Sub-Regional Workshop for GEF Focal PointsSub-Regional Workshop for GEF Focal PointsNorth Africa, Middle East, South & West AsiaNorth Africa, Middle East, South & West Asia

Bali, Indonesia Bali, Indonesia (2-3 December 2007)2-3 December 2007)

Lebanon’s GEF Portfolio

By

Layal Neaimeh

NCSA Project Assistant

Outline

Background Key Players Results & Achievements Constraints & Challenges Recommendations

Background

Lebanon has implemented around 20 GEF funded projects so far (1996 – 2007)

Biodiversity: 10Climate

Change: 6

POPs: 1Multifocal: 3

Background

Total co-financing: US$ 3 million approximately No projects implemented in the focal areas of:

International Waters & Land Degradation

GEF total contribution: US$ 11 million approximately

BiodiversityClimate Change

POPs Multifocal

~ 5.3 ~ 5 ~ 0.4 ~ 0.3

Key Players Implementing agencies:

UNDP (15 projects) UNEP (4 projects) World Bank (1 project)

Executing agencies: Ministry of Environment (13 projects) American University of Beirut (2 projects) Ministry of Agriculture (1 project) Council for Development & Reconstruction (1 project) Ministry of Public Works & Transport (1 project) Ministry of Energy & Water (1 project) Society for Protection of Nature in Lebanon (NGO) (1

project)

Results & Achievements

GEF Projects have:

Contributed to sound ecological development Produced job opportunities for professionals in the

domain Contributed to enhancement of the economy Allowed Lebanon to flag its environmental

leadership at a regional and international community

More tangible achievements…

GEF Reports and Publications’ Database

(stock was taken, hard copies were compiled & delivered to MoE’s Public Library for Environmental Archives)

Data on all GEF funded projects in Lebanon was collected. Inventory of projects’ outputs was undertaken & these were

made physically available @ NCSA unit when possible

GEF Funded Projects’ Database

Execution of a GEF database exhibition

Data on GEF allocation of Resources for Arab countries was processed

Arab Countries GEF AllocationLebanon

2.7%

Syria 3.9%

Oman0.4%Saudi Arabia

0.1%

Libya0.1%

Mauritania 1.2%

Algeria 5.8%Djibouti

0.5%

Yemen 4.3%

Egypt29.7%

Morocco25.9%

Sudan1.7%

Tunisia15.4%

Bahrain0.1%

Jordan8.0%

Arab Countries-Regions GEF Allocation

19.7%

80.3%

Middle EastNorth Africa

Arab Countries-Middle East GEF Allocation

0.6%

40.6%

13.8%

20.0%

22.0%

0.7%2.2%

Bahrain

Jordan

Lebanon

Oman

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Yemen

Arab Countries-North Africa GEF Allocation

7.2%0.7%

36.9%

32.3%

2.1%

19.2%

0.1%1.5%

Algeria DjiboutiEgyptLibyaMauritania MoroccoSudanTunisia

Source: Operational Report on GEF Projects-June 2005 Prepared by: NCSA Project-July 2006

All above mentioned can be accessed on the following web address…

http://www.moe.gov.lb/Projects/Ongoing/NCSA.htm

Constraints & Challenges

* Operational GEF focal point overwhelmed

* GEF portfolio is being handled by someone other than GEF operational focal point (usually a GEF funded project at MoE, i.e. NCSA)

* Lack of sustainability

* RAF procedures have made access to funds more complicated

Recommendations

A GEF supported person/unit within the focal point agency (MoE) to insure sustainability

RAF procedures should make access to funds easier

Good News!!!

A regional initiative serving its beneficiaries with regional resources

A public-private environmental initiative hosted by the financial sector

It is supplementary to GEF interventions in the region

Tackles the specificity of environmental needs & priorities of the Arab region

Produces job opportunities

The Arab Environment Facility (AEF)

Thank you!