GEF National Consultative Dialogue Initiative

This project seeks to continue and enhance the efforts of the GEF to: (i) promote in-depth understanding of the GEF’s strategic directions and programming modalities; (ii) strengthen country coordination and ownership in GEF operations and project implementation review, and (iii) achieve greater mainstreaming of GEF activities into national planning frameworks and coordination and synergies amongst the GEF focal areas and convention issues at the national level. The project will also contribute to strengthening the capacity of national focal points. The project will be organized over a four-year period as a collaborative process between the GEF National Focal Points, the GEF Secretariat and the Implementing Agencies. The project will provide financing and a management structure for the planning and execution of multi-stakeholder consultations at the sub-regional level during its first year and at the country level in years two to four. The design of the project takes into account recommendations directly relevant to the Country Dialogue Workshops from the GEF Assembly (Beijing Declaration), the Third Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund, and the Second Overall Performance Study (OPS2).