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Title: National Communications, enabling activities and The Global Environment Facility


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National Communications, enabling activities and
The Global Environment Facility
Nick Remple UNDP Regional GEF Coordinator for
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Outline
  • Introduction to GEF
  • (materials available in back)
  • GEF Financing of Enabling Activities
  • GEF support to Enabling Activities
    implementation
  • cc Support
  • EAs as strategic framework for technical
    assistance
  • and investment
  • GEF proposal development

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All countries of LAC are receiving GEF assistance
to formulate and submit EAs with exception of
Dominican Republic and Colombia
Total GEF assistance rel. To EAs US 18 million
US 6 x million - CPACC - Anglophone SIDs US 9
x million - UNDP - channeled EA proposals for 29
countries - CC Train
- Five LAC countries - UNEP - channeled
support to Haiti - W.B. - channeled support
to St. Vincent - Others
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Submissions of First Natl Communications to
UNFCCC 7 - Worldwide of which 3 are from
LAC Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay
CC Support - US 3 million to assist countries
in producing Natl Communications - Workshops -
Technical assistance and backstopping - Exchange
of information
CC support is programmed to start in August 1998.
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GEF EA Criteria
  • - Coverage whithat duplication
  • - Appropriate sequency of activities
  • - Use of best practices
  • - cost effectiveness

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GEF financing initiated in late 94 with small
of proposing countries Argentina, USA, followed
by Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica and Chile
  • 7 contries worlwide have submitted
    National Communications
  • 3 of these are from LAC Argentina, Mexico,
    Uruguay
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