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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
August 29th, 2016 - September 2nd, 2016
A weekly update on the GEF Program Management
Calendar
- Council Meeting Schedules
- GEFOP Meeting Schedules
Projects
- GEF Project Concepts, Proposals, Draft Documents Received
- Project Clearances, Approvals, Endorsements and Other Comments
Contacts
- GEF Secretariat Staff
- GEF Agencies
- GEF Trustee Convention Secretariats
Communications
- Introducing new staff to the GEFSEC
- Announcements
SCHEDULE OF FORTHCOMING GEF COUNCIL MEETINGS
GEF Council Consultations with Civil Society
October 24
GEF Council Meeting
LDCF/SCCF Council Meeting
STAP Panel Meetings
GEF Work Program Calendar for 2016
October 25-27
October 27
Events Oct. CWP
Receipt deadline for PIF 25-Jul
GEF clearance deadline 29-Aug
Draft Cover Note to Agencies, ConvSec, STAP 19-Sept
Inter-Agency Meeting with ConvSec, STAP 22-Sept
Posting of Work Program 27-Sept
Council Meeting 25-27 Oct
Council Approval 27-Oct
Meetings/Consultations Fall 2016
September 6-9
Expanded Constituency Workshop - Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo DR,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon 2015, and Sao Tome and Principe (8)
Cameroon - Venue TBD
September 20 -23
Expanded Constituency Workshop - Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, and
Yemen + Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia + Iran, Turkey (14)
Venue TBD
October 4-7 Expanded Constituency Workshop - Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands,
Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor
Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu (17)
Fiji - Venue TBD
Fiscal Year ‘16
Country Support Program Activities
Expanded Constituency Workshops
Requests Received from GEF Agencies
August 29 - September 2, 2016
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
AfDB
9130 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB,
UNIDO
Cote d'Ivoire Cities-IAP: Abidjan Integrated
Sustainable Urban Development
23-Aug-16Xiaomei TanMulti Focal
Area
8021 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB Zambia Zambia Lake Tanganyika Basin
Sustainable Development Project
31-Aug-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
CI
9606 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
CI Madagascar Conservation and Sustainable used
of biological diversity in the North-
western Landscape (Boeny
region) - Madagascar
29-Aug-16Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
DBSA
9576 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
DBSA South Africa ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND
MANAGEMENT AND
DISPOSAL OF
POLYCHLORINATED
BIPHENYLS [PCBS] IN THE
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
1-Sep-16Ogawa MasakoChemicals
and Waste
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
FAO
9397 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Turkey Biodiversity Conservation and
Sustainable Forest Management in
Kaz Daglari
29-Aug-16Ulrich ApelMulti Focal
Area
9537 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Morocco Revitalising Oasis Agro-
ecosystems through a Sustainable,
Integrated and Landscape
Approach in the Draâ-Tafilalet
Region (OASIL)
29-Aug-16Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
Multi Focal
Area
9261 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
FAO Myanmar My-Coast: Ecosystem-Based
Conservation of Myanmar’s
Southern Coastal Zone
30-Aug-16Fareeha IqbalMulti Focal
Area
IFAD
9239 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
IFAD Indonesia Integrated Management of
Peatland Landscapes in Indonesia
(IMPLI)
30-Aug-16Yoko WatanabeMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
UNEP
9635 EA CEO EA Approval UNEP Comoros Review and update of the national
implementation plan for the
Stockholm Convention on
Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs) in Comoros
25-Aug-16Ogawa MasakoChemicals
and Waste
9604 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNEP Cameroon Removing barriers to biodiversity
conservation, land restoration and
sustainable forest management
through COmmunity-BAsed
LAndscape Management –
COBALAM
29-Aug-16Jaime CavelierMulti Focal
Area
5695 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Tanzania Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for
Rural Resilience
29-Aug-16Rawleston MooreClimate
Change
9542 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
UNEP Thailand Integrating Natural Capital and
Sustainable Rice Production in
Thailand – ‘NCSRP project’
(Integration of Natural Capital in
public and private sector policy
and decision-making for
sustainable landscapes)
29-Aug-16Ming YangMulti Focal
Area
5681 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Regional (Jamaica,
Mexico, El Salvador)
Building Climate Resilience of
Urban Systems through Ecosystem-
based Adaptation (EbA) in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
30-Aug-16Fareeha IqbalClimate
Change
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
5195 FP CEO endorsement of FSP UNEP Regional (Cook
Islands, Fiji,
Micronesia, Kiribati,
Marshall Islands,
Nauru, Niue, Papua
New Guinea, Palau,
Solomon Islands,
Tonga, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu, Samoa)
Building National and Regional
Capacity to Implement MEAs by
Strengthening Planning, and State
of Environment Assessment and
Reporting in the Pacific Islands
30-Aug-16Susan WaithakaMulti Focal
Area
5806 MSP CEO MSP Approval UNEP Congo Creation of Loungo Bay Marine
Protected Area to Support Turtles
Conservation in Congo
2-Sep-16Jaime CavelierBiodiversity
UNIDO
9130 FP CEO endorsement of FSP AfDB,
UNIDO
Cote d'Ivoire Cities-IAP: Abidjan Integrated
Sustainable Urban Development
23-Aug-16Xiaomei TanMulti Focal
Area
GEF
ID Type Decision Sought Proponent Country Project Title
Date
Received
IA
ID Program ManagerFocal Area
World Bank
9265 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Vietnam Mekong Delta Integrated Climate
Resilience and Sustainable
Livelihoods Project
25-Jul-16159976 David Elrie RodgersMulti Focal
Area
9265 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Vietnam Mekong Delta Integrated Climate
Resilience and Sustainable
Livelihoods Project
16-Aug-16159976 David Elrie RodgersMulti Focal
Area
9578 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Colombia Sustainable Low Carbon
Development in Colombia's
Orinoquia Region
26-Aug-16160680 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9444 FP CEO PFD Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Regional (Ghana,
Kenya, Senegal,
Tanzania, Zambia)
EHPMP - Environmental Health
and Pollution Management
Program in Africa
29-Aug-16Ibrahima SowChemicals
and Waste
9555 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Mexico Sustainable Productive Landscapes 29-Aug-16159835 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9575 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Sudan Sudan Sustainable Natural
Resources Management Project-
Additional Financing
31-Aug-16160789 Jaime CavelierMulti Focal
Area
9555 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Mexico Sustainable Productive Landscapes 2-Sep-16159835 Mark ZimskyMulti Focal
Area
9638 FP CEO PIF Clearance for
WPI
World
Bank
Moldova Climate Adaptation and Forestry
Project
2-Sep-16155968 Saliha DobardzicMulti Focal
Area
August 29 - September 2, 2016
Responses to Proponents
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
ADB
6924 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
ADB Vietnam Promoting Climate
Resilience in Vietnamese
Cities Management
30-Aug-16 FSP not endorsed by
CEO
Climate
Change
Saliha Dobardzic
9267 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
ADB Myanmar Rural Productivity and
Ecosystems Services
Enhanced in Central Dry
Zone Forest Reserves
30-Aug-16 FSP endorsed by CEOMulti Focal
Area
Fareeha Iqbal
CAF
5384 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
CAF Regional (Bolivia,
Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru)
Adaptation to the Impact
of Climate Change in
Water Resources for the
Andean Region
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Saliha Dobardzic
CI
9602 FP CEO PFD
Clearance for WPI
UNEP,
CI,
UNDP,
UNIDO
Global (Burkina
Faso, Colombia,
Guyana, Indonesia,
Kenya, Mongolia,
Peru, Philippines)
Global Opportunities for
Long-term Development
of ASGM Sector - GEF
GOLD
30-Aug-16 PFD recommended for
CEO clearance
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
9597 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
CI Ecuador Strengthening sustainable
land and forest
management governance
in Ecuador as a tool to
deliver multiple
environmental benefits at
broad scale
30-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
FAO
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
5702 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Myanmar FishAdapt: Strengthening
the Adaptive Capacity and
Resilience of Fisheries and
Aquaculture-dependent
Livelihoods in Myanmar
25-Aug-16 FSP endorsed by CEOClimate
Change
Fareeha Iqbal
9537 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
FAO Morocco Revitalising Oasis Agro-
ecosystems through a
Sustainable, Integrated and
Landscape Approach in
the Draâ-Tafilalet Region
(OASIL)
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
9554 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
FAO Philippines Enhancing biodiversity,
maintaining ecosystem
flows, enhancing carbon
stocks through sustainable
land management and the
restoration of degraded
forestlands
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
9631 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
FAO Thailand Sustainable Forest and
Land Management for
Improved Livelihoods and
Ecosystems
29-Aug-16 PIF not recommended
for further development
Multi Focal
Area
Ming Yang
5759 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Indonesia Mainstreaming
Biodiversity Conservation
and Sustainable Use into
Inland Fisheries Practices
in Freshwater Ecosystems
of High Conservation
Value (IFish)
29-Aug-16 FSP endorsed by CEOBiodiversity Nicole Glineur
5328 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
FAO Malawi Building Climate Change
Resilience in the Fisheries
Sector in Malawi
29-Aug-16 FSP endorsed by CEOClimate
Change
Rawleston Moore
IADB
5388 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
IADB Regional PPP-IDB Sustainable
Caribbean Basin Energy
Fund (PROGRAM)
2-Sep-16 FSP endorsed by CEOClimate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
IFAD
9239 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
IFAD Indonesia Integrated Management of
Peatland Landscapes in
Indonesia (IMPLI)
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
9523 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
IFAD Cameroon Rural Youth
Environmental Initiatives
Promotion Project
1-Sep-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Jean-Marc
Sinnassamy
IUCN
9594 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
IUCN Regional
(Mauritania,
Senegal)
Strengthening Trans-
boundary Cooperation for
Improved Ecosystem
Management and
Restoration in the Senegal
delta (Mauritania and
Senegal)
2-Sep-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
International
Waters
Astrid Hillers
UNDP
9048 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Ethiopia Ethiopian Urban NAMA:
Creating Opportunities for
Municipalities to Produce
and Operationalise Solid
Waste Transformation
(COMPOST)
26-Aug-16 FSP endorsed by CEO5541 Climate
Change
Xiaomei Tan
9588 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP India Integrating economic
valuation of biodiversity
and ecosystem services
(BDES) into development
and finance planning
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5852 Biodiversity Yoko Watanabe
9590 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Vietnam Sustainable Forest and
Land Management in Viet
Nam’s Ba River Forested
Landscape
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9536 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP Papua New Guinea Sustainable financing of
Papua New Guinea’s
protected area network
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5507 Biodiversity Cyrille Barnerias
9127 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Paraguay Cities-IAP: Asuncion
Green City of the
Americas – Pathways to
Sustainability
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5188 Multi Focal
Area
Xiaomei Tan
8031 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Uzbekistan Sustainable Natural
Resource Use and Forest
Management in Key
Mountainous Areas
Important for Globally
Significant Biodiversity
29-Aug-16 FSP endorsed by CEO5438 Multi Focal
Area
Ulrich Apel
9582 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
UNDP China China-ASEAN Regional
Cooperation on Energy
Efficiency Enhancement
of End-use Products
(CARCEEP)
30-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
5668 Climate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
9602 FP CEO PFD
Clearance for WPI
UNEP,
CI,
UNDP,
UNIDO
Global (Burkina
Faso, Colombia,
Guyana, Indonesia,
Kenya, Mongolia,
Peru, Philippines)
Global Opportunities for
Long-term Development
of ASGM Sector - GEF
GOLD
30-Aug-16 PFD recommended for
CEO clearance
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
5717 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Philippines Promotion of Low Carbon
Urban Transport Systems
in the Philippines
31-Aug-16 FSP endorsed by CEO5304 Climate
Change
Xiaomei Tan
6920 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
UNDP Global (Indonesia,
Timor Leste)
Implementation of the
Arafura and Timor Seas
Regional and National
Strategic Action Programs
1-Sep-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
5439 Multi Focal
Area
Leah Karrer
UNEP
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
5799 MSP CEO MSP
Approval
UNEP Pakistan Delivering the Transition
to Energy Efficient
Lighting in Residential,
Commercial, Industrial,
and Outdoor Sectors
30-Aug-16 MSP approved by CEOClimate
Change
David Elrie Rodgers
9602 FP CEO PFD
Clearance for WPI
UNEP,
CI,
UNDP,
UNIDO
Global (Burkina
Faso, Colombia,
Guyana, Indonesia,
Kenya, Mongolia,
Peru, Philippines)
Global Opportunities for
Long-term Development
of ASGM Sector - GEF
GOLD
30-Aug-16 PFD recommended for
CEO clearance
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
UNIDO
9615 EA CEO EA Approval UNIDO Gabon Enabling Activities to
Review and Update the
National Implementation
Plan for the Stockholm
Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs)
25-Aug-16 EA approved by CEOChemicals and
Waste
Ogawa Masako
9123 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank,
UNIDO
Senegal Cities-IAP: Sustainable
Cities Management
Initiative
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Xiaomei Tan
9602 FP CEO PFD
Clearance for WPI
UNEP,
CI,
UNDP,
UNIDO
Global (Burkina
Faso, Colombia,
Guyana, Indonesia,
Kenya, Mongolia,
Peru, Philippines)
Global Opportunities for
Long-term Development
of ASGM Sector - GEF
GOLD
30-Aug-16 PFD recommended for
CEO clearance
Chemicals and
Waste
Evelyn Swain
World Bank
9265 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
World
Bank
Vietnam Mekong Delta Integrated
Climate Resilience and
Sustainable Livelihoods
Project
4-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
159976 Multi Focal
Area
David Elrie Rodgers
9578 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
World
Bank
Colombia Sustainable Low Carbon
Development in
Colombia's Orinoquia
Region
19-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
160680 Multi Focal
Area
Mark Zimsky
ID Type Decision Sought Proponen Country Project Title
Response
Date Remarks
IA
ID Focal Area Program Manage
9265 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
World
Bank
Vietnam Mekong Delta Integrated
Climate Resilience and
Sustainable Livelihoods
Project
26-Aug-16 PIF recommended for
CEO clearance
(Technically cleared)
159976 Multi Focal
Area
David Elrie Rodgers
9123 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank,
UNIDO
Senegal Cities-IAP: Sustainable
Cities Management
Initiative
29-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
152150 Multi Focal
Area
Xiaomei Tan
9600 FP CEO PIF
Clearance for WPI
World
Bank
Indonesia Strengthening of social
forestry in indonesia (ssf)
31-Aug-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for PIF
revision
Multi Focal
Area
Yoko Watanabe
9360 FP CEO endorsement
of FSP
World
Bank
Regional (Guinea,
Liberia, Sierra
Leone)
West Africa Regional
Fisheries Program,
Additional Financing
2-Sep-16 Review Sheet sent to
Agency for FSP
revision
156759 International
Waters
Astrid Hillers
Front Office GEF CEO and
Chairperson
Naoko Ishii
Advisor to the CEO
Claus Astrup
Head of Communications
Robert Bisset
GEF Programs
Unit Director
Gustavo Fonseca
Manager
Claude Gascon
Director
Elwyn Grainger-Jones
Policy, Partnerships
and Operations
Latin America Region
Mark Zimsky
Africa Region
Ibrahima Sow
Asia Region
Yoko Watanabe
Small Islands Developing
States Region
Rawleston Mooore
Europe and Central Asia
Ulrich Apel
Global
Astrid Hillers
Biodiversity
Mark Zimsky
Climate Change
Mitigation
David Rodgers
Climate Change
Adaptation
Rawleston Moore
Sustainable Forest
Management
Land Degradation
Ulrich Apel
Chemicals & Waste
Anil Sookdeo
International Waters
Christian Severin
Manager
Herbert Acquay
Patnerships and Resource
Mobilization
Pilar Barrera Rey Country Relations/
Secretary to the Council
William Ehlers
Policy and Strategy
Knut Roland Sundstrom Operations
Henry Salazar
Results-Based Management
Christine Roehrer
Knowledge Management
Yasemin Biro
Information Technology
Deepak Kataria Gender and Social Issues
Gabriella Richardson
Temm
Advisor to the CEO/ Conflict Resolution
Commissioner
Peter Lallas
Program Strategy
Mohamed Bakarr Multilateral
Environmental Agreements
Chizuru Aoki
Naoko Ishii Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson
Peter Lallas
Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
+1 202 473 9732
Claus Pram Astrup Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
+ 1 202 478 7270
Amornrat Ning Poopech Resource Management Officer
+1 202 458 4366
Julienne Kouame
Program Analyst
+1 202 473 8736
Esther Pormes Senior Executive Assistant
+1 202 473 8736
Robert Bisset Head of Communications
+1 202 458 5191
Christian Hofer
Senior Communications Officer
+1 202 458 0936
Patrizia Cocca Communications Officer and KM Coordinator
+1 202 458 0234
Camila Perez Gabilondo ET Temporary - Communications
+1 202 458 0895
Alua Satybaldina-Kennedy Communications Consultant
Mailing Address:
GEF Secretariat 1818 H Street, NW, MSN N8-800
Washington, D.C. 20433
+1 202 473 0508; Fax: +1 202 522 3240/3245
Communications
FRONT OFFICE
Diego Riano PosadaSpecial Assistant
+1 202 473 1444
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
Akila Nazneen Financial Assistant [email protected]
+1 202 473 1760
Amanda Adams
Program Assistant
+1 202 473 9878
Christina Bogyo Senior Program Assistant
+1 202 473 6974
Christine Roehrer Coordinator –Lead Results Based Management
+1 202 473-0337
Deepak Kataria
Coordinator - Information Technology
+1 202 473 3881
Gabriella Richardson-Temm
Coordinator – Gender and Social Issues
Henry Salazar Coordinator - Operations
+1 202 473 8226
Juman Byun Business Solutions Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 7987
Lesly Rigaud
Client Technologies Officer
+1 202 473 3881
Naiying Peng Operations Analyst
[email protected] +1 202 458 9580
Olha Krushelnytska
Operations Officer [email protected] +1 202 458 5839
Herbert Acquay
Manager - Policy, Partnerships and Operations
+1 202 473 1043
Knut Roland Sundstrom Coordinator - Policy and Strategy
ksundstro [email protected]
+1 202 473 7510
Minna Maria Kononen Country Relations Officer [email protected]
+1 202 473 9402
Nicolas Alejandro Marquez Pizzanelli Operations Analyst
+1 202 473 9522
Olivier Besson Program Assistant
+1 202 473-8935
Elwyn Grainger-Jones
Director
+ 1 202 473 8782
Omid Parhizkar Operations Officer [email protected]
+1 202 458 2186
Oreste Maia Andrade Operations Analyst [email protected] +1 202 458 9387
Pilar Barrera Coordinator - Partnerships and
Resource Mobilization
+1 202 458 9891
Raul Rodriguez Temporary
Regine Mpoyi Program Assistant [email protected]
+1 202 473 2754
Seo-Jeong Yoon Policy Officer
+1 202 473 7832
Susan Waithaka Country Relations Officer
+1 202 473 5457
William Ehlers
Coordinator – Country Relations/
Secretartary to the Concil
+1 202 458 9436
Quynh Xuan Thi Phan Financial Officer
+1 202 458 4760
Ramon Prudencio C de Mesa
Operations Officer [email protected]
+1 202 458 9285
Robert Schreiber Program Coordinator
+1 202 458 0288
Sonja Sabita Teelucksingh Environmental Specialist
+1 202 458 4004
Thomas Biegel Consultant [email protected]
+1 202 473 9252
Yasemin Biro Coordinator - Knowledge Management
+1 202 473 1550
PROGRAMS
Anil Bruce Sookdeo
Chemicals and Waste Focal Area Coordinator
+1 202 458 0683
Asha Imani Bobb Semple
Operations Analyst
+1 202 473 989
Astrid Hillers Senior Environmental
Specialist
+1 202 458 8173
Chizuru Aoki
Lead Environmental Specialist -
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
+1 202 473 6068
Diana MoviusConsultant
+1 202 473 4346
Christian Severin
International Waters Focal Area Coordinator
+1 202 458 2001
Claude Gascon
Lead Prog ra m Manager
+1 202 458 9755
David Rodgers
Climate Change Mitigation Focal Area
Coordinator
+1 202 458 9869
Cyrille Barnerias
Senior Environment Specialist
+1 202 473 8871
Dustin Schinn
Operations Analyst
+1 202 458 1234
Evelyn Swain
Environment Specialist
+1 202 473 1151
Fareeha Iqbal
Climate Change Specialist
+1 202 458 9593
Flavius Mihaies
Consultant, Climate and Chemicals
+1 202 560 4934
Glynis Barber
Program Assistant
+1 202 473 9647
Ibrahima Sow Africa Regional Coordinator
+1 202 473 2716
Jaime Cavelier
Senior Biodiversity Specialist
+1 202 473 4886
Gustavo Fonseca
Director [email protected]
+ 1 202 458 4818
Jean-Marc Sinnassamy
Senior Environmental Specialist
+1 202 478 8060
Kettly Denis
Program Assistant
+1 202 473 0825
Lulwa Ali
Senior Environmental Specialist
+1 202 473 5618
Masako Ogawa Senior Environment Specialist
+1 202 458 2789
Ming Yang Senior Climate Change Specialist
+1 202 473 5707
Monica Fernandes
Senior Program Assistant
+1 202 473 9647
Nicole Glineur Senior Environmental Specialist
+1 202 473 2512
Rawleston Moore SIDS Regional Coordinator/
Climate Change Adaptation
Focal Area Coordinator
+ 1 202 473 8231
Shakil Kayani
Program Assistant
+1 202 458 4680
Kathryn Cherrie Senior Program Assistant
+1 202 458 1460
Leah Karrer Senior Environmental Specialist
+1 202 473 8364
Mark Zims ky
Latin America Regional Coordinator/ Biodiversity
Focal Area Coordinator
mzi msk [email protected]
+1 202 473 7855
Milena Gonzalez Vasquez
Junior Professional Associate
+1 202 458 1284
Mohamed Imam Bakarr
Lead Environmental Specialist - Program Strategy
+1 202 458 8890
Nhu Quynh Phan
Program Assistant
[email protected] +1 202 473 4236
Pascal Martinez Senior Climate Change Specialist
+1 202 458-9755
Saliha Dobardzic
Senior Climate Change Specialist
+1 202 473 5943
Sarah Wyatt Operations Analyst
+1 202 473 0534
Steffen Hansen Junior Professional Officer
+1 202 458 8796
Tigest Tirfe Program Assistant
+1 202 458 9297
Ulrich Apel Europe and Central Asia Regional
Coordinator/ Land Degradation Focal
Area Coordinator
uapel@ thegef.org
+1 202 473 2573
Yoko Watanabe
Asia Regional Coordinator
+1 202 473 9847
Xiaomei Tan Climate Change Specialist
+1 202 473 7448
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"UUO: .S. Henry Salazar
Coordinator - 0QFSBUJPOT [email protected]
+1 202 473 8226
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (The World Bank) Registry
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20433, USA
Mr. Praveen Desabatla
Team Leader, DFPTF
+1 202 458 2099
UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 413 rue Saint-Jacques, Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1 N9 [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias Executive Secretary GEF Contact Person: Mr. Yibin Xiang
Program Officer
+1 514 288 2220
UN Framework on Climate Change Convention
(UNFCCC)
Haus Carstanjen
Martin Luther King Strasse 8
53175 Bonn, Germany
Attn: Ms. Christiana Figueres
Executive Secretary
GEF Contact Person(s):
- Ms. Deschen Tsering
- Mr. Alejandro Kilpatrick
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and
Stockholm Conventions UNEP International Environment House 1
11-13 Chemin des Anemones
1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Attn: Dr. Rolph Payet Executive Secretary
Mr. Frank Moser
GEF Focal Point
0ffice of the Executive Secretary
+41 22 917 8951
1 GEF Secretariat’s physical address: 1899 Pennslyvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006
Convention Secretariats
GEF Trustee
GEF Secretariat
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD) Herrmnn-Ehlers Str. 10
D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Attn: Ms. Monique Barbut
Executive Secretary
GEF Contact Person: Ms. Anja Thust
Program Officer, FCMI Unit
+49 228 815 2828
Interim Secretariat of the Minamata Convention International Environment House 1
13, chemin des Anémones
CH-1219 Chatelaine, Geneva
Switzerland
Mr. Jacob Duer
Coordinator, Minamata Convention
[email protected] +41 22 917 82 17
STAP Panel and Secretariat
Rosina Bierbaum Chairperson [email protected]
+1 734 763 8675
Thomas Hammond STAP Secretary
+1 202 974 1318
Ralph E. Sims Panel Member on Climate Change Mitigation
+64 21 166 4555
Guadalupe Duron
Programme Officer
+1 202 974 1313
Brian Child
Panel Member on Biodiversity
+352 392 0494
Robin Burgess Programme Assistant
+1 202 974 1311
Ricardo Barra
Panel Member on Chemicals & Waste
56-41-2204002
Christine Wellington-Moore
Senior Programme Officer [email protected]
+1 202 974 1303
Annette Cowie Panel Member on Land Degradation
+61 2 677 28080
Lev Neretin Senior Programme Officer
+1 202 621 5020
Jakob Granit
Panel Member on International Waters
+46 73 707 8536
Sarah Lebel Climate Adaptation and Resilience Specialist
+1 202 621 5036
Anand Patwardhan Panel Member on Adaptation
+1 301 405 3413
Virginia Gorsevski
Consultant
+1 202 621 5039
Michael Stocking Advisor to the STAP Chair
+44 1603 592 339
Thomas E. Lovejoy Advisor to the STAP Chair
Secretariat Panel
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Registry 6 ADB Avenue
Mandaluyong City 1550
Metro Manila, Philippines
Attn: Mr. Nessim Ahmad Director, Environment and Social Safeguards
and GEF Official Focal Point
Copy to:
Mr. Bruce Dunn
ADB/GEF Coordinator
+632 683 1922/ +632 683 1923
United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) Registry
Viale Dell Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Gustavo Merino Director, Investment Centre Division
+3906 570 54477
Copy to:
Mr. Jeffrey Griffin Senior Coordinator - GEF
Investment Center Division [email protected]
+3906 570 55680
European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) Registry
One Exchange Square
London EC2A 2JN, United Kingdom
Attn: Ms. Marta Simonetti Senior Manager
(Multilateral Funds – Climate and Environment)
EBRD GEF Executive Coordinator
Donor Co-Financing – VP Policy [email protected] + 0044 (0) 207338 7259 + 0044 (0) 7921 039815
African Development Bank (AfDB) Registry Headquarters
01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01
Côte d'Ivoire
Mr. Mahamat Assouyouti GEF Coordinator [email protected]
Copy to: Mr. Kurt Lonsway
Division Manager, Environment and Climate Change
GEF Agency Secretariats
GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) Registry 1818 H Street, NW Washington,
D.C. 20433, USA
Ms. Karin Shepardson GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected]
+ 1 202 458 1398
Copy to:
Dominique Isabelle Kayser [email protected]
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) Registry United Nations Avenue Gigiri, PO Box 30552 00100 Nairoibi, Ken ya [email protected]
Local Office:
900 17th Street, NW
Suite 506, Washington, D.C. 20006
Ms. Brennan VanDyke GEF Executive Coordinator Deputy Director, Office for Operations [email protected]: (917) 367-2114
Copy to: Ms. Kelly West
Senior GEF Portfolio Manager Office for Operations [email protected]
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Registry Via Paolo di Dono, 44 00142 Rome, Italy [email protected]
Mr. Perin Saint-Ange Associate Vice President, Programme Management Department [email protected] +39 06 5459 2448
Copy to: Ms. Margarita Astrálaga
Director, Environment and Climate Division [email protected]
Tel: +39 06 5459 2151
Ms. Sheila Mwanundu GEF Coordinator [email protected]
Tel: +39 06 5459 2031
Ms. Aisha Nazario
[email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2459
Ms. Estibalitz Morras [email protected] Tel: +39 06 5459 2438
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Registry 1300 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20577, USA
Mr. Michael Collins GEF Coordinator [email protected] + 1 202 623 2158
GEF Agency Secretariats cont’d
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) Registry 304 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017, USA [email protected]
Attn: Ms. Adriana Dinu GEF Executive Coordinator [email protected]
+1 212 906 5143
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
380 Enrique Canaval Moreyra Ave., 13th Floor, San Isidro, Lima Lima 27, Peru [email protected]
Attn: René Gómez García Palao Senior Executive [email protected] +511-710-8530
Copy to:
Ms. Ligia Castro de Doens, Director Environment [email protected]
Conservation International (CI) 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington VA, 22202 USA [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Miguel Morales Vice President/ Managing Director CI-GEF Project Agency [email protected]
Copy to: [email protected]
GEF Project Agency Secretariats
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Registry
Vienna International Centre PO Box 300 A-1400 Vienna, Austria [email protected]
Mr. Juergen Hierold GEF Coordinator
[email protected] +43 1 26026 4565
GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d
Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) Ministry of Environmental Protection ECO Building No.5 Houyingfang Hutong Xicheng District, Beijing 100035, China [email protected]
Attn: Mr. Xiao Xuezhi
Deputy Director General
+ 86-10-82268807
Copy to:
Ms. Chen Haijun Director, [email protected] + 86-10-82268846
Ms. Yan Wei Senior Project Manager [email protected] + 86-10-82268848
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Rue Mauverney, 28 CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland [email protected]
Attn: Cyrie Sendashonga Global Director, Policy and Programme
+41 22 999 03 17
Copy to: Mr. Jean-Yves Pirot,
Head, GEF Coordination Unit
+41 22 999 02 56
Mr. Sébastien Delahaye Portfolio Manager GEF Coordination Unit
+41 22 999 02 51
Development Bank of Southern Africa
(DBSA)
1258 Lever Road, Headway Hill Midrand, 1685 South Africa [email protected]
Attn:Ms. Nomsa T. Zondi GEF Coordinator
[email protected] +27 11 313 3491
GEF Project Agency Secretariats cont’d
World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF-US) 1250 24th St, NW
Washington, DC 20037-1193 [email protected]
Attn: Dr. David S. McCauley Senior Vice President Policy and Government Affairs [email protected] +1-202-495-4159
Copy to: Mr. Hervé Lefeuvre Senior Director, GEF Relations and GEF Coordinator [email protected] +1-202-459-8533
Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade (FUNBIO) Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 286 5º andar Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22270-014 [email protected]
Attn: Fabio Heuseler Ferreira leite GEF Coordinator
+ 55 21 2123-5326
Copy to: [email protected]
DISTRIBUTION LIST WHEN SUBMITTING PROJECT PROPOSALS
FOR GEF CEO APPROVAL/ENDORSEMENT
As a rule, all GEF Agencies are expected to circulate their project proposals to the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies,
and STAP and to the relevant Convention Secretariat.
Standard Distribution List for all projects (PIF, PPG, FSP, MSP, and EA):
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
To be included in the Standard Distribution List as appropriate:
For Biodiversity Projects: For Land Degradation Projects: For POPs Projects: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
For Climate Change Projects: For Mercury Projects
