GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop

STAP/GEF

MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUEAugust 2, 2012

What is STAP?In 1994, the GEF Instrument sets up STAP –

“UNEP shall establish, in consultation with UNDP and the

World Bank and on the basis of guidelines and criteria

established by the Council, the Scientific and Technical

Advisory Panel (STAP) as an advisory body to the Facility.

UNEP shall provide the STAP’s Secretariat and shall operate

as the liaison between the Facility and the STAP.” (Instrument

for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, 1994 and 2008)

What is STAP?The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP)of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides strategic and independent advice on projects, programs, and policies.

STAP is administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and it is supported by a Secretariat in Washington, D.C

Who is STAP?

Thomas E. Lovejoy, Chair

Meryl J. Williams Co-Chair , IW

N.H. RavindranathClimate Change

Sandra Diaz Biodiversity

Henk BouwmanChemicals & POPs

Michael Stocking Advisor to STAP Chair

Land Degradation(Under recruitment)

Adaptation(Under recruitment)

CBD

UNFCC

CCD

InternationalWaters

CEO / CHAIRMAN

GEF SECRETARIAT

COUNCIL

ASSEMBLY

W.B.

DonorReplenishmentGroup

GEFEO

ADB

UNIDO

FAO

NGOS

MultilateralFund ofMontrealProtocol

STAP

POPS

IAs / EAs

UNEP

EBRD

IFAD

IDB

Af DB

UNDP

1/04

Overview of STAP PIF screens Screening versus reviewing

STAP’s rating categories –

Consent Minor revision Major revision

PIF sections commonly screened by STAP

1. Project Framework (Part I: B.)2. Baseline and problem statement (Part II: B.1)3. Incremental activities and global

environmental benefits (B.2)4. Socioeconomic benefits and gender within the

context of global environmental benefits (B.3)5. Risks, including climate change risks (B.4)6. Key stakeholders (B.5)7. Related initiatives (B.6)

Project framework: Indicative overview from a STAP perspective

STAP: Is the objective clear and consistent with the problem statement?

STAP : Do the outcomes encompass important globalenvironmental benefits and are they likely to be generated?

Project framework: Indicative overview from a STAP perspective (cont’d)

STAP: Is the sum of the outputs (products and services) likely to contribute to the outcomes?

2 Output indicators tell us what we are going to measure and not what is to be achieved (example - # of tools developed)

Project baseline: STAP’s perspective

STAP: Is the baseline identified clearly? Does it present a feasible basis from which to measure and monitor global environmental change, including development outcomes? …Has a focus on scientific baselines.

**GEF Secretariat: What would happen without the GEF?

Project baselines: STAP’s perspective (cont’d)

Quantitative baselines should be included to the fullest extent possible (even if inferred)

In the event of no quantitative baseline at PIF– make reference to tracking tool, or specify a timeline to collect data

Qualitative baselines can be supported by current and accurate scientific references, and/or rigorous local unpublished evidence (‘grey literature’)

Incremental activities

STAP looks for…Are the incremental activities scientifically

justified? (supported by scientific references, rigorous local unpublished evidence)

Incremental activities (cont’d)Are the global environmental benefits

defined explicitly? (indicators, or methodologies, to

measure and monitor global environmental benefits)

Are the benefits truly global environmental benefits, and are they measurable?

Incremental activities (cont’d)Is there scientific innovation? -

…knowledge generation to improvethe effectiveness and quality of the

development andimplementation of GEF projects and programs…

(e.g.“Strengthening management effectivenessof protected areas to protect biodiversity underconditions of climate change”, Mexico, UNDP)

Socioeconomic benefits & genderSTAP looks for…

Are the socioeconomic benefits, and their contribution to global environmental benefits, defined explicitly?

Is gender adequately accommodated throughout the proposal?

RisksSTAP looks for…

Are the risks valid and comprehensive?

Are the risks associated with the project design, or resource mobilization (internal)?

Are the risks associated with unforeseen circumstances (external)?

Climate change risksSTAP considers a number of questions, including –

Is the project location in a region of climate risks?

Are the project objectives, or outputs, prone to climate change risks over the period 2020s, 2030s, 2050s and has the PIF addressed the risks of impacts of climate change?

Has the PIF considered resilience enhancement practices and measures to the projected climate risks and impacts?

Key stakeholdersSTAP looks for …

Are any stakeholders missing?

What are the stakeholders’ specific roles? Are they gender-specific or otherwise culturally defined?

How will their combined roles contribute to reporting to (multiple) global environmental outcomes, and knowledge management?

Related initiativesSTAP looks for…

Are the project developers tapping into relevant

knowledge and learning generated by other projects, including GEF projects?

Is there an adequate mechanism to feed the lessons

learned from earlier initiatives into the proposed project?

Thoughts to consider…

What are the main challenges in developing scientifically and technically viable PIFs? (data access?)

What regional networks, institutions, other options are available to develop data and address data gaps that contribute to global environmental outcomes?

Could addressing a specific data need contribute to the knowledge and learning of the GEF? (use of targeted research window)

From design to implementation – the focus is measuring and tracking global environmental outcomes : project level – focal area – GEF corporate knowledge and learning

Thank you!www.unep.org/stap

Any questions?