FCCC/SBI/1997/MISC.1

20 February 1997

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UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR IMPLEMENTATION

Fifth Session

Bonn, 25-28 February 1997

Item 4 (b) of the provisional agenda

FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION

INFORMATION ON RELEVANT ACTION BY THE

COUNCIL OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

Note by the secretariat

The Conference of the Parties, at its second session, by its decision 10/CP.2 requested the Convention secretariat to make available to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), at each of its sessions, details of the financial support made available to Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention from the interim operating entity of the financial mechanism for the preparation of their initial communications, including projects in this regard proposed by each Party, the funding decisions and the date and amount of funds made available to the Party (FCCC/CP/1996/15/Add.1).

The attached table* contains information provided by the Secretariat of the

Global Environment Facility (GEF) in response to that decision.

Funds are considered available to the Parties from the date when the project documents are signed by the Parties and the implementing agencies. Such dates are listed in the column entitled "Date of Project Document Signature" in this table. In order to make it possible for Parties to start work without delay on enabling activity projects approved under expedited procedures, it was decided in July 1996 that 15 percent of the total funds for such projects may be made available to Parties as soon as the projects are approved by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the GEF, which would be before the date on which the project documents are signed.

In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, the table is reproduced in the language in which it was received and without formal editing.

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* In order to make these submissions available on electronic systems, including the World Wide Web, these contributions have been electronically scanned and/or retyped. The secretariat has made every effort to ensure the correct reproduction of the texts as submitted.

GEF PROJECTS RELATED TO NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

BY NON-ANNEX I PARTIES

Country	Implementing Agency	Project Title	Entry into GEF Work Program	Date of Project Document Signature by Agency	Amount of GEF Allocation (in US$ millions)	Comments

I. Pilot Phase Projects
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia & Libya		Building Capacity in the Maghreb to respond to the challenges and opportunities created by the UNFCCC	05/93	12/07/94	2.50	First Technical Advisory Committee meeting held in mid-May 1996. Regional workshop held on Oct.3-4, 1996. First Tripartie Review scheduled for April/May 1997.
Bangladesh, China, DPRK, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand & Vietnam		Asia Least-cost GHG Abatement Strategy (ALGAS)	12/91	08/18/94	9.50	Project to be completed by June 1997. Three major regional workshops and national workshops held for individual countries. Mitigation options identification workshop scheduled for Feb. 1997

China, People's Rep.	UNDP	Issues and Options in GHG emissions control	05/91	03/06/92	2.00	Project completed in April 1995.
Costa Rica, Gambia, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela	UNEP	Country Case Studies on Sources and Sinks of Greenhouse Gases	11/91	09/28/92	4.50	----
Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Zimbabwe	UNDP	Building capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa to respond to the UNFCCC	12/92	08/16/95	2.00	Project under execution. Second Project Steering Committee meeting scheduled for early 1997.
India	UNDP	Cost-Effective Options for Limiting GHG emissions	05/93	---	1.50	Project document under preparation by nationally designated organization

Country	Implementing Agency	Project Title	Date of Country Endorsement	Date of GEF Council Approval	Date of Project Document Signature	GEF Allocation (in US$ millions)	Comments
II. Pre-expedited Procedure Projects

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago	World Bank	Regional (CARICOM) Planning for Adaptation to Climate Change	N/A Multi-Country Project	---	---	---	---

Antigua & Barbuda, Cameroon, Estonia, Pakistan	UNEP	Country Studies on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Assessment	N/A Multi-Country Project	02/96	05/01/96	2.00	---
Argentina	UNDP	Country Study on Climate Change	12/07/94	01/17/96	02/16/96	1.00	Project initiation workshop held on 07/03/96-07/04/96.
Argentina, Ecuador, Estonia, Hungary, Indonesia, Mauritius, Senegal, Vietnam	UNEP	Economics of GHG Limitation-Methodological Framework for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Assessment	N/A Multi-Country Project	01/18/96	03/18/96	3.00	---
Armenia	UNDP	Country Study on Climate Change	03/31/95	12/15/95	05/07/96	0.35	Project work plan prepared in June 1996 and first workshop held in Sept.1996

Benin, Bolivia, Chad, Cook Islands, Cuba, Ecuador, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu & W. Samoa	UNDP	Climate Change Capacity Building: CC: TRAIN-Phase II	N/A Multi-country project	03/26/96	03/27/96	2.70	Three Regional Training Workshops to be held in the second and third quarter of 1997. Operating in parallel with PICCAP for Pacific countries. Operating in close collaboration with activities undertaken by UNDP Sub-Saharan Africa capacity building

Bhutan	UNDP	Enabling Activity	01/30/96	07/26/96	08/15/96	0.30	Project initiation whorkshop anticipated in Feb. 1997
Botswana Brazil	UNDP UNDP	Enabling Botswana to fulfill its commitments to the UNFCCC Enabling Braz il to fulfill its commitments to the UNFCCC	11/18/94 08/31/95	08/14/96 07/14/96	09/05/96 08/01/96	0.35 1.50	Project work plan under preparation Subcontracts for project activities and project workplan under preparation

Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Fed. States of Micronesia, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu & W. Samoa Costa Rica	UNDP UNDP	Pacific Island Climate Change Assistance Project (PICCAP) Building National Technical Capacity to Develop Options for GHG emissions reductions and carbon sinks enhancement	N/A Multi-Country Project 12/08/94	--- 06/07/96	--- 08/07/96	2.44 0.47	Project document finalized and pending Council approval. Meeting held in December 1996-Jan. 1997 on: energy, land use, agriculture waste management and industrial processes. Baseline scenarios

Egypt	UNDP	Building Capacity for GHG Inventory and Action Plans in Egypt	11/16/94	04/22/96	06/12/96	0.40	Project initiation workshop held on 12/03/96
Jordan	UNDP	Capacity Building to enable response to the UNFCCC	11/12/94	10/17/96	04/08/96	0.24	Project initiation workshop held on 09/29/96.
Lao People's Democratic Republic		National GHG Inventory Project	07/19/95	07/29/96	10/30/96	0.31	Subcontracts for project activities under preparation.
Lebanon	UNDP	Building capacity for GHGInventory and Action Plans in response to the UNFCCC.	03/11/95	10/02/95	12/11/96	0.29	Project work plan under preparation
Malaysia	UNDP	National GHG Inventory and Response to the UNFCCC	04/01/95	09/13/96	10/30/96	0.47	Project work plan under preparation
Maldives	UNDP	National GHG Inventory and Adaptation Assessment to Climate Change	10/29/94	10/04/96	---	1.00	Project document signature anticipated Jan. 1997.
Mexico Papua New Guinea	UNDP UNDP	Development of GHG Emission Coefficients from Live Systems in Central Mexico & Development of a related information management system Enabling Activity	12/02/94 01/17/96	06/07/96 12/30/96	10/29/96 ---	0.31 0.35	Subcontracts for project activities under preparation Project document signature anticipated Jan. 1997
Sudan Tunisia	UNDP UNDP	Capacity Building to enable the Sudan's response and communication to the UNFCCC. National Strategy and Action Plans for emission reduction and communications under the UNFCCC.	03/20/95 02/03/95	10/03/96 08/14/96	--- 09/06/96	0.29 0.57	Project document signature anticipated in Jan. 1997 Subcontracts for technical activities under preparation
Uruguay	UNDP	Institutional strengthening and enabling activities to comply with the UNFCCC	11/25/94	11/13/95	12/18/96	0.70	National workshop on GHG inventory held on 05/28/96. National Workshops on mitigation held on: energy 09/18/96 agriculture- 11/27/96
Uzbekistan	UNDP	Country Study on Climate Change	08/07/95	01/02/97	---	0.33	Project document signature expected by end Jan. 1997.
Zaire	UNDP	Enabling Zaire to fulfill its commitments to the UNFCCC	08/17/95	---	---	0.35	Project document under finalization.

Country	Implementing Agency	Project Title	Date of Country Endorsement	Date of GEF Council Approval	Date of Project Document Signature	GEF Allocation(in US$ millions)	Comments
III. Expedited Procedures Projects

Albania	UNDP	Enabling Albania to prepare its first national communication	05/15/96	07/30/96	---	0.28	Draft project document expected by Jan. 1997.
Cambodia	UNDP	Enabling Activity	11/12/96	---	---	---	In final review.
Cameroon	UNEP	Enabling Activity	Dec. 96	---	---	---	In final review
Cape Verde	UNDP	Enabling Activity	05/26/96	---	---	---	In final review
Chile	UNDP	Enabling Chile to fulfil its commitments to the UNFCCC	05/30/96	08/30/96	---	0.35	Project document signature anticiapted in Jan. 1997.
Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea	UNDP	Enabling Activity	01/17/94	---	---	---	In final review.
El Salvador	UNDP	Enabling Activity	12/02/96	---	---	---	In final review.
Eritrea	UNDP	Enabling Eritrea to prepare its first national communication	07/05/96	09/04/96	---	0.30	Project document being finalized.

Guatemala	UNDP	Enabling Activity	11/18/96	---	---	---	In final review
Gambia	UNDP	Enabling Activity	11/12/96	---	---	---	In final review.
Georgia	UNDP	Enabling Georgia to fulfil its commitments to the UNFCCC	05/24/96	09/11/96	---	0.33	Project document signature anticipated in Jan. 1997.

Country	Implementing Agency	Project Title	Date of Country Endorsement	Date of GEF Council Approval	Date of Project Document Signature	GEF Allocation (in US$ millions)	Comments
III. Expedited Procedures Projects
Honduras	UNDP	Enabling Activity	08/16/96	---	---	---	In final review

Lesotho	UNEP	Enabling Activity	06/21/96	09/04/96	11/14/96	0.35	---
Malawi	UNDP	Enabling Activity	08/06/96	---	---	---	In final review.
Nigeria	UNDP	Enabling Activity	08/07/96	---	---	---	In final review.
Seychelles	UNDP	Enabling Seychelles to prepare its first national communication	11/16/95	07/30/96	---	0.25	Project under early stage of implemen-tation.
Sierra Leone	UNDP	Enabling Sierra Leone to prepare its first national communication	07/09/96	09/11/96	---	0.31	Project document being finalized.
Swaziland	UNDP	22/11/96	---	---	---	---	In final review.
Uganda	UNDP	Enabling Uganda to prepare its first national communication	08/22/95	07/30/96	---	0.08	Project document signature anticipated in Jan. 1997.
Zambia	UNEP	Enabling Activity	11/14/96	---	---	---	In final review.
Zimbabwe	UNEP	Enabling Activity	11/04/96	---	---	---	In final review.