Financial Mechanism and Resources

Biosafety projects financed by GEF

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/13/12/Add.1, 2016: Program 5 of the GEF-6 biodiversity strategy “Implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,” provides guidance for countries to seek support on biosafety using resources from their country allocation. During the reporting period, the GEF funded one country-based project (Malaysia) in support of the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. GEF invested $1.0 million leveraging $2.0 million in co-financing. In addition, the GEF provided funding through three regional umbrella projects for the third national reports, “Support to Preparation of the Third National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety” (Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe Africa, and Asia-Pacific) for a total GEF grant amount for the three projects of $3.96 million which leveraged an additional $3.1 million of cofinance.
Project title (and source of information) Agency GEF grants $ million Total finance $ million
Malaysia: Institutional Capacity to Enhance Biosafety Practices in Malaysia UNEP 0.995 3.98
Regional (Africa): Support to Preparation of the Third National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety UNEP 1.36855 2.59
Regional (Asia and the Pacific): Support to Preparation of the Third National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety UNEP 1.099 2.094
Regional (GRULAC and CEE): Support to Preparation of the Third National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety UNEP 1.15295 2.178

GEF Report UNEP/CBD/COP/12/14/Add.1, 16 July 2014
Project title (and source of information) Agency GEF grants $ million Total finance $ million
Global: UNEP-GEF Project for Sustainable Capacity Building for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) UNEP 4.7 14.425
Mauritania: Stocktaking and Update of National Biosafety Framework of Mauritania UNEP 0. 878 1.808
Regional: Multi-Country Project to Strengthen Institutional Capacity on LMO Testing in Support of National Decision-making (Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Congo DR) UNEP 3.86 10.4
Sri Lanka: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework in Accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) FAO 2.366 4.732
Venezuela: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework in Venezuela in Accordance to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety UNEP 1.86 8.532

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/11/8, 17 September 2012
Project title (and source of information) Agency GEF grants $ million Total finance $ million
Global: Support to Preparation of the Second National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety-Africa - 42 countries UNEP 0.99 1.834
Global: Support to Preparation of the Second National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety-North Africa (NA), Asia (A), Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) -41 countries UNEP 0.97 1.79
Global: Support to Preparation of the Second National Biosafety Reports to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety-:Latin America, Caribbean and Pacific Regions – 39 countries UNEP 0.924 1.7

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/10/6, 2 August 2010
The GEF Council approved the Program Document for GEF Support to Biosafety in GEF-4 at its April 2008 meeting. The Program shapes the GEF strategy for financing biosafety under GEF-4 and beyond, through which GEF Agencies with a comparative advantage in biosafety can provide support to countries. The GEF approved 37 projects for the Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks (NBF) and related obligations to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety which covered 46 countries totaling $35.2 million while leveraging co-financing of $43.0 million for a total of $78.2 million. The GEF also approved a project in support of the Biosafety Clearing House in strengthening the national capacities to effectively access and use of the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) in up to 50 countries: contributed $2.5 million and leveraged an additional $2.5 million in co-financing.
Project title (and source of information) Agency GEF grants $ million Total finance $ million
Albania: Capacity Building for the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.558 0.8646
Bangladesh: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0. 884 1.417
Bhutan: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Bhutan UNEP 0. 869 1.723
Cambodia: BS Building Capacity for the Detection and Monitoring of LMOs in Cambodia Biosafety Program UNEP 0.656528 1.656
Cameroon: BS Development and Institution of A National Monitoring and Control System (Framework) for Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) and Invasive Alien Species (IAS) UNEP 2.4 10.8
Costa Rica: BS Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.718873 1.469
Cuba: Completion and Strengthening of the Cuban National Biosafety Framework for the Effective Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol UNEP 0.9 1.796
Ecuador: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.665818 1.3266
El Salvador: Contributing to the Safe use of Biotechnology UNEP 0.9 1.925
Ethiopia: Implementation of Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety through Effective Implementation of National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.6 1.3
Ghana: BS Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework for Ghana UNEP 0.636364 1.436
Global: Project for Continued Enhancement of Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the BCH II UNEP 2.5 5.015
Guatemala: Development of Biosafety Mechanisms to Strengthen the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol in Guatemala UNEP 0.616364 1.106
India: BS Capacity Building on Biosafety for Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol - Phase II under the Biosafety Program UNEP 2.727273 8.727
Indonesia: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.830196 1.539
Iran: Building National Capacity to Implement the National Biosafety Framework of Islamic Republic of Iran and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety UNEP 0.749 1.6
Jordan: Support for the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework for Jordan UNEP 0.884 1.789
Lao PDR: Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of LAO PDR UNEP 0.995 1.5
Lesotho: Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Lesotho UNEP 0.884806 1.052
Liberia: Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Liberia UNEP 0.577679 1.1
Libya: Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework for Libya UNEP 0.9081 1.858
Macedonia: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.407 0.643
Madagascar: Support for Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Madagascar UNEP 0.61385 0.9
Mongolia: Capacity Building for Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.3818 0.7168
Mozambique: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Mozambique UNEP 0.755 0.94
Namibia: Institutional Capacity Building towards the implementation of the Biosafety Act 2006 and related obligations of the CPB UNEP 0.51 0.906
Nigeria: Support for the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Nigeria UNEP 0.965 2.011
Panama: Consolidation of National Capacities for the Full Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Panama UNEP 0.954927 1.95
Peru: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.811804 1.71
Regional: Latin-America: Communication and Public Awareness Capacity-Building for Compliance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety World Bank 0.9 1.92
Regional (Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines): BS Regional Project for Implementing National Biosafety Frameworks in the Caribbean Sub-region - under the GEF Biosafety Program UNEP 3.344 7.112
Regional (Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Suriname): BS Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks in Caribbean Sub Region Countries of Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Guyana and Suriname in the Context of a Regional Project UNEP 2.62845 5.779
Rwanda: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework for Rwanda UNEP 0.645455 1.61
Syria: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework for Syria UNEP 0.875 1.828
Tajikistan: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Republic of Tajikistan UNEP 0.84 1.38
Turkey: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.54265 1.29
Turkmenistan: Capacity Building for the Development of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.2846 0.452

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/9/9, 2 May 2008
The GEF Council, at its meeting in December 2006, approved the Strategy for Financing Biosafety as an interim basis for the development of projects for implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and in September 2007, approved the biosafety strategy as part of the Biodiversity Focal Area Strategy and Strategic Programming for GEF-4. 13 projects addressing biosafety were approved under the interim approach for a total of $16.82 million of GEF resources and $ 32.17 million of co-financing.
Project title (and source of information) Agency GEF grants $ million Total finance $ million
Cambodia: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Cambodia UNEP 0.64128 1.1
Czech Republic: Support for the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.4524 1.885
Egypt: Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.9081 2.2971
Estonia: Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.669 0.953
Lithuania: Support for the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.6874 1.0914
Mauritius: Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.4278 0.6357
Moldova: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.54235 0.68935
Regional (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Togo): West African Regional Biosafety Program World Bank 5.4 20.94
Regional (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru): Latin America: Multi-country Capacity-building for Compliance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety World Bank 4 14
Slovak Republic: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Slovakia UNEP 0.466 0.605
Tanzania: Support the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.7773 1.3916
Tunisia: Capacity Building for the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.8489 1.76816
Vietnam: Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.9978 1.6348

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/8/10, 6 February 2006
The GEF Council, at its June 2005 meeting, approved an interim approach to the financing of biosafety capacity building activities, and at its meeting in November 2015, approved the elements as a basis for the development of a strategy to guide the provision of GEF assistance to support the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Project title (and source of information) Agency GEF grants $ million Total finance $ million
Global: Add-on to the Development of National Biosafety Frameworks Project for 20 additional countries UNEP 5.218 5.218
Global: Add-on to the Development of National Biosafety Frameworks Project for 10 countries UNEP 2.609 2.609
Global: Building Capacity for the Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) UNEP 4.615 4.965
Global: Add-on to the Building Capacity for the Effective Participation in the BCH Project for 89 countries UNEP 8.906 9.956
Regional: Biosafety in Centers of Biodiversity: Building Technical Capacity in Latin America for Safe Deployment of Transgenic Crops World Bank 5 5

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/7/9, 17 December 2004
Project on Development of National Biosafety Frameworks helped one hundred nineteen countries to develop drafts for their national biosafety frameworks through national surveys and in consultation with stakeholders.
Project title Agency GEF grants $ million Total finance $ million
Bulgaria: Support for the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework for Bulgaria UNEP 0.41 0.50
Cameroon: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework for Cameroon UNEP 0.56 0.67
China: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of China UNEP 0.99 1.27
Colombia: Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol World Bank 1.00 4.48
Cuba: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Cuba UNEP 0.65 0.93
India: Capacity Building for Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol World Bank 1.00 3.07
Malaysia: Capacity Building for Implementation of Malaysia's National Biosafety Framework UNDP 0.91 5.21
Mexico: Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety UNDP 1.46 6.40
Namibia: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.67 0.91
Kenya: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.51 0.62
Poland: Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework UNEP 0.46 2.62
Uganda: Support for the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework within the context of the Cartagena Protocol UNEP 0.56 0.64

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/6/9, 12 February 2002
In November, 2000, the Council approved the GEF's Initial Strategy for Assisting Countries to Prepare for the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Global: Development of National Biosafety Frameworks, UNEP, GEF grant US$26.09, total project costs US$38.43

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/5/7, 14 December 1999
Under the national component of the Pilot Biosafety Enabling Activity Project, 18 countries participated in the project and most of them have submitted their National Biosafety Frameworks. In addition, the project also catered for a global component, whereby 8 regional workshops on biosafety (2 per region) were held as follows: Latin America and the Caribbean, Central/Eastern European Region, Africa Region, Asia/Pacific Region. The project is now in its completion stage.

GEF Report: UNEP/CBD/COP/4/15, 27 February 1998
Global (Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Kenya, Hungary, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Pakistan, Poland, Russian Federation, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia): Pilot Biosafety Enabling Activity Project (Component 1): UNEP, GEF grant US$1.98 million, total project cost US$1.98 million