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Detail of GEF Project #319
| GEF Project ID | 319 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 623 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Project |
| Country | Lao PDR |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Focal Area | Climate Change |
| Operational Program | EA |
| Approval Date | 1995-10-01 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 1996-07-29 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 1996-10-22 |
| Project Status | IA Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) |
| Description | This project aims to build capacity in Lao P.D.R. to advance national interests related to climate change. This includes capacity to respond to the UNFCCC, to more actively and effectively pursue energy and natural resource management activities related directly or indirectly to climate change abatement and adaptation, and to take advantage of new opportunities related to the procurement of funding or projects related to climate change. The direct objective of this project is to reduce the rate of growth of greenhouse gas emissions in Lao P.D.R. The project will develop an institutional mechanism to coordinate the activities that are necessary to develop policy options related to climate change and comply with the provisions of the UNFCCC, including the submission of Lao's First National Communication to the UNFCCC. |
| Implementation Status | The project activities are nearing completion. The terminal tripartite is being organized, thereafter the final TPR will be held (2nd/3rd quarter 2001). The Project team is currently formulating an "add-on" Phase II EAII proposal with UNDP CO. |
| GEF Project Grant | 313,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 313,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 313,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 313,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 100,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 413,000 USD |
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