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Annex I : List of publications

Note on Availability:

The enclosed list contains a number of documents from the GEF, its Implementing Agencies (IAs) and NGOs, which may be useful for more detail on issues raised in this Guide. GEF documents are available from a number of sources, including: their Web site (http://www.worldbank.org/html/gef/), national GEF focal points or local IA offices, the GEF Secretariat and the IA headquarters. For NGO materials contact the institution listed in the citation. Annexes II and III provide additional contact information for the key individuals and major institutions working around the GEF.

General GEF documents

GEF Quarterly Operational Reports. These provide brief descriptions of all GEF projects and their status, as well as statistics on allocation of GEF funds. They also contain a list with the names and addresses of all GEF Secretariat and IA staff, including the task (project) managers, as well as a list of published documents. If you are accredited to the GEF, you will receive the reports automatically.

GEF Council Meeting Documents. These include policy documents for GEF operations; information documents reporting to the Council on specific aspects of GEF activities; and the proposed Work Programme, containing all project proposals up for review. After each meeting, a summary (Joint Summary of the Chairs) is published, which lists the meeting's decisions and main points. Documents are denoted in the form GEF/C.6/2, which corresponds to the sequential set of documents (in this case, #6) and the document number within that set (#2).

GEF Working Papers. These papers provide more specific information on methodological approaches, and scientific, technical, policy and strategic matters. Some of these are listed below, and complete listings are included in the GEF Quarterly Operational Reports.

Project Documents. These contain specific information on projects, such as objectives, activities, implementation plans and budgets. They are not usually published by the GEF until after a project has been negotiated and approved. However, it is often possible to get drafts of these project documents, as well as technical annexes, from IA staff.

GEF publications of interest to NGOs

GEFDOC # & publication

1. GEF. July 1997. Global Environmental Facility: Medium-sized Project Kit.

2. GEF. July 1997. Progress Report: Study of GEF Project Lessons.

3. GEF. June 1997. The Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme.

4. GEF. April 1997. Follow-up Action to the STAP Workshop on Land Degradation. CouncilMeeting (GEF/C.9/6).

5. GEF. April 1997. Joint Summary of the Chairs: GEF Council Meeting, April 30 – May 1, 1997. Council Meeting (GEF/C.9/9/Rev.1).

6. GEF. April 1997. Principles for GEF Financing of Targeted Research. Council Meeting (GEF/C.9/5).

7. GEF. April 1997. GEF Operational Programs.

8. GEF. March 1997. Terms of Reference: For Study of GEF's Overall Performance.

9. GEF. October 1996. Framework and Work Program for GEF's Monitoring, Evaluation and Dissemination Activities. Council Meeting (GEF/C.8/4).

10. GEF. June 1996. Public Involvement in GEF-Financed Projects.

11. GEF. March 1996. The GEF Project Cycle.

12. GEF. 1996. Operational Strategy.

13. GEF. October 1995. Engaging the Private Sector. Council Meeting (GEF/C.6/Inf.4).

14. GEF. May 1995. General Requirements for a Coordinated GEF-Wide Monitoring and Evaluation System. Council Meeting (GEF/C.4/6).

15. GEF. February 1995. Criteria for Selection of NGOs to Attend/Observe Council Meetings and Information on NGO Consultations. Council Meeting (GEF/C.3/5).

16. GEF. February 1995. The Project Development and Preparation Facility. Council Meeting (GEF/C.3/6).

17. GEF. 1995. Capacity Building Requirements for Global Environmental Protection. J. Ohiorhenuan & S. Wunker. Working Paper #12.

18. GEF. 1995. Incremental Costs for Biodiversity Conservation. D. Pearce & S. Barrett. Working Paper.

19. GEF. 1995. The Restructured GEF: Questions and Answers.

20. GEF. November 1994. Rules of Procedure for the GEF Council.

21. GEF. November 1994. Incremental Costs and Financing Modalities. Council Meeting (GEF/C.2/6/Rev.2).

22. GEF. October 1994. The Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility.

23. GEF. 1993. First Time Round: Creating the Global Environmental Facility. H. Sjoberg. Working Paper #10.

24. UNDP. April 1997. NGO Participation in UNDP/GEF Projects.

25. UNDP. October 1996. NGO Participation in UNDP/GEF Projects.

26. UNDP. Annual. The GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF/SGP) Country Progress Reports.

27. UNDP/UNEP/World Bank. 1994. Global Environmental Facility: Independent Evaluation of the Pilot Phase.

28. UNEP. May 1996. Report of the Consultative Meeting Between NGOs and UNEP/GEF.

29. World Bank. April 1997. The World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility.

30. World Bank. 1995. Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity: Toward a Strategy for World Bank Assistance. Environment Department Papers, Biodiversity Series Paper #14.

NGO Papers

Ad Hoc NGO Working Group. 1997. Partners or Hired Hands? Procurement Reform for Effective Collaboration between NGOs and Multilateral Institutions: The Case of the Global Environment Facility.

Contact: The Nature Conservancy.

Aggarwal-Khan, Sheila. July 1997. Promoting Coherence: Towards an Effective Global Environment Facility. Contact: Netherlands Committee for IUCN (Plantage Middenlaan 2B, 1018 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Tel: +31-20-626.1732; Fax: +31-20-627.9349; E-mail: mail@nciucn.nl ).

Annis, Sheldon. March 1996. Promoting Partnership between UNDP-GEF and NGOs: An Agenda to Improve Existing Practices. Contact: S. Annis (Tel: +1-617-631.9431; Fax: +1-617-631.5413; E-mail: annis@bu.edu ).

Birdlife International. June 1996. The Global Environment Facility: A Briefing for Birdlife International Partner Organisations. Contact: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Bowles, Ian & Glenn T. Prickett 1994. Reframing the Green Window: An Analysis of the GEF Pilot Phase Approach to Biodiversity and Global Warming and Recommendations for the Operational Phase.

Contact: Conservation International.

Climate Network Europe. 1995. Getting the Right Mix: Participation in GEF Climate Change Projects.

GEF-NGO Working Group. February 1996. Promoting Strategic Partnerships between the GEF and the NGO Community. Available as GEF Council Meeting Document (GEF/C.7/Inf.8).

Griffin, Jeff. 1997. De-Mystifying the Global Environment Facility (GEF): A User's Guide to Getting Funding for Biodiversity and International Waters Projects. Contact: IUCN-US. IUCN. 1995. Commentaries on Draft GEF Operational Strategies for International Waters and Biodiversity. Contact: IUCN-US.

Jordan, Andrew. 1994. The Global Environment Facility, The Financial Mechanism of the Convention on Climate Change and the Role Played by Eastern European Countries. In Climate Change and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Contact: Polish Ecological Club.

Mittermeier, R. A. & I. Bowles. May 1993. The GEF and Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons to Date and Recommendations for Future Action. Contact: Conservation International.

Reed, David. The Global Environment Facility: Sharing Responsibility for the Biosphere. Contact:

WWF International Policy Office.

Wells, Michael. March 1996. NGO Participation in World Bank GEF Projects: A Report for the GEF-NGO Working Group. Contact: M. Wells (Tel: +47-32-841542; Fax: +47-32-840827; E-mail: michaelw@sn.no ).

Wolf, A. and D. Reed, 1993. The Global Environmental Facility: Incremental Cost Analysis in Addressing Global Environmental Problems. Contact: WWF International Policy Office.

WWF International. The Southern Green Fund: Views from the South on the Global Environment Facility. Contact: WWF Conservation Policy Division (Ave du Mont-Blanc, CH-1196, Gland, Switzerland; Tel: +41-22-364.9111; Fax: +41-22-364.5829; E-mail: postmaster@wwfnet.org ).