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I.
Perspectives on GEF-3 from Our Partners:
1. UNDP (Frank Pinto)
2. UNEP (Olivier Deleuze)
3. World Bank (Steve Gorman)
4. Pacific SIDS (Robert Aisi).
On June 8, 2006, the Council of the GEF appointed Mrs. Monique
Barbut, a French national to a three-year term as its Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman. Mrs. Barbut, who is currently the Director of the Division of
Technology, Industry and Economics, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
succeeded Mr. Leonard Good.
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Third GEF Assembly: An Update
The Third GEF Assembly hosted by the Government of South Africa will be held
at the “Mother City,” Cape Town, during August 29-30, 2006. The
venue is the state-of-the-art Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC,
www.capetownconvention.com/ ).
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Expert Forum and High-Level Roundtable on Sustainable Land
Management
August 28, 2006, Arabella Sheraton Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
The United Nations has designated 2006 as the International Year of Deserts and
Desertification (IYDD). In order to focus global attention on this pervasive
problem, the GEF is hosting an expert forum and high-level roundtable on sustainable
land management to raise awareness at the country level.
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GEF Subregional Consultations Off to a Flying Start:
Eight Events Complete Global Reach
The GEF’s Country Support Program (CSP)
is off to a flying start, and eight subregional consultations have been held
around the globe during July and August 2006. read more »
VI.
Project Round up:
1. Sustainable Energy Program in Europe and Russia
2. Coral Reef Initiative
3. Namibia
4. NZAID
GEF News from UNDP: An Update
From May 1-12, 2006, GEF’s Small Grants Program (SGP) participated actively
in the 14th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) held
at the United Nations in New York. .
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Results and Observations from the Evaluation Office
Monitoring and Evaluation in the GEF
During GEF-3, one of the major changes was the Council’s approval of
a monitoring and evaluation policy, focusing on strengthened minimum requirements
for monitoring and evaluation on the project level.
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News from the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel
As an advisory body, Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) delivered
several key recommendations and strategic advice to the GEF during the third
phase in each of the focal areas..
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