0 © 2009UNDP. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Proprietary and Confidential. Not For Distribution Without Prior Written Permission. NGO – UNDP partnership in GEF supported projects Yannick Glemarec UNDP GEF Executive Coordinator & Director, Environmental Finance, UNDP

1 On-Going NGO Executed UNDP-GEF FSPs/MSPs in

2 Small Grants Programme UNDP is the Implementing Agency of SGP, which to date has supported more than 11,000 NGOs/CBOs in 122 countries. Over the lifetime of the SGP more than $657m in grants has been provided to community projects: $277m from the GEF and a further $380m from other sources including the communities themselves, NGOs, the private sector, government, other donors, and UNDP. UNDP Country Offices (UNDP COs) help review civil society proposals as a member of the SGP National Steering Committees and provide overall administrative and financial oversight services. UNDP COs help with SGP resource mobilization and/or provide co-financing. UNDP CO work in governance, poverty reduction and local development areas complements SGP’s environmental objectives to support poor and vulnerable communities which are the programme’s primary stakeholders. 2

3 Benefits of NGO - UNDP Partnerships to deliver GEBs Can increase national ownership and mobilize, engage communities NGOs can bring technical expertise that may not be available in government (e.g. Biodiversity research) Can help to create new public - private – community partnerships during project implementation which can ensure sustainability of project results (e.g. microcredit in rural areas, BD project in Cape Verde) Can strengthen oversight and fiduciary management Stronger coalition that helps to raise additional co-financing during project implementation (e.g. US$64 million raised in 09) Can lower implementation costs 3

4 Key Partnership Opportunities 1. Project Execution: NGO has full responsibility for delivering project outputs on-time, on-scope, and on-budget. 2. Contractor: NGO sub contracted – usually by government - to provide specific project services. 3. Co-financier: NGO provides cash or in-kind contribution to a project. 4. Advisor: NGO representation on Project Boards, Steering Committees, etc. 5. Beneficiary: NGO recipient of project interventions 6. Observer: NGO role in independent monitoring, alerting, “watchdog” 4

5 NGO Project Execution in In GEF IV, the level of civil society engagement and partnership in small scale projects has increased, in step with the growth of SGP. However, the level of NGO execution lags behind GEF III for both MSP and FSPs so far. These numbers are likely to increase by the end of GEF-IV

6 Enhancing NGO UNDP Partnerships UNDP procedures: UNDP country office has an obligation to assess the capacity of the NGO to execute projects using the UNDP CSO Capacity Assessment Tool. Full stakeholder engagement and consultation in project design and development Participation of CSOs in National Steering Committees and voluntary business plans Enhance Knowledge Management Role of the GEF NGOs Network Linking GEF NGO Network to other UNDP NGOs/CSOs/Indigenous Peoples networks and initiatives (Equator Initiative, UN-REDD, etc.) 6