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Detail of GEF Project #2189
| GEF Project ID | 2189 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 2368 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Initial Assistance to the Union of the Comoros for Enabling Activities to Implement the Stockholm Convention on POPs |
| Country | Comoros |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | POPs |
| Operational Program | 14 |
| Approval Date | 2003-07-31 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2005-02-11 |
| Project Status | IA Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Environment Directorate with technical assistance UNITAR |
| Description | The objective of the project is to create sustainable capacity and facilitate a country-driven approach to enable the three autonomous islands making up the Union of the Comoros to meet their obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including initial preparation of a POPs Implementation Plan, and addressing broader chemicals safety and management issues as articulated in Chapter 19 of Agenda 21. The Implementation Plan describes how the Union of the Comoros will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and manage POPs contaminated sites in the country in an environmentally sound manner. |
| GEF Project Grant | 390,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 390,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 35,600 USD |
| Project Cost | 425,600 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 54,000 USD |
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