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| The Global Environment Facility (GEF) channels multilateral funds into projects initiated by people in developing countries that create global environmental benefits. GEF has grown from a pilot program to the largest single source of funding for the global environment. GEF’s mandate is to forge international cooperation and finance actions that address critical threats to the global environment: biodiversity loss, climate change, degradation of international waters, ozone depletion, desertification, and persistent organic pollutants. One hundred and seventy three countries are GEF members. GEF also provides funding to assist developing countries in meeting the objectives of international environmental conventions. The GEF serves as the "financial mechanism" for, inter alia, The Convention on Biological Diversity. |
| ASSEMBLY PROCEEDINGS |
| The Assembly is the governing body of the GEF in which representatives of all 176 member countries participate. It meets every three to four years, and is responsible for reviewing and evaluating the GEF’s general policies, the operation of the GEF, and its membership. The Assembly is also responsible for considering and approving proposed amendments to the Instrument, the set of rules by which the GEF operates. |
| RESOURCE ALLOCATION FRAMEWORK (RAF) |
| In September 2005, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council adopted the Resource Allocation Framework (RAF), a new system for allocating GEF resources to recipient countries to increase the impact of GEF funding on the global environment. The RAF allocates resources to countries based on each country’s potential to generate global environmental benefits and its capacity, policies and practices to successfully implement GEF projects. As such, the RAF builds on GEF’s existing country-driven approach and partnerships with Implementing and Executing Agencies, and provides countries with increased predictability in the allocation of GEF funds
RAF at A Glance: GEF's New Framework for Allocating Resources
Initial Strategy for Assisting Countries to Prepare for the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000)
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| CAPACITY BUILDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL |
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