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GEFConflict Resolutions

Sekou Toure

Sub-regional Workshop for GEF Focal Points in East & Southern AfricaNairobi, Kenya, 19-21 May 2009

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Historic PerspectivesHistoric Perspectives• Historically: Secretariat not engaged in conflict

resolution

• Nature of the GEF, its mode of operations, Policy

• Approach: beneficiary countries, other parties sort out disputes themselves

• Many small countries: feeling isolated

Drawbacks of such a Policy:

• Crucial constituencies (i.e.UNFCCC FC feeling Crucial constituencies (i.e.UNFCCC FC feeling sidelined)sidelined)

• Recurrent complaintsRecurrent complaints

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CEO’s Current PoliciesCEO’s Current Policies• New GEF’s engagements• Protecting the integrity of GEF • Building trust• Ensuring a system of accountability.• Challenges of closer attention to GEF

reputation

• Challenges: implicationss of reform, changes to be well understood, steps taken to nurture gains and areas of concerns fully addressed.

• New impetus on engagement of Conventions, New impetus on engagement of Conventions, especially Focal Points especially Focal Points

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Relevant Steps Taken by CEORelevant Steps Taken by CEO

• Embrace conflict resolution as an integral part of the GEF

• Build bridges with countries and agencies alike

• Work in such a manner that results in less work on "damage control", i.e. RAF issue

• Provide entry point of contact, a window inside the Secretariat for issues of conflicts and dispute

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Notion of ConflictNotion of Conflict

Conflicts and disputes = State of opposition, disagreement or incompatibility between two or more people or groups of people.

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Clarification of NotionsClarification of Notions

• Situations of disagreements or clash.

• Conflict management is not the same as conflict resolution.

• Conflict resolution: resolving disputes to the approval of one or both parties.

• Conflict management: an ongoing process that may never have a resolution.

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Monitoring of Registered CasesMonitoring of Registered Cases

• Over 150 cases, about 100 registered.• Most prevalent: Complaints• About 50 warranted serious follow-up.• A great number not so significant• Ministers, GEF Operational Focal Points,

Community representatives and the private sector.

• GEF Agency: lukewarm so far• Extensive feed backs from Convention

Focal points, in the margins of COPs.

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Monitoring of Registered Cases

Origin of Complaints

Local Communiti

es7%

Operational Focal Points61%

Senior Gvt Official

10%

NGO19%

Private sector

3%

Complaints by origin

Complaints by Region

Africa56%

Latin America/ Caribbean

22%

Asia6%

Eastern Europe/ Russia

13%

West Asia3%

Complaints by region

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Monitoring of Registered Cases

Issue by Agency

C52%GEFSEC

4%

B20%

A4%

Z4%

X8%

Y4%

Evaluation Office4%

Complaints by Issue Type

No responses

22%

Long delays

35%

Mismanagemet of GEF

resources9%

Country not

consulted9%

Misconduct of Agency

staff6%

Other disputes

19%

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StrategyStrategy

1. GEF wide effort

2. Some form of formal framework, process, procedure required

3. Links with GEF operations (cases)

4. Monitoring

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Dimensions to Conflict/Dispute Dimensions to Conflict/Dispute ResolutionResolution

1. Protect integrity of the GEF

2. Conflict/dispute settlement framework

3. More preventive approach

4. Address systematically operational issues bound to be problematic

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I - Protecting the integrity of the GEF/Raising GEF’s standard of responsiveness and

delivery quality

Outputs

• Public disclosure policy • Measures to sustain confidence• Procedures/Guidelines governing

complaints, including compliance regime• Promotional materials

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2 - Conflict/Dispute Settlement 2 - Conflict/Dispute Settlement FrameworkFramework

Outputs

• Rules and procedures to handle complaints, disputes and conflicts

• Data base• Online complaint portal• Quick wins• Documentation of conflict issues in

GEF operations.

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3 – Development of a more preventive 3 – Development of a more preventive approachapproach

Outputs

• Operational guidelines/procedures/ tools

• Data base (projects on the basis of their conflict potentials)

• Training manual

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4 - Future development and innovation 4 - Future development and innovation in the GEFin the GEF

Actions

• Document and address cases,• Framework for conflict resolution&

tools • Integration of adjustments in GEF

policies• Consolidate interactions with GE FP• Support to GEF agencies,• Substantive role in dialogue

(Countries…)

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