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

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 management of 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

¿Comparative Advantage?

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

UNDP’s Strategic Plan

Poverty Reduction & Achievement of MDGs

Crisis Prevention & Recovery

Environment & Sustainable Development

Democratic Governance

The Energy & Environment Group (EEG) of UNDP

based in UNDP’s Bureau of Development Policy

responsible for providing leadership & technical support to the delivery of the Environment & Sustainable Development pillar of UNDP’s Strategic Plan

main focus = help countries develop the capacity to fully incorporate environmental sustainability into development, at local, national, regional and global levels

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

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

UNDP in the Caribbean: Country Offices

UNDP in the Caribbean: Country Offices GEF contacts

Country Office UNDP contact E_mailBarbadosGrenada, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica

(PO) Reynold Murray reynold.murray@undp.org

(PA) Anne Marie Diopanne-marie.diop@undp.org

Belize (PO) Diane Wade diane.wade@undp.org

(PA) Ismirla Andrade ismirla.andrade@undp.org

Cuba (PO) Gricel Acosta gricel.acosta@undp.org

(PA) Patricia Fernandez patricia.fernandez@undp.org

Dominican Republic(PO) Maria Eugenia Morales maria.morales@undp.org

(PA) Jacqueline Sanchez jacqueline.sanchez@undp.org

Guyana (PO) Patsy Ross patsy.ross@undp.org

(PA) Nadine Livan nadine.livan@undp.org

Haiti (PO) Arnad Dupuy arnaud.dupuy@undp.org (PA) Anne Marie Jamine Charles Merilian jamine.charles-merilien@undp.org

Jamaica (Bahamas) (PO) Margaret Jones Williams margaret.jones.williams@undp.org

(PA) Nicole Brown nicole.brown@undp.org

Suriname (PO) Thomas Gittens thomas.gittens@undp.org

(PA) Bryan Drakenstein bryan.drakenstein@undp.org

Trinidad & Tobago (PO) Rosemary Lall rosemary.lall@undp.org.tt

PO = Programme Officer – PA = Programme Associate

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

UNDP in the Caribbean: Regional Coordination Unit Contacts

http://www.undp.org/gef/contacts/lac.html

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP has vast experience in integrated policy development, human resources development, institutional strengthening, and non-governmental and community participation

UNDP assists countries in promoting, designing and implementing activities consistent with both the GEF mandate and national sustainable development plans

UNDP has extensive inter-country programming experience

UNDP’s experience & expertise – delivery under GEF4

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

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, …

How to access GEF funds through the UNDP

Project cycle – full-sized project

How to access GEF funds through the UNDP

3 Phases project support

3 tiers of Quality control

Project Identification

Project Development

Project Oversight

UNDP CountryOffice

programming dialogue with country partners,

UNDAF/CCA and CPD

project development support, inter-ministerial

consultation, identification and engagement with

partners

annual work plan; financial procedures; financial oversight and audit; project

governance; project progress; general support and troubleshooting; evaluation,

financial closure and final reporting

UNDP/GEFRegion-based

Technical Advisor

upstream policy dialogue - sectoral, finance and planning ministries;

identify potential SOFs; technical & eligibility

screening

source technical expertise; assure overall technical

quality

technical backstopping to CO; technical quality assurance; sourcing and

controlling quality of technical expertise; extract and disseminate knowledge and

lessons

UNDP/GEFPrincipal TechnicalAdvisor

determine strategic priorities for support based on global good technical

practice

overall quality control → clearances with sources of

funds

ensure best available global knowledge and expertise; technical control of quality and performance; technical backstopping; knowledge synthesis and dissemination

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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

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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

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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

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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

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency

UNDP’s comparative advantages as a GEF Agency