| Implementing organisations |
| The World Bank, the UNDP, UNEP. Projects may be directly proposed to the UNDP, the World bank or UNEP
Executing Agencies in Asia (urban projects): Asian Development Bank, UNIDO |
| Financial weight at a glance |
| US$4,5 bn granted since 1991. |
| Type of funds provided: Grants |
| For preparation of projects documents www.gefweb.org/Documents/Council_Documents/GEF_C22/annexes.html
- Small Grants Programmes: below US$ 50,000 and mostly community-level initiatives / (managed by UNDP) sgp.undp.org Beneficiaries: community-level organisations + NGOs
- Medium Sized Projects: limited to 1 million US$ lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/45ByDocName/GEFGrantsMedium-SizedProject
- Full Sized Projects : more than 1 million US$. Includes Project Development Facilities (PDF) to prepare them lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/45ByDocName/GEFGrantsFull-SizedProject
- PDF A : Early stage of the project. Up to US$ 25,000. lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/45ByDocName/PDFBlockAGrantProcedures
- PDF B: For projects already identified. Up to US$ 350,000 (single country, 750,000 when two countries involved)
- PDF C Limited to projects approved by the Council of GEF. Up to US$ 1 million
- Enabling Activities : mostly national level gefweb.org/Documents/Enabling_Activity_Projects/enabling_activity_projects.html
- Small and Medium Size Enterprise Projects : mostly private sector |
| Standard procedure in brief |
| Most of projects must be submitted by national level governmental organisations. Procedure depends on the type of grant. Full size projects should be submitted by implementation agencies (concept document) to the GEF Secretariat and transmitted to the GEF Council for approval |
| Co-financing/required partnership |
| According to operational programmes and types of grant |
| Activities funded |
| Projects preparation and implementation, technical assistance, capacity building and training |
| Programmes to specifically consider for cities |
| GEF has 15 Operational programmes. Those mostly concerning cities are i) Promoting Environment Sustainable Transport, ii) Short Term Response Measures, iii) Energy Conservation and Efficiency, Renewable Energy, iv) Contaminant-Based. |
| Urban sectors concerned |
| water, waste water, transport, energy, solid waste |
| Eligible countries in Asia |
| all Asian countries, including North Korea. |
| Priority countries in Asia |
| none in particular |
| Projects examples in Asia |
| (a) Metro Manila Urban Transport - Marikina Bicycle Network/facilities construction and awareness and safety campaigns (US$1,3M – approved in 2001) ;
(b) Hanoi Urban Transport Development, improvement of bus service (US$11M – 2005 approval pending)
(c) Beijing 2nd Environmental Project, diminution of air pollution and GHG emissions (US$25m – approved in 1999) |
| Specific strategic documents |
| Operational Strategy of the GEF
www.gefweb.org/Operational_Policies/Operational_Strategy/op_stat/op_stat.html
Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured GEF www.gefweb.org/GEF_Instrument3.pdf |
| Web site address |
| www.gefweb.org |
| Contacts GEF Secretariat |
| 1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433
USA Call or send a fax to the Secretariat at: Telephone: (202) 473-0508 Fax: (202) 522-3240/3245
E-mail: GEF Secretariat |
