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UNEP/GEF INTERNATIONAL WATERS PORTFOLIO. Second Biennial GEF International Waters Conference 25-29 September 2002, Dalian, China Vladimir Mamaev, SPO UNEP/DGEF. HISTORY. UNEP HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN GEF WATERS IN THE PILOT PHASE (1991-1994) AND DURING PHASE I AND PHASE II (1994 TO PRESENT). .
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UNEP/GEF INTERNATIONAL WATERS PORTFOLIO Second Biennial GEF International Waters Conference 25-29 September 2002, Dalian, China Vladimir Mamaev, SPO UNEP/DGEF
HISTORY • UNEP HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN GEF WATERS IN THE PILOT PHASE (1991-1994) AND DURING PHASE I AND PHASE II (1994 TO PRESENT).
UNEP IW Portfolio • As of September 2002, the UNEP/GEF portfolio in international waters is valued at US$ 179 million, comprising 11 ongoing full size projects and 2 ongoing medium-sized projects.
UNEP’S comparative advantage in International Waters • Facilitation of the NEPAD Environmental Action Plan • Assistance to the African Process through a GEF MSP • Secretariat for many of the Regional Seas Conventions • Past record of successful multi-country and regional interventions in many fields including Freshwater Basin management • Implementation of the freshwater EMINWA programme (Environmentally Sound Management of Inland Waters)
UNEP’S comparative advantagein International Waters (cont.) • Developed guidelines for ICARM (Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management) • Global Programme of Action (GPA) • Implementation of the GIWA (Global International Water Assessment) • The GEMS/WATER (Global Quality Monitoring Programme • International contaminants agenda (POPs/PTS) • River Basin Information Systems Initiative • Co-operation with LOICZ initiatives
UNEP IN GEF-III UNEP's project portfolio will focus on the following areas in GEF Phase III: • Integrated Land and Water Resources Management. UNEP will pilot a mega-regional ecosystem approach to integrated land and water resources management for selected mega-basins.
UNEP IN GEF-III • Integrated drainage basins and coastal zone management. UNEP will develop a portfolio of projects that are built on the guidelines for Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management (ICARM), and linked to it will be
UNEP IN GEF-III • Formulation of Regional Programmes of Action for Protection of the Marine Environment from LBA. UNEP will develop, in collaboration with the GPA Office, a number of projects to elaborate regional programmes of action for addressing land based activities affecting the integrity of the ecosystem.
UNEP IN GEF-III • DEVELOPING NEW TOPICAL FOCAL AREAS, based on GIWA outcomes • DEVELOPING NEW GEOGRAPHIC FOCAL AREAS, based on GIWA outcomes • EXAMINING OVERARCHING IW ISSUES • REPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICES
Partnerships • Local, national, and regional governance structures • Regional development banks • Other Implementing Agencies • Executing Agencies • NGOs • Private sector • Other donors
Projects in the Pipeline • Addressing Land-Based Activities in the Western Indian Ocean • Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean (jointly with UNDP) • Integrated Management of the Volta River Basin • Combating coastal area degradation and living resources depletion in the Guinea Current LME through regional actions (jointly with UNDP) • Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project (joint with FAO)
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