Mobilizing Resources through
Programmatic Approaches
Yoko Watanabe & Ulrich Apel
Natural Resources Team
GEF Familiarization Seminar
Washington, DC
January 17 – 19, 2012
GEF Programmatic Approach (PA)
A framework to facilitate more impactful results under
common objectives and rules
Striving for synergies across GEF focal areas: “Two or more
things functioning together to produce a result which is not
independently obtainable”
A programmatic approach needs to be consistent with the
GEF focal area strategies to maximize and scale up global
environment benefits
There are different level of programs at the GEF – global,
regional, national, thematic, multi-focal, single focal area
Distinct from a multi-country project or a regional project
Added Value of a PA
For the GEF
Maximize Global Benefits by more synergies: a cost efficient process
Enhance GEF catalytic role (co-financing, replication and up-scaling)
Better to monitor and evaluate, easier to aggregate of results
Countries
A more strategic interaction with the GEF; towards a Country driven process
Enhanced Opportunities to access additional GEF-funding outside the STAR
Enhanced opportunities to leverage co-financing and mobilize partners
Agencies
Better predictability - Less transaction costs
More strategic interactions with countries based on Agency comparative advantage
Partners
Partnerships, Additional funding, and higher visibility
Broad Experience with Programs
in all Focal Areas
IW: Strategic Partnerships on Fisheries in West Africa
LD: Central Asian Countries’ Initiative for Land Management (CACILM)
BD: China Biodiversity Partnership and Framework for Action (CBPF)
CC: Strategic Program on Energy for West Africa
MFA: Coral Triangle Initiative (BD, IW, CC, Adaptation)
SFM: Congo Basin Strategic Program
→ 25 out of 33 programs were launched in GEF4 ($1.6 billion; leveraging $7.9 billion)
→ GEF-4 programs all followed one and the same program cycle
Refining the PA in GEF-5
OPTION 1- Programs accessible to all GEF
• Single agency or multiple agency PA with identified Coordinating Agency
• Program Framework Document approval by the Council (+ PIFs if ready):
resources are set aside for a maximum period of 6 months
• All PIFs need to be cleared/approved within 6 months after PFD approval
• Project cycle: same as regular projects (PIF – (PPG) – CEO Endorsement)
• Time between PFD approval and CEO endorsement: ≤ 18 months
• 4-week circulation period for Council after CEO endorsement
• Fees: 9 percent for each participating agency
• Coordination budget: case-by-case (maximum amount $500,000)
Refining the PA in GEF-5 (cont.)
• OPTION 2: Programs accessible to a GEF Agency with a Board
that approves projects
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Programs can be implemented only by a single GEF Agency
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PFD Approval by the Council as part of a regular WP: resources set aside for a
maximum period of 18 months
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The PFD contains project concepts (one page)
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The PIF approval is delegated to the board of the agency
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Project documents are submitted to the GEFSEC for review and CEO endorsement
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Time between PFD approval and CEO endorsement: 18 months
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Agency fee: 8 percent
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A project preparation grant can be approved by the CEO after PFD approval
(maximum 2.4 percent of program budget)
PA Examples from GEF-5
• Biodiversity Focal Area Program: China – Mainstreams of Life
- Wetland PA System Strengthening for Biodiversity
Conservation (UNDP & FAO) (GEF ID #4646)
= Option 1: Single country – multi agency program
• Multifocal Area Program: GMS – Forest and Biodiversity
Program (ADB & WB) (GEF ID #4649)
= Option 1: Multi-country – multi agency program
• Multifocal Area Program: Sahel and West Africa Program in
Support of the Great Green Wall Initiative (WB) (GEF ID
#4511)
= Option 2: Single Agency with board
Main Features of China Wetland
Protected Areas System Program
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A country-level biodiversity focal area program.
GEF Agencies: UNDP and FAO (UNDP coordinating)
GEF $20 million, leveraging $ 142 million
One national-level project and six provincial-level projects
Three-tier approach: National, Provincial, and Site levels
interventions (systematic and institutional capacity building +
on the ground initiatives)
• Key features: System-level linkage and concerted impacts;
cost effectiveness; and coordination/lessons sharing.
Main features of the Greater
Mekong Sub-region - FBP
• MFA program with Biodiversity focus; investments from BD, CC, LD (STAR),
and SCCF, SFM/REDD+
• ADB & the World Bank, ADB coordinating (option 1)
• ADB developed the PFD including an annexed list of PIFs to be developed
within 6 months after Council approval
• 4 countries participating with one national PIF each; 3 PIFs access
SFM/REDD+ incentive, 1 regional MSP ($1 million outside STAR)
• GEF $20 million leveraging $132 million in co-finance
• Synergies: (a) Strategic involvement of WWF into program, (b) strategic
link to ADB’s ongoing Biodiversity Corridor Initiative in the GMS, (c)
Regional MSP with activities that address thematic gaps that cannot be
addressed by national projects alone, e.g. illegal wildlife trade and transboundary landscape conservation agreements
Main features of the Great Green
Wall Initiative – Support Program
• The World Bank as single agency with their own board approval of PIFs
• 12 countries participating
• $105 million GEF investment mainly from STAR, leveraging $1.8 billion in
co-financing
• Outside STAR: LD & CC regional set asides ($5 million), SFM/REDD+
incentive ($17 million), and LDCF ($17.5 million)
• Synergies: (a) securing significant and predictable GEF resources for the
individual projects under the program, (b) more efficient project
preparation under the PA, (c) strong regional co-operation based on
country ownership, and (d) high visibility of the program as compared to
individual projects.
Reference Documents
• From Projects to Programs: Clarifying the Programmatic
Approach in the GEF portfolio
http://www.thegef.org/gef/node/289
• Streamlining the Project Cycle and Refining the Programmatic
Approach
http://www.thegef.org/gef/node/3225
• GEF 5 Program Framework Document Template - November
2011 & GEF 5 Program Framework Document Guidelines Oct. 2011 http://www.thegef.org/gef/guidelines
Thank you for your attention
Questions?