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Detail of GEF Project #837
| GEF Project ID | 837 |
| IBRD PO ID | 53349 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef |
| Country | Regional |
| Region | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 2 |
| PDF-A Approval Date | 1997-10-20 |
| PDF-B Approval Date | 1998-12-18 |
| PDF-B(Supplemental Approval Date | 2000-07-06 |
| Approval Date | 2000-07-01 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 2001-04-17 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2001-05-22 |
| Project Completion Date | 2006-06-30 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| Executing Agency | Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD) Sistema de Integracion CentroAmericano (SICA) |
| Description | The Regional MBR System Project would assist the countries of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras to strengthen and coordinate national policies, regulations, and institutional arrangements for marine ecosystem conservation and sustainable use, with a particular focus on transboundary issues. These would include: standardizing ecosystem monitoring for development of a regional information system; harmonizing regulations and enforcement mechanisms related to effluent standards, management of shared fish stocks, and EA/zoning requirements for coastal development and tourism; and disseminating information on the regional MBR conservation initiative to the regional and international community. |
| Implementation Status | Project has been downgraded from satisfactory to moderately satisfactory because of the delay on the part of the Mexican Government to sign off on the common policy framework governing shared MBRS resources. Regional coordination is highly satisfactory in that there is tangible ownership of the project by all four countries and joint participation in all project activities. This is due in no small part to the skillful management of project priorities, relations with counterparts and potential donors, and oversight of project activities (including Financial Management and Procurement) and by the Project Coordinator and his team. Contract with UNDP has been terminated (as of December 2004), the RCU has full responsibility for procurement and disbursement functions. |
| PDF A Amount | 25,000 USD |
| PDF B Amount | 350,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 10,100,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 10,616,100 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 7,160,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 17,776,100 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 1,180,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 11,000,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 13,200,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 24,716,100 USD |
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