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Final Report For Caribbean ECW

The GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) is a component of the GEF Country Support Programme.  The 2011 Caribbean Region 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 and procedures 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. 

English Presentations

• GEF - An Introduction (history, structure)
• GEF 5 – System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (STAR)
• GEF Project Cycle and Review Process
• GEF Programmatic Approach
• Country Support Programme
• GEF and the conventions:
• Reports to the conventions
• Technology Transfer
• Adaptation Fund
• GEF Small Grants Programme
• GEF and Civil Society – (including the NGO network)
• GEF Focal Area and Cross Cutting Strategies
• GEF Agencies Panel
• Pre-PIF Process and How to Prepare A PIF
• Monitoring and Evaluation Policy and other issues
• STAP

Countries Attending: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.