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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
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Outline
Background Key Players Results & Achievements Constraints & Challenges Recommendations
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Background
Lebanon has implemented around 20 GEF funded projects so far (1996 – 2007)
Biodiversity: 10Climate
Change: 6
POPs: 1Multifocal: 3
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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
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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)
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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
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More tangible achievements…
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GEF Reports and Publications’ Database
(stock was taken, hard copies were compiled & delivered to MoE’s Public Library for Environmental Archives)
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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
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Execution of a GEF database exhibition
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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
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All above mentioned can be accessed on the following web address…
http://www.moe.gov.lb/Projects/Ongoing/NCSA.htm
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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
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Recommendations
A GEF supported person/unit within the focal point agency (MoE) to insure sustainability
RAF procedures should make access to funds easier
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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)
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Thank you!