Update on GEF Pacific Alliance for
Sustainability
Sub-regional Workshop for GEF Focal Points in the Pacific
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
February 3-4, 2010
Background & History
 GEF-PAS consist of 28 projects, GEF Financing
approximately US$100million
 GEF PAS programme was approved at the GEF
Council meeting in April 2008
 GEF PAS has projects in the areas, of International
Waters, Biodiversity, Climate Change Mitigation, Climate
Change Adaptation, and Persistent Organic Pollutants
Current status-Biodiversity Projects
Project Name
Countries
GEF Agency
GEF Finance
Current Status
Micronesia
Challenge
MI, Palau, FSM
UNEP
6,000,000
Awaiting CEO
Endorsement
from UNEP
Invasive
Species
Management
MI, FSM, PNG,
Cook
Kiribati,
Samoa, Tonga,
Vanuatu, Niue
UNEP
3,500,000
Awaiting CEO
Endorsement
from UNEP.
Coral Reef
Triangle
SI, PNG, Timor
Leste, Vanuatu,
FSM, Fiji, Palau
Fiji, Samoa,
Niue and
Vanuatu
ADB
9,500,000
FAO
7,300,000
PNG
UNDP
7,700,000
Awaiting CEO
Endorsement
from ADB
Milestone
extension
Awaiting CEO
Endorsement
GEF awaiting
document for
CEO
endorsement
Forest
Protected Area
Management
Forest
Conservation
and Protected
Area
Management
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Current Status -Biodiversity projects Ctd
Project Name
GEF Agency
GEF Finance
Current Status
Integrated Island Nauru, Tuvalu,
and Community- Cook Island and
based
Tonga
Biodiversity
Conservation
Phoenix Island
Kiribati
Protected Areas
UNEP
2,000,000
PIF/PPG
Approved
UNEP
1,000,000
Enabling Activity
Timor Leste
UNDP
300,000
Enabling Activity
Tuvalu
UNDP
200,000
Enabling Activity
Tonga
UNDP
100,000
Project
approved.
Milestone
extension
Under
Implementation
Under
Implementation
Agency/country
consultation
9/10 Projects
Approved/Under
Implementation
Countries
37,500,000
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Current Status Climate Change Mitigation Projects
Project Name
Countries
GEF Agency
GEF Finance
Current Status
Promoting Energy
Efficiency in the
Pacific
Action for the
Development of
Marshall Islands
Renewable Energies
Sustainable
Economic
Development through
RE Applications
Low Carbon IslandsAccelerating the Use
of Renewable Energy
Technologies
Energizing the Pacific
Tonga, Samoa,
Vanuatu, and Cooks
ADB
6,000,000
Awaiting CEO
Endorsement
Marshall Islands
UNDP
1,100,000
Under
implementation
Palau
UNDP
1,100,000
Under
Implementation
Tuvalu, Niue and
Nauru
UNEP
1,500,000
PIF/PPG Approved
PNG, Solomon
Islands, Vanuatu,
Kiribati
World Bank
3,960,000
PIF/PPG Approved
Renewable Energy
Power Project
Fiji
UNDP
1,072,500
PIF Approved
14,732,500
13,660,000
6/6. Total Climate
Change mitigation
projects
approved/under
implementation
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Current Status Climate Change Adaptation Projects
Project Name
Countries
GEF Agency
GEF Finance
Current Status
Pacific
Adaptation to
Climate Change
Cooks, Fiji, FSM,
Nauru, Niue, PNG
Samoa, SI, Tonga,
Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Palau and MI
UNDP
14,822,500
Under
Implementation
Increasing Resilience
of Coastal Areas and
Community
Settlements to
Climate Change
Integrating Climate
Change Risks into
the Agriculture and
Health Sectors in
Samoa
Increasing Resilience
to Climate Change
and Natural Hazards
NAPA Preparation
Tuvalu
UNDP
3,349,500
Under
Implementation
Samoa
UNDP
2,000,000
Approved
Vanuatu
World Bank
3,000,000
Awaiting Submission
of CEO Endorsement
Timor Leste
UNDP
200,000
Napa Implementation
Solomon Islands
World Bank
3,500,000
Approved/Under
Implementation
PIF to be Submitted
Increasing Resilience
to Climate Variability
and Hazards
6/7 Total Climate
Change Adaptation
projects
approved/under
implementation
Kiribati
World Bank
3,300,000
Awaiting CEO
Endorsement
23,672,000
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Current Status International Waters and POPs Projects
Project Name
Countries
GEF Agency
GEF Finance
Current Status
Implementing
Integrated Water
Resource and
Wastewater
Management in
Pacific Island
Countries
(NIP for Cook
Islands)
Supporting the
POPs Global
Monitoring Plan in
the Pacific Islands
Region
Pacific POPs
Release Reduction
Through Improved
Management of
Solid and
Hazardous Wastes
DDT Alternatives
All Countries
UNDP/UNEP
10,722,950
Under
Implementation
Cook Islands
UNDP
290,750
Fiji, Kiribati, Niue,
Samoa, Palau,
Solomon Islands
UNEP
517,000
Under
Implementation
Under
Implementation
Cook Islands, FSM,
Marshall Islands,
PNG, Samoa,
Tuvalu, Palau,
Tonga, Kiribati
UNEP
3,500,000
PIF Approved
PNG, Solomon
Islands and
Vanuatu
UNEP
1,000,000
Awaiting
resubmission from
Agency
Total Projects
Under
Implementation
/Approved 4/5
15,030,700
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Current Status
PROJECT STATUS
NUMBER
GEF FINANCE (US$)
Under Implementation
10
32,602,200
PIF Approved/Awaiting
Submission for CEO
endorsement
15
61,332,500
Under
Development/Other
3
4,600,000
TOTAL
28
TOTAL Projects
programmed
93,934,700
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Implementation Issues and -Coordination
 There will be in change in Energizing the Pacific-PNG,
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati .
 World Bank will change project and resubmit as 4MSPs
 World Bank should able finalize submission of
outstanding PIFs, CEO endorsements by the end of 2nd
quarter this year
 Discussions with World Bank Continue on this issue.
 CEO has written to Australia and New Zealand on issue.
Coordination issue will be finalized during the course 2nd
quarter of this year
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Co-Finance
 Co-finance is an issue in the region
 GEF is flexible on the issue of co-finance and baseline
costs
 GEF Trust Fund provides finance for the incremental
costs
 Agency should help to provide and identify cofinance
opportunities
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Lessons Learned-So Far
 What have we learned so far?
 From GEF Perspective – (i)Need more planning,
coordination and consultation at the beginning of the
programme between all of the agencies, countries and
GEF (ii) Need to link GEF –PAS to other activities in the
region. Enhance cooperation, synergies etc
 What have you learned? How can we improve? How
can we support you in a better way ? How do we move
forward in GEF5?
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