GEF Project Eligibility and DevelopmentNational Dialogue of Turkey June 2006

Summary of presentation

■ How to determine project eligibility…

■ By going through the most important sections of the

project concept template …and

■ giving you a project example design

Hand Outs

■Concept for Full Project

■Review Criteria

Web link http://www.gefweb.org/Operational_Policies/Eligibility_Criteria/templates.html

Project concept sections:

1. Country Ownership – Section B

– National development plans, sectoral plans reports and communications

2. Program Policy and Conformity - Section C

■ Program Designation – Section C1

– GEF Operational Program

– GEF Strategic Objective

idea must match both National & GEF priorities

Project concept sections: GEF Program & Policy Conformity

2.Project Design – Section C2

Project Incremental rational through:

■Problem Statement

■GEF Project Plan

Incremental Cost Rational

GEF finances global benefit…eg climate change, globally significant biodiversity conservation

..but most GEF projects contribute to national benefitseg employment, health, education

…so most projects are co-financed

Incremental Cost Rational: example

Example: Hot water boilers - switching from oil to biomass

Global benefit:

– Reduction in GHG’s (RE energy source)

National benefit: – A reduction in the costs of heat supply

GEF Barriers

Example: Large Apartment block

No building level organization ■Building Associations

Low level of savings in apartment block■Energy Service Companies

Sustainability and Replicability

Sustainability■limited project duration…but

■lasting impact needed

Replication■Broad relevance of project to country or region

References

1. Program designation and conformity

■ GEF Operational Program

Web link: http://thegef.org/Operational_Policies/Operational_Programs/operational_programs.html

2. GEF Strategic Objective

Web link: http://thegef.org/replenishment/Reple_Documents/reple_documents.html Ref: Programming Document GEF 4