ECW Home 

The GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) is a component of the GEF Country Support Programme.  The 2011 ECW in Dalat, Vietnam 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. 

Presentations

• GEF - An Introduction (history, structure)
• GEF 5 – System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (STAR)
• GEF Project Cycle and Review Process
• GEF Programmatic Approach
• GEF and the conventions
• Technology Transfer
• Adaptation Fund
• Country Support Programme
• GEF Small Grants Programme
• GEF Focal Area and Cross Cutting Strategies
• Pre-PIF Process
• Monitoring and Evaluation Policy
• Progress Report on the Impact Evaluation of GEF support in the South China Sea and South East Asia
• GEF and Civil Society and the GEF NGO Network

Countries Attending: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.