UNEP/GEF INTERNATIONAL WATERS PORTFOLIO

Second Biennial GEF International Waters Conference

25-29 September 2002, Dalian, China

Vladimir Mamaev, SPO UNEP/DGEF

HISTORY

• UNEP HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN GEF WATERS IN THE PILOT PHASE (1991-1994) AND DURING PHASE I AND PHASE II (1994 TO PRESENT).

UNEP IW Portfolio

As of September 2002, the UNEP/GEF portfolio in international waters is valued at US$ 179 million, comprising 11 ongoing full size projects and 2 ongoing medium-sized projects.

UNEP’S comparative advantage in International Waters

Facilitation of the NEPAD Environmental Action Plan Assistance to the African Process through a GEF MSP Secretariat for many of the Regional Seas Conventions Past record of successful multi-country and regional

interventions in many fields including Freshwater Basin management

Implementation of the freshwater EMINWA programme (Environmentally Sound Management of Inland Waters)

UNEP’S comparative advantagein International Waters (cont.)

Developed guidelines for ICARM (Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management)

Global Programme of Action (GPA) Implementation of the GIWA (Global International

Water Assessment) The GEMS/WATER (Global Quality Monitoring

Programme International contaminants agenda (POPs/PTS) River Basin Information Systems Initiative Co-operation with LOICZ initiatives

UNEP IN GEF-III

UNEP's project portfolio will focus on the following areas in GEF Phase III:

Integrated Land and Water Resources Management. UNEP will pilot a mega-regional ecosystem approach to integrated land and water resources management for selected mega-basins.

UNEP IN GEF-III

Integrated drainage basins and coastal zone management. UNEP will develop a portfolio of projects that are built on the guidelines for Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management (ICARM), and linked to it will be

UNEP IN GEF-III

Formulation of Regional Programmes of Action for Protection of the Marine Environment from LBA. UNEP will develop, in collaboration with the GPA Office, a number of projects to elaborate regional programmes of action for addressing land based activities affecting the integrity of the ecosystem.

UNEP IN GEF-III

DEVELOPING NEW TOPICAL FOCAL AREAS,

based on GIWA outcomes

DEVELOPING NEW GEOGRAPHIC FOCAL

AREAS, based on GIWA outcomes

EXAMINING OVERARCHING IW ISSUES REPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICES

Partnerships

Local, national, and regional governance structures

Regional development banks Other Implementing Agencies Executing Agencies NGOs Private sector Other donors

Projects in the Pipeline

Addressing Land-Based Activities in the Western Indian Ocean

Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean (jointly with UNDP)

Integrated Management of the Volta River Basin Combating coastal area degradation and living

resources depletion in the Guinea Current LME through regional actions (jointly with UNDP)

Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project (joint with FAO)

THANK YOU

HAVE A GOOD DAY