The objective of the Enabling Activity (EA) grant is to support countries in: (a) assessing the extent to which their current legal, policy and institutional framework allows for promptly becoming parties to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) and enables their implementation of the Agreement; (b) carrying out preparatory work in the context of their ratification, approval, acceptance or accession process towards becoming parties to the BBNJ Agreement; and (c) supporting their readiness to implement the BBNJ Agreement.
Project Details
GEF Project ID
11821
Country
Global
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Environment Programme
Approval FY
Status
Project Approved
Region
Global
Executing Agencies
Ministry of Environment (Cambodia)DEPARTMENT OF BLUE ECONOMY (Seychelles); Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia; Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (Somalia); Direction des Parcs nationaux et des Aires marines communautaires Protegees (Senegal); Convention of Biological Diversity Desk, Department of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment (Nigeria); Ministry of Land and Environment thru' the National Directorate for Environmnet (Mozambique); National Environment Service (NES) Cook Island's; TBD (Costa Rica); Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED) (Cameroon)); Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Ecuador); Ministry of Environment (Panama); Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy (Maldives); Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania)
GEF Period
GEF - 8
Project Type
Enabling Activity
Focal Areas
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund
Project Documents
Financials
USDCo-financing Total
0
GEF Project Grant
2,450,000
GEF Agency Fees
232,750
Timeline
Received by GEF
Project Approved for Implementation