Promotion of Sustainable Charcoal in Angola through a Value Chain Approach
Project Summary
To reduce the current unsustainable and GHG-intensive mode of charcoal production and utilization from Angola’s Miombo woodlands via an integrated set of interventions in the national charcoal value chain.
Project Details
| GEF Project ID | 5719 |
| Project Type | Full-size Project |
| Status | Project Approved |
| Country | Angola |
| Region | |
| Focal Areas | |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Implementing Agencies | United Nations Development Programme |
| Executing Agencies | Lead implementing partner: Ministry of the Environment (MINAMB) Other partners: IDF (Instituto de Desenvolvimento Florestal de Angola) – MINADER (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/Ministério da Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural de Angola); CETAC (Centro de Ecologia Tropical e Alterações Climáticas); Ministry of Economy - The National Institute of Support to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (INAPEM); Ministry of Energy and Water (MINEA); Ministry of Commerce; Ministry of Industry; Ministry of Family (Ministério da Familia e Promoção da Mulher); Provincial Governments of Huambo, Benguela, Kwanza-Sul and/or Huila (TBD).NGOs: ADRA, CODESPA, ADPP and COSPE |
| GEF Period: | GEF - 5 |
| Approval Fiscal Year: | 2014 |
Financials
| Project Preparation Grant Amount | 100,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 4,620,000 USD |
| Co-financing Total | 18,711,700 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 438,900 USD |
| Total Cost | 23,431,700.00 USD |
Project Timeline
Received by GEF
06 Mar 2014
Preparation Grant Approved
01 Apr 2014
Concept Approved
01 May 2014
Project Approved for Implementation
01 Jun 2016
Project closed