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Enhancing Transboundary Environmental Management: Insights from GEF Multicountry Projects

This report, authored by Dr. Juha I. Uitto, presents key findings from a 1999/2000 thematic review of 36 GEF projects across multiple countries, primarily focused on International Waters and Biodiversity. It outlines the essential conditions for successful collaboration, emphasizing the importance of political commitment, broad-based stakeholder participation, and multiple institutional levels. The review highlights GEF's crucial facilitative role in transboundary environmental challenges, the need to address root causes of degradation, and emphasizes the integration of monitoring and evaluation processes to sustain project outcomes.

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Enhancing Transboundary Environmental Management: Insights from GEF Multicountry Projects

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  1. Multicountry Project Arrangements Dr. Juha I. Uitto GEF Monitoring and Evaluation (juitto@worldbank.org)

  2. Objectives • Thematic Review carried out in 1999/2000 • To learn from GEF projects involving two or more countries: -> What works and what doesn’t? -> Under what circumstances? • Review of 36 projects, mostly in International Waters (some Biodiversity)

  3. GEF’s Facilitative Role • GEF can play an important role in facilitating approaches and helping countries deal with transboundary environmental problems • Complex multicountry and multi-implementing agency structures require careful preparation and longer timeframes

  4. Shared Vision/Commitment • Can be facilitated by initial strategic projects • Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) can help countries to move towards a Strategic Action Program (SAP) of country-specific and regional actions

  5. Broad-based Participation • Political commitment required • Regional agreement or convention useful • Involve all stakeholders: public and private sectors, scientific community, civil society • NGOs can ensure transparency and political support

  6. Multiple Levels of Institutions • International: Treaty or Convention • National: Inter-Ministerial Committees • Sub-national: On-the-ground action • Information dissemination and public awareness • Sustainability of institutions

  7. Addressing Root Causes of Environmental Degradation • Need to diagnose and address root causes, including social and economic issues • Combine GEF projects in packages of finance with implementing agencies that address also development issues and national benefits

  8. Monitoring and Evaluation • Transparency in project progress and results • Identify problem areas and delays • Indicators at three levels: process, stress reduction, environmental status • M&E integrated in regular functions of countries/cooperative arrangements to ensure sustainability

  9. Full report available: • In hard copy: Monitoring and Evaluation Working Paper 3, September 2000 • Soon coming on the Web: www.gefweb.org

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