Global Environment Facility : independent evaluation of the pilot phase

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Acronyms and Initials = ⅸ
• Executive Summary = xi
• 1. Introduction = 1
• 2. Assessment Overview and Recommendations = 3
• Introduction = 3
• Issue 1 : Articulation of the GEF raison d'$${\mathord{\buildrel{\lower3pt\hbox{$\scriptscriptstyle\frown$}}\over e} }$$tre, objectives, and strategies = 4
• Issue 2 : Program leadership and management of the GEF as a global program facility = 7
• Issue 3 : Capacities and procedures within the implementation agencies for managing the GEF portfolio = 11
• Issue 4 : Engagement of country and community-level participation = 12
• Issue 5 : Involvement of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) = 13
• Issue 6 : Proceeding with project review and approval for the GEF Ⅱ without having a clear program strategy and criteria in place = 13
• 3. Profile of the GEF Pilot Phase = 14
• Summary = 14
• The Time Frame, Projects, and Countries for the Pilot Phase = 16
• The Five Tranches and Pace of Project Authorizations = 17
• The Four Focal Areas : Their Allocations and Evolution in the Tranches and Regions = 18
• Pilot Phase Allocations and Geographic Distribution = 19
• Implementing Agencies and the Allocation of GET Pilot Phase Resources = 20
• Project Size = 22
• The Status of GEF Project Processing and Approvals = 22
• World Bank-associated Projects and Free-standing Projects = 23
• GEF Cofinancing = 24
• The GEF Pre-investment Facilities = 26
• 4. The Policy Framework for the GEF Pilot Phase = 28
• Origins of the GEF and Implications for Policy = 28
• Expectations = 33
• GEF Policies and the Evaluators' Assessments = 35
• GEF Pilot Phase : A One-shot Experiment or a Phase? = 42
• 5. The Strategies and Projects of the GEF Focal Areas = 47
• Summary = 47
• Protecting Biodiversity = 49
• Global Warming = 57
• International Waters Protection (IWP) = 63
• Reducing Ozone Depletion = 72
• Trust Funds in GEF Projects = 74
• 6. The GEF Small Grants Programme = 80
• Summary = 80
• Introduction = 80
• Start-up and Current Compoosition of the SGP = 80
• Assessment Analysis of the SGP = 81
• Principal Recommendations = 85
• 7. The GEF and National Development = 87
• Introduction = 87
• Developing Countries' Perspectives = 87
• Developing Countries' Concerns = 88
• Environment, Development, and National Strategies = 89
• The Evaluators' Assessment = 91
• 8. The Project Development Procedures for the GEF Pilot Phase = 93
• Overview of the Project Development Procedures = 93
• Preparing Work Program Tranches = 95
• Post-Tranche Project Development = 102
• The Project Development Procedures : Assessment and Findings = 103
• Transparency and GEF Operations = 110
• Participation = 113
• GEF Pre-investment Facilities = 116
• 9. Oraganization and Management = 119
• Summary = 119
• Background = 120
• The Administrator's Office / Secretariat = 122
• UNEP = 124
• STAP = 127
• UNDP = 130
• The World Bank = 133
• Collaboration among the Implementing Agencies = 135
• The World Bank as the GEF Trust Fund Administrator = 138
• Cofinancing Arrangements = 139
• The Cost of Administering the GEF Pilot Phase = 140
• GEF Collaboration with Regional Development Banks and United Nations Agencies = 144
• Annexes
• 1. The Evaluation Work Program = 148
• 1a. First Independent Evaluation Panel Meeting : Terms of Reference = 151
• Chairman's Summary = 155
• 1b. Country Visits and In-Depth Reviews = 157
• 2. List of GET Projects = 161
• 3. List of PRIF / PPA Supported Activities = 169
• 4. World Bank and UNDP GEF Project Development Process ― Key Dates and Time Lapse = 173
• 5. Trust Funds in GEF Projects = 181
• 6. List of GEF / Small Grants Programme Countries = 185
• Independent Panel of Experts : Report to the Chairman and Participants of GEF = 187
• Tables
• 3.1 Breakdown of GET by Type of Geographic Coverage = 17
• 3.2 Countries with GET Projects by Regions = 20
• 3.3 Number of Projects and Funding by Focal Area and Regions = 20
• 3.4 World Bank GEF Projects Associated with Regular World Bank Projects = 24
• 3.5 World Bank Free-standing GEF Projects = 24
• 5.1 Amount of Cofinancing Sought by GEF Projects in Biodiversity = 56
• 9.1 GEF Pilot Phase Administrative Expenditures : FY91 - 99 by Function = 141
• 9.2 GEF Administrative / Work Program Costs Ratios = 141
• 9.3 Administrative Costs Comparison = 142
• Figures
• 3.1 Funding and Number of Projects by Tranches through the Life of the GEF Pilot Phase = 17
• 3.2 Funding and Number of Projects by Focal Areas = 18
• 3.3 Funding and Number of Projects by GEF Geographic Regions = 19
• 3.4 Funding and Number of Projects by Implementing Agency = 21
• 3.5 Status of GET-Funded Projects for the Three Implementing Agencies = 23
• 3.6 Allocation of PRIFs and PPAs by Focal Areas and Geographic Regions = 26
• 8.1 Steps in GEF Project Procedures for UNEP, UNDP, and the World Bank = 94
• Boxes
• 5.1 Conservation of African Plant Resources = 52
• 5.2 Biodiversity Institutions' Support = 54
• 5.3 Innovative Concept, Wrong Application : Large Marine Ecosystems = 71
• 6.1 Three Small Grant Projects = 81
• 9.1 Summary of Agency Responsibilities = 120
• 9.2 Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel = 128