French Global Environment Facility
2008 Annual report
French Global Environment Facility Annual report 2008 The French Global Environment Facility
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Preface
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Chapter 1 : Policy orientations and objectives
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Chapter 2 : Project activity review 1994 – 2008
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Chapter 3 : Activities in 2008 by focal area
FGEF missions A specific system of governance
Objectives for 2007 - 2008 FGEF intervention by focal area and geographical region Project advancement The small-scale initiatives programme
Biodiversity Climate change International waters Land degradation, desertification, deforestation and persistent organic pollutants Ozone layer
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Chapter 4 : Capitalisation activities in 2008
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Appendices
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The project cycle ; Main acronyms Projects identified/committed with FGEF cofinancing Communication activities in 2008
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Project assessments conducted in 2008 Extracts from assessments conducted in 2008
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Cover photographs: François Nimal - FIBA / Banc d’Arguin National Park, Mauritania; Eric Thauvin - AFD / View of Tunis; Demba Sidibe / Pollutants; François Lamarque / Training session in the shade of an acacia tree Illustrations: Laurence Malherbe / chamaerops-humilis, dwarf palms ; Blenny Watercolour illustrations by Laurence Malherbe, a naturalist painter who followed the field activities conducted under the international “Small Mediterranean Islands Initiative” (SMI) during the 2006, 2007 and 2008 campaigns. These illustrations are reproduced from the Sketchbook from a Mission to the Small Mediterranean Islands, with kind permission from the Conservatoire du Littoral. FGEF Coordination: Valérie Fakir Layout and production: Assoko-studio Printed by: édips - July 2009 English translation: Ilona Bossanyi-Johnson This report was printed by a printer certified by the Pan European Forest Council under PEFC/ 10 31 1332, member of the IMPRIM'VERT * network. It was printed with vegetable-based inks using alcohol free dampening on PEFC-certified paper. * IMPRIM’ VERT is a network of printers committed to reducing the environmental impact of their activities. It is a trustworthy brand because their specifications are based on three practices: proper management of dangerous waste products, secure storage of dangerous liquids and not using toxic products.
The French Global Environment Facility ●
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The French Global Environment Facility is a French international cooperation and development instrument dedicated to the promotion of innovative approaches to key global environment issues (climate, biodiversity, international waters, desertification, deforestation, persistent organic pollutants, ozone) that are addressed by sustainable development programmes and projects.
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The FGEF supports multi-partner programmes implemented in developing countries and in cooperation with countries of the North, involving research, public agencies, private enterprises, local authorities, non-governmental organizations and foundations, and contributes to French influence on global environment issues.
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The FGEF has a specific system of governance based on an inter-ministerial steering committee with powers of decision, a high- level scientific and technical committee and an efficient secretariat.
● Since 1994, the FGEF has supported 188 national or regional programmes and projects through total grant funding of 207 million euros, with each euro contributed by the FGEF leveraging an average of seven euros in co-financing.
Preface The year 2008 was marked by mounting international recognition of “green” responses to multiple and interdependent crises. As an instrument for French overseas cooperation and development policy, the French Global Environment Facility is involved in numerous innovative initiatives in the areas of climate change, biodiversity, international waters and land degradation. It develops practical multipartner operations that help to strengthen French influence in the production of global public goods.
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With grants committed to or identified for 26 projects in 2008, representing total grant financing of 28.4 million euros leveraging 240 million euros in cofinancing, the FGEF is involved in operations mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Mediterranean but also in Latin America and Asia. These include protecting agricultural biodiversity in Mali, sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon basins, a strategic partnership for the Mediterranean marine ecosystem, energy efficiency and renewable energy in China and demand-side electricity management in the Palestinian Territories.
The FGEF contributed to numerous seminars in 2008, including in particular: • “Assessing climate change and development programmes or projects”, organised with the Global Environment Facility in Alexandria, with a presentation of AFD assessments of projects co-financed with the FGEF for energy efficiency in housing in Lebanon and Tunisia; • The World Conservation Congress organised by the IUCN in Barcelona, which highlighted innovative financing mechanisms developed for biodiversity conservation and advances in marine area management to reconcile economic development and biodiversity concerns;
• A seminar on “Ecosystems Priorities for Action” in Paris organised with the National Research Agency, addressing landscape-scale approaches and alternative livelihood options developed through projects. In partnership with the MEIE and MEEDDAT, the FGEF produced a guide on “Developing CDM or JI projects to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, presented at the United Nations climate change conference in Poznan during the “Africa Day” organized by the European Union and France. The replenishment of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol was negotiated in Doha under the French Presidency of the European Union. Total replenishment amounts to 490 million US$ for 2009-2011, with France contributing 6.7 million € per year. The FGEF Secretariat, in its capacity as bilateral implementing agency, is responsible for examining projects financed under the French bilateral share of the Multilateral Fund. It also provides technical, economic and organisational advice to the MF Executive Committee. The FGEF’s experience was influential in discussions on medium-term linkages between reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and the phase-out of ozone depleting substances. 2008 saw the FGEF “coming of age” as it took part in building up new concepts and methods to address environmental issues while also supporting pilot operations in the field with close involvement from local stakeholders, which were subsequently handed over to other development promoters. An inter-ministerial forum and a meeting place for researchers and developers, forging partnerships and supporting France’s influence on the international scene, the FGEF has confirmed its unique vocation as a financial instrument for the global environment and sustainable development. Marc-Antoine MARTIN, FGEF Secretary-General
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OLIVIER BORN
Rope bridge, Coco Island, Costa Rica
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orientations and objectives As well as financing programmes or projects, the FGEF pursued and strengthened its activities to support and advise its ministerial member institutions in developing French positions on environment and development issues, in particular for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (MLF). It also strengthened its synergies with the French Development Agency by pooling assessment and communication activities. Finally, the FGEF’s scientific and technical committee played a vital role in improving methods and developing capitalization and prospective studies.
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The FGEF’s missions At the end of 2008, the FGEF had examined, or was in the process of doing so, 188 projects representing total potential grant funding commitments from the FGEF of 207 million euros.
• Promoting protection of the global environment in developing countries, • Fostering innovation, • Mobilising multiple partnerships.
In 1994, following the Rio Summit, the French government established the French Global Environment Facility (FGEF) in order to bring its commitment to the protection of the global environment in developing countries into practice. The FGEF is an instrument of France’s cooperation and development policy, whose budget is supplemented by the State as a strategic priority within the French system of Official Development Assistance. FGEF grants help to finance sustainable, innovative and reproducible development programmes or projects addressing global environment issues.
The FGEF promotes the preservation of our planet's equilibrium through projects addressing major focal areas of the global environment: ● ● ● ● ● ●
Biodiversity, Climate change, International waters, Land degradation, including desertification and deforestation Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) The stratospheric ozone layer*.
The FGEF is acting in more than 80 countries. It supports multi-partner projects and programmes that contribute to French influence, acting in liaison with beneficiary countries and with national and international partners including researchers, public organisations, private companies, local authorities, NGOs and foundations.
GEOFFROY MAUVAIS (UICN PAPACO)
* Protection of the stratospheric ozone layer is handled by the FGEF Secretariat in accordance with specific procedures under the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
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Information panel at Nazinga ranch - Burkina Faso
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A specific system of governance An inter-ministerial Steering Committee with decision-making powers, a high-level Scientific and Technical Committee and a proactive Secretariat.
The FGEF is a French bilateral fund that supplements France’s contribution to the Global Environment Facility, a multilateral financing mechanism.
The FGEF’s resources for the years 1994-2010 amount to 277 million euros. Like the GEF’s, these resources are eligible for Official Development Assistance. The FGEF seeks to build synergies with other public and private organisations involved in overseas cooperation and development or environmental projects, both in France and abroad, particularly the Global Environment Facility.
Each project co-financed by the FGEF is submitted under the responsibility of one of the five institutions represented on its steering committee: ● ● ● ● ●
The Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment (MEIE) The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MAEE) The Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Planning (MEEDDAT) The Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) The French Development Agency (AFD), who is also responsible for management of the FGEF.
The steering committee, chaired by the representative from the Ministry of the Economy (Directorate-General for the Treasury and Economic Policy, International Financial Affairs and Development Branch) meets several times a year to decide on: • Overall FGEF policy, target geographic areas, focal areas, methods and resources, • Projects identified for grant support, after expert advice from the scientific and technical committee, • Financial commitments to projects based on feasibility reports or project presentations, • The Secretariat’s budget.
It also appoints the members of the scientific and technical committee. The GEF, like the FGEF, draws on a scientific and technical committee acting in a consultative capacity. Projects and programmes co-financed by the FGEF are prepared, submitted, monitored and assessed by one or more of the steering committee’s member institutions. The FGEF Secretariat supports the examination, monitoring, capitalisation and communication processes. The FGEF Secretariat, based on its experiences with focal areas and projects and in its capacity as a management body for public funds dedicated to sustainable development and the global environment, supports the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment with the GEF by providing appraisals on strategic documents from the GEF Council and on projects examined by the GEF.
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FGEF management
Three bodies run the FGEF: • a steering committee, • a scientific and technical committee • and the Secretariat.
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The steering committee gathered together three times in 2008. During these meetings, decisions were made regarding: • Overall FGEF policy and recommendations for implementation, • Identification of projects for funding, after expert advice from the scientific and technical committee, • Feasibility reports presented, allowing the secretariat to commit funds.
The steering committee
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THE MINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY, INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYMENT (MEIE) Directorate-General for the Treasury and Economic Policy Department for Multilateral Affairs and Development (steering committee Chairman), Deputy Director for International Financial Affairs and Development Head of Department for Development Assistance and Multilateral Development Institutions Head of Department at Devinter 2 with the International Company Development Branch
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS Odile Roussel One representative André Pouillès-Duplaix One representative
MINISTRY FOR ECOLOGY, ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING Aline Kuster-Ménager
Head of the International Affairs Department
MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Deputy Director of the Energy, Transport, Environment and Natural Resources Department of the Directorate for Technology Research Advisor to the Director for European and International Relations and Cooperation
François Clin Pierre Fabre
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Deputy Director for the Environment - Directorate for Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate for the United Nations and International Organisations Deputy Director for Sector Policies and MDO - Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development Directorate for Scientific Cooperation and Research
FRENCH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Jean-Bernard Véron Advisor to the Directorate for Strategy Robert Peccoud Head of the Research and Knowledge Management Department of the Directorate for Strategy
Projects by promoting institution The 188 projects identified are as follows: Promoting institution
Number of projects
MAEE
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AFD 32
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MULTIPLES
68 665 177 68 062 755
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MEEDDAT
Amount for identified projects in €
19 427 394
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The ten CST members are key figures who are recognised for their expert knowledge on economic, environmental and social issues in the focal areas covered by the FGEF. • The CST issues recommendations at the project identification stage, • It is involved in the project examination process and provides observations at the commitment stage, • It facilitates and produces studies on scientific and technical aspects of global environment issues, • It contributes to initiatives to provide information and raise awareness on global environment issues amongst French and international partners.
The scientific and technical committee (CST)
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Michel Griffon (Chairman of the CST) ANR
All focal areas
Didier Babin CIRAD
Biodiversity
Marc Bied-Charreton University of Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Land degradation/Desertification
Lucien Chabason IDDRI
Sustainable development / Economics
Patrick Duncan CNRS
Biodiversity
Pierre-Noël Giraud Mines Paris Tech
Economics
Michel Hamelin ADEME
Climate change
Rémi Pochat LCPC CGGREF
International waters
Jacques Rilling CSTB and IPCC
Climate change
Louis-Alexandre Romaña IFREMER
International waters
The FGEF Secretariat is attached to the French Development Agency’s Directorate for Strategy, sharing its administrative, accounting and financial services and its network of local agencies. In 2008, the Secretariat’s members were: • The Secretary-General, • One “biodiversity” engineer, • One “climate” engineer, • One “biodiversity, climate change and chemical pollutants” engineer, • One “international waters, land degradation and forests” engineer • Four management executives and assistants • One “ozone” engineer under contract as a service provider. At the end of 2008, a communications officer joined the Secretariat team.
The FGEF Secretariat
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Marc-Antoine Martin martinma@afd.fr
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Véronique Lefebvre lefebvrev@afd.fr
Coordinating assistant
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Julien Calas calasj@afd.fr
Biodiversity
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Philippe Bosse bossep@afd.fr
Climate change
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Christophe du Castel ducastelc@afd.fr
International waters, land degradation and forests
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Ghislain Rieb riebg@afd.fr
Biodiversity, climate change and chemical pollutants
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General Secretary
Denise Parmentier Corporate and budget affairs Dominique Boirard (as from 17/11/08) boirardd@afd.fr Laurence Alligbonnon alligbonnonl@afd.fr
Budget affairs/Monitoring of financing agreements, assistant
Elisabeth Carpentier carpentiere@afd.fr
Budget affairs /Monitoring of disbursements, assistant
Béatrice Vincent vincentb1@afd.fr Valérie Fakir (as from 01/10/08) fakirv@afd.fr
External expert - ozone protection - Montreal Protocol Communication
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Links with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Multilateral Fund for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol (MLF). The FGEF Secretariat supports French discussions and actions in its capacity as a member of the GEF Council and a Party to the Montreal Protocol Executive Committee.
The Global Environment Facility and the FGEF The GEF is a multilateral fund which was estabOf the 188 projects identified by the FGEF as of 31 lished in 1991. Its December 2008, 42 projects resources were replencall on GEF resources. ished to a total of 3.13 billion US$ during the period 2006-2010, of which France contributes up to 154 million euros. The GEF is a financial mechanism for the implementation of international conventions (biodiversity, climate change, desertification, deforestation, persistent organic pollutants). The GEF is supervised by a council of 32 members from 14 OECD countries, 2 Eastern European countries and 16 developing countries. France has one seat on the Council. The chairman of the FGEF steering committee is the member for France on the GEF Council. The FGEF SecretaryGeneral is the deputy member for France on the GEF Council. The GEF, like the FGEF, draws on a consultative scientific and technical committee, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel. GEF projects are implemented by one or more of the following 10 organisations: the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the
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World Bank, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The differences between the GEF and the FGEF, in terms of their activities, are as follows: • The FGEF devotes more than 50% of its resources to sub-Saharan Africa, and the GEF about 22 % ; • The FGEF gives priority to economic and social development projects in beneficiary countries that include Global Environment components. The GEF may fund projects which are entirely devoted to protection, biodiversity conservation or research. Its guiding principles have evolved in recent years to improve the linkages between global environmental protection and sustainable development; • The FGEF’s share in the total cost of projects is capped at 50 %; there is no cap on the GEF’s share.
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The Multilateral Fund for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol and the FGEF A prize awarded to the FGEF Secretariat on the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol “in recognition for outstanding assistance to developing countries in the global effort to eliminate ozone depleting substances and to protect the ozone layer” highlights its influence within the MLF.
The FGEF Secretariat implements bilateral projects up to an amount of 20% of the total French contribution to the MLF. In 2008, the Multilateral Fund was replenished to an amount of 490 million USD for three years, from 2009 to 2011. The annual French contribution to the Multilateral Fund amounts to 6.7 million euros.
From 1991 to the end of 2008, French contributions to the Multilateral Fund amounted to a total of 184.5 million USD, including a bilateral share of 16 million USD, committed to projects since 1994. In 2007 and 2008, the FGEF Secretariat gave priority to the implementation of five projects in Africa, of which two were of an exemplary nature: • A 5.3 million euro “Afroc” project (Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan and Senegal), whose originality lies in combining the MLF (UNIDO and bilateral contributions from Germany, Japan and France) with the FGEF to support the dual goal of ozone layer protection and combating the greenhouse effect, with a 0.75 million euro contribution from the FGEF for climate change actions;
UNDP) and (Germany/GTZ).
illicit trade in ozone depleting substances, working through regional trade organisations (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Southern Africa Customs Union and West African Economic and Monetary Union). FGEF intervention follows the principles of a majority focus on Africa and cooperation with other executive agencies (UNIDO, UNEP and other European countries
The FGEF Secretariat contributes to the main meetings between ozone network coordinators. It takes part in meetings of the Multilateral Fund's Executive Committee and of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, in open-ended working group meetings (OEWG) and in international strategic meetings on relevant thematic areas. The FGEF Secretariat supports discussions and actions aiming for better integration of actions under the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols.
• A project concerning 38 African countries, implemented in cooperation with UNEP and aiming to strengthen African customs networks to help prevent
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JF.HELLIO ET N. VAN INGEN - FIBA
Mangroves in the Bamboung Marine Protected Area, Senegal
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Activity Review
1994/2008 The FGEF conducted its activities in accordance with the biannual strategic programming guidelines developed with its members institutions, scientific and technical committee and secretariat and approved by its steering committee. The last two years stand out as emblematic for the innovations promoted to address global environment issues in developing countries, especially in Africa and the Mediterranean.
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Project Activity Review
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Objectives for 2007 - 2008 “One of the main instruments of French cooperation and development policy on climate change, biodiversity, international waters, desertification and land degradation, ozone layer protection and persistent organic pollutants” From the Framework Convention of 3 September 2004 between the French State and the AFD
The FGEF’s activities come within the main policy guidelines on the environment set out by the President of the French Republic after the 2002 Earth Summit in the principles of the Environment Charter adopted in 2005, and in the national strategy for sustainable development and its international component. They are also consistent with the decisions of the CICID (Interministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development), concerning its sectoral strategies on “development, energy and climate”, “water”, “desertification” and “environment”.
E.THAUVIN - AFD
Finally, the FGEF’s activities follow the principles of the international conventions on the environment to which France is a Party.
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View of Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
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Intervention by focal area and geographical region, 1994 – 2008 As of 31 December 2008, the breakdown of projects co-financed by the FGEF was as follows: Breakdown by focal area Focal area 8% 15% 50% 27%
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Biodiversity Climate change International waters Land degradation and POPs Total
Number of projects
Amount for projects in €
104 45 27 12 188
104 073 647 55 674 906 29 789 052 17 121 551 206 659 156
Breakdown by region Region 6% 12% 66%
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Number of projects
Sub-saharan Africa and Mediterranean Latin America Asia and Pacific Eastern Europe Total
124 32 22 10 188
Amount for projects in €
136 133 096 33 139 931 25 137 485 12 248 645 206 659 156
The breakdown of projects financed by the bilateral share of French contributions to the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol is as follows: Breakdown by type Project type
Project preparation: phase out ozone depleting substances Projects to phase out ozone depleting substances Total
Number of projects
Adjusments, support costs included in $
17 85 102
416 493 13 968 323 14 384 816
Breakdown by region Region
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Number of projects
Africa Latin America Asia Mediterranean Total
42 3 38 19 102
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Amount after adjustments, support costs inclued (M$)
3,1 0,1 8,0 3,2 14,4
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Biodiversity Climate change International waters Land degradation and POPs Total
Number of projects identified
104 45 27 12 188
Number of project commitments
Number of projects with signed agreements
100 41 25 11 177
165 54 30 10 259
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Small-Scale Initiatives Programme Forging partnerships with NGOs in the South through experience gained in Phase 1 of the Small Scale
Initiatives Programme (2006-2008)
CCÉCILE LAMOUR - FIBA
From 2006 to 2008, the Small Scale Initiatives Programme (SSIP), which is designed to involve civil society in French-speaking African countries in biodiversity conservation, action on climate change and the phase-out of organic pollutants, supported the implementation of 56 small-scale projects promoted by NGOs in 20 different countries. The FGEF contributed 1.9 M€ to the total amount of 4.8 M€ raised by project promoters. Co-financing amounting to an average of 60% of the total cost of projects. In 2007, responsibility for monitoring and assessing these projects was handed over to the French committee of the UICN.
A woman going to market, Bijagos Archipelago, Guinea Bissau
Thanks to the SSIP, the associations promoting projects have become more aware of the problems arising from biodiversity erosion and climate change. They have built up technical capacities for project management and monitoring. They have also strengthened their credibility amongst the local populations concerned and the local and national authorities. Some have contributed to progress in their country's environmental policies. In many cases, their increasing credibility have given them access to new sources of finance from funding agencies.
The assessment conducted on request from the FGEF by an independent consultancy concluded that the programme was an overall successful, with very positive feedback in terms of image. The programme’s objectives have largely been met, and the majority of project promoters and stakeholders involved (French Embassy network in the countries concerned, local representatives of the French Development Agency) have assessed project results as good or excellent, especially in terms of their demonstrative effect and ability to drive approaches developed by local NGOS.
ANNA GOUIN
All the projects proposed and implemented solutions for reconciling natural resource conservation with improved living conditions for local populations, by developing alternative livelihood options.
Preserving mangrove forests in Benin's coastal lagoons
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These small-scale projects, with an average budget of 35 000 €, cover a fairly broad and varied range of activities. These include the creation of community-managed protected areas or game reserves, ecotourism development in Madagascar's highlands and Benin’s humid zones, sea turtle watching and scientific monitoring (on the west African coast), whale watching (Madagascar) hippopotamus watching (Niger), mangrove protection (Gabon), extraction of essential oils and recovery of urban waste (Madagascar), creation of medicinal plant gardens (Senegal, Burkina Faso), and so on. The successes achieved by programme beneficiaries reflect outstanding capacities for innovative initiatives that are relevant to local issues. A meeting between promoters of small-scale projects in Gabon also paved the way for collaboration between three NGOs receiving grants to produce a common document for environmental education in schools: a fine example of cooperation between countries of the South!
Effective communication SSIP projects have been covered by the daily press in Africa and France, as well as in a 10-page special feature in Terre Sauvage magazine, 3 radio programmes on France Culture and a further three on Radio France International. In 2008, the French ambassadors in Benin, in Congo and in Gabon visited a number of SSIP projects in these countries. In August 2008, Jean-Louis Borloo, the French Minister of State and Minister for Ecology, met the promoters of a project on “Preservation of Mangroves in Benin’s Coastal Lagoons”, at the site where a women’s group (Association des Femmes Exploitantes de la Lagune côtière béninoise - AFEL) is running the project. The AFEL project is exemplary. With 18 000 € contributed by the FGEF to its total budget of 36 000 €, 240 women have been trained to produce salt by allowing lagoon water to evaporate on tarpaulins. This has helped to halt the felling of mangrove wood, which is frequently used to heat brine for traditional salt extraction.
STÉPHANE LE BRECHT - FRENCH EMBASSY IN BENIN
Examples of projects: biodiversity
Jean-Louis Borloo, French Minister of State and Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Planning, visited Benin on 25 and 26 August 2008 where he took part in the Ministerial Consultations on biodiversity and climate change held by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Cotonou on 24 and 26 August 2008. In his plenary speech, he addressed, in particular, the advancement of commitments made by the EU to CO2 emission reductions through the Climate-Energy Package and the proposal for an overarching agreement on climate between Europe and Africa, focusing on two priority issues for the African continent: reforestation and sustainable renewable energy. During his stay in Benin, Mr. Borloo visited the site of a mangrove protection project financed by the French Global Environment Facility, in the village of Adounko-Daho, within the Abomey-Calavi municipality. This project is helping an association of women whose livelihoods depend on the lagoon (Association des Femmes Exploitantes de la Lagune - AFEL) to halt the degradation of mangrove forests, through extension work to promote ecologically sound salt production techniques and prohibit timber felling in southern Benin’s coastal mangrove zones.
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JEAN-JACQUES GOUSSARD - EOS
Impacts of Cyclone Jaya on paddy fields in Madagascar
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by focal area In 2008, the FGEF pursued its activities for the production of global public environmental goods, by co-financing projects to mitigate or adapt to climate change, preserve biodiversity, protect international waters, combat desertification, deforestation and chemical pollution, and protect the ozone layer.
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Biodiversity activities
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Protection and sustainable use of biodiversity make up the main focal area of the six addressed by the FGEF, and absorb approximately 50 % of FGEF resources
Earth’s biodiversity is made up of all the genes, species and ecosystems that exist on our planet, and this biodiversity is gravely under threat. To help preserve it, projects co-financed by the FGEF are working to bring the guiding principles of the Convention on Biodiversity into practice. The FGEF focuses on ecosystems where biodiversity is particularly rich, threatened, or features rare or endemic species. It acts in situations where biodiversity loss raises issues of global importance reaching beyond the region or country concerned. It encourages projects that concern: ●
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Sustainable management of natural resources to foster economic and social development.
OLIVIER BORN
Projects must take local populations into account in order to involve them in protecting their environment so that they can enjoy the resulting benefits.
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FGEF intervention in environments under strong human influence draws on spatial planning approaches that foster sustainable management of natural resources and landscapes. The aims are therefore to enhance the value of ecosystem services, establish alternative livelihoods and ecocertification for biodiversitybased products, forge links between the natural and cultural heritage and develop innovative financing tools for biodiversity conservation. The FGEF also contributes financing for small-scale projects implemented by civil society groups in beneficiary countries.
Why is it important to protect biodiversity? In 2008, the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to a Japanese researcher and two American researchers for their work on a green fluorescent protein extracted from the hood of the Aequorea victoria jellyfish. This protein has become a standard tool for life studies at cellular level in most laboratories, and is sometimes called “the microscope of the 21st century”. This remarkable result only became possible thanks to research on jellyfish which began more than 50 years ago, using a natural sciences approach, even though there were no expectations of profitability at the time to justify the research. Protecting the ecosystem harbouring this jellyfish had no economic justification half a century ago …
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The “biodiversity” portfolio comprises 104 projects representing a total amount of 104.1 M€, including 99.3 M€ for100 projects already committed. The list of identified projects is given in the Appendix.
Breakdown by region Region 8% 3% 24%
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Amount for projects in €
66 25 10 3 104
67 824 949 24 974 628 8 681 466 2 592 604 104 073 647
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In 2008, the FGEF supported 10 projects identified or committed in the “biodiversity” focal area Projects identified or committed in 2008 Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount for projects
Project promoter
in €
30/11/07
01/07/08
Biodiversity conservation and timber certification in two listed forests
Côte d'Ivoire
400 000
MAEE
03/04/08
27/11/08
Support to public and private operators for sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon Basins *
Africa/ Regional
800 000
AFD
03/04/08
27/11/08
Co-management of the Gilé national nature reserve and development of its peripheral areas
Mozambique
1 000 000
AFD
03/04/08
01/07/08
Sustainable natural resource management to conserve three biodiversity hotspots
Madagascar
2 000 000
AFD
03/04/08
01/07/08
1 000 000
AFD
990 000
AFD
Sustainable management of agricultural biodiversity in farming systems
Mali
27/11/08
Support to the Verde Ventures investment fund
Africa/Regional
27/11/08
Community development and conservation of natural resources
Congo (DR)
27/11/08
Second Small-Scale Initiatives Programme
Africa/Regional
Total Africa
03/04/08
MEEDDAT MEEDDAT
9 490 000
27/11/08
Support to public and private operators for sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon basins *
Latin America / Regional
Total Latin America
03/04/08
800 000 2 500 000
01/07/08
03/04/08
Total Asia and Pacific
400 000
AFD
400 000
Conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the Socotra Archipelago
Yemen
Development of eco-certified economic sectors to supply the aquarium market from post-larval reef fish and crustaceans in the South Pacific
South Pacific / Regional
1 000 000
AFD
500 000
AFD
1 500 000
* The project for “Support to public and private operators for sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon basins” is counted as a single project attributed to Africa.
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NRA/FGEF Ecosystems Seminar, Paris, 16 October 2008
AFD
“Building synergies between the French Global Environment Facility and the National Research Agency – Ecosystems / Global Environment / Priorities for Action” 16 October 2008 at the Ministry for t h e E c o n o m y, I n d u s t r y a n d Employment.
Malian children
4th UICN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, 5-9 October 2008 The FGEF took part in this major international forum attended by more than 8000 players in sustainable development. The FGEF contributed to discussions through several workshops on marine protected areas and their socio-economic impacts, trust funds for biodiversity conservation, community-based approaches to natural resource conservation through the “Biohub” experience, the programme to phase out obsolete pesticide stocks in Africa (PASP) and the Small-Scale Initiatives programme. The Congress also provided an opportunity, during a press conference in the presence o f E n v i ro n m e n t Ambassador Laurent Stéfanini and Nicolas Hulot, to present various projects supported by the FGEF (Malagasy Foundation for protected Areas and Biodiversity, Efficient P ro t e c t e d A re a Management in West Africa and the Biohub Project).
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In today’s context of accelerating ecosystem degradation and the resulting decline in ecosystem services, it has become vital to forge links between research, biodiversity conservation and management agencies. This is why the National Research Agency and the FGEF, whom have common missions to promote innovation for sustainable development, have joined forces to launch a joint forward study on synergies between research and action. This seminar was an opportunity to engage in discussions between researchers and project developers (government administrations, businesses, NGOs and local authorities), in order to develop recommendations for priority practical action. The seminar was attended by about 60 people (with notable contributions from reputed scientists and economists) and helped to strengthen links between players in development and research. Connections between projects run by the two organisations on biodiversity in the broad sense were discussed. About 95 projects supported by the FGEF from 1994 to 2008 and 74 supported by the NRA from 2005 from 2008 were analysed to identify common opportunities for research and action. The main conclusions concerned three important crosscutting topics where synergies between action and research for the global environment should be promoted: ● the need to generate more interaction between the
natural and human sciences with landscape or landscape approaches as an integrating concept; ● the need for indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem
degradation, which are vital to forge links between science and action, and to develop measurement methods; ● the need to strengthen the scientific content of
capitalisation and training for all players involved in ecosystem protection.
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Support for an innovative co-management partnership for the Gilé Nature Reserve Co-management of the Gilé National Nature Reserve and development of the surrounding area Amount: 3.670.000 euros, including 1.000.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary: Bank of Mozambique representing the Republic of Mozambique Country: Mozambique
PASCAL MÉSOCHINA - IGF FOUNDATION
Wildlife conservation in a developing world
The Gilé inselberg
The Gilé National Nature Reserve (GNR), which extends over 210 000 ha, lies in Zambezia Province in northern Mozambique. This is the only protected area in the Province and one of its last wilderness areas, harbouring several endangered species. The project is supporting an innovative co-management partnership for the reserve between the state of Mozambique and the IGF Wildlife Foundation. This is the first partnership of its kind in Africa involving a French NGO. Activities are focusing on restoring the reserve, improving its management, involving local populations and boosting community development for the 32 000 people who live around the reserve and are dependent on its natural resources. The project is part of the first phase (5 years) of long-term support to the reserve from the IGF Foundation. The project is built around five components: Improving management of the reserve, Restoring biodiversity and ecological monitoring, Community development and governance, Value-added activities in the buffer zone, Implementation, monitoring and assessment..
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Keeping natural resources in good health in environments that are increasHubert Boulet, Executive Director of the IGF ingly subject Foundation’s Mozambican to human branch pressures is one of the major conservation challenges for the 21st century. Although the Gilé Nature Reserve (GNR) is the only protected area in Mozambique which is totally uninhabited, it also has to meet this challenge. Because many people live around the periphery of the reserve, its natural resources have been, and still are under considerable pressure, which has caused significant biodiversity losses. The black rhinoceros became extinct in the region in the early 1970s. The Nyasaland blue wildebeest and Burchell’s zebra have not been seen in the GNR since the 1990s. To protect the Reserve, one of the last wilderness areas in Zambezia Province, it is essential to accompany conventional rehabilitation measures through local development operations. All these activities are being conducted in collaboration with the local authorities and in close consultation with neighbouring populations.
The cost of the project is estimated 3.7 million euros. The main project partners are the Mozambican Ministry of Tourism, the IGF Foundation and its private-sector partners, the FGEF, the NGO COSV, the Italian cooperation agency and the FAO. FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008 / 23
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Madagascar: protecting biodiversity and fighting poverty Sustainable conservation management of natural resources in three biodiversity hotspots in Madagascar
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Land planning to stabilise slash-and-burn agriculture
West coast - Replanting
Aiming to protect Madagascar's biodiversity and reduce poverty, this project has been implemented in three biodiversity hotspots in Madagascar where it is developing sustainable resource uses and processing and marketing wood and non-timber forest products around the periphery of protected areas. It is designed as a continuation of pilot activities on local management of biodiversity resources and run by the FGEF since 2000 in Madagascar. This is a four-year project built around three components: ● jointly agreed management planning, in particular by transferring the management of renewable natural resources to local communities (TGRNR) on the basis of secure land rights in the areas concerned and on the development of a Protected Areas Network in Madagascar, ● development of environmentally sound economic sectors (wood and timber, aromatic and medicinal plants and other potentially promising activities), ● implementation of a decentralised and financially self-supporting forest policing system. The project is developing institutional and technical models which proved their effectiveness for transferring management during previous projects financed by the FGEF in the Alaotro-Mangoro region. It places particular emphasis on biological and socioeconomic effects and impacts, through a specific monitoring system which is to be transferred to the national Party. The organisational approach is based on collaboration between three partners: the CIRAD, WWF and the NGO Homme et Environnement, and on an operations unit based in Antananarivo, relayed by three local units in the selected hotspot areas. The project is co-financed with the AFD, KfW and the WWF. 24 / FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008
VALENCIA RANARIVELO
Amount : 18.850.000 euros including 2.000.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary : CIRAD, WWF Madagascar, NGO Homme et Environnement Country : Madagascar
On the right, Jean Paul proudly shows
Jean Paul is a peasant farmer who has pioneered the adoption of agro-ecological methods. In Bekinanga, his village on the Mahafaly Plateau, he led a group of small-scale farmers using agroecological methods in a project financed by the FGEF. During an interview with our project officer at Ejeda, he explained that :
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Valencia Ranarivelo, project officer with WWF Madagascar and Pierre Montagne with CIRAD FORETS in Madagascar Through jointly agreed management planning, based in particular on the transfer of management responsibilities to local communities thanks to secure land rights in the zones concerned, the development of economic sectors (construction timber, aromatic and medicinal plants and other potentially promising activities) and the establishment of a decentralised and financially self-forest policing system, this project has brought an innovative approach to the protection of Madagascar’s biodiversity and to poverty alleviation in three locations in the East and South of the country. An environmental monitoring system will provide data on the project’s likely biological, socio-economic and legal effects and impacts.
mangroves with FGEF financing
East corridor - Farmers with their pineapple and banana crop
In the Alaotra-Mangoro region, the CIRAD will be supporting the introduction of management planning for the Ambohilero forest along the western edge of the Ankeniheny – Zahamena forest corridor in the rural municipality of Didy, while the NGO Homme et Environnement will be strengthening its activities in the domain of essential oils on the Vohimana site. The WWF will be running activities on the Mahafaly plateau in the Atsimo-Andrefana region. An important issue will be the involvement of government departments in charge of forests, both at central and regional levels. At national level, an agent will be on partial secondment to the central project unit, with responsibility for the implementation, in liaison with the regional directorates, of decentralised forest policing and tax incentives in the forest sector.
his agro-ecological maize field
Transferring forest resources management in Bekinagna has been a very good thing. There has been no “kere” (great famine) since the transfer.
At the end of April 2009, the three operators began to implement the first activities. At Didy, the renewal of management transfer contracts and preparations to revitalise the construction timber sector are under way. The methodological approach to the issue of land rights in forest areas has been launched consistently with the project for the Lake Aloatra catchment basin, financed by the AFD, which is to support the municipality in setting up a land office. At Vohimana, joint development of a management plan with the local population, based on a participatory methodology, has been launched. A Fair Trade Charter for production and marketing of essential oils is in the implementation phase. At Toliara, activities are boosting agro-ecological approaches and management transfer contracts, in liaison with the Madagascar National Parks team working in the Tsimanampesotse National Park.
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Climate change activities
in 2008
About one third of FGEF resources are targeted to action on climate change
Climate warming results from an intensified greenhouse effect, which itself is caused by increasing emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities involved in energy production, transport, industry, housing, agriculture and deforestation. Since the beginning of the industrial age, greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere have increased by 35%, and will become a threat to living conditions in every one of the world's regions unless action is taken in the very near future. Awareness of the problem prompted 189 countries to ratify the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992. In 1997, 141 countries signed the Kyoto Protocol, which entered into force in February 2005. The industrialized countries have committed to reduce their total emissions to at least 5% below1990 levels during the period from 2008 to 2012, with each of the industrialized “Annex One” countries committing to their own reduction targets. The FGEF encourages so-called “mitigation” projects, which limit GHG emissions and the use of non-renewable fossil fuels: ● ● ● ●
Promoting renewable and low-emission energy use; Biomass conversion to fuel; Improving energy efficiency in energy-consuming sectors; Storing carbon in forests, soils and subsoils.
Since 2005, the FGEF has been supporting projects designed to strengthen adaptation capacities in developing countries, in fields such as monitoring, knowledge acquisition and resilience. To do so, the FGEF fosters projects that are exemplary, innovative and reproducible. It acts by assessing and prioritizing the issues at stake, supporting pilot projects, assisting in the definition of accompanying policies, measuring impacts and disseminating experience. The FGEF supports projects that make use of the “flexible mechanisms”, provided for by the Kyoto Protocol. These are innovative financial mechanisms that facilitate the transfer of clean technologies to developing countries and help to strengthen the foundations of sustainable development. Concerning the environment, the project mechanisms – Joint Implementation (JI) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) encourage emission reductions where these are possible at least cost. The REDD mechanism (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Developing Countries) » now under development will contribute to financing activities acting against climate change. Concerning adaptation and combating the greenhouse effect, the FGEF seeks to strengthen synergies with local global environment issues and other focal areas: biodiversity, international waters, desertification, organic pollutants and ozone. 26 / FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008
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The “climate change” portfolio comprises 45 projects representing a total amount of 55.7M€, including 51.8 M€ for 41 projects already committed. The list of identified projects is given in the Appendix.
Breakdown by region Region 9% 25%
59%
7%
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Number of projects
Sub-saharan Africa and Mediterranean Latin America Asia and Pacific Eastern Europe Total
Amount for projects in €
28 4 10 3 45
32 572 764 4 066 123 13 986 019 5 050 000 55 674 906
In 2008, the FGEF supported 8 projects identified or committed in the “climate change” focal area.
Projects identified or committed in 2008 Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount for projects
Project promoter
in €
30/03/07
27/11/08
Support to climate change adaptation in the agricultural and water sectors
Africa/Regional
1 200 000
MAEE
06/07/07
01/07/08
Developing a global approach to urban transport - Tshwane municipality
South Africa
1 000 000
AFD
30/11/07
01/07/08
Climate change alerting systems in Africa
Africa/Regional
2 000 000
MAEE
01/07/08
Recovery and re-use of sawmill waste for combined heat and power in forestry companies
Africa/Regional
1 000 000
AFD
27/11/08
Support to energy efficiency and renewable energy in Mauritius
Mauritius
1 000 000
AFD
27/11/08
Sustainable management of community forests in Benin
Benin
1 000 000
AFD
Total Africa
30/03/07
7 200 000
03/04/08 Support to the financing programme for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects
China
Total Asia and Pacific
01/07/08
27/11/08
Total Mediterranean
600 000
AFD
600 000
Assistance to the Palestinian Authority to developed demand-side electricity management
Autonomous Palestinian Territories
1 000 000
AFD
1 000 000
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Symposium in La Réunion on “The European Union and its Overseas Areas: Strategies on Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss”, July 2008
COP 14 Conference in Poznan : Adaptation and the CDM/JI Guide, December 2008 The 14th Conference of the Parties aimed to make progress on decisions on key issues stemming from the Bali Road Map (COP13): the post-2012 Kyoto regime, the UN-REDD programme (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), adaptation, technology transfers and associated financing.
The symposium took place from 7 to 11 July 2008 and was organized by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature), the La Réunion regional authority and the National Climate Change Observatory (ONERC).
The French delegation, headed by Brice Lalonde, the Ambassador in charge of climate change negotiations, was made up of several representatives from the MEEDDAT, the MAEE, the MEIE and organizations working under their supervision, including the AFD. In parallel with the negotiations, the FGEF disseminated experience gained on adaptation during an event organized in partnership with the German cooperation agency
This was the first official event during the French presidency of the European Union and was attended, for the first time, by representatives from the 7 Ultra-Peripheral Regions of the European Union and its 21 overseas countries and territories, as well as by delegates from European Union Member states, European institutions, certain Small Developing Island Nations, international and regional organizations, research institutions, civil society, project promoters and the private sector. The purpose of the conference was to establish and strengthen actions for climate change adaptation, sustainable energy use, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. Considering the wealth of these areas in terms of their biodiversity (80% of France's biodiversity), the conference focused on the likely adverse consequences of climate change on their unique and fragile natural and cultural heritage. The FGEF is supporting NGO initiatives to halt irreversible losses of biodiversity in particularly critical areas (Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Caribbean in particular). During the conference, it presented three of the projects it is co-financing: ● “Contribution to a regional initiative for
●“A network of marine protected areas in
the Indian Ocean countries” ● “A regional climate change adaptation
project for the Indian Ocean countries”
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ERIC THAUVIN - AFD
protection of coral reefs in the South Pacific”
View of Tunis
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(GTZ), the Sahara and Sahel Observatory and the Benin Ministry of the Environment. A presentation by the FGEF Secretary-General on “Supporting strategies on climate change and adaptation in Africa” highlighted several innovative regional projects financed by the FGEF, such as “Vigirisc - climate change alerting systems in Africa”, the “Regional climate change adaptation programme for Indian Ocean countries” and “Integrating climate change adaptation in West Africa’s farming and water sectors”. Action on climate change was one of the French government's priorities during its presidency of the European Union Council in the second half of 2008. The CDM/JI Guide was distributed during the Poznan Conference in Poland. This guide, entitled “Developing a CDM or JI Project to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Identifying Opportunities and Getting Started” is targeted to all economic players and was officially presented on Africa Day on the 10th December 2008. The guide was produced in partnership between the MEIE, the MEEDDAT and the FGEF and is prefaced by Mr. Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of State and Minister for Energy, Mme Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, and Mme Anne-Marie Idrac, in charge of Foreign Trade.
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Building up long-term capacities for energy efficiency Asia - the CDM in four provinces in western China Amount: 61.200.000 euros including 600.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary: Capénergies
Three Chinese banks (Huaxia Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank & China Merchants Bank) were established at the end of 2007 with the support of AFD lines of credit (20 million euros each) set up to finance projects for energy efficiency and renewable energy in the private sector. This innovative operation aims to involve Chinese financial institutions in efforts to adapt the country’s enterprises to the meet the challenges of energy management and climate change. To accompany these lines of credit, the FGEF is financing centralized technical assistance, where the aims are to build up long-term capacities on energy efficiency and renewable energy use within each bank and to establish the necessary tools and methodologies, while ensuring coherence and relevant synergies within the whole. The technical assistance system is promoted and coordinated by the Capénergies competitiveness cluster, which brings French expertise to the core of the project. It also calls on Chinese expertise under Capénergies supervision. Local expertise is supplied by the ERI (Energy Research Institute), an organization working within the NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission), which carries out study, planning and assessment missions on behalf of the Chinese government, to support the development and implementation of China's energy policy. This technical assistance project covers a two-year period. The investments financed by the AFD lines of credit are expected to avoid 4 million tonnes of C02 emissions during the lifetime of the projects.
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Programme accompaniment: rehabilitating the Palestinian energy system Mediterranean Programme to support energy management in key sectors of the Palestinian Territories
DOROTHEE KELLOU
Amount: 2.409.000 euros including 1.000.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary: Palestinian Authority (PA)
View of Hebron
A programme to rehabilitate the Palestinian energy system is under way in cooperation with Scandinavian Agencies, the World Bank and the AFD. The aim is to reduce energy costs in the Palestinian Territories through a policy for energy efficiency and renewables, particularly solar energy, in key sectors of the economy (industry, tertiary and residential sectors and infrastructure). To support this energy management initiative, the AFD and FGEF, in accordance with the donor conference organized in Paris on 17 December 2007, have joined forces with the World Bank to finance a series of technical assistance activities geared to the organization of the energy sector. The project, which is co-financed by the FGEF, is additional and vital to the social and economic development of the Palestinian Territories. Project activities are grouped into the following components: ● Support to improved energy and environmental performance in key
sectors; ● Capacity building for power utilities; ● Support to the dissemination of techniques and products designed to
improve energy efficiency in buildings and in specific uses of electricity; ● Support to definition, monitoring, evaluation and implementation of an
energy management policy for both the supply and demand sides; ● Assistance to management, monitoring, evaluation and visibility of the
project. Particular attention is given to capitalizing on the lessons learned from project implementation, information dissemination, participation of universities and research centres in the studies conducted and activities undertaken under different regional and international initiatives in the same focal area. 30 / FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008
JOANNA HENDERSON, ENEA CONSULTING
To achieve cuts of 20% in final energy consumption and 2 % in primary energy imports by 2012, the Palestinian Authority established a master plan in 2007 for energy efficiency and renewable energy use. The plan aimed to increase as the share of renewables in the Palestinian Territories’ energy budget and improve energy efficiency in energy-consuming sectors.
Marble production in Bethlehem (Nasser Group)
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Assessing carbon stocks in humid tropical forests Africa - Regional / Latin America - Regional Support to sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon Basins Amount: 3.271.000 euros including 1.200.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary: Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
This exemplary project for “Support to sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon Basins” draws on French cooperation experience in forest planning and management in tropical areas, and aims to foster cooperation between countries of the South. The project’s aim is to produce a synopsis of current social, economic and environmental knowledge in order to evaluate carbon stocks in humid tropical forests. It is contributing to the integration of forest planning for REDD strategies in central African countries. Dimako, Cameroun
The project is co-financed by the FGEF and will provide material to assess the impacts of forest planning on carbon emissions. It will focus on a comparison between the Brazilian Amazon and Congo basins and will supply central African negotiators with the means to defend their positions in future climate negotiations. The project is closely linked with the financing arrangements established by the GEF for Congo Basin countries. The total project budget amounts to 3 271 000 euros, including 37 % in FGEF co-financing (1 200 000 euros). The remainder is co-financed by the CIFOR, the AFD/NPPE REDD project (5 %), the AFD/WWF/WCS/CI collaborative project (20 %) and the World Bank's FCPF (26 %).
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Climate negotiations for the post 2012 period are placing an emphasis on pilot operations under the REDD financing mechanism (for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation). Little information is available on carbon stocks and the comparative costs of the different uses of forested areas in Central Africa, although this information does exist for the Brazilian Amazon.
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International waters activities
in 2008
Sustainable water resource management means preserving existing stocks and ensuring that populations have access to high-quality water
Pressure on water resources is inexorably increasing: available water masses can no longer satisfy all the needs stemming from population growth and economic development. By 2025, domestic consumption needs will have increased by about 40%, and irrigation needs, which already account for some 70% of water abstraction, by 20%. Pressure on water resources is particularly acute in countries around the Mediterranean, some of which are already below the level of absolute scarcity, as defined by the United Nations at 500 m3/inhabitant/year. International, marine and inland waters (on the surface or underground) are equally under threat from excessive use, pollution and soil erosion. The FGEF’s objective is to contribute to the management of international waters. The FGEF contributes funds for programmes and projects aiming to produce a positive impact on the global environment. It places particular emphasis on projects that: ● ● ●
Involve substantial collaboration between States; Strengthen measurement networks and monitoring systems; Help to minimise sources of pollution.
ERIC THAUVIN - AFD
Symposium on "Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean, from local to regional scales: halting biodiversity losses" Nice, December 2008
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The FGEF, together with the MEEDDAT, contributed to preparations and facilitation for the final official event of the French European Union presidency: a symposium on integrated coastal zone management in the Mediterranean, which took place in Nice on 18 and 19 December 2008. The aim of the symposium was to achieve a consensus between European Union countries and countries of the South and East on
management methods for Mediterranean coastal areas. This topic is increasing in importance with the intensification of migratory flows, which are expected to result in Mediterranean coastal areas having to accommodate almost 500 million people in the near future, not including the booming tourist industry. Furthermore, climate change will result in more severe periods of drought in the Mediterranean and an increase
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Breakdown by region Region 16% 3% 67%
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Number of projects
Amount for projects in €
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20 083 830 4 099 180 1 000 000 4 606 041 29 789 051
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27/11/08
Project title
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Amount for projects
Project promoter
in € Management of West African marine and coastal biodiversity by strengthening conservation and monitoring initiatives for MPAs
Africa/Regional
Total Africa
1 600 000
AFD
1 600 000
06/07/07
03/04/08
Strategic partnership for the large Mediterranean marine ecosystem
Mediterranean/ Regional
03/04/08
01/07/08
Definition and support to implementation of an overall plan for depletion and protection of the Nador lagoon
Morocco
500 000
AFD
01/07/08
Controlling waste immersion in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean/ Regional
350 000
MEEDDAT
27/11/08
Coastal aquifers in southern Tunisia
Tunisia
950 000
MEEDDAT
Total Mediterranean
in extreme weather events that compound the fragility of these areas. The coastal areas of the Mediterranean are therefore under particular threat, and management systems that can mitigate the impact of these changes need to be examined immediately. The symposium participants (European Union countries, countries of the southern and
2 000 000
MEEDDAT
3 800 000
eastern Mediterranean) examined sustainable tourism, adaptation to climate change, protection of natural coastal areas and systems of governance for these areas. Based on their conclusions, the next stage will be to draw up decrees and directives that will provide a framework for appropriate and sustainable management of the Mediterranean coastline. Following the symposium, in the presence of M. Jean-Marc Michel,
the Director-General for Planning, Housing and the Natural Environment at the MEEDDAT, and Christophe du Castel, the Head of the International Waters sector of the FGEF Secretariat, two FGEF financing agreements to support protection of Mediterranean coastline were signed with Emmanuel Lopez, the Director-General of the Conservatoire du Littoral (French Coastal Conservancy Agency) and Henri-Luc Thibault, the DirectorGeneral of the Blue Plan. FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008 / 33
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Sketchbooks from a Mission to the Small Mediterranean Islands On 4 December 2008, the DirectorGeneral of the AFD, Jean-Michel Severino, presided over the inauguration of an exhibition entitled “Sketchbooks from Mission to the Small Mediterranean Islands”, in the presence of Jérôme Bignon, Member of Parliament for the Somme and Chairman of the Conservatoire du littoral, Emmanuel Lopez, its Director-General, Cécile Ostria, Director of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Humanity, representatives from the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Planning and MarcAntoine Martin, the FGEF SecretaryGeneral. This exhibition presented drawings by nature artists Laurence Malherbe and Jean-Paul Lassort, who accompanied field activities run by the international “Small Mediterranean Islands Initiative” during the 2006, 2007 and 2008 campaigns. These islands are refuges for numerous rare or threatened species. They are the common heritage of the Mediterranean region as a whole, and protecting their biodiversity is a major issue. This is why, since 2006, the Conservatoire du littoral has been coordinating the Small Mediterranean Islands Initiative, which
aims to promote sound management of these areas through missions and encounters in the field. Each year, experts and scientists travel the length and breadth of coastal Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. This initiative is supported by the MEEDDAT and co-financed by the FGEF. The Nicolas Hulot Foundation’s flagship, the Fleur de Lampaul has been made available for studies of island ecosystems and the promotion of appropriate protection policies. The Foundation, thanks to its characteristic know-how, is helping to share and disseminate results to a broad audience.
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improve and disseminate knowledge on island ecosystems.
Fabrice Bernard, official representative of the Conservatoire du Littoral (French coastal conservancy organisation)
Through its pilot activities and field missions, the Small Mediterranean Islands Initiative is helping to launch and strengthen practical integrated management for these small islands, and to
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Its activities are run as part of the “Large Mediterranean Marine Ecosystem” project, which is designed to conserve marine and coastal biodiversity and to develop a coherent network of Marine Protected Areas associated with sustainable use of marine resources.
Pierre Bougeant, Conservatoire du Littoral, European and international delegation “A mission such as ours could never have been undertaken without the support of the French Global Environment Facility, a financial instrument established by the French State to promote environmental protection in developing and transitional countries. As the major funding agency for the Mediterranean, its role is to finance development projects that protect biodiversity and to monitor their implementation. As the Mediterranean is a priority zone where environmental protection is the highest priority of all, it is entirely fitting that the FGEF should support the Small Mediterranean Islands Initiative.”
In 2008, FGEF co-financing helped to reinforce the approach launched in 2005, by contributing to the launch of a web site for the Small Islands Initiative, producing a great deal of communication material and technical and scientific notes, and by developing exchanges between different Mediterranean partners, including scientists, managers and institutional players, thereby
prompting new activities to establish heritage management in these small islands. In the next few years, FGEF support should speed up the Initiative’s projects and thus contribute to conservation management on land and at sea in a larger number of islands.
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Preserving natural resources in the Mediterranean Mediterranean - Regional A strategic partnership for the Mediterranean’s large marine ecosystem
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Amount: 10.230.000 euros including 2.000.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary: WWF-MedPO, Conservatoire du littoral, CAR/ASP, Blue Plan Countries: 13 countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Palestine.
Slopes of the Green Mountain, Libya
The FGEF has joined forces with the Mediterranean Action Plan, the European Union and the Spanish cooperation agency for this project, together with other leading conservation organizations in the region (IUCN, WWF, MAVA Foundation, Conservatoire du Littoral, Blue Plan). The project is helping to federate the converging efforts of numerous players involved in conserving natural resources in the Mediterranean. Their common commitment to protection of the Mediterranean is a guarantee of the enduring impact of the activities undertaken to implement an integrated policy to preserve the Mediterranean ecosystem. The Mediterranean, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, is under very severe pressure, especially from tourism, fishing and pollution. Since 1975, under the Barcelona Convention, the Mediterranean Action (MAP), its coordination unit (MEDU-PAM) and its regional activity centres (CAR/ASP, CAR/INFO, Blue Plan, etc.) have been coordinating the PAS MED strategic action plan for pollution reduction and PAS BIO for biodiversity. The project is run under the “Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem” (SPMLME) submitted to the GEF by UNEP/MAP. It is designed to secure the long-term preservation of the functions of the large marine ecosystem in the Mediterranean through a coherent network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), in association with sustainable marine resource use. The project activities are designed as responses to MPA problems and issues, as identified by PAS BIO: management plan and conservation targets, monitoring systems, human and financial resources required for management, local involvement, network management bodies and interactions with the tourism and fisheries sectors.
Chantal Ménard Communications Officer for the WWF Mediterranean Programme Office Tourism and fishing are putting the Mediterranean’s biodiversity under severe pressure. The project for “Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Conservation and Development of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean” is designed to preserve the functions of the Mediterranean marine ecosystem through a network of Marine Protected Areas associated with sustainable use of their resources. Lasting for 4 years, it is built around five pilot projects (in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Turkey and Croatia) and a regional training programme to build capacities and strengthen networks between the management bodies of Marine Protected Areas.
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Protecting and preserving marine and coastal ecosystems Africa - Regional Management of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in West Africa by Strengthening MPA Conservation and Monitoring Activities Amount: 9.680.000 euros including 1.600.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary: Fondation Internationale du Banc d’Arguin (FIBA) Countries: Member Countries of the Sub-regional Fisheries Commission (CSRP): Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde
These protected areas, provided they are accompanied by other measures for fisheries management, are considered as effective biodiversity conservation tools that contribute to sustainable resource manageSharks, Banc d'Arguin ment. Supplementing a project for co-management Aerial view of the Banc d'Arguin and integration of MPAs in fisheries planning National Park, Mauritania in West Africa, signed by the AFD and the CSRP, this project, which is co-financed by the FGEF, aims to highlight and enhance the role of MPAs in biodiversity protection and socio-economic development. It is designed as an accompaniment to the regional protection efforts that have already begun in a small number of private sites, and aims to strengthen civil society involvement in conservation of the marine and coastal environment. The project has three objectives: ● to strengthen the effectiveness of MPAs for biodiversity conservation in West Africa, ● to establish systems capable of monitoring the ecological and socio-economic impacts of MPAs through simple and participatory methods, ● to foster greater involvement in favour of MPAs by providing information and raising awareness among target audiences at local and national levels, by capitalizing on experience and developing relevant models. JF.HELLIO ET N. VAN INGEN
FRANÇOIS NIMAL - FIBA
West Africa's marine and coastal resources are increasingly overexploited both by deepsea fisheries and by small-scale fishing. The Strategic Action Plan (2002-2010) drawn up by the Sub-regional Fisheries Commission (CSRP) sets out clear targets for the conservation and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems. States in the sub-region have recommended, amongst other measures, the establishment of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
The Fondation Internationale du Banc d’Arguin (FIBA) is acting as the regional project operator (under a partnership agreement signed and implemented by the CSRP and FIBA). The total cost of this regional project is estimated at 9.68 million euros, of which the FGEF will contribute up to 1.6 million euros.
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The support provided by FIBA/FGEF in 2008 was crucial, as it Jean Goepp, Coordinator for OCEANIUM enabled projects Océanium to sustain its accompanying activities towards professionalization of the Bamboung Community MPA. From 2001 to December 2007, Océanium received direct support from the FGEF (French Global Environment Facility) to carry out its efforts at Bamboung for this purpose. The ex-post assessment made by the Oréade Brèche consultancy highlighted the importance of maintaining technical support and establishing a range of activities to place the Bamboung Community
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MPA on a professional footing. The accompaniment provided by FIBA/FGEF in 2008 was therefore instrumental in enabling us to conduct and finalise a number of important activities. The management plan was drawn up with the help of BIOTOP, a French consultancy, and the final report is being finalized. A detailed georeferenced map of the MPA was also produced in 2008. A water tower and water distribution network have been installed at Keur Bamboung. The system uses solar energy and rationalizes water use. The surveillance committee was also helped in its work by: ● the provision of a new motor ● new uniforms for the patrol team ● replacement of the buoys marking out the marine sector of the MPA, as the old buoys had disappeared entirely during a storm late in the cool season.
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Marine Protected Areas in Casamance OCEANIUM
Nadine TILLEUL, chief assistant for MPA projects in Casamance– OCEANIUM
Observation platform at Pointe St George
Construction of an oyster sales point at Katakalousse near Cape Skirring
2008 was a pivotal year in which we saw considerable progress in the creation of two Community MPAs in Casamance, in the Petit Kassa and Pointe St Georges sectors.
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During the year, infrastructure was built and we received facilities, particularly for the development of the ecotourism activities that are among the measures accompanying the establishment of the MPAs.
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Completion of socio-economic studies for the Petit Kassa MPA ● Completion of socio-economic studies for the Pointe St Georges MPA ● Completion of a socio-economic study on manatees and introduction of participatory monitoring ● 2 scientific fisheries campaigns conducted by the IUPA ; initial results expected by the end of June 2009
The start of alternative livelihood activities, with an accompaniment provided over time, will boost progress twowards self-sufficiency.
Thanks to a new financial partner (French cooperation – FSD), the ecosystem component made particularly good progress this year, with, in particular: ● construction of a community hut in the village of Northern zone, ● installation of a watchtower at Pointe St Georges to observe manatees, ● contributions box for visitor donations which are then paid to the community ranger, elected in October. Progress with this component has been a determining factor in moving towards MPA self-sufficiency. Capacity building for teams working in the field has provided better accompaniment for the local populations. Preliminary studies to form a basis for the participatory management plan have been conducted. An agreement has
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Completed: Construction of the Pointe St Georges watchtower ● Construction of the Aseleghen watchtower (Hitou village) ● Northern zone partly marked out with buoys ● Repair of two huts in the Pointe St Georges eco-tourist camp ● Purchase of kayaks for the Petit Kassa MPA ● Manufacture of uniforms for the ecorangers in the Petit Kassa MPA ● Construction of deadweights for buoys marking out the Pointe St Georges + Nioumoune MPAs ● Construction of an observation platform in Kanoufa forest ● Route and markers for the Pointe St Georges eco-tourist trail (information panels now being made, trail completed) ●
Another high point in 2008 was the production of reference material:
been concluded between the fisheries department in Ziguinchor and the local populations to define methods for implementing a system of comanagement by the competent government departments and communities in order to optimise surveillance.
A watchtower at Pointe St George
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Helping to restore environmental quality Mediterranean - Morocco Support to the implementation of an overall plan for depollution and protection of the Nador lagoon Amount: 58.500.000 euros including 500.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary: Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection Country: Morocco
The Nador lagoon is one of the most important in the Mediterranean for its size and biodiversity, and raises important biodiversity and environmental issues. The site has been degraded by numerous and increasing sources of pollution and pressure, as a result of dysfunctions in the system for collecting and treating liquid effluent, nonexistent solid waste processing, pollution from agriculture, fish farming, industries, mining and urban areas, rapid growth of urban and tourist zones and extraction of conchitic sand from the dune belt. Additional financing from the FGEF is supporting the initiatives already under way: liquid waste treatment for the Nador area financed by the State and the AFD, household waste collection and treatment programme, etc.
The project is to run for three years in partnership with local players. Project ownership has been handed to the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection. A 7-member steering committee is responsible for supervising the project: the Mohammed VI Foundation, AFD/FGEF, the Marchica Med development company, the State Secretariat for Water and the Environment, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Drinking Water Authority and the Nador Provincial Authority. The monitoring committee organizes consultations between project stakeholders: representatives from local authorities, the State, economic sectors (industry, fisheries, tourism, harbour activities, etc.) and civil society (NGOs, teachers and researchers).
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The project is built around six components: ● Setting up the right conditions for dialogue and consultation between those concerned to pave the way for a jointly agreed plan for depollution, protection and management of the lagoon; ● Harmonizing public policies to secure convergence on lagoon planning and management; ● Acquiring and managing knowledge on the status and functions of lagoon habitats; ● Tools for communication, awareness raising and dissemination of results; ● Depollution activities (clean-up, waste collection, etc.) ; ● Technical, administrative and financial project management.
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Fostering activities of direct benefit to populations affected by desertification
Desertification is the result of climate variations and human activities that damage arid zone ecosystems. The problem affects both biodiversity and social and economic living conditions. Desertification and land degradation directly affect the world heritage, and reversing the problem is one of the major issues for the years to come. France has undertaken to support efforts made by countries under threat by ratifying the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), adopted in Paris in 1994 and ratified by 191 States. Given the importance of desertification issues, France decided to establish a framework for strategic action in order to strengthen the effectiveness of its aid in this area. The main objective of the strategic framework is to foster the implementation of actions that directly benefit populations affected by desertification.
Seminar on tropical Soils and DMC in Paris, March 2008. Under a crosscutting agro-ecology programme involving the MAEE, AFD and CIRAD, the FGEF supported a study on the mechanisms governing carbon sequestration in farmland, with case studies on direct seeding mulch-based cropping (DMC) analyzed in Brazil, Laos and Madagascar from 2002 to 2007. The main results of the study were analyzed at a seminar at the AFD Head Office in Paris, on 11 March 2008. The attendees examined prospects for the programme, and particularly the future of DMC in the light of climate change. The seminar was chaired by Michel Griffon, who is a member of the FGEF scientific committee and responsible for agronomy and ecology at the ANR.
As of 31/12/2008, the FGEF had provided over 16 million euros in grants for innovative field projects to combat desertification.
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NICOLAS HERTKORN - AFD
FGEF intervention mainly focuses on the countries of the Sahara and Sahel. FGEF grants are awarded as a priority to local projects aiming to improve ecosystem resilience or to reverse the desertification process where this is still possible. Support is given in particular to agro-ecology projects.
Extension work with farmers on cassava/brachiaria intercropping Arid zone south-west of Mahafaly
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restation and persistent organic pollutants The “Land degradation and POPs” portfolio comprises 12 projects representing a total amount of 17.12 M€, including 16.32 M€ for 11 projects already committed. The list of identified projects is given in the Appendix.
Breakdown by region Region
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Sub-saharan Africa and Mediterranean Asia and Pacific Total
Amount for projects in €
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In 2008, the FGEF supported 3 projects identified or committed in the “land degradation, deforestation and persistent organic pollutants”focal area. Projects identified or committed in 2008 Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount for projects
Project promoter
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30/03/07
03/04/08 Combating desertification and sustainable natural resource management
Djibouti
1 000 000
AFD
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03/04/08 Multi-country agro-ecology support programme (PAMPA)
Africa/Regional
1 000 000
MAEE
Africa/Regional
800 000
27/11/08
Rational management of polychlorobiphenyls (PCB) in West Africa
Total Africa
MEEDDAT
2 800 000
Africa - Regional Multi-country Agro-Ecology Support Programme (PAMPA)” Amount: 3.250.000 euros including 1.000.000 euros from the FGEF Beneficiary: “PAMPA” Facility Countries: Maghreb, Sudano-Sahelian Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, South-East Asia Working with national projects and a crosscutting programme, PAMPA is introducing strategies for disseminating agro-ecology methods and opening them up to new users. In doing so, it is building up the scientific content of the approach and its impact and techniques (carbon budget, energy consumption, water dynamics, farm economics, etc.). The communications strategy, including know-how capitalisation, economic factors and long-term impact
assessments, is to be developed. The cost of the project is estimated at 3 250 000 € over 5 years. Financing is being considered in the form of a “Facility” to be extended from the AFD, grouping together the contributions from each of the partners and used in accordance with rules to be specified in a guide on procedures developed by the Parties. Other bilateral or multilateral funding agencies are expected to join the programme in the future.
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From 1991 to the end of 2008, French contributions to the Multilateral Fund amounted to a total of 184.5 M$
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The stratospheric ozone layer protects our planet by absorbing most of the ultra-violet rays produced by the sun (particularly UVa and UVb), which are harmful to living beings. Life would never have evolved outside the oceans without this protective layer, which would only be 3 mm thick if it were made up of pure ozone. In the early 1980s, it was discovered that significant depletion of stratospheric ozone concentrations had occurred, to the point where a seasonal “hole” was forming in the layer above the Antarctic (when ozone concentrations dropped by more than one third). This phenomenon is linked to human production of ozone-depleting substances (ODS), which are used to produce refrigerants, solvents, aerosol sprays, foams, pesticides and fire extinguisher gases. The ODS can last for several thousand years in the stratosphere, and a single atom of chlorine can destroy several thousand molecules of ozone. This was the reason for developing the Vienna Convention (1985), now signed by 192 countries, and its five subsequent amendments. The Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances (1987) provides for the practical application of the Vienna Convention, as it governs the phasing-out of ODS in the signatory countries, in accordance with a specified schedule. The Protocol is backed by the Multilateral Fund, whose purpose is to provide grant financing to ODS phaseout projects in the “Article 5 countries”, which are those where ODS consumption was less than 0.3kg per capita on the date when the protocol entered into force. These are essentially developing countries. Projects financed by the Multilateral Fund may be implemented by the World Bank, UNIDO, UNDP and UNEP, but also by countries contributing bilaterally to the Fund, up to an amount not The FGEF Secretariat, on behalf of the MEIE, exceeding 20% of their total contriis responsible for monitoring strategy and butions. providing advice on the policy guidelines submitted by member countries during Projects must be approved by the meetings of the Parties to the Montreal 14-member MLF Executive Committee. Germany, France, Italy Protocol and the Executive Committee of the and the United Kingdom have one Multilateral Fund. It participates in decisions vote between them and sit on the to adopt or reject any projects submitted to committee on a rotating basis every the Executive Committee. two years. France will take over the It guides the implementation and managepresidency of the group from ment of projects identified and submitted by January 2010. France to the Multilateral Fund. These may involve amounts of up to 20% of France's The Executive Committee is contributions to the Multilateral Fund. constantly developing the principles governing eligibility criteria and intervention, which candidate countries and projects must satisfy. To do so, it draws on synopses drawn up by the MLF Secretariat.
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During its three meetings a year, the executive committee also puts forward, discusses and approves of new decisions and strategic policies. These are often developed in response to decisions made by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol during their annual meetings, and are based on technical studies from the Economic and Technical Assessments Panel.
The “Ozone” portfolio comprises 102 projects, including 91 projects with a committed amount of 14.4 M$. The list of identified projects is given in the Appendix.
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Amount after adjustments, support costs inclued (M$)
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In 2008, 5 new bilateral projects were approved in the “ozone layer” focal area.
Projects committed in 2008 Date approved
Project title
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04/08
Terminal CFCs phase-out management plan (second tranche)
Kenya
Terminal phase-out management plan
Ongoing
Investment
335 610
07/08
Terminal phase-out management plan (first tranche)
CAR
Terminal phase-out management plan
Ongoing
Investment
62 150
PNUE
07/08
Terminal ODS phase-out management plan (second tranche)
Seychelles
Terminal phase-out management plan
Ongoing
Investment
67 800
GTZ
07/08
Terminal phase-out management plan (first tranche)
Uganda
Terminal phase-out management plan
Ongoing
Investment
172 325
GTZ
Total Africa 04/08 Total Asia
637 885 Terminal phase-out management plan (first tranche)
Laos PDR
Terminal phase-out management plan
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From 1991 to the end of 2008, French contributions to the multilateral fund amounted to a total of 184.5 M$, including 14.38 M$ of committed projects since 1994. Most of the projects implemented are for investments, technical assistance or training. They enable Article 5 countries to keep up with their schedule for phasing out ODS, including chlorofluorocarbons, methyl bromide, carbon tetrachloride, halons, etc. These projects concern the conversion of industrial equipment, management plans for refrigerant and national plans for terminal ODS phase-out, which run for several years. The FGEF Secretariat pursued its activities as project manager and/or developer for its entire portfolio in 2008. It drew up all of the reports required by the MLF Executive Committee: annual progress report for 2007, reports on implementation schedules and final project reports.
The 7th replenishment of the Multilateral Fund took place in November 2008 during the French presidency of the European Union. Given that the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol had decided, in September 2007, to speed up the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), this had a considerable impact on the negotiations concerning the amount to be repaid, since no directives had yet been established as to methods of intervention (types of projects, replacement substances). The FGEF Secretariat therefore had to increase its share of strategy monitoring activities and reduce tasks arising from project acquisition and ownership. The MLF was replenished for 2009-2011 to a slightly higher level than for the previous period (490 M$ as against 470 M$).
Projects financed by the French bilateral contributions to the Multilateral Fund will have phased out 2366 ODP tons (2076 metric tons) of ozone depleting substances.
In 2009, implementation of projects currently under way will need to be sped up further, and new projects identified. The linkages between the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols have been emphasised since September 2007, mainly because the most accessible HCFC substitutes at present are HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), which contribute to radiative forcing of the climate and are governed by the Kyoto protocol. A large number of issues arising from potential links between the two Protocols are therefore likely to emerge, in view of the forthcoming post-2012 climate negotiations.
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CECILIA MERCADO - UNMFS
Above: Executive Committee meeting at Doha in November 2008 Right, working session for members of the African customs network at the CEMAC in Douala, April 2008
Eliminating ozone-depleting substances Management plan for terminal phase-out of CFCs Amount: 0,32 M$ Beneficiary: Water Resource and Environment Administration (WREA) Country : Laos
The management plan for terminal phase-out of CFCs in Laos was approved by the MLF Executive Committee in April 2008. The aim of this multi-annual project is to phase out consumption of any CFCs remaining in different sectors, to ensure that the country conforms to the requirements of the Montreal Protocol. The project concerns eligible residual consumption with a reference figure of 43.2 tonnes ODP. The project components are as follows: ● Strengthening and updating of legislation, transboundary
mobile air-conditioning sectors. ● Training and certification programme for refrigeration techni-
cians and establishment of a professional refrigeration association ● Technical assistance to the refrigeration and mobile air-condi-
tioning sectors. ● Monitoring and management of the terminal phase-out plan.
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policy and training for customs officers. ● Information campaign on retrofitting in the refrigeration and
A locally manufactured recovery and recycling machine
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Coastal protection at Gharel Melh
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E. RICHE ODYSSÉE
Conducted in accordance with the objective of strengthening capitalisation set out in the Strategic Programming Framework for 2007 – 2008. Over twenty project assessments conducted.
Delattre Levivier Maroc – manufacture and assembly of heavy steel structures
The different assessments conducted on request from the FGEF by the AFD’s evaluation and capitalisation division each produced a retrospective assessment report providing a justified opinion on the relevance, effectiveness, efficacy, impacts and viability of the programmes financed, with regard to the context and to FGEF policies and intervention procedures. Four publications in the AFD’s “Ex Post” collection present the assessments and capitalisation of project experience: ● “Energy efficiency and renewable energy: first lessons from AFD and FGEF project financing”, June 2008, ● ”Energy efficiency in China’s construction sector”, September 2008, ● “Improving energy efficiency in buildings: lessons from four FGEF projects in China, Lebanon and Tunisia”, September 2008 ● “Mapping AFD and FGEF energy efficiency and renewable energy projects”, December 2008.
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Project assessments conducted in 2008 Biodiversity Mali and Burkina Faso: Agro-biodiversity of sorghum (MESR) Gabon: Support to sustainable livelihoods from tropical forests - Biodivalor (MAEE) Kenya: Rehabilitation of the Meru protected area (AFD) Tanzania: Management planning for the Mnazy Bay Marine Park and the Ruvuma Estuary (MAEE) Brazil: Demonstrative projects under the Brazilian tropical forests protection programme (MAEE) Chile: Sustainable management of natural resources with indigenous Mapuche communities (MAEE) NB: assessments launched in 2008, to be finalised in 2009: Brazil: Project to support biodiversity-based livelihoods in the Pantanal (MAEE)
Mid-term assessments conducted in 2008: Biodiversity Mozambique: Development of the Quirimbas National Park (AFD) Namibia: Conservancies (MAEE) Honduras: Guatemala - Conservation and sustainable use of coral reefs in the Meso-American ecoregion (MAEE) Seychelles: Rehabilitation of island ecosystems: eradication of invasive exotic species and reintroduction of threatened endemic species (MAEE) South Pacific: Coral Reefs Initiative for the South Pacific - Contribution to the regional initiative for coral reef protection (AFD-MAEE) Greenhouse effect Morocco: Sidi Bernoussi Industrial Zone-Casablanca (MAEE) Morocco: Urban fuelwood use (hammams) (AFD) China: Energy efficiency in buildings (MEEDDAT) Morocco: Decentralised renewable energy (AFD) NB: assessments launched in 2008, to be finalised in 2009 Lithuania: Organisation of a regional fuelwood sector (MEEDDAT) Mid-term assessments for the Small-Scale Initiatives Programme
Assessments launched in 2007 and finalised in 2008 Biodiversity Guine: Observatory on maritime Guinea (AFD) Bolivia: Conservation and sustainable livelihoods from plant biodiversity in the tropical zones of Chaparé - Biodesa (MESR) Chile: Regional Nature Park for the Carrera and Capitan Prat Provinces (MEEDDAT)
International waters
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Romania/Hungary: Transboundary management of the Tisza catchment area in the Körös/Crisuri river basin (MEEDDAT)
Farmers selling their products
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Preservation of sorghum agro-biodiversity Promoting institution: MESR Beneficiary: CIRAD Focal Area: biodiversity Convention signed: 28/05/2002 Planned duration: 4 years Total cost: 3.5 M euros – FGEF contribution: 1.3 M euros.
AFD
This programme to preserve agro-biodiversity focused on sorghum, which accounts for one third of all cereal crops in Burkina and one quarter in Mali.
The programme was financed by the CIRAD (2.135 K€), the FGEF (1.300 k€), the IER (263 k€) and the INERA (263 k€). Given its substantial involvement (3 fulltime researchers including support from its head office), the CIRAD took over the administrative and financial management of the FGEF project. On its completion, the consultants found that it had successfully carried out a difficult role and had been generally well received by the two national partner organizations. The ultimate objective of the teams working on this project to preserve the agro-biodiversity of sorghum in Mali and Burkina Faso was to create, together with the farmers, a range of varieties combining productivity and hardiness, suitable for use in different environments and for different purposes, while helping to improve the genetic diversity of sorghum.
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Synoptic review The steering groups functioned relatively well In both countries, associating research and farmers’ groups, a few decentralised institutions and the NGOs involved. However, the recruitment of a national coordinator from the research community in each country did not always facilitate the implementation of activities. The research teams concerned (from IER, INERA and CIRAD) were very active and the great majority of the activities planned were effectively conducted in both countries: ● A launch workshop was organised in each
country to identify needs in the sorghum sector as closely as possible and to adjust the proposals made in the document. ● Thanks to the participatory diagnoses made
with all partners in the six project zones (3 in each country), the following activities were successfully implemented: - an analysis of the different strategies used by sorghum growers; - identification of the varieties currently in use and of the characteristics whose improvement would better meet the needs of rural populations; - a compilation of information on the management of genetic variability among small farmers (genetic turnover thanks to their seed manage-
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ment methods, assessment of the erosion of plant varieties). ● Station characterisation of varieties with charac-
teristics that farmers consider useful. ● The initial stages in creating new varieties were completed in stations in both countries. ● In each of the 6 project zones, the creation and selection phases were conducted in plots belonging to farmers mandated by the farmers’ groups partnering the project. This partnership included training for farmers provided by the researchers and assessments by the farmers themselves of the activities carried out on their plots. ● Identification of farmers’ seed management methods in both countries and support to the production, on their plots, of sorghum seed varieties best meeting their needs. ● Identification of the variables making up the
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Main recommendations The recommended participatory approach was effectively implemented in both countries, allowing the project to pool the knowledge that peasant farmers have accumulated over many generations together with the knowledge acquired by sorghum plant breeders. Farmers from Burkina Faso and Mali with a mandate from their farmers’ groups were thus closely involved in the process of selecting sorghum varieties. After four years, some of the new varieties are showing promise and their dissemination is beginning among the farmers’ groups partnering the project in both countries. In Mali for example, 2 lines created by crossbreeding 17 local varieties in the three project zones appears to be well-adapted to farming systems in the Kléla district (north of Sikasso). This is the first time that sorghum varieties created by modern selection techniques are being adopted in this high-rainfall zone (more than 1000 mm).
AFD
environment of sorghum-based crop systems in both countries. This was done in parallel with the previous phases and resulted in the creation, with the farmers, of an information system on the sorghum environment which will help to improve the conservation of local varieties and to plan a relevant area for the dissemination of new varieties.
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Harvesting ears of sorghum
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BRAZIL
Participation in the Demonstrative Projects component of the tropical forests protection programme in Brazil
The Demonstrative Projects (DP) component is part of the pilot programme for tropical forest conservation in Brazil supported by the G7 are component of the (PPG7) and coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry for the Environment (Ministério do Meio Ambiente MMA). The DP is implementing innovative projects promoted by civil society organisations for the preservation and sustainable development of the Brazilian Amazon and Atlantic forests regions. This is one of the “development” components of the PPG7, drawing on the implementation capacities of local organisations, which it aims to strengthen. Financing of 18 million € was earmarked for the DP. France contributed in the form of a grant 1.5 million € from the FGEF.
OLIVIER GRUNEWALD
Promoting institution: MAEE Beneficiary: Banco do Brazil Focal area: Biodiversity Duration: 3 years Total cost: 21 M euros – FGEF contribution: 1.5 M euros.
Brazilian parrot
The DP component, as part of the PPG7, aimed to build up references among local populations for sustainable development with integrated conservation objectives, which were previously almost non-existent. Appropriate technical models were tested (agro-forestry systems, forest planning and fisheries resource management), and marketing trials were implemented. The structure of the programme, which essentially involves running a project support unit for local organizations, raised two major problems: ● inadequate technical assistance, given the fragile nature of the beneficiary organizations; ● the DP was run in isolation from other public programmes with an impact on development in the Amazon, so that it was not possible to draw on other resources (research, technical assistance, support to economic organizations, etc.).
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Synoptic review
Tropical forest in the Pantanal, Brazil
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The assessments made in the early 2000s brought out these limitations but did not bring the structure of the PD/A into question. They resulted, after 2004, in greater efforts to systematize results and to select beneficiaries more rigorously (consolidation of successful experiences and more specific topic areas). On the administrative side, the choice of the Bank of Brazil as financial agent ensured sufficient flexibility for the PD/A, as the project’s financial execution did not have to be directly dependent on Brazil’s complex procedures for the management of public funds. The effects of the DP component are of three types, essentially as follows: ● establishment of a network of grassroots organizations in the Amazonian and Atlantic Forest regions, which has helped to improve the formulation of public policies for these regions thanks to the mediation currently ensured by these new players. However, the weakness of the DP in terms
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of technical assistance prevented the consolidation of these grassroots organisations: consolidation was more to the benefit of NGOs with adequate technical skills of their own; ● testing of a rich and varied range of experiences combining conservation and sustainable development, which could be compiled into a set of references for technical and implementation approaches. ● The DP has provided inspiration to public policies, and especially for the administration of similar programmes conducted by MMA (ProManejo, ProVárzea, ProAmbiente, Funbio, Resex). The DP component has shown that support to grassroots organisations is essential to foster sustainable development. Other programmes, like those run by the Ministry for Agrarian Development (MDA), or those supporting cooperatives (CONAB) have drawn on its thematic areas (experiments conducted by the farmers themselves, support to marketing groups).
Main recommendations This project was able to test, directly and under actual conditions, the suitability and sustainability of different technical models (agroforestry systems, forest development, fisheries resource management, conservation practices) as well as marketing experiences. It established a network of grassroots organisations in Amazonia and the Atlantic forest (Mata Atlantica) region, thus contributing to improvements in the formulation of public policies for these regions. These new players on the scene are now recognised as valid interlocutors for these policies. The PD/A has thus become a driving force for a different model of development in Amazonia..
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MOROCCO
The Sidi Bernoussi Industrial Zone Promoting institution: MAEE Beneficiary: IZDIHAR Association des Opérateurs Economiques des Zones de Sidi Bernoussi Focal area: Climate change Convention signed: 02/07/2003 Planned duration: 3 years (ultimately 5 years) Total cost: 1.942 M euros – FGEF contribution: 0.825 M euros.
The Sidi Bernoussi Industrial Zone is the oldest in Morocco. It has received little or no support from planning and management policies for the establishment of more recent industrial zones in Morocco, and therefore has an atypical profile characterized by very heterogeneous industrial activities and enterprises (ranging from modern to traditional and family enterprises), a glaring absence of utilities management and maintenance and the presence of shanty towns with about 1 020 households (total population of about 7 500 people). The IZDIHAR association was created in 1997 by some of the zone’s industrialists as an advocacy group to lobby the local and national public authorities, on behalf of the zone’s industries, for better management and improvement of the industrial zone’s infrastructure.
Synoptic review After analysis of this initial context, the objectives of four projects were defined: ● Economic: improve the productivity of enterprises and
industries by reducing their energy costs; ● Environmental: reduce CO2 emissions arising from
energy use; ● Social: support initiatives to remove the shanty towns
and re-house their inhabitants; ● Governance:
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To promote environmental and energy upgrading in enterprises in Casablanca’s Sidi Bernoussi Zenata Industrial Zone, the project developed and facilitated a supporting mechanism for the IZDIHAR association.
Industrial Technology – transforming plastics
In terms of the objectives set out in the logical framework, the project's achievements in each of the activity/task categories are generally below target. This is accounted for by several internal project factors, and especially: ● Over-optimistic hypotheses as to potential acceptance
of an energy-saving process among the industrialists; ● The realities of the decision-making process within
Moroccan enterprises (traditional and patriarchal, with priority given to production and activities promoting company visibility on the market), together with the demand for tangible returns within 24 months maximum ; ● Rejection by the industrialists of the Environmental and
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Social Fund mechanism (FES), which is based on the repayment, by industrialists who received support under the project, of a fraction of the equivalent amount of energy and water savings. The mechanism was abandoned and therefore could not be used, as initially planned in the project definition phase, to finance environmental and social activities in the Industrial Zone as a whole;
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methodologies enabling company technical managers and consultancies to improve their skills in energy efficiency in industry (heat, compressors, cooling, lighting and processes); ● Strengthening of IZDIHAR’s leadership role throughout
Other external factors also undermined the project's effectiveness:
the project, for its members and other industrialists in the zone and also at national level, with IZDIHAR now recognised as a full and credible partner by local and government institutions as well as by funding agencies (e.g.: legislation requiring any new industrial zone to establish a governance body on the lines of the IZDIHAR Association, and an agreement signed with the ANPME to secure subsequent funding to support detailed draft projects once the initial project funding has come to an end).
● An unfavourable economic and institutional context at
● International recognition for the project through several
the time of the project’s launch, especially low energy prices and a virtually non-existent institutional framework for support to energy management;
information and promotion events on energy efficiency, in which the project took part (international workshop, open days, Pollutec Trade Fair, France-EXPO in Casablanca).
● Difficulties encountered by IZDIHAR to stabilize
management teams and expert advice without the technical assistance provided by the World Bank, partnered of the project with the FGEF.
● Institutional changes in the powers of local authorities
and in housing policy, which considerably weakened IZDIHAR’S intended role in removing the shanty towns and re-housing its inhabitants.
Main recommendations Despite the difficulties encountered, the project's results, overall and by activity category, were very significant and proved to have high demonstrative value both locally and at national level.
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Overall, the project generated investments from industrialists in the zone amounting to 6.5 million euros, which brought annual energy and water savings equivalent to 3.2 million euros (average return on investments after 24 months). The leveraging effect of the FGEF share of funds disbursed for the project (420 191 euros) over the total amount of investments generated (6.5 million euros) is equal to 1:15. The leveraging effect over the total amount disbursed for the project (1.5 million euros) is equal to 1:4. In terms of reductions in C02 emissions, the investments had generated reductions of 16 000 tonnes per year by the end of the project, representing a total of 150 000 tonnes over the lifetime of planned measurements.
Notable results include: ● energy savings (fuel and electricity) on a scale consistent
with the project’s objectives in terms of the investments made; ● effective
investments, which have become a reference for the industrial zone as a whole; among consultancies than initially planned, and effective reinforcement of their internal capacities to draw up diagnoses final project designs in accordance with international quality standards;
● production of high-quality
technical manuals and
E. RICHE ODYSSÉE
● greater involvement
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Appendices
● The project cycle ● Main acronyms ● Projects identified or committed with FGEF financing
● Communication activities in 2008
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APPENDICES
THE PROJECT CYCLE - MAIN ACRONYMS
The project cycle 1 Pre-identification promoting institution – secretariat – project developer
2 Identification ●
Preparation of an identification sheet by one of the institutional partners with the potential beneficiary,
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Support from the FGEF Secretariat to preparation and formatting,
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Verification of project eligibility by the FGEF secretariat,
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Opinions from the FGEF scientific and technical committee and secretariat,
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Authorisation from the steering committee to launch ex-ante project appraisal.
3 Ex-ante appraisal ●
Detailed definition of the technical, economic and institutional conditions for project implementation and of the focal points for applying finance on the basis of the project’s feasibility, logical framework and presentation document.
4 Commitment ●
Approval of the project by the steering committee, opinions given by the CST and the Secretariat,
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Signature of the financing agreement with the beneficiary.
5 Implementation ●
Project implementation by the grant beneficiary,
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Monitoring and supervision by the French institution supported by the Secretariat,
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Mid-term assessment if required,
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Management of funds by the AFD.
6 End-of-project report 7 Ex-post assessment ●
Assessment of results and impacts after project completion.
8 Capitalisation ●
Retrospective assessments and seminars.
9 External communication (CD, brochures, etc.)
Communication on the project after completion or after ex-post evaluation is carried out by the member institution with support from the Secretariat and/or the beneficiary partners. Communication may focus on a group of projects relating to a common topic or geographical area.
Main acronyms MPA FASEP GEF MLF GTZ CDM MIES
Marine Protected Area Fonds d’aide au secteur privé - Private Sector Assistance Fund Global Environment Facility Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Clean Development Mechanism Mission interministérielle de l’effet de serre - Interministerial Task Force on Climate Change
JI
Joint Implementation
NDRC NGO UNIDO ODP PASP UNEP UNDP POP ODS
National Development and Reform Commission Non-Governmental Organization United Nations Organization for Industrial Development Ozone Depletion Potential Programme on African Stock Piles United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Development Programme Persistent Organic Pollutants Ozone Depleting Substances FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008 / 57
APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
Projects identified or committed
with FGEF co-financing
Projects identified in 2008 are shown in bold The amount shown is the FGEF share of financing
Biodiversity “Biodiversity” projects identified or committed in Africa Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
21/10/94
07/07/95
Tropical deforestation by slash-and-burn farming
Tropical belt
152 449
MAEE
21/10/94
07/07/95
Management and conservation of the banc d'Arguin ecosystem
Mauritania
671 843
MAEE
21/10/94
15/04/96
Arly conservation unit
Burkina Faso
378 378
AFD
21/10/94
15/04/96
Rehabilitation and livelihoods in the Niokolo Koba National Park
Senegal
686 021
MAEE
15/03/95
22/11/95
Maintaining biodiversity after tsé-tsé eradication
Zimbabwe
766 819
MAEE
07/07/95
20/09/96
Biodivalor - support to sustainable livelihoods in tropical forests
Gabon
450 792
MAEE
07/07/95
20/12/96
Village lands in the Kouré and Dallol Bosso districts
Niger
304 898
AFD
07/07/95
01/04/97
Biodiversity protection in the lower Mauritanian delta
Mauritania
609 796
AFD
07/07/95
09/11/99
Sustainable forest management
Gabon
954 598
AFD-MAEE
15/04/96
20/09/96
Protection and management of marine and inland natural areas
Mayotte
495 459
AFD
01/04/97
06/05/98
Management of environmental information in the Congo basin
Africa / Regional
762 245
MAEE
01/04/97
29/06/00
Pilot projects for biodiversity conservation and enhancement under the PAE
Madagascar
1 326 306
MAEE
30/09/97
22/12/97
Management of Ramsar sites through innovative technical exchanges
Africa / Regional
381 123
MEEDDAT
30/09/97
06/05/98
Biodiversity conservation project for the Cape Peninsula
South Africa
914 694
AFD
30/09/97
18/02/99
Ecosystem restoration in the ElizabethNational Park and Lake George
Ouganda
06/05/98
18/02/99
Environmental management in refugee concentration zones
29/09/98
17/06/99
Support to wildlife conservation units
18/02/99
17/06/99
18/02/99
1 158 613
MESR
Africa / Regional
701 265
MAEE
Burkina Faso
762 245
AFD
Maintaining biodiversity in the Zambezi Valley
Zimbabwe
435 000
MAEE
12/09/00
Preservation and management of protected areas in the Pendjari National Park
Benin
1 100 000
AFD
09/11/99
26/03/01
Observatory for maritime zones in Guinea
Guinée
1 300 000
AFD
09/11/99
26/03/01
Preservation of fish resources by fishing communities
Senegal
900 000
AFD
07/03/00
26/03/01
Interactions between livestock and wildlife around protected areas
Tchad
770 000
MAEE
07/03/00
07/07/04
Biodiversity conservation in the Faro and Bouba N'Djida National Parks
Cameroon
27/11/00
06/07/01
Agrobiodiversity in sorghum cultivation
Burkina Faso / Mali 1 300 000
MESR
27/11/00
06/07/01
Sustainable prawn fisheries management
Madagascar
1 056 000
AFD
27/11/00
29/03/02
Antelopes in the Sahel and Sahara
Africa / Regional
1 385 000
MEEDDAT
26/03/01
30/11/01
Mahafaly Plateau
Madagascar
900 000
26/03/01
29/03/02
Development of nature tourism in Central Africa (ECOFAC)
Africa / Regional
939 000
26/03/01
30/04/03
Management of hunting lands
Central African Rep. 1 000 000
MAEE
06/07/01
30/11/01
Restoration of the Méru protected area
Kenya
1 860 000
AFD
24/05/02
26/03/04
Ethiopian gardens
Ethiopia
1 230 000
MAEE
15/11/02
30/04/03
Sustainable forest management by CIB
Congo
15/11/02
26/03/04
Conservancy network
Namibia
1 400 000
MAEE
15/11/02
26/03/04
Conservation and enhancement of biodiversity and elephants in theGourma area
Mali
1 560 000
MAEE
1 500 000
873 000
AFD
AFD AFD
AFD
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APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
Project Project identification launch date date
Following biodiversity Africa table
Project title
Country
Amount for projects in €
Project promoter
15/11/02
30/04/03
Mnazi Bay Marine Park
Tanzania
630 000 MAEE
04/07/03
27/10/04
Restoration of island ecosystems
Seychelles
460 000 MAEE
27/11/03
30/03/05
Nature conservation and community and tourism development in the Kalahari
Botswana
935 000 MEEDDAT
27/11/03
26/03/04 Development of the Quirimbas National Park
Mozambique
26/03/04
05/07/05 Foundation for protected areas and biodiversity: contribution to capital
Madagascar
700 000
AFD
1 000 000
AFD
26/03/04
27/10/04
Bio-Hub - sustainable community management of biodiversity and natural resources
Africa / Regional
500 000
MAEE
07/07/04
25/11/05
Biodiversity management in the peripheral areas of major national parks in the Congo Basin
Africa / Regional
2 500 000
MAEE
27/10/04
05/07/06 Biodiversity conservation around the Sapo National Park
Liberia
830 000
MAEE
27/10/04
30/03/05 Small-Scale Initiatives programme - Tranche 1
Africa / Regional
1 200 000
MAEE-MEEDDAT
27/10/04
30/03/05 Network of Marine Protected Areas in the Indian Ocean countries
Africa / Regional
700 000
MAEE
30/03/05
25/11/05
Pilot project for organic farming in Antrema
Madagascar
320 000
MAEE
30/03/05
25/11/05
Community management of biodiversity around protected areas
Ghana
1 200 000
MAEE
25/11/05
05/07/06 Biodiversity conservation and development of the protected zone of the Lomako forest reserve
Congo (DR)
781 000
MAEE
30/03/06
05/07/06 Protection of the Gola humid forest
Sierra Leone
1 186 000
MAEE
05/07/06
05/07/06 Small-Scale Initiatives programme - Tranche 2
Africa / Regional
1 000 000
MAEE-MEEDDAT
05/07/06
18/12/06
Gabon
2 000 000
AFD
05/07/06
30/03/07 Efficiency of protected area Management in West Africa
Africa / Regional
18/12/06
06/07/07 Sustainable management of community forests
Cameroon
30/03/07
30/11/07
Addo Elephant National Park
South Africa
30/11/07
01/07/08
Biodiversity conservation and timber certification in two listed forests
Côte d'Ivoire
400 000
MAEE
03/04/08
27/11/08 Support to public and private operators for sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon Basins
Africa / Regional
800 000
AFD
03/04/08
27/11/08 Co-management of the Gilé national nature reserve and development of its peripheral areas
Mozambique
1 000 000
AFD
03/04/08
01/07/08 Sustainable natural resource management to conserve three biodiversity hotspots
Madagascar
2 000 000
AFD
03/04/08
01/07/08 Sustainable management of agricultural biodiversity in farming systems
Mali
1 000 000
AFD
Extension of sustainable management dynamics to small forest concessions
990 000
MAEE
1 300 000
MAEE
984 000
AFD
27/11/08
Support to the Verde Ventures investment fund
Africa / Regional
990 000
AFD
27/11/08
Community development and conservation of natural resources
Congo (DR)
800 000
MEEDDAT
27/11/08
Second Small-Scale Initiatives Programme
Africa / Regional 2 500 000
MEEDDAT
Total Africa
61 projects
59 691 544
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PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
APPENDICES
Biodiversity “Biodiversity” projects identified or committed in Latin America Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
15/03/95
07/07/95
Protection and enhancement of coral reefs Lesser Antilles)
Saint-Lucia
240 778
MAEE
15/03/95
07/07/95
Protection and enhancement of coral reefs Lesser Antilles)
St Vincent and Grenadines
107 477
MAEE
15/03/95
07/07/95
Protection and enhancement of coral reefs Lesser Antilles)
Grenada
147 052
MAEE
07/07/95
01/04/97
Community development and conservation in the Mata Atlantica (Iguape region)
Brazil
312 520
MEEDDAT
22/11/95
15/04/96
OMAERE ethno-botanical conservancy
Ecuador
126 738
MAEE
15/04/96
20/09/96
Contribution to the integration of environmental issues in petroleum prospecting
Bolivia
112 218
MAEE
20/09/96
20/12/96
"Demonstrative projects" under the tropical forests protection programme
Brazil
1 524 490
MAEE
22/12/97
06/05/98
Temperate natural forests in Chile
Chile
751 269
MAEE
06/05/98
18/02/99
Biodiversity conservation in the Sierra Nevada
Colombia
29/09/98
18/02/99
Upper Basin of the Rio Jejui and Mbaracayu nature reserve
Paraguay
1 141 301
MEIE
18/02/99
29/06/00
Sustainable development in the Carrera and Capitan Prat provinces : establishment of a Regional Nature Park
Chile
1 000 000
MEEDDAT
29/06/00
26/03/01
Pilot activities for biodiversity-based livelihoods in the Rio Negro Pantanal
Brazil
980 000
29/06/00
30/11/01
Conservation and biodiversity-based livelihoods in Amapa State
Brazil
1 140 000
MEEDDAT
26/03/01
06/07/01
Biological corridor between the Puracé and Cueva los Guacharos parks
Colombia
1 600 000
MAEE
26/03/01
30/11/01
Sustainable use of forest resources in the Guyanas
Latin America / Regional
1 620 000
MEEDDAT
26/03/01
30/11/01
Sustainable management of natural resources with indigenous Mapuche communities
Chile
1 695 000
MAEE
06/07/01
29/03/02
Strengthening the national protected areas network
Cuba
1 500 000
MAEE
06/07/01
15/11/02
Conservation and development in subtropical montane forests (Upper Bermejo ecological corridor)
Argentina
1 000 000
MAEE
30/11/01
15/11/02
Plant biodiversity conservation and livelihoods in the tropical zones of the Chaparé - BIODESA
Bolivia
450 000
MESR
988 784
MAEE
MAEE
30/11/01
04/07/03
Biodiversity protection in the Coco Island Marine Conservation Area
Costa Rica
1 065 000
MEEDDAT
30/04/03
27/11/03
Support to indigenous communities in the Canaïma National Park
Venezuela
470 000
MEEDDAT
04/07/03
26/03/04
Protected areas and benefit sharing in western Caribbean states
Western Caribbean 1 372 000
26/03/04
07/07/04
Integrated protected area Management in Guatemala's Caribbean region
Guatemala
26/03/04
05/07/05
Sustainable management of forest resources in Amazonia
Brazil
27/10/04
30/03/05
Conservation and sustainable use of coral reefs in the Meso-American eco-region
Guatemala / Honduras
18/12/06
30/11/07
Development of Uruguay's national protected areas network
Uruguay
1 000 000
30/03/07
30/11/07
Biodiversity and sustainable forest management on the Guyanese plateau
Guyanas
1 300 000
03/04/08 27/11/08
Support to public and private operators for sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon basins
Latin America / Regional
Total Latin America
25 projects
800 000
MAEE
1 380 000
MAEE
750 000
MAEE
400 000 24 974 628
NB: The three projects for “Coral reef protection and livelihoods (Lesser Antilles)” are counted as one The project for “Support to public and private operators for sustainable forest management in the Congo and Brazilian Amazon basins” is counted as a single project attributed to Africa.
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MAEE
MEEDDAT MEEDDAT AFD
“Biodiversity” projects identified or committed in Asia and Pacific Project Project identification launch date date
21/10/94
07/07/95
Project title
Country
Biodiversity conservation in the forests of the Western Ghâts
India
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
125 466
MAEE
1 049 000
MAEE
26/03/01
29/03/02
Wild cattle reserve
Vietnam
24/05/02
07/07/04
Maintaining and preserving urban hydro systems in the tropics
Laos
600 000
AFD
04/07/03
07/07/04
Preservation and uses of root-crop agro-biodiversity
Vanuatu
677 000
MAEE
26/03/04
07/07/04
Contribution to the regional coral reefs initiative for the South Pacific
South Pacific / Regional
2 000 000
AFD-MAEE
30/03/05
05/07/06
Network of marine protected areas and sustainable tourism on the Andaman coast
Thailand
1 000 000
AFD
30/03/05
05/07/05
Ecosystem conservation in the Cardamum Islands
Cambodia
840 000
AFD
30/03/07
30/11/07
Ecotourism development and biodiversity protection in Lao Caï province
Vietnam
890 000
AFD
03/04/08 01/07/08
Conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the Socotra Archipelago
Yemen
1 000 000
AFD
03/04/08
Development of eco-certified economic sectors to supply the aquarium market from post-larval reef fish and crustaceans in the South Pacific
South Pacific / Regional
500 000
AFD
Total Asia and Pacific
10 projects
8 681 466
“Biodiversity” projects identified or committed in Eastern Europe Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount for projects in €
Project promoter
15/04/96
20/12/96
Ecosystem protection and livelihoods in Bulgaria's Dobroudja region
Bulgaria
286 604
29/06/00
30/11/01
Management and amenities in a pilot community forest
Georgia
1 200 000
KFW
27/11/00
06/07/01
Network of foundations for biodiversity
Hungary
1 106 000
MEEDDAT
Total Eastern Europe
3 projects
MAEE-MEEDDAT
2 592 604
“Biodiversity” projects identified or committed in Mediterranean Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
15/03/95
22/12/97
Conservation of natural coastal areas in the Mediterranean basin
Lebanon
15/03/95
22/12/97
Conservation of natural coastal areas in the Mediterranean basin
Morocco
607 471
MEEDDAT
15/03/95
22/12/97
Conservation of natural coastal areas in the Mediterranean basin
Tunisie
609 796
MEEDDAT
15/03/95
22/12/97
Conservation of natural coastal areas in the Mediterranean basin (monitoring and assessment)
Maghreb / Regional
91 469
MEEDDAT
29/09/98
07/03/00
Management of the Ifrane nature park and areas surrounding the forest
Morocco
2 288 000
AFD
27/11/00
15/11/02
Protected marine and coastal areas
Tunisia
1 475 000
MEEDDAT
27/10/04
05/07/05
Development of a national commission for the Algerian coastline
Algeria
1 200 000
MEEDDAT
05/07/05
25/11/05
Support to Lebanese nature reserves
Lebanon
1 400 000
AFD
Total Mediterranean
5 projects
461 669
MEEDDAT
8 133 406
NB: The four projects for “Conservation of natural coastal areas in the Mediterranean basin” are counted as one.
Total for biodiversity 104 projects
104 073 647
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PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
Small-Scale Initiatives Programme Projects committed in Novembre 2005 Country
Beneficiary
Project title
Benin
FAT
Burkina Faso
Naturama
Participatory management for the Oursi Pond
108 000
30 000
Gabon
Ibonga
Education and tourist interpretation in protected areas of the Gamba
100 000
50 000
Gabon
Maison du Tourisme et de la Nature
Upper Ogooué Museum
30 000
15 000
Planning and traditional management for the AdjiroGallery Forest
Total amount in €
80 000
FGEF grant in €
45 000
Laos
Elephantasia
Elephant conservation
184 000
50 000
Madagascar
APMM
Biological corridor between the Ranomafana and Andringitra National Parks
60 000
30 000
Madagascar
Fanamby
Protected area in the Loky Manambato region
70 200
35 000
Madagascar
GEVALOR
Waste recovery in Mahajanga
225 000
50 000
Mauritania
IUCN Mauritania / Ouadane Municipality
Community protected area in the Saharan municipality of Ouadane
120 000
50 000
977 200
355 000
Total 9 projects
Projects committed in March 2006 Benin
ABPEE
Development of a toolbox for environmental management
Benin
AVPN
Creation of a transboundary conservation area for hippopotamus
60 000
10 000
131 049
39 000
Comoros
FADESIM
Ecotourism in Mohéli and environmental associations
60 500
49 000
Congo
RENATURA Congo
Sea turtle research and conservation
106 145
40 000
Congo
HELP
Environmental education programme
142 500
30 000
Gabon
ASF
Reducing human pressure on leatherback turtles in Pongara
69 892
40 000
Gabon
Gabon Environnement
Ecotourism and sea turtle protection in Mayumba
71 651
40 000
Madagascar
APA / WCS
Marine reserve and fisheries resource management
130 000
50 000
Madagascar
L'Homme et l'Environnement
Enhancing biodiversity value by marketing products to the international private sector
100 000
30 000
Morocco
ECODEL
Demand-side household energy management in the town ofLarache
90 071
25 000
Pacific, New Caledonia
Opération Cétacés
Conservation of humpback whales
130 073
37 000
Central African Republic
RICAGIRN FB
Creation of a village hunting zone
66 666
40 000
Senegal
Noé Conservation / Océanium
Studies and protection of manatees in the Senegal River
59 000
20 000
1 217 547
450 000
Total 13 projects
Projects committed in December 2006 Benin
AFEL
Preservation of mangroves in southern Benin's coastal lagoon
36 000
18 000
Congo Brazzaville
CFC
Community hunting reserve in Ibolo-Koundoumou
97 079
38 285
Madagascar
Megaptera
Whale watching in Sainte Marie
Central African APFC / IGF Republic
Total 4 projects
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Wildlife management in village hunting zones
70 576
50 000
301 000
48 300
504 655
154 585
Projects committed in March 2007 Benin Benin Burkina Faso Colombia Gabon Mozambique Sao Tomé Senegal
CERGET EcoBénin OND Tchendukua Ici et Ailleurs CADDE Cabo Delgado Monte Pico Wetland International Sénégal
Conservation and livelihoods from the Kpinkonzoumé and Houanvè forests Ecotourism around Lake Ahémé Community nature reserve for wildlife management Recovery of land rights and biodiversity preservation in the Sierra Nevada Mangrove conservation in Akanda Sustainable management of human / elephant conflicts Enhancing the value of the Bom Sucesso botanical garden Management of the Trois Marigots regional heritage area
32 993 57 147 112 598 221 000 41 415 174 200 45 810 113 890
21 000 42 200 31 400 50 000 31 000 50 000 32 600 50 000
799 053
308 200
Protection of a wetland area and sitatunga antelopes Recycling used tyres Support to ATTPH practitioners of traditional medicine to protect threatened medicinal species Reintroduction and breeding of West African ostriches Community ecotourism in Doussala village Setting up an eco-museum for children
78 989 16 518 42 305 95 786 66 084 19 060
28 100 12 400 20 100 50 000 47 700 15 000
Training for young people in natural resource protection Theater workshops to raise awareness on environmental protection Creation of a protected area for hippopotamus conservation
12 883 66 000 77 000
10 000 21 600 50 000
Total 8 projects
Projects committed in July 2007 Benin Benin Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Gabon Gabon
CREDI UNSO ATTPH / GERES CDPF PROGRAM Maison du Tourisme et de la Nature Gabon Les Amis du Pangolin Madagascar 2HY-FAIRE LIEN Niger APHN - Noé Conservation Sao Tomé MARAPA
Good practice for environmentally sound fishing
Total 10 projects
30 798
23 100
505 423
278 000
Projects committed in November 2007 Algeria Gabon Senegal
ASJDN Mogheso SANTORUN
Creating a steppe zone forest reserve Community tourism in the Lopé National Park Botanical garden for medicinal plants
50 000 58 550 47 640
37 500 30 000 33 000
156 190
100 500
55 991 73 962 38 400 67 568 100 000 48 810
30 000 39 000 17 700 10 000 35 000 26 000
Conservation and livelhoods from the Vohibola coastal forest
88 320
50 000
Production of wild silk from the Tapia forests Educational kit to raise awareness on sea turtle protection in the Pacific
54 427 83 500
30 000 16 000
610 978
253 700
Total 3 projects
Projects committed in April 2008 Benin Benin Cambodia Côte d'Ivoire Gabon Gabon Madagascar Madagascar Polynesia
CIED FAT Nomad RSI CEPA Association IBONGA Association Culture Nature Edzengui L'Homme et l'Environnement NY TANINTSIKA TE MANA O, TE MOANA
Total 9 projects
Total for SSI programme
Setting up an intermunicipal medicinal plant garden Protection of the Djagballo forest by traditional hunting groups Traditional medicinal know-how and creation of a medicinal plant garden Community management of the Tanoé marshland forest Involving local communities in conservation and management of the Gamba complex Developing ecotourism in the Minkébé National Park
4 771 046
1 899 985
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APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
Climate change “Climate change” projects identified or committed in Africa Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
07/07/95
20/12/96
Village management of forest stands
Mali
762 245
22/11/95
17/06/99
Integration of a decentralized electrification component
Burkina Faso
220 000
AFD-MAEE AFD
01/04/97
30/09/97
Alizés rural electrification project
Mauritanie
762 245
AFD
01/04/97
18/02/99
Belle-Vue coal and bagasse-fired power plant
Maurice
514 515
AFD
17/06/99
09/11/99
Agro-ecology and carbon storage (cross-cutting programme)
Afrique / Régional
762 245
AFD-MAEE
17/06/99
27/11/00
Agro-ecology action plan
Afrique / Régional 1 935 600
AFD-MAEE
09/11/99
07/03/00
Development of phosphate carbonate deposits
Senegal
26/03/01
30/11/01
Development of charcoal production from plant residues
Mauritania
1 112 900
MESR
600 000
MAEE
27/11/03
30/03/06
The Clean Development Mechanism in the forest sector
Africa / Regional
2 300 000
MAEE
07/07/04
30/03/05
CDM project incubator programme
Africa / Regional
2 000 000
AFD
25/11/05
05/07/06
Processing Cotonou' Zemidjians engines to four-stroke
Benin
1 000 000
AFD
18/12/06
06/07/07
Capacity building for adaptation to climate change in the Indian Ocean
Africa / Regional
1 000 000
MAEE MEEDDAT
18/12/06
06/07/07
Substitute refrigerants in Africa (AFROC)
Africa / Regional
750 000
30/03/07
27/11/08
Support to climate change adaptation in the agricultural and water sectors
Africa / Regional
1 200 000
MEEDDAT
06/07/07
01/07/08
Developing a global approach to urban transport - Tshwane municipality
South Africa
1 000 000
AFD
30/11/07
01/07/08
Climate change alerting systems in Africa
Africa / Regional
2 000 000
MAEE
01/07/08
Recovery and re-use of sawmill waste for combined heat and power in forestry companies
Africa / Regional 1 000 000
27/11/08
Support to energy efficiency and renewable energy in Mauritius
Mauritius
1 000 000
AFD
27/11/08
Sustainable management of community forests in Benin
Benin
1 000 000
AFD
Total Africa
18 projects
MAEE
AFD
20 919 751
NB: The two “agro-ecology” projects are counted as one
“Climate change” projects identified or committed in Latin America Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
15/04/96
22/12/97
Rural electrification Programme in Bahia State
Brazil
09/11/99
29/06/00
Conversion of vehicles to natural gas in Mexico City
Mexico
1 400 000
MAEE
05/07/05
30/11/07
Geothermal energy project for the Caribbean
Dominica
2 000 000
AFD
30/03/06
05/07/06
Institutional support and applications to climate issues
Mexico
Total Latin America
64 / FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008
4 projects
381 123
285 000
4 066 123
MAEE-MEIE
MEIE
“Climate change” projects identified or committed in Asia and Pacific Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
21/10/94
20/09/96
Photovoltaic electrification in remote atolls
Vanuatu
30/09/97
17/06/99
Improved energy efficiency in new buildings
China
22/12/97
17/06/99
Development of small-scale hydropower in remote rural areas
Indonesia
15/11/02
27/11/03
Energy efficiency in programming and construction of housing
China
2 700 000
MEEDDAT
Vietnam
2 000 000
MEIE
27/11/03
26/03/04
Integrated and sustainable public transport in the greater Hanoï area
26/03/04
27/10/04
Dissemination of good practice in energy efficiency in the construction sector Afghanistan
05/07/05
30/03/06
Support to setting up CDM projects in four provinces of western China
China
18/12/06
30/11/07
Promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects
Asia / Regional
30/03/07
03/04/08
Support to the financing programme for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects
China
06/07/07
30/11/07
Platform for biofuels development
India
Total Asia and Pacific
10 projects
91 469 3 284 550 610 000
1 350 000 750 000 1 100 000 600 000 1 500 000
AFD MEIEMEEDDAT MEIE
MAEE AFD AFD PROPARCO AFD AFD-MESR
13 986 019
“Climate change” projects identified or committed in Eastern Europe Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
30/09/97
09/11/99
Fund for energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction
Eastern Europe
2 000 000
MEIE
15/11/02
27/11/03
Organization of a regional fuelwood sector
Lithuania
1 050 000
MEEDDAT
07/07/04
30/03/05
Capacity building and support to the establishment of an energy efficiency fund
2 000 000
MAEE
Total Eastern Europe
3 projects
5 050 000
“Climate change” projects identified or committed in Mediterranean Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount for projects in €
22/11/95
06/05/98
Energy efficiency in buildings and thermal regulations
Tunisia
15/04/96
01/04/97
Energy efficiency improvements in collective housing stock
Leban on
868 959
22/12/97
26/03/01
Urban fuel would use
Morocco
1 594 054
AFD
17/06/99
06/07/01
Decentralised electrification and solar pumps
Morocco
1 600 000
AFD
24/05/02
15/11/02
Energy and environment upgraded in Sidi-Bernoussi
Morocco
825 000
7/07/04
27/10/04
Overall rural electrification
Morocco
500 000
AFD
25/11/05
05/07/06
Installation of a water treatment plant in Fez with a biogas-to-energy system
Morocco
900 000
AFD
06/07/07
30/11/07
Support to energy management in industry and the tertiary sector
Jordan
1 560 000
AFD
06/07/07 01/07/08
27/11/08
Total Mediterranean
Energy efficiency improvements in buildings
Morocco
Assistance to the Palestinian Authority to developed demand-side electricity management
Autonomous Palestinian Territories
10 projects
Total for climate change 45 projects
1 905 000
Project promoter
900 000 1 000 000
AFD MEEDDAT
MAEE
MEEDDAT AFD
11 653 013
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APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
International waters “International waters” projects identified or committed in Africa Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
06/05/98 18/02/99 09/11/99 27/11/00 27/11/03 27/10/04 27/10/04
29/06/00 30/04/03 26/03/01 15/11/02 07/07/04 25/11/05 30/03/06
18/12/06 01/07/08
06/07/07 Water resources monitoring centre for the Volta River Basin 27/11/08 Management of west African marine and coastal biodiversity by strengthening conservation and monitoring initiatives for MPAs
Total Africa
Support to water management in the Senegal River Basin Hydro-cycle monitoring system (HYCOS) Pollution control and contribution to Zambezi River Management Support to the Orange-Senqu River Basin Authority Establishment of an environmental observatory for the Niger River Basin Fisheries resource management in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIOFP) Initiative for the Nile River Basin
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
Africa / Regional Africa / Regional Zambia/Zimbabwe Africa / Regional Africa / Regional Africa / Regional Egypt / Sudan / Ethiopia Africa / Regional Africa / Regional
9 projects
1 350 000 1 000 000 1 500 000 1 500 000 1 200 000 800 000 1 000 000
MAEE MAEE MAEE MAEE AFD-MAEE MAEE AFD
1 200 000 1 600 000
MAEE AFD
11 150 000
“International waters” projects identified or committed in Latin America 20/12/96 26/03/01 30/04/03
17/06/99 Water resources monitoring for the Upper Paraguay basin 30/04/03 Environmental protection for the Rio de la Plata 26/03/04 Management of Rio Magdalena lake and river ecosystems
Total Latin America
Latin America/Reg. 1 894 180 Argentina/Uruguay 1 005 000 Colombia 1 200 000
3 projects
MEIE MAEE MAEE
4 099 180
“International waters” projects identified or committed in Asia and Pacific 07/07/04
30/03/06 Support to the Mekong River Commission (MRC)
Total Asia and Pacific
Asia / Regional
1 000 000
1 project
AFD
1 000 000
“International waters” projects identified or committed in Eastern Europe 20/09/96 06/05/98 26/03/01 15/11/02
30/09/97 09/11/99 30/11/01 04/07/03
Total Eastern Europe
Recovery of irradiated material from the Lepse Support to transboundary management of the Irtysh River Basin Production of a management plan for the River Narva catchment basin Transboundary management of the Korös/Crisuri river basin
4 projects
Russia Russia / Kazakhstan Estonia and Russia Hungary / Romania
1 417 041 1 000 000 1 165 000 1 024 000
MAEE MEEDDAT MESR MEEDDAT
4 606 041
“International waters” projects identified or committed in Mediterranean 21/10/94 22/11/95 06/05/98 30/04/03 05/07/05
21/10/94 17/06/99 29/03/02 27/11/03 30/03/06
18/12/06 06/07/07 03/04/08
06/07/07 Shared management of the North Sahara aquifer system 03/04/08 Strategic partnership for the large Mediterranean marine ecosystem 01/07/08 Definition and support to implementation of an overall plan for depletion and protection of the Nador lagoon Controlling waste immersion in the Mediterranean Sea Coastal aquifers in southern Tunisia
01/07/08 27/11/08
Total Mediterranean
Resource management in the Jordan River Basin Hydrological data Support to PAS MED implementation Sahara aquifer system Red Sea-Dead Sea water transfer
10 projects
Total for international waters 27 projects 66 / FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008
Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean/Reg Algeria/Libya/Tunisia Autonomous Palestinian Territories Mediterranean/Reg. Mediterranean/Reg. Morocco
290 676 1 675 154 1 353 000 315 000 1 000 000
MEIE MEIE MEEDDAT MEEDDAT AFD
500 000 2 000 000 500 000
MEEDDAT MEEDDAT AFD
Mediterranean/Reg. Tunisia
350 000 950 000
MEEDDAT MEEDDAT
8 933 830
29 789 051
Land degradation, desertification, deforestation and POP “Land degradation” projects identified or committed in Africa Project Project identification launch date date
Project title
Country
Amount Project for projects promoter in €
20/12/96
30/09/97
Network of long-term ecological monitoring centres - ROSELT
Africa / Regional
1 341 551
MAEEMEEDDAT
22/12/97
07/03/00
The global environment and combating desertification
Africa / Regional
3 000 000
MAEE
09/11/99
07/03/00
Support to local development in West Africa (padl)
Burkina Faso
1 600 000
AFD
27/11/00
30/11/01
Support to local development in West Africa (pdlo)
Burkina Faso
1 610 000
27/11/03
05/07/06
Programme to eliminate and prevent the resurgence of obsolete pesticide stockpiles
Mali
600 000
AFD MEEDDAT
27/10/04
31/01/05
Environmental approach to locust control
Africa / Regional
1 000 000
MAEE
30/03/07
03/04/08
Combating desertification and sustainable natural resource management
Djibouti (DR)
1 000 000
AFD
06/07/07
03/04/08
Multi-country agro-ecology support programme (PAMPA)
Africa / Regional
1 000 000
MAEE
27/11/08
Rational management of polychlorobiphenyls (PCB) in West Africa
Africa / Regional
800 000
Total Africa
9 projects
MEEDDAT
11 951 551
“Land degradation” projects identified or committed in Asia and Pacific 26/03/04
07/07/04 Support to the development of agro-ecology techniques
Total Asia and Pacific
Laos
1 project
1 470 000
AFD
1 470 000
“Land degradation” projects identified or committed in Mediterranean 27/11/03
25/11/05
Programme to eliminate and prevent the resurgence of obsolete pesticide stockpiles
Tunisia
800 000
MEEDDAT
07/07/04
05/07/06 Support to development of conservation agriculture
Tunisia
1 400 000
AFD
18/12/06
30/03/07 Developing livelihoods is in southern Morocco's oases
Morocco
1 500 000
AFD
Total Mediterranean
2 projects
3 700 000
NB: The project for the “programme to eliminate and prevent the resurgence of obsolete pesticides stocks” is counted as one project, and attributed to Africa.
Total land degradation, POP 12 projects
17 121 551
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APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
Ozone layer The indicated amounts correspond to total project amounts. They are funded through French bilateral contributions and implemented by the French GEF Secretariat.
“Ozone layer� projects identified or committed in Africa Date approved 03/98 07/02
Project title
Country
12/04 03/99 04/08
Implementation of the RMP Implementation of the refrigerant management plan: monitoring the activities of the RMP and set up of an import/export licensing system Project preparation for projects in commercial refrigeration production facilities Refrigeration management plan preparation Documentary on traffic in second-hand refrigerators ODS phase out in 50 existing centrifugal chillers units Project preparation for a terminal phase-out management plan in the servicing sector Implementation of the RMP update Technical assistance in air conditioning Terminal CFCs phase-out management plan (second tranche)
Ethiopia Ghana Kenya
12/04
Terminal CFCs phase-out management plan (first tranche)
Kenya
11/05 11/99
Implementation of the RMP: recovery and recycling component Implementation of the RMP: set up a national recovery and recycling network Implementation of the RMP: training of personnel in charge of control and monitoring of imports of ODS Implementation of the RMP: training of trainers and refrigeration technicians in good service practices Country programme preparation Project preparation in the foam sector (Fofy) Phase-out of CFC-11 by conversion to methylene chloride in the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam at Fofy Industrie Conversion of CFC-based commercial refrigeration installations in the fishing industry Training of refrigeration technicians Country programme preparation Institutional strengthening project proposal Training and awareness of personnel involved in the task of codifying and identifying ODS and ODS-containing material Refrigerant management plan update Terminal phase-out management plan (first tranche)
07/02 02/97 03/99 07/02 03/07
11/99 11/99 02/97 07/98 11/98 09/94 09/94 07/94 09/94 09/94 12/04 07/08 07/01
Sector
Status
Type
Total after Partners ajustments in $
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
Refrigeration Refrigeration
Cancelled Cancelled
Technical assistance Technical assistance
31 436
Ivory Coast
Refrigeration
Closed
Preparation
14 114
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Ethiopia
Closed Closed Transferred Ongoing
Preparation Technical assistance Investment Preparation
25 000 9 619 33 900
GTZ
Ongoing Closed Ongoing
Technical assistance Technical assistance Investment
103 169 26 379 335 610
GTZ
Closed
Investment
243 983
GTZ
Madagascar Madagascar
Refrigeration Refrigeration Refrigeration Terminal phase-out management plan Refrigeration Refrigeration Terminal phase-out management plan Terminal phase-out management plan Refrigeration Refrigeration
Ongoing Closed
Technical assistance Technical assistance
45 765 86 835
Madagascar
Refrigeration
Closed
Training
27 300
Madagascar
Refrigeration
Closed
Training
48 510
Madagascar Mali Mali
Several Foam Foam
Closed Closed Closed
Country programme Preparation Investment
36 981 14 000 151 000
Mauritania
Refrigeration
Closed
Technical assistance
99 522
Mauritania Mauritania Mauritania Mauritania
Refrigeration Several Several Several
Closed Closed Closed Closed
Training Country programme Institutional strengthening Training
25 000 39 771 25 983 9 456
Mozambique CAR
Ongoing
Technical assistance
118 099
GTZ
Ongoing Cancelled
Investment Technical assistance
62 150 1 803
PNUE
CAR
Refrigeration Terminal phase-out management plan Refrigeration
CAR
Refrigeration
Cancelled
Training
19 509
CAR CAR
Refrigeration Refrigeration
Cancelled Cancelled
Training Training
57 065 48 749
Regional (Africa)
Refrigeration
Ongoing
DEM
Regional (Africa)
Several
Ongoing
Technical assistance
84 750 15 750
Regional (Africa) Regional (Africa) Senegal
Refrigeration
Closed
Technical assistance
Several
Closed
Training
Refrigeration
Closed
Preparation
9 752
02/97 03/07
Implementation of the RMP: development and implementation of a tax/incentive programme Implementation of the RMP: monitoring the activities of the RMP project, including registration of refrigeration service technicians, distributors and importers of CFCs Implementation of the RMP: training programme for customs officers Implementation of the RMP: train the trainers programme for refrigeration technicians in good management practices and a training programme to address technicians in the informal sector Strategic demonstration project for accelerated conversion of CFC chillers in 5 African Countries (Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria and Sudan) African customs enforcement networks for preventing illegal trade of ODS in the African sub-regional trade organizations (CEMAC, COMESA, SACU and UEMOA) Refrigeration and global environment evaluation of equipment modernization study Technology transfer workshop for African countries on practical implementation of the Montreal Protocol Project preparation for projects in the hotel and fisheries industries and recycling Training of technicians in domestic refrigeration and air conditioning Terminal ODS phase-out management plan (first tranche)
Senegal Seychelles
Closed Ongoing
Training Investment
16 500 135 600
GTZ
07/08
Terminal ODS phase-out management plan (second tranche)
Seychelles
Ongoing
Investment
67 800
GTZ
07/06
Project preparation for a terminal phase-out management plan
Seychelles
Closed
Preparation
22 600
GTZ
07/05 12/04 07/08
Refrigerant management plan update Implementation of the RMP update Terminal phase-out management plan (first tranche)
Tanzania Uganda Uganda
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing
Technical assistance Technical assistance Investment
177 695 84 750 172 325
GTZ GTZ GTZ
11/06
Project preparation for a terminal ODS phase-out management plan
Uganda
Refrigeration Terminal phase-out management plan Terminal phase-out management plan Terminal phase-out management plan Refrigeration Refrigeration Terminal phase-out management plan Terminal phase-out management plan
33 900
GTZ
07/01 07/01 07/01 04/06 11/07 12/00 07/95 05/96
Total Africa 42 projects and project preparations 68 / FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008
Completed Preparation
406 800
ONUDI, Germany Japan PNUE
120 000
3 088 930
APPENDICES
PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
“Ozone layer” projects identified or committed in Latin America 07/04 04/05 11/99
National CFC phase-out management plan: phase-out of ODS in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector (first tranche) National ODS phase-out plan for CFCs: 2005 annual implementation plan Project preparation for phase out of methyl bromide used in grain fumigation
Cuba Cuba Costa Rica
Terminal phase-out management plan Terminal phase-out management plan Fumigation
Transferred
Technical assistance
Transferred
Investment
Closed
Preparation
Total Latin America 3 projects and project preparations
90 760
GTZ GTZ
11 280
102 040
“Ozone layer” projects identified or committed in Asia 11/99 04/05 07/06 07/07 04/04 07/99 04/05 11/98 11/97 03/98 07/99 11/97 10/96 11/97 12/03 03/99 07/01 07/01
07/01 04/08
Project preparation of phase out of use of ODS solvent in production of parts working in high voltage conditions CTC phase-out plan for the consumption and production sectors: 2005 annual programme CTC phase-out plan for the consumption and production sectors: 2006 annual programme CTC phase-out plan for the consumption and production sectors: 2007 annual programme CTC phase-out plan for the consumption and production sectors: 2004 work programme Halon management programme National CFC phase-out plan: 2005 annual implementation programme Small and medium enterprises study Set up of a national programme of recovery and recycling CFC-12 (pilot project in Tehran) Conversion to non-CFC facilities of 4 companies producing cars and wagons equipped with MAC-umbrella project Conversion to ODS-free technology at Dorcharkh Company Projects preparation and technical assistance in the halon sector Project preparation/technical assistance for MAC recycling and training in good servicing practices Project preparation and technical assistance in the solvent sector National CFC phase-out plan: 2004 annual implementation programme Technical assistance in air-conditioning Implementation of the RMP: recovery and recycling, training and demonstration project (complement) Implementation of the RMP: training of trainers in good refrigerant management practices (phase I); national technicians training project (phase II) Implementation of the RMP: customs training programme Terminal phase-out management plan (first tranche)
03/99 Technical assistance for country programme and refrigerant management plan preparation 04/06 Project preparation for a terminal phase-out management plan for CFCs 11/95 Phasing out the use of CFC-113 in the electronics industry through the technical promotion of no clean processes 05/97 No clean process improvement training for electronic assemblers who phased out the use of CFC-113 03/00 Halon banking management plan in West Asia countries: Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar and Yemen (jointly implemented with Germany) 07/99 Survey for halon banking management plan in West Asia (Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar and Yemen) 11/99 Conversion from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the manufacture of commercial refrigeration equipment at Shoukairi and Co. 11/99 Development of a halon banking management plan
China
Solvents
Closed
Preparation
28 875
India
Ongoing
Investment
1 085 000
GTZ
Ongoing
Investment
585 000
GTZ
Ongoing
Technical assistance
585 000
GTZ
Completed
Investment
1 085 000
GTZ
Ongoing Ongoing
Technical assistance Investment
511 175 555 000
GTZ
Iran Iran
Terminal phase-out management plan Terminal phase-out management plan Terminal phase-out management plan Terminal phase-out management plan Halons Terminal phase-out management plan Several Refrigeration
Closed Closed
Technical assistance Technical assistance
75 000 242 768
Iran
Refrigeration
Closed
Investment
138 600
Iran Iran Iran
Solvents Halons Refrigeration
Closed Closed Closed
Investment Préparation Préparation
165 140 31 500 30 000
Iran
Solvents
Closed
Préparation
31 500
Iran
Completed
Investment
1 117 348
Jordanian Laos PDR
Terminal phase-out management plan Refrigeration Refrigeration
Closed Ongoing
Technical assistance Technical assistance
10 425 42 840
Laos PDR
Refrigeration
Ongoing
Formation
88 987
Laos PDR Laos PDR
Refrigeration Terminal phase-out management plan Several
Ongoing Ongoing
Formation Investment
92 142 205 095
Closed
CPG
31 500
Closed
Préparation
33 900
Malaisia
Terminal phase-out management plan Solvents
Cancelled
Investment
-
Malaisia
Solvents
Closed
Formation
219 385
Régional (Asia + Medit)
Halons
Closed
Technical assistance
123 375
Régional (Asia + Medit) Syria
Halons
Closed
Technical assistance
17 500
Refrigeration
Cancelled
Investment
Syria
Halons
Closed
Technical assistance
India India India Iran Iran
Laos PDR Laos PDR
GTZ
GTZ
-
11 272
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PROJECTS IDENTIFIED OR COMMITTED WITH FGEF CO-FINANCING
following ozone layer Asia table Date approved
07/01
Project title
Establishing a halon bank and umbrella project for 63 manufacturers
Country
Syria
Sector
Halons
Status
Type
Total after Partners ajustments in $
Closed
Technical assistance
169 050
11/98
Project preparation in the commercial refrigeration sector
Syria
Refrigeration
Closed
Preparation
16 172
11/98
Technical assistance in the air-conditioning sector
Syria
Refrigeration
Closed
Technical assistance
25 982
11/99
Conversion from CFC-11 to HCFC-141b and from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the manufacture of commercial refrigeration equipment at Bashar Refrigerators
Syria
Refrigeration
Closed
Investment
49 873
11/99
Conversion from CFC-11 to HCFC-141b and from CFC-12 to HFC-134a technology in the manufacture of commercial refrigeration equipment at Sarkisian Refrigerators
Syria
Refrigeration
Completed
Investment
60 672
11/99
CFC emission reduction in central air conditioning
Syria
Refrigeration
Completed
Investment
150 150
11/99
No clean process improvement training for electronic assemblers
Thailand
Solvents
Closed
Training
121 800
10/96
Technical assistance on alternative technologies for cold storage facilities and project preparation
Vietnam
Refrigeration
Closed
Technical assistance
07/99
CFC emission reductions in spinning halls air conditioning systems chillers (pilot project)
Vietnam
Refrigeration
Closed
Investment
07/94
Country programme preparation
Vietnam
Several
Closed
Country programme
34 500 197 340
Total Asia 38 projects and project preparations
21 035
7 989 901
“Ozone layer� projects identified or committed in Mediterranean 11/97
Implementation of an ODS recovery and recycling network
Lebanon
Refrigeration
Ongoing
Technical assistance
425 289
05/96
Projects preparation and technical assistance in the foam sector
Lebanon
Foam
Closed
Technical assistance
19 505
10/96
Conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of polyurethane flexible molded foam at Meuble Mode Sarl
Lebanon
Foam
Closed
Investment
55 465
10/96
Conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of flexible foam (slabstock) at Furniture and Plastic Sarl (FAP)
Lebanon
Foam
Closed
Investment
128 700
10/96
Conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of flexible foam (slabstock) at Plastiflex Sarl
Lebanon
Foam
Closed
Investment
146 776
10/96
Conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of flexible foam (slabstock) at Merza Foam Sarl
Lebanon
Foam
Closed
Investment
107 222
10/96
Conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of rigid foam (sandwich panels) at Kilzi and Co. Sarl
Lebanon
Foam
Closed
Investment
141 000
10/96
Conversion to non-CFC technology in the manufacture of flexible foam (slabstock) at Fomaco Sarl
Lebanon
Foam
Closed
Investment
151 742
10/96
Project preparation for the commercial refrigeration sector
Lebanon
Refrigeration
Closed
Preparation
30 000
10/96
Project preparation to establish a CFC and HCFC recovery and recycling centre
Lebanon
Refrigeration
Closed
Preparation
30 000
11/97
Conversion of refrigeration industrial facilities
Lebanon
Refrigeration
Closed
Investment
153 162
11/97
Training of refrigeration technicians on recovery and recycling methodologies
Lebanon
Refrigeration
Closed
Training
52 668
07/99
Remaining issues for a RMP and preparation of strategy and projects for reduction of CFC emissions in centrifugal chillers
Lebanon
Refrigeration
Completed
Technical assistance
45 750
11/97
Implementation of an ODS recovery and recycling network
Morocco
Refrigeration
Ongoing
Technical assistance
355 867
05/96
Project preparation for the formulation of a project to implement a recycling network for CFC-11, CFC-12 and HCFC-22
Morocco
Refrigeration
Closed
Preparation
20 000
10/96
Technical assistance on alternative technologies for cold storage facilities Morocco
Refrigeration
Closed
Technical assistance
40 000
11/97
Training of refrigeration technicians on recovery and recycling methodologies
Morocco
Refrigeration
Closed
Training
53 361
12/00
Technical assistance for cold storage equipment (training and demonstration project)
Morocco
Refrigeration
Completed
Technical assistance
11/99
Phase-out of methyl bromide use in the cut flower and banana production
Morocco
Fumigation
Completed
Investment
Total Mediterranean19 projects and project preparations
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3 203 945
14 384 816
Communication activities Seminars FEBRUARY
Biodiversity: Seminar in Paris to present the interim assessment report on Conservation Trust Fund experiences MARCH
Biodiversity: International seminar organised by the IDDRI in Monaco: Towards a new system of governance of ocean biodiversity, 20-21 March Land degradation: Seminar on “Carbon sequestration in tropical soils by direct seeding mulch-based cropping”, Paris Biodiversity: Seminar on Pan-African exchanges of experience with community-based approaches to natural resource conservation, with the MAEE, MEEDDAT, AFD, CIRAD and IUCN, Niger, 10-14 March: “Regards croisés sur la Tapoa” APRIL
Ozone: Technical workshop on HCFC substitutes, 54th meeting of the Multilateral Fund Executive Committee in Montreal. Ozone: Thematic meeting of “ozone” coordinators for French-speaking Africa zone 2, in Douala MAY
Land degradation: International workshop on Evaluating Climate Change and Development, with the GEF Evaluations Office (with AFD contribution), Alexandria, Egypt
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COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES IN 2008
in 2008
NOVEMBER
Climate: Regional forum on climate change in West Africa, in Dakar, Senegal, 6-7 November 2008. FGEF stand co-organised with the AFD, in liaison with the Ministry for Energy and its partners Ozone: 56th meeting of the Multilateral Fund Executive Committee, 20th Conference of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Doha DECEMBER
Land degradation: “Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in the Mediterranean” in Nice, organised by the MEEDDAT Climate: Beijing, national seminar to present results of the CDM programme in western China International waters: Seminar on integrated coastal zone management in the Mediterranean, in Nice International waters: Inauguration of the exhibition of Sketchbooks from the Small Mediterranean Islands Mission As part of efforts to build closer links between FGEF activities and research activities on Global Environment topics, and under the aegis of the National Research Agency (ANR), the FGEF secretariat contributed to the steering group for the following prospective studies workshops (ARP) in Paris, in October and November: - global environmental changes; - adaptation to climate change in agriculture and human ecosystems
JUNE
Biodiversity: Preview of Leonardo Di Caprio’s documentary “The 11th Hour” in Paris, 4 June Biodiversity : Environment Week, 2 to 8 to 2008 in Senegal: Dakar’s Océanium Association and its partners take action to boost practical measures for Senegal Climate: Environment & Sustainable Livelihoods Fair – sustainable solutions to restore the environment – Palais Brognlart, Paris – 12 to 14 June 2008 Biodiversity: 1st regional planning workshop for “Conservation of wild cattle and buffalo in Asia”, 8-17 to 2008, Vietnam, Tam Dao National Park, organised with support from the FGEF, Earthwatch Institute and the Wildlife Conservation Society, under the aegis of the IUCN and its specialist group on wild cattle JULY
Biodiversity / climate: Conference on “The European Union and Overseas: Strategies for Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss”, La Réunion, 07-11 July at 2008 Ozone: OEWG (open-ended working group) and 55th meeting of the Multilateral Fund Executive Committee in Bangkok AUGUST
Ozone: Meeting of the ozone focal points network for French-speaking Africa in Cotonou SEPTEMBER
Land degradation: “Decentralised cooperation and combating desertification”, Paris, organised by the Ile de France Regional authority OCTOBER
Biodiversity: IUCN World Conservation Congress – presentation of preliminary results from the capitalisation study on MPA experience, Barcelona Biodiversity: Seminar on “Ecosystems and the Global Environment – Priorities for Action” organised with the National Research Agency (ANR) at Bercy, Paris
Publications JANUARY
Brochure: “The Galite Archipelago: Conservation and Enhancement of an Outstanding Heritage” MARCH
Brochure: “Tropical soils, DMC Practices and Ecosystem Services” produced by the SOL-SCV collective Brochure: “Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative - CAWHFI), a report from the Brazzaville workshop of 12-14 March 2008” MAY
Executive summary – A review of Experience with Biodiversity Conservation Trust Funds, by the Conservation Finance Alliance working group on Environmental Funds Brochure: “Discovering the Plant Life of Cap Bon” produced with the APAL, Tunisia JUNE
Brochure: “France – Bolivia - BIODESA Project: conservation and enhancement of plant biodiversity in the Cochabamba District” FGEF brochure on the project for Energy Efficiency in Buildings in Afghanistan JULY
Brochure: “Fuelwood – an energy efficiency programme for hammams and bakery ovens in Morocco» SEPTEMBER
Brochure: “Combating desertification through micro development projects in the Sahel - Techniques and associated costs”, produced for the seminar on “decentralised cooperation and combating desertification”, held in Paris on 30 September 2008 and organised by the Ile de France Regional Council. FGEF - ANNUAL REPORT 2008 / 71
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Brochure on the project for a "Network of Foundations for Biodiversity”, Hungary
Biodiversity: Megaptera Newsletter n° 7 (Sept 08) – SSI project for “Whale watching at Sainte Marie” (Madagascar)
OCTOBER
Biodiversity: Forests for People Newsletter (April, May, June 08) – project for a Namibian Conservancy Network – in English
Brochure on the programme for “Energy and environmental upgrading in the Sidi Bernoussi industrial zone (Casablanca – Morocco)” NOVEMBER
French-language guide on the clean development mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI)
Climate: Hebdo Climat Newsletter (October 08) on Africa and climate change Biodiversity: Newsletter La lettre des Conservatoires d’espaces naturels (Dec 08) on the project for a “Network of Foundations for Biodiversity”, Hungary
DECEMBER
Brochure on the project for “Development of a wood-energy industry in Southern Lithuania” (in English)
Press
FGEF citations in AFD brochures
Africa Geographic – FGEF citation on the project for “Nature Conservation and Community and Tourist Development in the Kalahari” This was part of an Africa Geographic Transboundary Issue which was published in Dec/Jan 2007/8
JANUARY
China-France – cooperation project for “Support to the set-up of projects eligible for the CDM” MARCH
The AFD in Vietnam – A Strategic Partnership MAY
The AFD in Afghanistan - A Partnership for More Effective Aid The AFD in Mozambique - A Historic and Varied Partnership JUNE
The AFD in China - A Partnership for Climate Issue 11 in the “Ex Post Assessments and Capitalisation” series, on “Energy efficiency and renewable energy: first lessons on AFD and FGEF financing”, Alain Riès, Koulm Dubus and Jean David Naudet SEPTEMBER
AFD Partnerships – French Local Authorities Issue 17 in the “Ex Post Assessments and Capitalisation” series, on “Energy efficiency in China’s construction sector”, Diane Szynkier and Alain Riès Issue 18 in the “Ex Post Assessments and Capitalisation” series, on “Improving energy efficiency in buildings: lessons from four FGEF programmes in China, Lebanon and Tunisia”, Diane Szynkier and Alain Riès OCTOBER
The AFD and Mediterranean Waters - Towards Sustainable Management of a Threatened
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
National Geographic France - the February 2008 ISSUE features an article on the activities of Océanium, the NGO which established the Keur Bamboung community Marine Protected Area, in Senegal’s Sine Saloum Delta, with financial support from the FGEF under a project promoted by the AFD MARCH Air Senegal Magazine – FGEF citation on the project for “Conservation of fishing resources by fishing communities”, Senegal – March/April 2008 MAY
Courrier de la Nature (May – June 2008) - project for “Biodiversity Conservation in the Cape Peninsula” JUNE
Terre Sauvage n° 239 June 2008 – article on biodiversity and local economies (Quand la biodiversité sert l’économie locale), illustrating the SmallScale Initiatives programme. Les produits de la mer - bimonthly magazine, June/July 2008 issue, on the project for “Support for Sustainable Prawn Fishing in Madagascar” JULY
Terre Sauvage – special issue on the marine and coastal areas in the Cahiers de la Nature series, summer 2008 – article by Julien Calas on the creation of the Soufrière Ste Lucie Marine Protected Area
NOVEMBER
The Standard (Kenya) – FGEF citation in the 18 July 2008 issue - Meru National Park
Issue n° 20 of the “Lettre des économistes”, on “Tourism and development”
Press release on Vietnam – 1st regional planning workshop for “Conservation of wild cattle and buffalo in Asia”, 8-17 June 2008
DECEMBER
AUGUST
Issue 21 in the “Ex Post Assessments and Capitalisation” series, on Mapping AFD and FGEF Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects - update by Claude Briand and Alain Riès
In the media Newsletter AFD Newsletter, January to December 08 www.afd.fr Biodiversity: Newsletter on protected areas in West Africa n°4 to 13 – project for “Effective management of protected areas in West Africa” Biodiversity: ASS Niger Newsletter – n° 2 (January 08), 3 (May 08) and 4 (October 08) – project on “Antelopes in the Sahel and Sahara”
Terre Sauvage n° 241 August 2008 – article on Algeria, Habibas, la bien aimée, illustrating the small Mediterranean Islands initiative DECEMBER
Campo Sureno newspaper (Chile) FGEF citation on the project for “Natural Temperate Forests in Chile”
Radio France Culture - "Tout un monde" programme, featuring mangroves, interviews with the AFEL SSI and Ecobénin project managers. The FGEF and SSI are mentioned in the 8th minute, 10th minute and the rest of the programme. November 2008 3 programmes on SSI projects on France Culture 3 programmes on SSI projects on Radio France International (RFI)
International waters: La lettre du RIOB – December 07/January 2008 on the project for “Transboundary Management of the Körös/Crisuri Catchment Basin – the Tisza river basin” (English and French)
Vidéo
International waters: Newsletter on the Small Mediterranean Islands Initiative - Initiative for promoting and assisting management of the Mediterranean's small Islands– February and July 08
Rendez-vous en Afrique du Sud, on the ADDO ELEPHANT PARK. 2008 L’Ile de Coco, un trésor à partager, on Coco Island, 2008 Franco-Hungarian programme on biodiversity protection. 2008
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