Mobilizing Resources through Programmatic Approaches

1. Mobilizing Resources through Programmatic Approaches Yoko Watanabe & Ulrich Apel Natural Resources Team GEF Familiarization Seminar Washington, DC January 17 – 19, 2012

2. GEF Programmatic Approach (PA) • A framework to facilitate more impactful results under common objectives and rules • Striving for synergies across GEF focal areas: “Two or more things functioning together to produce a result which is not independently obtainable” • A programmatic approach needs to be consistent with the GEF focal area strategies to maximize and scale up global environment benefits • There are different level of programs at the GEF – global, regional, national, thematic, multi-focal, single focal area • Distinct from a multi-country project or a regional project

3. Added Value of a PA For the GEF • Maximize Global Benefits by more synergies: a cost efficient process • Enhance GEF catalytic role (co-financing, replication and up-scaling) • Better to monitor and evaluate, easier to aggregate of results Countries • A more strategic interaction with the GEF; towards a Country driven process • Enhanced Opportunities to access additional GEF-funding outside the STAR • Enhanced opportunities to leverage co-financing and mobilize partners Agencies • Better predictability - Less transaction costs • More strategic interactions with countries based on Agency comparative advantage Partners • Partnerships, Additional funding, and higher visibility

4. Broad Experience with Programs in all Focal Areas • IW: Strategic Partnerships on Fisheries in West Africa • LD: Central Asian Countries’ Initiative for Land Management (CACILM) • BD: China Biodiversity Partnership and Framework for Action (CBPF) • CC: Strategic Program on Energy for West Africa • MFA: Coral Triangle Initiative (BD, IW, CC, Adaptation) • SFM: Congo Basin Strategic Program → 25 out of 33 programs were launched in GEF4 ($1.6 billion; leveraging $7.9 billion) → GEF-4 programs all followed one and the same program cycle

5. Refining the PA in GEF-5 OPTION 1- Programs accessible to all GEF • Single agency or multiple agency PA with identified Coordinating Agency • Program Framework Document approval by the Council (+ PIFs if ready): resources are set aside for a maximum period of 6 months • All PIFs need to be cleared/approved within 6 months after PFD approval • Project cycle: same as regular projects (PIF – (PPG) – CEO Endorsement) • Time between PFD approval and CEO endorsement: ≤ 18 months • 4-week circulation period for Council after CEO endorsement • Fees: 9 percent for each participating agency • Coordination budget: case-by-case (maximum amount $500,000)

6. Refining the PA in GEF-5 (cont.) • OPTION 2: Programs accessible to a GEF Agency with a Board that approves projects • Programs can be implemented only by a single GEF Agency • PFD Approval by the Council as part of a regular WP: resources set aside for a maximum period of 18 months • The PFD contains project concepts (one page) • The PIF approval is delegated to the board of the agency • Project documents are submitted to the GEFSEC for review and CEO endorsement • Time between PFD approval and CEO endorsement: 18 months  • Agency fee: 8 percent • A project preparation grant can be approved by the CEO after PFD approval (maximum 2.4 percent of program budget)

7. PA Examples from GEF-5 • Biodiversity Focal Area Program: China – Mainstreams of Life - Wetland PA System Strengthening for Biodiversity Conservation (UNDP & FAO) (GEF ID #4646) = Option 1: Single country – multi agency program • Multifocal Area Program: GMS – Forest and Biodiversity Program (ADB & WB) (GEF ID #4649) = Option 1: Multi-country – multi agency program • Multifocal Area Program: Sahel and West Africa Program in Support of the Great Green Wall Initiative (WB) (GEF ID #4511) = Option 2: Single Agency with board

8. Main Features of China Wetland Protected Areas System Program • A country-level biodiversity focal area program. • GEF Agencies: UNDP and FAO (UNDP coordinating) • GEF $20 million, leveraging $ 142 million • One national-level project and six provincial-level projects • Three-tier approach: National, Provincial, and Site levels interventions (systematic and institutional capacity building + on the ground initiatives) • Key features: System-level linkage and concerted impacts; cost effectiveness; and coordination/lessons sharing.

9. Main features of the Greater Mekong Sub-region - FBP • MFA program with Biodiversity focus; investments from BD, CC, LD (STAR), and SCCF, SFM/REDD+ • ADB & the World Bank, ADB coordinating (option 1) • ADB developed the PFD including an annexed list of PIFs to be developed within 6 months after Council approval • 4 countries participating with one national PIF each; 3 PIFs access SFM/REDD+ incentive, 1 regional MSP ($1 million outside STAR) • GEF $20 million leveraging $132 million in co-finance • Synergies: (a) Strategic involvement of WWF into program, (b) strategic link to ADB’s ongoing Biodiversity Corridor Initiative in the GMS, (c) Regional MSP with activities that address thematic gaps that cannot be addressed by national projects alone, e.g. illegal wildlife trade and trans-boundary landscape conservation agreements

10. Main features of the Great Green Wall Initiative – Support Program • The World Bank as single agency with their own board approval of PIFs • 12 countries participating • $105 million GEF investment mainly from STAR, leveraging $1.8 billion in co-financing • Outside STAR: LD & CC regional set asides ($5 million), SFM/REDD+ incentive ($17 million), and LDCF ($17.5 million) • Synergies: (a) securing significant and predictable GEF resources for the individual projects under the program, (b) more efficient project preparation under the PA, (c) strong regional co-operation based on country ownership, and (d) high visibility of the program as compared to individual projects.

11. Reference Documents • From Projects to Programs: Clarifying the Programmatic Approach in the GEF portfoliohttp://www.thegef.org/gef/node/289 • Streamlining the Project Cycle and Refining the Programmatic Approachhttp://www.thegef.org/gef/node/3225 • GEF 5 Program Framework Document Template - November 2011 & GEF 5 Program Framework Document Guidelines - Oct. 2011 http://www.thegef.org/gef/guidelines