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GEF Commits $63 Million to Help Preserve Coral Triangle.

Joint Summary of the Chairs of the GEF Council Meeting, 22-25 April, 2008.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the tenth special session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum “Mobilizing Finance for the Climate Challenge”, Monaco, 20-22 February 2008.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Tenth Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum “Mobilizing Finance for the Climate Challenge”, Monaco, 20-22 February 2008

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Elements for the four-year (2010-2014) framework for programme priorities related to utilization of GEF resources for biodiversity, and recommendations to enhance the process of formulating and consolidating guidance to the financial mechanism

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft message on biological diversity and finance to the International Conference on Financing for Development

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Guidance to the financial mechanism: Compilation of the past guidance provided by the Conference of the Parties to the Global Environment Facility

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Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives: Submission from the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility

Third meeting of the informal consultation on the development of a strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives Rome, Italy, 16 February 200

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/62119 (2008-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the third meeting of the informal consultation on the development of a strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives will be held on Saturday, 16 February 2008, from 09:00 am to10:30 am, at the headquarters of the ...

Second meeting of the Informal Consultations on the Development of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization

20 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland

UNEP/CBD/RC-RMS/2/2

Draft Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of the Achievement of the Convention’s Objectives

UNEP/CBD/RC-RMS/2/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/RC-RMS/2/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/RC-RMS/2/INF/3

Draft of a Message on Finance and Biological Diversity to the Follow-Up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus

UNEP/CBD/RC-RMS/2/INF/2

Background Note for Informal Consultation “Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of the Achievement of the Convention’s Objectives”

UNEP/CBD/RC-RMS/2/INF/1

Compilation of Submissions on the Development of a Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of the Achievement of the Convention’s Objectives

Second meeting of the informal consultation on the development of a strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives, Geneva, Switzerland, 20 January 2008

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/61250 (2007-161)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the second meeting of the informal consultation on the development of a strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives will be held on Sunday, 20 January 2008, from 09:00 to 10:30 am, at the International Environmen ...

Outcomes of the thirty-second meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Washington DC, USA, 14-16 November 2007

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/60872 (2007-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to convey, for your information, the outcomes of the thirty-second meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) - the designated institutional structure operating the financial mechanism of the Convention.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Thirty-second Meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Washington, D.C., 12 November 2007

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the Thirty-second Meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Washington, D.C., 12 November 2007

Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s three objectives

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/60445 (2007-129)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am very pleased to forward to you the draft strategy on resources mobilization reflecting the preliminary comments and views made during the first informal consultation with Parties and relevant organizations, held on 13 October 2007, at the headquarters of the Secretariat in Montreal, Canada.

Informal Consultations on the Development of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of Implementation of the Convention

13 October 2007, Montreal, Canada

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Background Note for Informal Consultation - "Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of the Achievement of the Convention’s Objectives"

Background note for the informal consultations on the development of the strategy for resource mobilization to support implementation of the Convention, 13 October 2007, SCBD Joke Waller-Hunter Conference Room, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59282 (2007-117)
To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations

Pursuant to Recommendation 2/2, paragraph 2(b), of the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), and further to my earlier Notification (2007-090) dated 18 July 2007, I hereby forward to you a background note prepared to facilit ...

Comments Invited on the Approach Paper for a Mid-Term Evaluation of the GEF Resource Allocation Framework

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59448 (2007-098)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to convey the message from the Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility.

Technical Report on National/Regional Environmental Funds: Call for Papers.

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/57985 (2007-087)
To: CBD Focal Points and National/Regional Environmental Funds

A Technical Report on National/Regional Environmental Funds is being prepared by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to facilitate the implementation of Decision VIII/13, paragraph 7, in which the Conference of the Parties recommended to Parties, Governments and funding ins ...

Views and further suggestions on a strategy for resource mobilization to support the implementation of the Convention as well as a message on Biodiversity and Financing for Development.

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59255 (2007-088)
To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations

In Recommendation 2/2, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) requested the Executive Secretary, to seek views and further suggestions from Parties, other Governments, regional economic integration groups, partner organizations, donors, and obs ...

Views on elements for the four-year (2010-2014) framework for programme priorities related to the utilization of GEF resources for biodiversity, as well as ways and means to enhance the process of formulating and consolidating guidance to the financial mechanism.

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59256 (2007-089)
To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations

In Recommendation 2/3, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2) invited Parties and Governments, relevant organizations and the GEF, to submit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity their views on elements for the four-year ...

Informal consultations on the development of the strategy for resource mobilization to support implementation of the Convention, 13 October 2007, Joke Waller-Hunter Conference Room, SCBD, Montreal, Canada.

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/59282 (2007-090)
To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations

Pursuant to Recommendation 2/2, paragraph 2(b), of the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), the Executive Secretary is inviting Parties, other Governments, regional economic integration groups, partner organizations, donors ...

Recommendation 2/3

Streamlining the guidance provided to the Global Environment Facility as the institutional structure operating the financial mechanism of the convention

Call for Tenders: Third Review of the Effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Questionnaire for the Third Review of the Effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/57189 (2007-010)
To: CBD National Focal Points and other stakeholders

At its eighth meeting held in Curitiba, Brazil, the Conference of the Parties decided, in decision VIII/13, paragraph 11, “to make the necessary arrangements for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism to be conducted in time for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the P ...

Consultations and GEF Council Meeting

4 - 8 December 2006, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Twenty-eight GEF Council Meeting

4 - 8 December 2006, Washington D.C., United States of America

Decision VIII/13 on Review of Implementation of Article 20 (Financial resources) and Article 21 (Financial mechanism), Paragraph 7

Reference: SCBD/ITS/AD/YX/av/56129 (2006-105)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity and relevant partner organizations

I would appreciate receiving submissions from your government/organization in response to COP decision VIII/13, paragraph 7. As set out in decision VIII/13, information on national and regional environmental funds as well as related knowledge transfer and exchange will be submitted to the consid ...

Decision VIII/13 on Review of Implementation of Article 20 (Financial resources) and Article 21 (Financial mechanism)

Reference: SCBD/AD/YX/55949 (2006-096)
To: National Focal Points of the CBD and relevant partners

As set out in decision VIII/13, options for resource mobilization including innovative financial mechanisms and a draft strategy for resource mobilization will be first considered by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention to be held in July 2007, and th ...

Initial GEF-4 indicative allocations for all countries eligible for funding in the biodiversity and climate change focal areas

Reference: SCBD/ITS/AD/YX/55968 (2006-097)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Please find attached a document listing the initial GEF-4 indicative allocations for all countries eligible for funding in the biodiversity and climate change focal areas, which was issued by the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility on 15 September 2006.

Decision VIII/18 on Guidance to the Financial Mechanism: Consultation with the Parties on opportunities for streamlining the guidance

Reference: SCBD/AD/YX/55806 (2006-093)
To: National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity

I would appreciate receiving the views of your government in response to the COP8 decision. As set out in decision VIII/18, the opportunities for streamlining the guidance provided to the Global Environment Facility will be first considered by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of the ...

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity delivers remarks to the Third Assembly of the Global Environment Facility.

Third GEF Assembly

29 - 30 August 2006, Cape Town, South Africa

Consultations and GEF Council Meeting

5 - 9 June 2006, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Finance and Biodiversity Working Meeting

28 April 2006, New York, United States of America

Open-ended WG on the Rules of Procedure and the Financial Rules of the Governing Body, Compliance and the Funding Strategy

14 - 17 December 2005, Rome, Italy

Twenty-seventh GEF Council Meeting

7 - 10 November 2005, Washington D.C., United States of America

Recommendation 1/4

Mechanisms for implementation: financial resources and financial mechanism

Twenty-fifth GEF Council Meeting

6 - 10 June 2005, Washington D.C., United States of America

Reference: SCBD/I&O/YX/45951 (2004-108)
To: CBD National Focal Points Relevant stakeholders involved in project preparation and implementation

I have the pleasure of informing Parties and Governments as well as those who are A compilation of guidance provided to the financial mechanism by the Conference of the Parties from its first to seventh meetings has been posted on the website of the Convention.

Twenty-fourth GEF Council Meeting

17 - 19 November 2004, Washington D.C., United States of America

GEF NGO Consultation

16 November 2004, Washington D.C., United States of America