF Portfolio

CLIMATE CHANGESolar Wind Energy Resources Assessment (Global: $6.812M/$2.508MGeneration &Delivery of RE Based Modern Energy Services; Isla Juventud (Cuba) $5.662M/10.504M

Lighting Market Transformation in the Caribbean Countries (National/Regional)Energy Efficiency in Buildings (National/Regional)Wind Energy Market Development (National/Regional)

UNEP’s Overall GEF Portfolio

INTERNATIONAL WATERSIntegrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management (IWCAM) in the Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean (with UNDP $13.991M/$98.269M)IW-LEARN – Caribbean inter-focal activity (Regional, $100,000) - Caribbean Fund for Wastewater Management (Regional) with IDBArtibonito Aquifer (Dominican Republic, Haiti)

UNEP’s Overall GEF Portfolio

Persistent Organic Pollutants• Supporting the Implementation

of the Global Monitoring Plan of POPs in Latin America and Caribbean States

• Priority Actions for NIP Implementation in the Caribbean

Examples of results to date

UNEP has assisted more than 130 countries to develop national biosafety frameworks and to build national BCH capacity.SWERA has mapped 13 countries including Belize and Cuba. Ocean surface wind data available at www.swera.unep.netCuba has developed 1.5 MW of retractable (hurricane proof) turbines in a small island minigrid.

Examples of results to date

The IW:LEARN Caribbean component is developing a specific activity on multi-project learning in the Caribbean -- a region with an impressive concentration of GEF efforts in all focal areas

UNEP has provided support to 8 of the 16 eligible Caribbean OFPs under the Country Support Programme

Examples of challenges to date

Economic and commercial integration in the region (CARICOM) is not mirrored by a common approach (Cartagena?, GEF?) to similar environmental threats/opportunitiesVulnerability and interconnectivity of small island ecosystems makes project design more complex as interventions must be multi-focal to be more effective

Examples of challenges to date

Fine tuning a good national/regional implementation model for shared developmentExperimenting with learning and sharing on a regional basis Working as a GEF family to strengthen knowledge management efforts

Some lessons learned

Build on existing regional forums and entities Outline detailed implementation arrangements / expectations in advance of project launch (inception workshops critical)Expect that performance in regional projects will be uneven -- providing allowances and solutions for these

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