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French Development Agency

A new funding agency serving coral reefs. French Development Agency. In collaboration with French GEF. Environmental challenges. Traditional activities (loans, subsidies): support to dev. Countries (infrastructures, education, water mngt, agriculture, etc.)

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French Development Agency

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  1. A new funding agency serving coral reefs French Development Agency In collaboration with French GEF

  2. Environmental challenges • Traditional activities (loans, subsidies): support to dev. Countries (infrastructures, education, water mngt, agriculture, etc.) • Use natural resources as basis for sustainable development • Multilateral Environmental Agreements - CoB Rio 1992, Durban 2002 • Partnerships: Min. Foreign Affairs, other FU (WB, UE, KFW), NGOs (WWF, CI, IUCN) • Hosting the Secretariat of the French GEF (FFEM) • Inovative sector: coral reefs

  3. In progress « Initiative for the protection and sustainable management of coral reefs in the South Pacific » (CRISP) Eric CLUA - AFD (TEN-ERN)

  4. Objectives • Support to protection and adapted management of coral reefs as a basis for sustainable development of South Pacific Islands • Regional integration : associate french territories and developped countries for knowledge and technology transfer to South Pacific Islands

  5. Funding French Development Agency French GEF 3 Millions € 2 Millions € Min. Foreign Affairs (0,4M€) and Pacific Fund (0,5M€) IFRECOR (Min. SD and Min. of Overseas Dpmt) WWF (0,5M€), CI (1.2M€), UNF-ICRAN (0,9M€), Lab. PF (0,2M€) global budget : 9.2 Millions €

  6. Financial partners : French GEF (2 M), United Nations Foundation-ICRAN (0,9M), French Pacific fund (0,5M), IFRECOR International NGOs : CI (1,2M), WWF (0,5M) Technical partners: IRD, CNRS, EPHE, CIRAD,UPF, UNC, USP Institutional partners: SPREP, SPC, french Min. of Foreign Affairs, (Australia, N. Zéland) Partnerships

  7. Actions • Component 1 • 1.1 Marine Protected Areas • 1.2 Watershed Management • Component 2 • 2.1 Knowledge, management, economic valorization of reef ecosystems • 2.2 Marine-origin Active substances • 2.3 Integration of regional database and monitoring networks • 2.4 Coral reefs restoration • Component 3 • 3.1 Coordination • 3.2 Capitalization, leveraging

  8. Hawaiï > 10 country islands 3 french territories Kiribati Kiribati Salomon Tuvalu WF Cook PNG Vanuatu PF Samoa Fidji Niue NC Tonga Australia South Pacific New Zeland Geographical aspect

  9. Time line • July 2004 • Final approval for AFD-French GEF funds • September-October 2004 • Setting up and signature of conventions with main contractors • Décember 2004 • First fund release • January 2005 • First on-ground actions - Noumea general meeting

  10. Aknowledgements French GEF Thank you…

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