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Detail of GEF Project #1053
| GEF Project ID | 1053 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 1119 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Sustainable Management of Globally Significant Endemic Ruminant Livestock of West Africa |
| Country | Regional |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 13 |
| PDF-A Approval Date | 2000-08-22 |
| Pipeline Entry Date | 2001-05-14 |
| PDF-B Approval Date | 2001-09-25 |
| Approval Date | 2004-09-27 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 2007-05-14 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2007-06-28 |
| Project Status | Under Implementation |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Gambia (Department of Livestock Services) Guinea (Direction Nationale de l’Elevage) Mali (Direction Nationale de la Conservation de la Nature) Senegal (Direction de l’Elevage) |
| Description | The overall goal of the project is to ensure sustainable populations of targeted endemic ruminant livestock breeds in four West African countries, in order to improve rural economies and to ensure the conservation of these breeds and their globally unique genetic traits. The specific objectives of the project are: a) Establishment of effective models for community based management of endemic ruminant livestock and their habitat at project pilot sites; b) Enhanced productivity of purebred species through selective breeding and production improvements; c) Implementation of incentive schemes to foster optimal valorization of endemic livestock, improved marketing and distribution channels for dairy products and crafts, and increased off take and exports of endemic purebreds to neighboring countries; d) Harmonized sub-regional policies for livestock management, including transhumance (herd movements); e) A system of regional information sharing, cooperation and exchanges relevant to endemic ruminant livestock. |
| Implementation Status | Co-financing from the AfDB has been confirmed, as well as the financing modality (parallel). The Bank chose ITC as executing agency. During the PAC meeting, the management and execution arrangements proposed by ILRI did not meet the consent of all parties. New management arrangements and execution modalities (execution by UNOPS which will subcontract ILRI for some project activies) are currently under discussion. The submission of the project document for CEO endorsement is planned for December 2006. |
| PDF A Amount | 25,000 USD |
| PDF B Amount | 470,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 10,000,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 10,495,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 19,593,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 30,088,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 866,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 10,000,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 36,586,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 47,081,000 USD |
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