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The Scientific and Technical Advisory
Panel of the Global Environment Facility
STAP/GEF
GEF Familiarization Seminar 2012
Washington, D.C.
Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel
to the Global Environment Facility
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)
Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to the
Global Environment Facility
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
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Who is STAP?
Present composition – July 2010 to June 2012
Thomas E. Lovejoy, Chair
Sandra Diaz
Biodiversity
Meryl J. Williams
Co-Chair , IW
Henk Bouwman
Chemicals & POPs
N.H. Ravindranath
Climate Change
Michael Stocking
Advisor to STAP Chair
Land Degradation
(Under recruitment)
Adaptation
(Under recruitment)
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IAs / EAs
UNDP
CBD
Donor
Replenishment
Group
GEFEO
STAP
UNEP
W.B.
UNFCCC
ADB
ASSEMBLY
NGOS
POPS
COUNCIL
CCD
Multilateral
Fund of
Montreal
Protocol
International
Waters
CEO / CHAIRMAN
Af DB
EBRD
GEF SECRETARIAT
FAO
IDB
IFAD
UNIDO
1/04
Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to the
Global Environment Facility
Project and program advice
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Ensure the scientific and technical quality of
GEF projects and programmatic approaches
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Responsible for targeted research
(project reviews and policy review – Principles for GEF
of Targeted Research, 1997)
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Advise on cross-cutting thematic areas, such as adaptation to climate
change, sustainable forest management, and chemicals management
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Collaborate with the GEF Evaluation Office (focal area studies,
assessment of quality at entry)
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Strategic advice
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“How to” guides for projects, or programs
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Develop methodologies for the
GEF
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Scanning of emerging global
environmental issues
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Policy advice
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Learning objectives (RBM) – on
going
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Targeted research – on going
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Criteria for focal area set asides –
2010
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GEF-5 focal area strategies – 2009
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STAR (choice of indicators) – 2009
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STAP work program
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STAP Advisory Products
http://www.unep.org/stap/
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Recent Advisory Products
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Collaborating with Conventions
Externally, STAP interacts in a complementary manner
with the scientific and technical bodies of:
–
the Convention on Biological Diversity,
–
the Framework Convention on Climate Change,
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the Convention to Combat Desertification,
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the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
Pollutants, and
–
the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer
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Example – STAP and UNCCD
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Thank you!
Thomas Hammond
(STAP Secretary)
[email protected]
STAP website
www.unep.org/stap
Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to the
Global Environment Facility