Day 5
29 Sep 2002

GEF IW regional programs can be a vehicle to foster multi-country understanding, communication and cooperation between countries where it otherwise may not have been occurring (Nile, BCLME, Tumen, Gulf of Aqaba, etc.)

There were eight presentations in the first session of Plenary II, focused GEF I-W initiatives in the East Asia region. Presenters introduced their respective projects and gave an accounting of the coverage, scope, issues, strategies, action prog...

The session consisted of a panel of four presentations followed by and opened discussion. The first referred to guidelines of IW focal area project indicators indicatorsrs, the presentation emphasized the need to incorporate indicators to the logi...

Presentation to the Final Plenary of the 2002 GEF International Waters Conference

Strong governmental support that stretches across all layers of government and involves a wide range of departments and agencies, complemented by complementary legislation and regulations. Sound scientific basis, linking scientists with political ...

The WSSD, in its Program of Action to meet the Millennium Development Goals for Sustainable Development, re-affirmed the ecosystem-based approach to addressing environmental concerns and issued a renewed call for action on ocean and coastal govern...

Reaching Consensus on a Program of Action (reconciling local and national priorities with regional ones)

Major factor is environment variability: warm water intrusions, from South and equatorial current. Changes distribution and productivity of stocks. Not a question of overcapacity and fishing effort overall. Need adaptive fisheries mgt. Need to...

The purpose of this track was to share experience and discuss needs for private sector involvement in GEF international waters activities. The first session focused on opportunities with the private sector. The second session focused on partnering...

What are the existing mechanisms and limitations faced by public and private sector in developing countries in establishing sustainable partnerships?

The discussion of experiences and lessons learned from freshwater basin management was based on presentations of specific lessons from four GEF projects: one at the end of project preparation (Lake Chad), one at the beginning of project implementa...

Individual capacity-building, Basin-level capacity-building, composition and financing, Ensuring long-term benefits, Sharpening tools
Variability across basin countries.

As of September 2002, the UNEP/GEF portfolio in international waters is valued at US$ 179 million, comprising 11 ongoing full size projects and 2 ongoing medium-sized projects.

National ownership should dominate over donor-drivenness in projects, National ownership means more than just high-level government buy-in: must include broad stakeholder ownership, National Action Plans should be consistent with Regional SAP, and...