Update - GEF Pacific Alliance for Sustainability GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop September 2011 Honiara, Solomon Islands

BACKGROUND 32 GEF PAS Projects- Total Value US$101, 561, Biodiversity Projects, 9 Climate Change Mitigation Projects, 8 Climate Change Adaptation Projects, 1 International Waters Project, 4 POPs Projects

Project Status-Biodiversity Project NumberProject NameCountriesGEF AgencyGEF FinanceCurrent Status 3626 Micronesia Challenge Marshall Islands, Palau, FSM UNEP6,000,000 Under Implementation 3664 Invasive Species Management Marshall Islands, FSM, PNG, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Niue UNEP3,500,000 Under Implementation 3591 Coral Reef Triangle Solomon Islands, PNG, Timor Leste, Vanuatu, FSM, Fiji, Palau ADB9,500,000 Under Implementation 3819Forest Protected Area Management Fiji, Samoa, Niue and Vanuatu FAO7,300,000Under Implementation

4023 Integrated Island and Community- based Biodiversity Conservation Nauru, Tuvalu, Cook Island and Tonga UNEP2,000,000 Additional information requested from Agency (re co- finance letters) 3897 Phoenix Island Protected Areas KiribatiUNEP1,000,000 Project approved- Under Implementation 3662 Enabling Activity Timor LesteUNDP277,200 Under Implementation 3463 Enabling Activity TuvaluUNDP232,200 Under Implementation 3714Enabling Activity TongaUNDP100,000Agency/country consultation- Project to be cancelled

Climate Change Mitigation Project Number Project NameCountriesGEF AgencyGEF FinanceCurrent Status 3641 Promoting Energy Efficiency in the Pacific Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Cook Islands ADB6,000,000 CEO Endorsed- Under Implementation 2568 Action for the Development of Marshall Islands Renewable Energies Marshall Islands UNDP1,100,000 Under implementation 2567 Sustainable Economic Development through RE Applications PalauUNDP1,100,000 Under Implementation 4000Low Carbon Islands- Accelerating the Use of Renewable Energy Technologies Tuvalu, Niue and Nauru UNEP1,500,000 Awaiting revised CEO endorsement from agency

4282 Grid Connected Solar PV Central Station Project KiribatiWB1,000,000 PIF Approved- Awaiting Full Project Document 4283 PNG Energy Development Papua New Guinea WB909,091 Milestone Extension Approved August Geothermal Power and Electricity Sector Development VanuatuWB909,091 Milestone Extension Awaiting Full Project Document 4284 Development of Community-based Renewable Energy Mini-Grids Solomon Islands WB909,091 Milestone Extension Awaiting Full Project Document 4131Renewable Energy Power Project FijiUNDP Under Implementation

Climate Change Adaptation Projects Project Number Project NameCountriesGEF AgencyGEF FinanceCurrent Status 3101PACC CI,, Fiji, FSM, Nauru, Niue, PNG Samoa, SI, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Palau and MI UNDP14,822,500 Under Implementation 3694 Increasing Resilience of Coastal Areas and Community Settlements to Climate Change TuvaluUNDP3,349,500 Under Implementation 3358Integrating CC Risks into the Agri and Health Sectors. SamoaUNDP2,000,000Under Implementation

3798 Increasing Resilience to CC& Natural Hazards VanuatuWorld Bank3,000,000 Milestone Extension Awaiting Submission of CEO Endorsement 3464 NAPA Preparation Timor LesteUNDP200,000 Under Implementation 4226 Napa Implementatio n Solomon Islands World Bank4,350,000 PIF to be Re- Submitted 4068 Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Hazards KiribatiWorld Bank3,300,000 CEO Endorsed- Under Implementation 4216ICCRIFSSamoaUNDP2,400,000CEO Endorsed – Under Implementation3/ 15/2011

International Waters and POPs/Chemicals Project Number Project NameCountriesGEF AgencyGEF FinanceCurrent Status 2586 Implementing Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries CI, FSM, Fiji, Kiribati, Ml, Nauru, Niue, Palau, PNG Samoa, SI,Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu UNDP/UNEP10,722,950 Under Implementation 3344 Cooks island POPs Enabling Activity Cook IslandsUNDP290,750 Under Implementation 3663PAS Supporting the POPs Global Monitoring Plan in the Pacific Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Palau, SI UNEP517,000Under Implementation

4066 Integrated Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes and POPs Cook Islands, FSM, MI PNG, Samoa, Tuvalu, Palau, Tonga, Kiribati, Niue, Nauru, Vanuatu, Fiji* UNEP3,500,000 Council Approved awaiting CEO Endorsement 4064DDT Alternatives PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu UNEP1,000,000Dropped

GEF-PAS Issues 20 projects under implementation Implementation issues and project delays Co-ordination issue never completed resolved-Lack of Resources GEF PAS Benefits and Advantages –(i) Mobilized considerable resources and projects to the region, which prior to the programme the region had not received (ii) Improved the overall understanding of the GEF amongst Pacific Countries How do we move forward in GEF 5? Region can build on GEF-PAS. GEF is willing to work with region on expanding GEF- PAS, or a new programme. It is up to region to as to how they want to move forward. Can work together to identify elements of a new programme New Guidelines for Programmatic approaches in GEF 5 which address coordination issue Alternative Regional Approaches in light of broadening GEF Partnership- Possibilities regional organizations can be accredited by GEF, and become GEF Project Agency

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