Comparative Advantages and GEF Experience & Expertise of UNDP

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

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

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4. 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

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

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

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

8. UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency • UNDP has a global network of country offices (COs) • 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

9. UNDP in the Caribbean: Country Offices

10. UNDP in the Caribbean: Country Offices GEF contacts PO = Programme Officer – PA = Programme Associate

11. The UNDP EEG LAC & the system of Principal and Regional Technical Advisors • 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) • The PTA leads a team of Regional Technical Advisors(RTAs, in RCU Panama) • 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

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

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

14. UNDP’s experience & expertise – delivery under GEF4

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

16. 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, …

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

18. How to access GEF funds through the UNDP

19. Under guidance from UNDP-GEF Regional Coordination Unit, UNDP Country Office evaluates: GEF eligibility Relevance to CCA/UNDAF Execution Arrangements Funding option Need for preparatory assistance via Project Preparation Grant Project idea reviewUNDP-Country Office Role

20. Provides the templates and guidelines to Proponent Assists Proponent with finalization of the concept, ensuring comments from UNDP-GEF Regional Unit, and Headquarters Focal Area Team are satisfactorily addressed* Submits Concept to GEF Regional Unit for clearance and transmittal to Headquarters Focal Area Team; Ensure that the GEF OFP Endorsement letter is available * Iterative Review until proposal is cleared Project Concept formulation UNDP-Country Office Role

21. Provide the template and guidelines to Proponent 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* Submits final proposal to GEF Regional Unit for clearance and transmittal to Headquarters Focal Area Team Ensures that Cofinancing letters (commitment letters) are available * Iterative Review until proposal is cleared Prodoc formulationUNDP-Country Office Role

22. Assists Proponent with finalization of the project document, ensuring : Comments from Council are satisfactorily addressed Terms of reference of project staff are added to the document Legal context and audit clause are mentioned in the document ALL Commitment letters for cofinancing are available 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 ProDOC finalization & CEO endorsementUNDP-Country Office Role

23. UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

24. UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

25. UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

26. UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

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28. UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency