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Letter from the CEO

 

GEF Partnerships and Initiatives

  1. Launch of International Tiger Conservation Initiative
  2. GEF Earth Fund: a Public Private Partnership
  3. GEF Grants US$1 Million to China for Rapid Assessment of Chemical Contamination after the Earthquake

Stories from the Agencies

  1. GEF Strategic Partnership on the Black Sea and Danube Basin
  2. Groundwater: The Case for Africa
  3. Development Marketplace 2008: announced the finalists

GEF Evaluation Office

  1. Preparations for the Fourth Overall Performance Study
  2. Outcomes from the International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development
  3. Inputs on the RAF midterm review

Country Support Program News

  1. National and Sub-regional Workshops in Africa

Focal Points and Council Members

  1. New appointments

GEF Secretariat: New Staff and other announcements

  1. Patrizia Cocca - Communications Officer
  2. Danielus Pivoriunas - Senior Operations Officer
  3. New Green Space for STAP Secretariat and UNEP/GEF Liaison Office
  4. GEF website survey

Events

  1. Upcoming Events

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A Letter from the CEO Monique Barbut

Dear Colleague,

Summer is here and we hope the season finds you well. Here in Washington last month we experienced 100-year record high temperatures mixed with a series of tornadoes that roared through the DC metropolitan area. But this is nothing compared to what happened on the other side of our fragile earth., The devastating typhoon in Myanmar and the terrible earthquake in China for example both destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives as well as uprooting huge amount of fauna and flora and damaging key habititats, further threatening biodiversity.

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GEF Partnerships and Initiatives Launch of International Tiger Conservation Initiative


The World Bank Group, the Global Environment Facility, the Smithsonian National Zoo and the International Tiger Coalition launched a new Tiger Conservation Initiative on June 9th in Washington DC.

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GEF Earth Fund: a Public Private Partnership

The development of a GEF private sector strategy in 2006 has led to the creation of The GEF Earth Fund, which is the name for the GEF Public Private Partnership Initiative approved by the GEF Council in June 2007.

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GEF Grants US$1 Million to China for Rapid Assessment of Chemical Contamination after the Earthquake

 

The proposed GEF project is an integral part of the Bank’s efforts in supporting the Chinese government in their response to the Wenchuan Earthquake. This project, together with the Bank’s GFDRR proposal, will evaluate earthquake damages and assess needs for recovery and reconstruction.

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National Dialogue Initiative: National and Sub-regional Workshops in Africa

 

From 16-17 June 2008, Cameroon hosted a GEF National Dialogue in Yaoundé to strengthen the integration and impact of GEF Activities within their national sustainable development and poverty reduction policies.

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