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Update - GEF Pacific Alliance for Sustainability GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop 27 - 29 September 2011 Honiara, Solomon Islands BACKGROUND • 32 GEF PAS Projects- Total Value US$101, 561,873 • 10 Biodiversity Projects , 9 Climate Change Mitigation Projects, 8 Climate Change Adaptation Projects, 1 International Waters Project, 4 POPs Projects Project Status-Biodiversity Project Number Project Name Countries 3626 Micronesia Challenge 3664 GEF Agency GEF Finance Current Status Marshall Islands, UNEP Palau, FSM 6,000,000 Under Implementation Invasive Species Management Marshall Islands, UNEP FSM, PNG, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Niue 3,500,000 Under Implementation 3591 Coral Reef Triangle Solomon Islands, ADB PNG, Timor Leste, Vanuatu, FSM, Fiji, Palau 9,500,000 Under Implementation 3819 Forest Protected Fiji, Samoa, Niue FAO Area and Vanuatu Management 7,300,000 Under Implementation 4023 3897 3662 3463 3714 Integrated Island and Communitybased Biodiversity Conservation Phoenix Island Protected Areas Nauru, Tuvalu, UNEP Cook Island and Tonga 2,000,000 Additional information requested from Agency (re cofinance letters) Kiribati UNEP 1,000,000 Enabling Activity Enabling Activity Enabling Activity Timor Leste UNDP 277,200 Tuvalu UNDP 232,200 Tonga UNDP 100,000 Project approvedUnder Implementation Under Implementation Under Implementation Agency/country consultationProject to be cancelled Climate Change Mitigation Project Number 3641 2568 2567 4000 Project Name Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Pacific Countries Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Cook Islands Action for the Marshall Development of Marshall Islands Islands Renewable Energies Sustainable Economic Palau Development through RE Applications Low Carbon IslandsTuvalu, Niue Accelerating the Use of and Nauru Renewable Energy Technologies GEF Agency GEF Finance Current Status ADB 6,000,000 CEO EndorsedUnder Implementation UNDP 1,100,000 Under implementation UNDP 1,100,000 Under Implementation UNEP 1,500,000 Awaiting revised CEO endorsement from agency 4282 Grid Connected Solar PV Central Station Project Kiribati WB 1,000,000 PIF ApprovedAwaiting Full Project Document 4283 PNG Energy Development Papua New Guinea WB 909,091 4281 Geothermal Vanuatu Power and Electricity Sector Development Development of Solomon Community-based Islands Renewable Energy Mini-Grids WB 909,091 WB 909,091 Milestone Extension Approved August 2011 Milestone Extension Awaiting Full Project Document Milestone Extension Awaiting Full Project Document Renewable Energy Fiji Power Project UNDP 1072500 4284 4131 Under Implementation Climate Change Adaptation Projects Project Number 3101 Project Name 3694 Increasing Resilience of Coastal Areas and Community Settlements to Climate Change Integrating CC Samoa Risks into the Agri and Health Sectors. 3358 PACC Countries GEF Agency GEF Finance Current Status CI,, Fiji, FSM, Nauru, Niue, PNG Samoa, SI, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Palau and MI Tuvalu UNDP 14,822,500 Under Implementation UNDP 3,349,500 Under Implementation UNDP 2,000,000 Under Implementation 3798 Increasing Resilience to CC& Natural Hazards Vanuatu World Bank 3,000,000 3464 NAPA Preparation Timor Leste UNDP 200,000 4226 Napa Implementatio n Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Hazards ICCRIFS Solomon Islands World Bank 4,350,000 PIF to be ReSubmitted Kiribati World Bank 3,300,000 CEO EndorsedUnder Implementation Samoa UNDP 2,400,000 CEO Endorsed – Under Implementation3/ 15/2011 4068 4216 Milestone Extension Awaiting Submission of CEO Endorsement Under Implementation International Waters and POPs/Chemicals Project Number 2586 3344 3663 Project Name Countries Implementing Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries Cooks island POPs Enabling Activity PAS Supporting the POPs Global Monitoring Plan in the Pacific GEF Agency GEF Finance Current Status CI, FSM, Fiji, UNDP/UNEP Kiribati, Ml, Nauru, Niue, Palau, PNG Samoa, SI,Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu 10,722,950 Under Implementation Cook Islands UNDP 290,750 Under Implementation Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Palau, SI UNEP 517,000 Under Implementation 4066 Integrated Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes and POPs 4064 DDT Alternatives Cook Islands, UNEP FSM, MI PNG, Samoa, Tuvalu, Palau, Tonga, Kiribati, Niue, Nauru, Vanuatu, Fiji* PNG, Solomon UNEP Islands and Vanuatu 3,500,000 Council Approved awaiting CEO Endorsement 1,000,000 Dropped GEF-PAS Issues • • • • • • • • • 20 projects under implementation Implementation issues and project delays Co-ordination issue never completed resolved-Lack of Resources GEF PAS Benefits and Advantages –(i) Mobilized considerable resources and projects to the region, which prior to the programme the region had not received (ii) Improved the overall understanding of the GEF amongst Pacific Countries How do we move forward in GEF 5? Region can build on GEF-PAS. GEF is willing to work with region on expanding GEFPAS, or a new programme. It is up to region to as to how they want to move forward. Can work together to identify elements of a new programme New Guidelines for Programmatic approaches in GEF 5 which address coordination issue Alternative Regional Approaches in light of broadening GEF PartnershipPossibilities regional organizations can be accredited by GEF, and become GEF Project Agency Thank you for your attention