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Detail of GEF Project #3855
| GEF Project ID | 3855 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Strengthening the Implementation of Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing Regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Country | Regional |
| Region | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Strategic Program | BD-8 |
| PIF Approval Date | 2009-04-07 |
| Approval Date | 2011-03-22 |
| Project Status | CEO Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNEP |
| Executing Agency | UNEP-DELC, CAN, CCAD, OTCA, CARICOM, IUCN and WIPO |
| Description | (1): To strengthen the capacity of countries to develop, implement and apply the CBD provisions related to access to genetic resources and benefit sharing as well as to traditional knowledge associated to these resources. (2): To increment the understanding and the negotiation skills of countries regarding ABS agreements /contracts, in a way that will contribute to align bioprospecting projects and national ABS decisions with the CBD, while also benefit progress under the CBD's International ABS Regime |
| GEF Project Grant | 850,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 850,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 600,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 1,450,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 85,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant (CEO Appr.) | 850,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Appr.) | 952,166 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Appr.) | 1,802,170 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees (CEO Appr.) | 85,000 USD |
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