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Detail of GEF Project #2824
| GEF Project ID | 2824 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework |
| Country | Egypt |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 1; 2; 3; 4; 13 |
| Approval Date | 2006-02-08 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2006-10-30 |
| Project Completion Date | 2011-07-01 |
| Project Status | Project Completion |
| GEF Agency | UNEP |
| Executing Agency | Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency |
| Description | The overall goal of the project is that by 2009 Egypt has a workable and transparent national biosafety framework, in line with its national development priorities and international obligations. The inmediate objectives are to assit Egypt to: - have a fully functional and responsive regulatory regime in line with CP and national needs - have a functional national system for handling requests, performing risk assessment, decision-making, performing administrative tasks, handling, storing and exchanging information in line with the BCH requirements - have a functional national system for follow-up, namely monitoring of environmental effects and enforcement - have a functional national system for public awareness, education, participation and access to information |
| Implementation Status | Project in appraisal. |
| GEF Project Grant | 908,100 USD |
| GEF Grant | 908,100 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 1,389,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 2,297,100 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 81,729 USD |
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