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Detail of GEF Project #1279
| GEF Project ID | 1279 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 2001 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Gdansk Cycling Infrastructure Project |
| Country | Poland |
| Region | Europe and Central Asia |
| Focal Area | Climate Change |
| Operational Program | 11 |
| Approval Date | 2001-06-01 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2002-03-01 |
| Project Completion Date | 2006-12-31 |
| Project Status | Project Completion |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | The Polish Ecological Club - National Board |
| Description | Project rationale and objectives: The project will reduce transport-derived greenhouse gas emissions by developing a model infrastructure facility program in Gdansk to help individual citizens change their primary mode of transport from cars to bicycles. The model - and the experience gained - will be disseminated at the national level to help other local authorities develop similar, cost-efficient infrastructure measures and policies. The project objectives and activities are as follows:(a)Promote cycling as an urban transport mode in order to avoid emissions from cars and to help a more efficient use of public transport. (b)Provide a working example with a one-time investment that will give people a chance to use a less polluting, energy-efficient mode of transport safely.(c) Disseminate the experience and data collected in the project city of Gdansk among other provinces, local governments, and financial institutions focusing on environment and development.(d) Monitor and evaluate transport behaviour and costs incurred to achieve greenhouse gas mitigation and other measurable benefits.(e) Remove institutional, legal, cultural, financial, and information/ awareness barriers to wider bicycle use as a means of urban transportation |
| Implementation Status | Promotion campaign continued as well as the co-operation with selected cities (Kraków, Przemyœl and other). Dissemination of the experience and data collected during project implementation in the project city of Gdañsk among other provinces, local governments, and financial institutions focusing on environment and development has continued. |
| GEF Project Grant | 1,000,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 1,000,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 1,500,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 2,500,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 146,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 1,000,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 1,500,000 USD |
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