q Comparative Advantages and GEF Experience Expertise

q Comparative Advantages and GEF Experience & Expertise of UNDP q How to access GEF funds through UNDP (project cycle) GEF Caribbean Expanded Constituency Workshop Belize City, Wednesday 02 March 2011

The UNDP as a GEF Agency GEF Agencies play key roles in managing GEF projects on the ground: q They assist eligible governments and NGOs in the development, implementation, and management of GEF projects q They are requested to focus their involvement in GEF project activities within their respective comparative advantages q For integrated projects, agencies may choose to partner and define clear complementary roles, based on comparative advantages

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UNDP: the UN’s Global Development Network UNDP’s mandate is to help countries connect to knowledge, experience and resources to address global, regional and national development challenges

UNDP’s Strategic Plan q Poverty Reduction & Achievement of MDGs q Crisis Prevention & Recovery q Environment & Sustainable Development q Democratic Governance

The Energy & Environment Group (EEG) of UNDP q based in UNDP’s Bureau of Development Policy q responsible for providing leadership & technical support to the delivery of the Environment & Sustainable Development pillar of UNDP’s Strategic Plan q main focus = help countries develop the capacity to fully incorporate environmental sustainability into development, at local, national, regional and global levels

The Energy & Environment Group (EEG) of UNDP q principal areas of work: ü environmental mainstreaming ü environmental finance ü adaptation to climate change ü local governance of resources, incl. energy

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency q UNDP has a global network of country offices (COs) GEF UNDP GEF Head. Quarters UNDP GEF Regional Coordination Unit UNDP Country Office q UNDP CO’s receive support from the EEG/GEF’s Regional Coordination Unit in Panama and from the UNDP GEF Unit HQ in New York Governments NGOs Agencies

UNDP in the Caribbean: Country Offices

UNDP in the Caribbean: Country Offices GEF contacts Country Office UNDP contact E_mail Barbados (PO) Reynold Murray Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica (PA) Anne Marie Diop Belize (PO) Diane Wade diane. wade@undp. org (PA) Ismirla Andrade ismirla. andrade@undp. org (PO) Gricel Acosta gricel. acosta@undp. org (PA) Patricia Fernandez patricia. fernandez@undp. org (PO) Maria Eugenia Morales maria. morales@undp. org (PA) Jacqueline Sanchez jacqueline. sanchez@undp. org (PO) Patsy Ross patsy. ross@undp. org (PA) Nadine Livan nadine. livan@undp. org Cuba Dominican Republic Guyana Haiti Jamaica (Bahamas) Suriname Trinidad & Tobago reynold. murray@undp. org anne-marie. diop@undp. org (PO) Arnad Dupuy arnaud. dupuy@undp. org (PA) Anne Marie Jamine Charles Merilian jamine. charles-merilien@undp. org (PO) Margaret Jones Williams margaret. jones. williams@undp. org (PA) Nicole Brown nicole. brown@undp. org (PO) Thomas Gittens thomas. gittens@undp. org (PA) Bryan Drakenstein bryan. drakenstein@undp. org (PO) Rosemary Lall rosemary. lall@undp. org. tt PO = Programme Officer – PA = Programme Associate

The UNDP EEG LAC & the system of Principal and Regional Technical Advisors q The EEG is subdivided in substantial Technical Areas (international waters, ecosystems & biodiversity, land degradation, climate change, etc. ) led by a Principal Technical Advisor (PTA, at HQ – New York) q The PTA leads a team of Regional Technical Advisors (RTAs, in RCU Panama) q The RTAs belong to a Regional Team, led by a Regional Team Leader. The Regional Team provides support to the CO’s and promotes coordination among technical areas in the region

UNDP in the Caribbean: Regional Coordination Unit Contacts http: //www. undp. org/gef/contacts/lac. html

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency q UNDP has vast experience in integrated policy development, human resources development, institutional strengthening, and non-governmental and community participation q UNDP assists countries in promoting, designing and implementing activities consistent with both the GEF mandate and national sustainable development plans q UNDP has extensive inter-country programming experience

UNDP’s experience & expertise – delivery under GEF 4

UNDP’s experience & expertise – GEF portfolio for LAC currently under implementation

UNDP’s experience & expertise – GEF portfolio for Caribbean, important topics • Sustainable Natural Resources Management • Biodiversity conservation, management, mainstreaming • Protected Area Systems sustainability, finance (incl. coastal/marine areas) • Water governance, IWRM, ICM, fisheries • Sustainable Land Management: capacity building, demonstration • Strengthening adaptive capacities • Enabling activities: NBSAPs, NCs, reports, …

How to access GEF funds through the UNDP Project cycle – full-sized project

How to access GEF funds through the UNDP 3 Phases project support 3 tiers of Quality control Project Identification Project Development Project Oversight annual work plan; financial procedures; financial oversight and audit; project governance; project progress; general support and troubleshooting; evaluation, financial closure and final reporting UNDP Country Office project development programming dialogue with support, inter-ministerial country partners, consultation, identification UNDAF/CCA and CPD and engagement with partners UNDP/GEF Region-based Technical Advisor technical backstopping to CO; technical upstream policy dialogue quality assurance; sourcing and controlling sectoral, finance and source technical expertise; quality of technical expertise; extract and planning ministries; identify assure overall technical disseminate knowledge and lessons potential SOFs; technical quality & eligibility screening UNDP/GEF Principal Technical Advisor determine strategic overall quality control → priorities for support based clearances with sources of on global good technical funds practice ensure best available global knowledge and expertise; technical control of quality and performance; technical backstopping; knowledge synthesis and dissemination

PROJECT IDEA REVIEW UNDP-COUNTRY OFFICE ROLE Under guidance from UNDP-GEF Regional Coordination Unit, UNDP Country Office evaluates: ü GEF eligibility ü Relevance to CCA/UNDAF ü Execution Arrangements ü Funding option ü Need for preparatory assistance via Project Preparation Grant 19

PROJECT CONCEPT FORMULATION UNDP-COUNTRY OFFICE ROLE ü Provides the templates and guidelines to Proponent ü Assists Proponent with finalization of the concept, ensuring comments from UNDP-GEF Regional Unit, and Headquarters Focal Area Team are satisfactorily addressed* ü Submits Concept to GEF Regional Unit for clearance and transmittal to Headquarters Focal Area Team; ü Ensure that the GEF OFP Endorsement letter is available * Iterative Review until proposal is cleared 20

PRODOC FORMULATION UNDP-COUNTRY OFFICE ROLE ü Provide the template and guidelines to Proponent ü Assists Proponent with formulation of the project document, ensuring comments from UNDP-GEF Regional Unit, Headquarters Focal Area Team and STAP reviewer are satisfactorily addressed* ü Submits final proposal to GEF Regional Unit for clearance and transmittal to Headquarters Focal Area Team ü Ensures that Cofinancing letters (commitment letters) are available * Iterative Review until proposal is cleared 21

PRODOC FINALIZATION & CEO ENDORSEMENT UNDP-COUNTRY OFFICE ROLE Assists Proponent with finalization of the project document, ensuring : ü Comments from Council are satisfactorily addressed ü Terms of reference of project staff are added to the document ü Legal context and audit clause are mentioned in the document ü ALL Commitment letters for cofinancing are available ü A detailed Budget and Annual Workplan in Atlas format as per UNDP-GEF Advisory Note on Atlas Submits final proposal to GEF Regional Unit for clearance and transmittal to Headquarters Focal Area Team 22

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency