Community Based Flood and Glacial Lake Outburst Risk Reduction
Project Summary
Reduce human and material losses from Glacial Lake Outburst Flooding (GLOF) in Solukhumbu district and catastrophic flooding events in the Terai and Churia Range of Nepal.
Project Details
| GEF Project ID | 4551 |
| Project Type | Full-size Project |
| Status | Project Approved |
| Country | Nepal |
| Region | |
| Focal Areas | |
| Funding Source | Least Developed Countries Fund |
| Implementing Agencies | United Nations Development Programme |
| Executing Agencies | Ministry of Environment, Science, and Technology (MoEST) |
| GEF Period: | GEF - 5 |
| Approval Fiscal Year: | 2012 |
Financials
| Project Preparation Grant Amount | 63,500 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 6,300,000 USD |
| Co-financing Total | 20,352,510 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 630,000 USD |
| Total Cost | 26,716,010.00 USD |
Project Timeline
Received by GEF
31 May 2011
Preparation Grant Approved
27 Jul 2011
Concept Approved
25 Aug 2011
Project Approved for Implementation
20 Mar 2013
Project closed