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By Mr. Sikander Hayat Maken Joint Secretary/GEF Focal Point Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan jsdev.moe@gmail.com www.moenv.gov.pk. GEF Funded Completed Projects. Fuel Efficiency and Road Transport Sector Project. (Total Cost US$ 7.0 M) POPs Enabling Activity Project.
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By Mr. Sikander Hayat Maken Joint Secretary/GEF Focal Point Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan jsdev.moe@gmail.com www.moenv.gov.pk
GEF Funded Completed Projects • Fuel Efficiency and Road Transport Sector Project. (Total Cost US$ 7.0 M) • POPs Enabling Activity Project. (Total Cost US$ 0.35.0 M) • First National Report on the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). (Total Cost US$ 0.038 M) • Mountain Area Conservation Project (MACP Phase I) (Total Cost US$ 10.35 M) • Enabling Activities for the Preparation of Initial National Communication related to the UNFCCC (Total Cost US$ 0.324 M) • Expedited Financing for Interim Measures for Capacity Building in Priority Areas Phase II (Total Cost US$ 0.356)
GEF Funded On-going Projects • Sustainable Land Management for Combating Desertification in Pakistan Phase I (Total Cost US$ 5.0 M) • Pakistan’s Wetlands Project (Total Cost US$ 11.792 M) • Protected Areas Management Project (Total Cost US$ 10.1 M) • Programme for Mountain Area Conservation (Total Cost US$ 4.0 ) • National Capacity Self Assessment for Global Environment Management in Pakistan. (Total Cost US$ 0.199 M) • Conservation of Habitats and Species of Global Significance in Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems in Baluchistan. (Total Cost US$ 1.2 M) • Sustainable Development of Utility Scale Wind Power Production (Total Cost US$ 1.2 M) • Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into Production System in the Juniper Forest Ecosystem (Total Cost US$ 1.2 M)
Projects in Pipeline (GEF Portfolio)BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS Total Allocation: US$ 5.1 Million
Projects in Pipeline (GEF Portfolio)CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTS Total Allocation: US$ 13.2 Million
New Projects Concepts under consideration of GEF Technical Review Committee in the Ministry of Environment • Promotion/Dissemination of Biogas Plants for Meeting Energy Requirements • National Program on the Documentation and the Taxonomic Classification • Improving Kiln Efficiency for the Brick Industry in Pakistan • Conservation of medicinal plants and promotion of indigenous knowledge and local health, traditions among rural communities. • Sustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan • Controlling Invasive Species in Pakistan • Energy Efficient Bulbs in Public Buildings • Agricultural tube wells Energy Efficient Improvement Program at District Level • Waste to Energy Lahore landfill project • Early Warning System for Glacial Lake Outburst Flow • Promoting Sustainable Energy Production and Use from Biomass from Pakistan
Steps Taken Recently to Strengthen the GEF Programme Management and Highlighting the Role of Ministry of Environment in GEF operations • Established GEF Cell for efficient, effective program management and to maintain institutional memory of GEF in the Ministry of Environment. • Constituted GEF Technical Review Committee for reviewing new and on-going projects. • Recommended the Secretary/Additional Secretary, MoE, to be the chairman of Small Grant Program Steering Committee in future. • Strengthening the GEF Cell and capacity building of stakeholders in the preparation of GEF projects. • Focusing to involve all stakeholders in the implementation of new projects (relevant wings/attached department of MoE, provincial governments and international organizations such as UNIDO,UNOPS, World Bank rather than merely depending on UNDP) Additional Secretary ------- Chairman of GEF Technical Review Committee Joint Secretary (Dev) ------ GEF Focal Point GEF Coordinators ---------- Staff of Ministry of Environment