ECW Home

The GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) is a component of the GEF Country Support Programme.  The 2011 ECW brought together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and POPs), representatives from civil society and representatives from GEF agencies. The purpose of the workshop is to keep these stakeholders abreast of GEF strategies, policies andprocedures and to encourage coordination, interact with staff from the GEF Secretariat and the GEF Agencies and discuss priority issues and share lessons and experiences from the development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks.

Presentations

• GEF - An Introduction (history, structure)
• GEF 5 – System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (STAR)
• GEF Project Cycle and Review Process
• GEF Programmatic Approach
• Monitoring and Evaluation Policy in the GEF
• GEF Focal Area and Cross Cutting Strategies
• Biodiversity
• Land Degradation
• International Waters
• Sustainable Forest Management
• Climate Change
• Chemicals
• LDCF/SCCF
• Capacity Development

• GEF and the conventions
• Technology Transfer
• Adaptation Fund
• Pre-PIF Process, How to Prepare A PIF and Review of a PIF
• GEF Agencies Panel
• Country Support Programme
• GEF Small Grants Programme
• GEF and Civil Society

Countries Attending: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan + Armenia, Belarus, and Russian Federation