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 |