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info@ iwlearn .org GEF: Forging Partnerships in Europe and Beyond 1 Happy Earth Day! April 21, 2002
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Global Environment Facility:Forging Partnerships and Fostering Knowledge
Transfer to Sustain Transboundary Waters
By Alfred Duda (GEF Secretariat) andDann Sklarew (GEF IW:LEARN)
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Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• Earth Summit 1992: new funding source for global environment
• Aim: Forge cooperation and finance actions for sustainable development
• Partners: – Implemented by: UNDP, UNEP, World Bank– Executed by: International agencies, national
governments and NGOs
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GEF Focal Areas
• Biodiversity Loss • Climate Change• International Waters (IW)• Ozone Depletion• Persistent Organic Pollutants• Land Degradation (relating to above)
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GEF IW Projects
Assist nations sharing transboundary basins or marine ecosystems to –
1. Cooperate in assessing sources of degradation, establishing priorities (TDA)
2. Determine and adopt policy, legal and institutional reforms (SAP)
3. Test feasibility of investments to address conflicts and reverse degradation
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GEF IW Project Funding
• Country-driven• US$465 million GEF + co-financing
= US$1.05 billion• 57 IW projects approved• 29 IW projects in preparation
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Black Sea Strategic Action Programme
Nutrient Reduction Programme - Regional Project for the Black
Sea
GEF Strategic Partnership for the Danube/Black Sea Basin
Building Environmental Citizenship to Support
Transboundary Pollution Reduction in the Danube:
Hungary & Slovenia
Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technology (TEST) to
Reduce Transboundary Pollution in the Danube River
BasinDnieper River Basin Strategic
Action ProgrammeGeorgia: Agricultural Development Project
Lake Ohrid Management Project
Poland: Rural Environmental Protection Project
Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS), Food Security, and Indigenous Peoples of the
Russian North
Support to the National Plan of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment from Anthropogenic Pollution in the
Russian Federation Caspian Environment Program
GEF Regional IW Projects in Europe and Central Asia
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Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA)
TRAIN-SEA-COAST
GEF Global IW Projects in Europe and Central Asia
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GEF International Waters Resource Centre [IWRC]
http://www.iwlearn.net• Access IW project profiles, documents,
presentations and Web sites• Participate in e-forums hosted by GEF and others• Review GEF IW project guidance, sample
proposals• Examine IW agencies’ IW portfolios• Discover IW distance learning opportunities• Find latest IW news and events
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GEF IW Resource Centre [IWRC]
• Developed by GEF IW:LEARN project, with GEF projects, its implementing and executing agencies, and other IW partners
• Accessible with or without Internet• To be replicated across an international
“cloud” of related resource centres, e.g., – Benguela Current DLIST (Nambia and S. Africa)– Water Portal of the Americas (Latin America, etc.) – European Waters Resource Centre…(Interested?)
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GEF IW:LEARN Project
• Leverages GEF investment via learning and knowledge sharing among (GEF and other) IW projects
• Helps IW projects find resources for effective implementation and impact
• Builds a global knowledge community to sustain Earth’s transboundary waters
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IW:LEARN Services tothe IW Community
1. Facilitating IW dialog, both face-to-face and remotely
– re: wise practices, challenges and lessons learned
2. Synthesizing and disseminating IW knowledge products
– e.g., best practices, guidance, training and distance learning
3. Developing resource centres (for Internet and other media)
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IW:LEARN Services (continued)
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4. Testing new information and communcation technology (ICT)
5. Needs-based technical assistance to appy ICT to IW management
6. Workshops for IW personnel to extend these services to their project partners
7. Establishing support facilities with regional partners to adapt IW:LEARN services to appropriate spatial scales
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Brief case-in-point…
All those with GEF IW projects and their partners in the audience, could you please raise your hands?
Could you please come forward at the end of the session for us to set a time to chat while assembled here?
Thank you.
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Interested in helping provide or access such services in Europe
and Central Asia?If so, please speak with Dann Sklarew after this
session, or • visit http://www.iwlearn.org• contact IW:LEARN at –
Email: [email protected]: +1.703.522.2190Fax: +1.703.522.2191
Thank you.
