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Project Name: Strategic Partnership for Fisheries in Africa

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Focal Area: Africa

Start Date: 2007-07-19

End Date: 2007-07-19

Project Name: AFCC2/RI South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project

Country: Mauritius

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2007-06-28

End Date: 2007-06-28

Project Name: Africa Stockpiles Programme - Project 1 (Mali, Morocco and Tanzania)

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2005-09-08

End Date: 2005-09-08

Project Name: Indian Ocean Coral reef Monitoring project

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2001-01-09

End Date: 2001-01-09

Project Name: Ghana - West Africa Regional Fisheries Program

Country: Ghana

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Additional Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Start Date: 2011-07-14

End Date: 2011-07-14

Lead Implementing Agency: Fisheries Commission, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development

Project Name: Ghana - West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (GEF)

Country: Ghana

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2011-07-14

End Date: 2011-07-14

Project Name: Fisheries Subsector Capacity Building Project

Country: Ghana

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 1995-05-02

End Date: 1995-05-02

Project Name: Coastal and Biodiversity Management Project

Country: Guinea-Bissau

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2004-11-09

End Date: 2004-11-09

Project Name: Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development Project

Country: Kenya

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2020-03-10

End Date: 2020-03-10

Lead Implementing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives

Project Name: Kenya Coastal Development Proejct

Country: Kenya

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Lead Implementing Agency: KEMFRI

Project Name: Third Environment Program Support Project

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2004-05-11

End Date: 2004-05-11

Project Name: Madagascar Third Environment Program Support Project

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2004-05-11

End Date: 2004-05-11

Lead Implementing Agency: UCPE

Project Name: Cyclone Emergency Rehabilitation Project

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 1994-06-09

End Date: 1994-06-09

Project Name: Port of Tamatave Project

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 1970-06-16

End Date: 1970-06-16

Project Name: Madagascar Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Project

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Project Name: Mozambique: Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience Project

Country: Mozambique

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2019-09-30

End Date: 2019-09-30

Lead Implementing Agency: Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Administration (AIAS), Post-Cyclone Idai Reconstruction Office (GREPOC), Ministry of Health (MISAU), National Social Assistance Institute (INAS)

Project Name: Mozambique - Artisanal Fisheries and Climate Change

Country: Mozambique

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2015-03-23

End Date: 2015-03-23

Project Name: Mozambique-Programmatic Support to Disaster Risk Management Phase I

Country: Mozambique

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2011-06-09

End Date: 2011-06-09

Project Name: Mozambique - Community-Based Coastal Resource Management and Sustainable Livelihoods

Country: Mozambique

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2009-01-26

End Date: 2009-01-26

Project Name: Senegal Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Project

Country: Senegal

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2010-08-03

End Date: 2010-08-03

Lead Implementing Agency: National Disaster Management Agency

Project Name: Integrated Marine and Coastal Resources Management Project

Country: Senegal

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2004-11-11

End Date: 2004-11-11

Lead Implementing Agency: Ministry of Environment and Sanitation

Project Name: Integrated Natural Resource Management Program Project

Country: Senegal

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Lead Implementing Agency: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy

Project Name: Seychelles First Fiscal Sustainability and Climate Resilience Development Policy Financing

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2021-12-16

End Date: 2021-12-16

Lead Implementing Agency: Seychelles First Fiscal Sustainability and Climate Resilience Development Policy Financing

Project Name: Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan with CAT DDO

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2014-09-26

End Date: 2014-09-26

Contact Person: Brenden Jongman, Ana Campos Garcia

Lead Implementing Agency: Department of Risk and Disaster Management, Vice-President's Office

Project Name: Seychelles National Disaster Preparedness and Response Project

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2008-03-24

End Date: 2008-03-24

Contact Person: Jingjie Chu

Project Name: Improving sustainability of private and NGO managed nature reserves

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2004-01-26

End Date: 2004-01-26

Lead Implementing Agency: Government of Seychelles - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Project Name: Marine Ecosystem Management Project

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2000-04-21

End Date: 2000-04-21

Lead Implementing Agency: "Government of Seychelles - Ministry of Environment and Transport (MET) Marine Conservation Society of Seychelles Government of Seychelles - Marine Parks Authority (MPA)"

Project Name: Environment and Transport

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 1992-12-22

End Date: 1992-12-22

Project Name: BIODIVERSITY/MARINE

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 1992-11-30

End Date: 1992-11-30

Project Name: SEYCHELLES THIRD FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY FINANCING

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Project Name: Wetlands Conservation Project

Country: Sierra Leon

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2011-03-24

End Date: 2011-03-24

Contact Person: "Communications Africa wetlands@wetlands-africa.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: National Protected Area Authority

Project Name: SL-GEF Biodiversity Conservation Project

Country: Sierra Leon

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2010-01-21

End Date: 2010-01-21

Lead Implementing Agency: National Protected Area Authority

Project Name: ZA-C.A.P.E.: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development Project

Country: South Africa

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2004-05-18

End Date: 2004-05-18

Lead Implementing Agency: National Botanical Institute

Project Name: Richtersveld Community Biodiversity Conservation Project

Country: South Africa

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2004-02-09

End Date: 2004-02-09

Contact Person: "Crepin, Regional Coordinator, World Bank. ccrepin@worldbank.org "

Lead Implementing Agency: Richtersveld Municipality

Project Name: Integrated Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Management Project

Country: Gambia

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2003-11-03

End Date: 2003-11-03

Lead Implementing Agency: Department of Parks and Wildlife Management (DPWM)

Project Name: Fisheries Project

Country: Somalia

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 1984-05-01

End Date: 1984-05-01

Lead Implementing Agency: Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Ressources of the Federal Government of Somalia

Project Name: Somali Sustainable Fisheries Development Project

Country: Somalia

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Lead Implementing Agency: Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Ressources of the Federal Government of Somalia

Project Name: Marine and Coastal Environment Management

Country: Tanzania

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2005-07-21

End Date: 2005-07-21

Contact Person: Ihewawasam@worldbank.org

Lead Implementing Agency: World Bank and URT

Project Name: Marine and Coastal Environment Management Project (MACEMP)

Country: Tanzania

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Project Name: Additional grant for West Africa Coastal Area Resilience Investment Project

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2017-07-10

End Date: 2017-07-10

Lead Implementing Agency: Cote d'Ivoire - Ministry of Economy and Finances, Sao Tome and Principe - Ministry of Infrastructures and Natural Resources, Mauritania - Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Benin - Ministry of Living Environment and Sustainable Developme

Project Name: West Africa Region Fisheries Program AF Guinea, Sierra Leone & Liberia

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2017-01-05

End Date: 2017-01-05

Contact Person: "Astrid Hillers ahillers@thegef.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: Ministère des Pêches, de l'Aquaculture et de l'Economie Maritime, Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy

Project Name: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program APL A1 - Additional Financing

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2011-06-28

End Date: 2011-06-28

Lead Implementing Agency: Commission Sous-Regionale des Peches (CSRP)

Project Name: GEF - Africa - 2nd phase fish. (GBissau)

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2011-03-31

End Date: 2011-03-31

Lead Implementing Agency: State Secretariat for Fisheries and Maritime Economy

Project Name: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 2009-10-20

End Date: 2009-10-20

Contact Person: "Mr. Andrew Hume ahume@thegef.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: Commission Sous Regional des Pehes - CSRP, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Ministry of Infrastructure and Maritime Economy, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Project Name: West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project 2

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Lead Implementing Agency: Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation (MESTI), Ministry of Environment and Biodiversity (MAB), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resou

Project Name: WARFP Fisheries Phase 2 GEF in Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Start Date: 0009-12-01

End Date: 0009-12-01

Contact Person: Berengere P. C. Prince

Lead Implementing Agency: Sub Regional Fisheries Commission (Commission Sous Régionale des Pêches), Ministry of Fisheries (Ministério das Pescas), Ministry of Maritime Economy (Ministério da Economia Maritima), Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matter

Project Name: A Ridge-to-Reef Approach for the Integrated Management of Marine, Coastal and Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Seychelles

Country: Seychelles

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Context: The project will undertake a comprehensive Ridge to Reef (R2R) approach that addresses the ‘whole island’ priorities of improved management and conservation of upland forest and agricultural ecosystems, as well as coastal and marine ecosystem

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2017-07-17

End Date: 2017-07-17

Project Name: Adaptation to Climate Change in the Nile Delta Through Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Country: Egypt

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2011-01-30

End Date: 2011-01-30

Contact Person: "Mohamed Aly Project Coordinator noscp@link.net"

Project Name: Bizerte Lake Environmental Project Lagoon and Marine de Pollution

Country: Tunisia

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: To improve Lake Bizerte’s wastewater management, thereby reducing land-based pollution in Lake Bizerte and to the adjacent Mediterranean Sea, through piloting inter-ministerial policy dialogue, supporting foundational capacity building in envir

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2011-12-05

End Date: 2011-12-05

Lead Implementing Agency: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Project Name: CBSP- Integrated management of mangrove and associated wetlands and coastal forests ecosystems of the Republic of Congo

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: To strengthen the conservation of biodiversity and reduce degradation in Congo’s mangrove ecosystems by: strengthening the legal and institutional framework; increasing the knowledge and availability of information on trends, status and threats

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 2013-07-15

End Date: 2013-07-15

Contact Person: "Charlotte Gobin, Senior Environmental Specialist (Biodiversity) cgobin@thegef.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Project Name: CFI: Coastal Fisheries Initiative (PROGRAM)

Country: Senegal

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) is a collaborative, global effort funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to preserve marine resources and ensure that coastal fisheries can continue to play their crucial role in society, contributi

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 1975-01-01

End Date: 1975-01-01

Lead Implementing Agency: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Project Name: Creation of Loungo Bay Marine Protected Area to Support Turtles Conservation in Congo

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2016-10-14

End Date: 2016-10-14

Contact Person: Adamou Bouhari,

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Creation of Marine Protected Areas in Angola

Country: Angola

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: To expand the protected areas network into the marine environment through creation of Angola’s first marine protected area.

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 2019-01-11

End Date: 2019-01-11

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Development of a National Network of Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas Representative of the Comoros Unique Natural Heritage and Co-managed with Local Village Communities

Country: Comoros

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The project will seek to conserve globally significant marine and terrestrial biological diversity in the Union of Comoros by establishing an expanded and functional system of protected areas (PAs) in the country, a system that is both representa

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 2014-09-15

End Date: 2014-09-15

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in the Benguela Current Fisheries System

Country: Angola

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: o build climate change resilience of the Benguela Current marine fisheries systems through implementation of climate-resiliant fisheries practices adaptation strategies, to ensure food and livelihood security. The project aims to integrate fisher

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2014-12-17

End Date: 2014-12-17

Lead Implementing Agency: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Project Name: Enhancing the Conservation Effectiveness of Seagrass Ecosystems Supporting Globally Significant Populations of Dugong Across the Indian and Pacific Ocean Basins (Short Title: The Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project)

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: "The goal of the project is to improve the conservation status of dugongs and their seagrass habitats across the Indian and Pacific Ocean basins"

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 2014-07-08

End Date: 2014-07-08

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Establishing Effectively Managed Marine Protected Areas in Djibouti

Country: Djibouti

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The goal of the project is to catalyze the institutional and financial sustainability of Djibouti’s system of marine protected areas

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2009-08-18

End Date: 2009-08-18

Contact Person: "Jaime Cavelier Senior Biodiversity Specialist jcavelier@thegef.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Expanding and Consolidating Madagascar's Marine Protected Areas Network

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 2019-01-30

End Date: 2019-01-30

Contact Person: "Jaime Cavelier Senior Biodiversity Specialist jcavelier@thegef.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: WWF-US

Project Name: First South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project (SWIOFish 1)

Country: Comoros

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The Project Development and Global Environmental Objective are to improve the management effectiveness of selected priority fisheries at regional, national and community levels.

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2014-12-30

End Date: 2014-12-30

Contact Person: "Charlotte Gobin Senior Environmental Specialist (Biodiversity) cgobin@thegef.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Implementing Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in Atlantic and Indian Ocean SIDS

Country: Cape Verde

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: This is a Terminal Evaluation of a UN Environment/Global Environment Facility (GEF) project co-implemented with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 6 countries: Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe in the Atlantic Ocean, and Comoro

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Small Islands Developing States

Start Date: 2010-12-28

End Date: 2010-12-28

Contact Person: "Daniel Nzyuko Results and Knowledge Management Specialist danielnz@unops.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Improve Sustainability of Mangrove Forests and Coastal Mangrove Areas in Liberia through Protection, Planning and Livelihood Creation- as a Building Block Towards Liberia’s Marine and Costal Protected Areas

Country: Liberia

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: To strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of globally important mangrove forests through effective participatory land-use planning and establishment of coastal protected areas in at least 35% of Liberia’s mangroves

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 2016-03-17

End Date: 2016-03-17

Lead Implementing Agency: Conservation International (CI)

Project Name: Kenya Coastal Development Project

Country: Kenya

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Additional Source: DFID

Context: The development objective of KCDP is to improve management effectiveness and enhance revenue generation of Kenya’s coastal and marine resources. The project’s global environmental objective is to strengthen the conservation and sustainable us

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: International Waters

Start Date: 2010-05-27

End Date: 2010-05-27

Contact Person: "Christian Severin cseverin@thegef.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: LME-AF Strategic Partnership for Sustainable Fisheries Management in the Large Marine Ecosystems in Africa (PROGRAM)

Country: Comoros

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: To assist in the development, adoption and implementation of governance reforms supporting environmentally, economically and socially sustainable marine fisheries in the large marine ecosystems (LMEs) of Africa.

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: International Waters

Start Date: 2011-03-16

End Date: 2011-03-16

Contact Person: "Andrew Hume Deputy Director - WWF GEF Agency Andrew.Hume@wwfus.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Management of the Coastal Zone in the Republic of Mauritius

Country: Mauritius

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The project seeks to to mainstream the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into coastal zone management and into the operations and policies of the tourism and physical development sectors in the Republic of Ma

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2016-03-31

End Date: 2016-03-31

Contact Person: registry.mu@undp.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: MED Integrated Coastal Zone Management-Mediterranean Coast

Country: Morocco

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The objective of the proposed project is to support integrated coastal zone management in selected areas of Morocco’s Mediterranean coast to reduce pollution and loss of biodiversity and to enhance communities’ resilience to climactic risk. T

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: International Waters

Start Date: 2012-04-30

End Date: 2012-04-30

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Mediterranean Coastal Zones: Managing the Water-Food-Energy and Ecosystems NEXUS

Country: Egypt

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Context: Balancing of competing water uses in priority coastal areas through water, food, energy and ecosystems integrated governance, to enhance environmental security and sharing of benefits.

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: International Waters

Start Date: 2019-10-01

End Date: 2019-10-01

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Mediterranean Sea Programme (MedProgramme): Enhancing Environmental Security

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Context: Project Objective: to accelerate the implementation of agreed upon priority actions to reduce the major transboundary environmental stresses affecting the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas while strengthening climate resilience and water se

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2016-10-03

End Date: 2016-10-03

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Mitigating Key Sector Pressures on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Further Strengthening the National System of Marine Protected Areas in Djibouti

Country: Djibouti

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: Enhance the resilience of Djibouti"s marine biodiversity through increasing institutional capacity, enhancing financial sustainability and management effectiveness of the MPA system, and mainstreaming marine biodiversity into key maritime se

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 2018-05-22

End Date: 2018-05-22

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project

Country: Namibia

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The objective of the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project (NACOMA) for Namibia is to strengthened conservation, sustainable use and mainstreaming of biodiversity in coastal and marine ecosystems. T

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2012-11-28

End Date: 2012-11-28

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Partnership to Mainstream Marine and Coastal Biodiversity into Oil and Gas Sector Development in Mauritania

Country: Mauritania

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Start Date: 2010-01-08

End Date: 2010-01-08

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Realizing the Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the BCLME Region through the Improved Ocean Governmence and the Integrated Management of Ocean Use and Marine Resources

Country: Angola

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: Project Objective: To realize a coordinated regional approach to the long-term conservation, protection, rehabilitation, enhancement and sustainable use of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem in order to provide economic, environmental an

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2016-11-18

End Date: 2016-11-18

Contact Person: Akiko Yamamoto, Regional Technical Advisor for Water and Ocean Governance, akiko.yamamoto@undp.org,

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Reducing Pollution from Harmful Chemicals and Wastes in Mediterranean Hot Spots and Measuring Progress to Impacts

Country: Algeria

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The project objective is to achieve measurable reductions in levels of POPs and mercury in priority Mediterranean coastal hot spots and catchment areas. Project’s Chemicals and Waste component aims for: i) Management and disposal of 2,000 tonne

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2020-01-22

End Date: 2020-01-22

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Regional Partnership for African Fisheries Policy Reform (RAFIP)

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the accessibility to best practices and new knowledge on fisheries management of selected SSA countries.

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2015-07-01

End Date: 2015-07-01

Contact Person: E-mail: ibar.office@au-ibar.org

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: S3MR Sustainable Management of Madagascar's Marine Resources

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: Project Objective: Strengthened management of Madagascar's marine biodiversity and productivity

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2016-05-31

End Date: 2016-05-31

Lead Implementing Agency: World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Project Name: Safeguarding Zanzibar’s Forest and Coastal Habitats for Multiple Benefits

Country: Tanzania

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: To implement a landscape approach to safeguard Zanzibar’s terrestrial and coastal forest habitats for multiple benefits

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2016-02-29

End Date: 2016-02-29

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Strategic Partnership for a Sustainable Fisheries Investment Fund in the Large Marine Ecosystems of Sub-Saharan Africa (Tranche 1, Installment 1)

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: "The project had two components: The partnership Investment Fund (PIF) component whose mandate was to assist AU member states to better manage their fisheries through a co-financing mechanism. The Strategic Partnership (SP) component that m

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: International Waters

Start Date: 2008-04-23

End Date: 2008-04-23

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: SP-SFIF: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP)

Country: Cape Verde

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: The overall objective is to sustainably increase the overall wealth generated by the exploitation of the marine fisheries resources of West Africa, and the proportion of that wealth captured by West African countries.

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2009-09-01

End Date: 2009-09-01

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem--Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions for the protection of the environmental resources of the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas

Country: Egypt

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: Project objective: re:Reduce the impacts of LBS of pollution on the Mediterranean marine environment and human health; Reach sustainable productivity from fisheries; and Preserve the coastal and marine biodiversity (ie. habitats, ecosystems, biol

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2008-04-09

End Date: 2008-04-09

Contact Person: "Mr. Habib El-Habr Deputy Coordinator, UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit (MAP-MEDU) habib.elhabr[at]unepmap.gr"

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Strengthened Environmental Management Information System for Coastal Development to Meet Rio Convention Objectives

Country: Ivory Coast

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: Project Objective: TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL DECISION-MAKERS TO USE A NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AS A MEANS TO APPLY LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES TO MEET GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES WITHI

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Focal Area: Multiple Focal Areas

Start Date: 2013-11-25

End Date: 2013-11-25

Contact Person: "Bernard Brou bernard.brou@undp.org"

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Strengthening Adaptative Capacities to Climate Change through Capacity Building for Small Scale Enterprises and Communities Dependent on Coastal Fisheries in The Gambia

Country: Gambia

Funds Source: UNDP/GEF-SGP

Context: To increase adaptive capacities for The Gambia coastal fish processing value chains and promote climate-resilient business models focusing on improved post-harvest fisheries food systems to vulnerable communities.

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 1975-01-01

End Date: 1975-01-01

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Project Name: Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in African Blue Economy

Legal Name: Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in African Blue Economy

Context: The successful implementation of this project will contribute to reducing major threats to biodiversity and ecosystem, improve health of the aquatic environments and thus provide benefits to AU member states, human communities that depend on the

Project Type: Research

Lead Implementing Agency: The African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

Project Name: Towards Integrated Spatial Planning For Sustainable Management Of Coastal And Marine Resources In Kilifi County, Kenya

Country: Kenya

Legal Name: Towards Integrated Spatial Planning For Sustainable Management Of Coastal And Marine Resources In Kilifi County, Kenya

Context: This project will serve a demo project for implementation of priority actions in the Kenya Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Action Plan. This project will focus on implementation of ICZM objectives on integrated planning and management o

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Marine Spatial Planning

Contact Person: Spatial Planning,?Sustainable management of coastal and marine resources,?Coastal and marine resources,?ICZM,?ICZM Action plan,?Critical Ecologically

Lead Implementing Agency: World Wide Fund for Nature Kenya (WWF-Kenya)

Project Name: Restoring the integrated native terrestrial habitat and seabird community of Ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius

Country: Mauritius

Legal Name: Restoring the integrated native terrestrial habitat and seabird community of Ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius

Context: The project seeks to advance ecosystems restoration on Ile aux Aigrettes Nature Reserve, a site of national and international biodiversity importance, and the surrounding sea. Recognising that terrestrial conservation and seabird colony re-establ

Lead Implementing Agency: Mauritian Wildlife Foundation

Project Name: Enhancing the Protection of Birds in the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Nairobi Convention

Legal Name: Enhancing the Protection of Birds in the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Nairobi Convention

Thematic Areas: Birds, Marine habitats, Protocol Concerning Protected Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the Eastern African Region, Ecosystem health

Lead Implementing Agency: BirdLife International

Project Name: Community-based ecological coastal rehabilitation using an ecosystem approach

Legal Name: Community-based ecological coastal rehabilitation using an ecosystem approach

Context: he collaborative project was focused on reviewing the bird listed in the Convention?s 'Protocol Concerning Protected Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the Eastern African Region.

Project Type: Conservation

Thematic Areas: Birds, Marine habitats, Protocol Concerning Protected Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the Eastern African Region, Ecosystem health

Lead Implementing Agency: BirdLife Internationa

Project Name: Enabling Activities for the Preparation of Initial National Communications Related to the UNFCCC

Country: Mauritius

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Enabling Activities for the Preparation of Initial National Communications Related to the UNFCCC

Context: At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 leaders and decision makers, from the Republic of Mauritius along with those from over a hundred and fifty states, signed "The United Nati

Identifier: GF/2200-97-42

Project Type: Medium-size Project

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme

Project Name: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Management of the Coastal Zone in the Republic of Mauritius

Country: Mauritius

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Mainstreaming biodiversity into the management of the coastal zone in the Republic of Mauritius

Context: The project seeks to to mainstream the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into coastal zone management and into the operations and policies of the tourism and physical development sectors in the Republic of Ma

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme

Project Name: Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP)

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme (TWAP)

Context: The Programme aims to provide a baseline assessment to identify and evaluate changes in these water systems caused by human activities and natural processes, and the consequences such have on dependent human populations.

Identifier: GEF ID: 4489

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Transboundary aquifers, Transboundary lake basins, Transboundary river basins, LMEs and Open Ocean.

Contact Person: Joana Akrofi, Programme Officer | E-mail: joana.akrofi@unep.org Kaisa Uusimaa, Associate Programme Officer | kaisa.uusimaa@unep.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme; IOC-UNESCO

Project Name: Reducing Pollution from Harmful Chemicals and Wastes in Mediterranean Hot Spots and Measuring Progress to Impacts

Country: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia

Legal Name: Reducing Pollution from Harmful Chemicals and Wastes in Mediterranean Hot Spots and Measuring Progress to Impacts

Context: The project objective is to achieve measurable reductions in levels of POPs and mercury in priority Mediterranean coastal hot spots and catchment areas. Project?s Chemicals and Waste component aims for: i) Management and disposal of 2,000 tonnes

Identifier: GEFID_9684

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Contact Person: Lorenzo Paolo Galbiati, Projects Manager lorenzo.galbiati@un.org

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem--Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions for the protection of the environmental resources of the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas

Legal Name: Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem--Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions for the

Context: Project objective: re:Reduce the impacts of LBS of pollution on the Mediterranean marine environment and human health; Reach sustainable productivity from fisheries; and Preserve the coastal and marine biodiversity (ie. habitats, ecosystems, biol

Identifier: GEFID_2600

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Thematic Areas: pollution, biodiversity hotspots, critica? habitats and species, national marine and coastal planning

Contact Person: Mr. Habib El-Habr Deputy Coordinator, UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit (MAP-MEDU) habib.elhabr[at]unepmap.gr

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring (CEM_CV)

Country: Cape Verde

Legal Name: Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring (CEM_CV)

Context: The Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring in Cabo Verde (CEM_CV) project will develop standards for a coastal monitoring program in a region where no systematic ecosystem observations exist so far in order to improve local knowledge about the marine coast

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: hydroacoustic technologies; fisheries data; spatial analysis; Fisheries; Mapping; vertebrates

Contact Person: info@meerwissen.org

Lead Implementing Agency: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Project Name: SP-SFIF: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP)

Country: Cape Verde, Liberia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leon

Legal Name: SP-SFIF: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP)

Context: The overall objective is to sustainably increase the overall wealth generated by the exploitation of the marine fisheries resources of West Africa, and the proportion of that wealth captured by West African countries.

Identifier: GEFID_3558

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Enhancing the Resilience of Poor Communities to Urban Flooding in Yaounde

Country: Cameroon

Legal Name: Enhancing the Resilience of Poor Communities to Urban Flooding in Yaounde

Context: The proposed SCCF project is associated with AfDB's ongoing efforts to improve Yaounde's drainage systems, and describes 2 phases of baseline activities to which the project will build.

Identifier: GEF id 5263

Project Type: Full-size Project

Lead Implementing Agency: African Development Bank

Project Name: Ecosystem based protection of the coastal zone: the effectiveness of seagrass meadows in coastal erosion management

Country: Mozambique, Tanzania

Legal Name: Ecosystem Based Protection Of The Coastal Zone: The Effectiveness Of Seagrass Meadows In Coastal Erosion Management

Context: This trans-disciplinary project will study how to strengthen the coastal resilience against coastal erosion by combining terrestrial and marine ecosystem-based protection. It aims to identify and evaluate ecosystem services provided by seagrass m

Project Type: Research

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Thematic Areas: seagrass meadows; coastal erosion; coastal erosion management

Contact Person: Dr Blandina Lugendo; email: blandina_lugendo@yahoo.co.uk

Lead Implementing Agency: WIOMSA

Project Name: Peri-urban mangrove forests as filters of domestic sewage in East Africa

Country: Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya

Legal Name: Peri-urban mangroves forests as filters and potential phytoremediators of domestic sewage in East Africa

Context: The project investigated the power of peri-urban mangroves as novel solutions to treating wastewater, beginning with specific areas of east Africa as a test bed. It looked at conservation and replanting of mangroves, as well as using mangrove wet

Project Type: Research

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Thematic Areas: Pollution mitigation; Stakeholder engagement; coastal habitats

Lead Implementing Agency: LNSITUTO DE CIENCIA APLICADA E TECNOLOGIA

Project Name: Fishing Data East Africa (FiDEA)

Country: Mozambique, Tanzania

Legal Name: Fishing Data East Africa (FIDEA)

Context: Fishing Data East Africa (FIDEA) is a partnership project, which has been co-designed with the National Fisheries Research Institutes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zanzibar to address the challenges highlighted, and to strengthen a science-based de

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Fishing Data, trainings,

Contact Person: Barbara Lang Project Lead

Lead Implementing Agency: National Institute of Fisheries Research (IIP), Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)

Project Name: Implementing Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in Atlantic and Indian Ocean SIDS

Country: Cape Verde, Comoros, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Legal Name: Implementing Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in Atlantic and Indian Ocean SIDS

Context: This is a Terminal Evaluation of a UN Environment/Global Environment Facility (GEF) project co-implemented with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 6 countries: Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe in the Atlantic Ocean, and Comoro

Identifier: GEFID_2706

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Contact Person: Daniel Nzyuko Results and Knowledge Management Specialist danielnz@unops.org

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Regional Coastal and Marine Conservation Programme for West Africa

Country: Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leon

Legal Name: Partenariat R?gional pour la Conservation de la zone c?ti?re et Marine en Afrique de l'Ouest (PRCM)

Context: The Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM) is a coalition of actors working on the problems of the West African coastline and covering seven countries: Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senega

Project Type: Conservation

Focal Area: International Waters

Thematic Areas: Biodiversity conservation, Improvement of Livelihoods

Contact Person: contact@prcmarine.org

Project Name: Development of a National Network of Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas Representative of the Comoros Unique Natural Heritage and Co-managed with Local Village Communities

Country: Comoros

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Development of a National Network of Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas Representative of the Comoros Unique Natural Heritag

Context: The project will seek to conserve globally significant marine and terrestrial biological diversity in the Union of Comoros by establishing an expanded and functional system of protected areas (PAs) in the country, a system that is both representa

Identifier: Project ID: 4950

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: International Waters

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: LDC/SIDS Portfolio Project: Sustainable Land Management

Country: Comoros

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: LDC/SIDS Portfolio Project: Sustainable Land Management

Context: To strengthen capacities at Union and local levels for enhanced sustainable land and forest management and reduce degradation of both land and marine ecosystems

Identifier: EF Project ID 3480

Project Type: Medium-size Project

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme

Project Name: Improving Emergency Response to Ocean-based Extreme Events through Coastal Mapping Capacity Building in the Indian Ocean

Country: Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Tanzania

Legal Name: COAST-MAP-IO

Context: Project Goal: Safer coastal zones from tsunamis, storm surges, and other hazards through accurate inundation maps

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Capacity building, bathymetric and topographical data; tsunami-proof coastal planning, evacuation procedures and general preparedness against ocean-based hazards

Contact Person: Dmitri TravinAu

Lead Implementing Agency: IOC-UNESCO

Project Name: Establishing Effectively Managed Marine Protected Areas in Djibouti

Country: Djibouti

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Establishing Effectively Managed Marine Protected Areas in Djibouti

Context: The goal of the project is to catalyze the institutional and financial sustainability of Djibouti?s system of marine protected areas

Identifier: GEFID_3713

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Contact Person: Jaime Cavelier Senior Biodiversity Specialist jcavelier@thegef.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Mitigating Key Sector Pressures on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Further Strengthening the National System of Marine Protected Areas in Djibouti

Country: Djibouti

Legal Name: Mitigating Key Sector Pressures on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Further Strengthening the National System of Marine Prote

Context: Enhance the resilience of Djibouti"s marine biodiversity through increasing institutional capacity, enhancing financial sustainability and management effectiveness of the MPA system, and mainstreaming marine biodiversity into key maritime sectors

Identifier: GEFID_9215

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Preparation of Gabon's Initial Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme

Project Name: Gambia Protected Areas Network and Community Livelihood Project

Country: Gambia

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Gambia Protected Area Network and Community livelihood

Context: The project aims to strengthen the national protected areas network and management effectiveness, focusing on a cluster of priority protected areas namely, Jokadu National Park, Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve, and Kiang West National Park. The object

Identifier: GEF Project ID. 5529

Project Type: Medium-size Project

Thematic Areas: Forest & biodiversity Natural resource management

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme

Project Name: Strengthening Adaptative Capacities to Climate Change through Capacity Building for Small Scale Enterprises and Communities Dependent on Coastal Fisheries in The Gambia

Country: Gambia

Legal Name: Strengthening Adaptative Capacities to Climate Change through Capacity Building for Small Scale Enterprises and Communities Depe

Context: To increase adaptive capacities for The Gambia coastal fish processing value chains and promote climate-resilient business models focusing on improved post-harvest fisheries food systems to vulnerable communities.

Identifier: GEFID_9194

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Contact Person: Juliet Kabege J.KABEGE@unido.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Project Name: Coastal Wetlands Management

Country: Ghana

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Republic of Ghana Coastal Wetlands Management Proje

Context: The main objective of the project would be to maintain the ecological integrity of key coastal wetland areas, by involving the people who derive their livelihood from these ecosystems in the planning and implementation of management programs. The

Identifier: GEF Project ID 49

Project Type: Full-size Project

Focal Area: Small Islands Developing States

Thematic Areas: waste disposal; forestry; ecosystems; biodiversity; water quality; biodiversity conservation; environmental protection; community development; capacity building

Lead Implementing Agency: The World Bank

Project Name: Strengthening Ghana?s National Capacity for Transparency and Ambitious Climate Reporting

Country: Ghana

Identifier: 9820

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme

Project Name: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program

Country: Ghana

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program

Context: The objective of the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program Project for Africa is to strengthen the capacity of Cape Verde, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone to govern and manage targeted fisheries, reduce illegal fishing, and increase local val

Identifier: P106063

Project Type: Full-size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Contact Person: Jingjie Chu,Berengere P. C. Prince

Lead Implementing Agency: The World Bank

Project Name: CFI: Coastal Fisheries Initiative (PROGRAM)

Country: Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Senegal

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: CFI: Coastal Fisheries Initiative (PROGRAM)

Context: The Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) is a collaborative, global effort funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to preserve marine resources and ensure that coastal fisheries can continue to play their crucial role in society, contributi

Identifier: GEF Project ID 9060

Project Type: Medium-size Project

Contact Person: cfi-information@fao.org

Lead Implementing Agency: Food and Agriculture Organization

Project Name: Provision of strategic support to GEF SGP for the Shimoni-Vanga Seascape community projects

Country: Kenya

Legal Name: Provision of strategic support to GEF SGP for the Shimoni-Vanga Seascape community projects

Context: The overall objective is to provide strategic support in order to promote biodiversity conservation and improve livelihoods of local communities dependent on marine resources.

Identifier: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y1/STAR/CD/2018/03

Project Type: Conservation

Thematic Areas: Biodiversity conservation; Improvement of Livelihoods; Gender; Public Awareness

Contact Person: director@comred.or.ke

Lead Implementing Agency: NatureCom and COMRED

Project Name: Support for locally-managed marine areas in Lamu County

Country: Kenya

Project Name: Improve Sustainability of Mangrove Forests and Coastal Mangrove Areas in Liberia through Protection, Planning and Livelihood Creation- as a Building Block Towards Liberia?s Marine and Costal Protected Areas

Country: Liberia

Legal Name: Improve Sustainability of Mangrove Forests and Coastal Mangrove Areas in Liberia through Protection, Planning and Livelihood Cre

Context: To strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of globally important mangrove forests through effective participatory land-use planning and establishment of coastal protected areas in at least 35% of Liberia?s mangroves

Identifier: GEFID_5712

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Lead Implementing Agency: Conservation International (CI)

Project Name: Strengthening Liberia?s Capability to Provide Climate Information and Services to Enhance Climate Resilient Development and Adaptation to Climate Change

Country: Liberia

Legal Name: Strengthening Liberia?s Capability to Provide Climate Information and Services to Enhance Climate Resilient Development and Ada

Context: This project responds to priorities and actions identified in the Liberia's NAPA which articulate the need for securing, transferring and installing critical technologies, as well as developing the necessary systems for climate change-related inf

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Disease; Community; National Governments

Contact Person: Mark Tadross Regional Technical Advisor mark.tadrossf@undp.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme

Project Name: Management Support and Expansion of Marine Protected Areas in Libya.

Country: Libya

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Management Support and Expansion of Marine Protected Areas in Libya.

Context: The new project, ?Supporting management and expansion of Marine Protected Areas in Libya?, seeks to enhance protection of marine biodiversity by developing a national governance structure, alongside with new on-site management units, sustainable

Project Type: Medium-size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Contact Person: Maher Mahjoub

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme

Project Name: S3MR Sustainable Management of Madagascar's Marine Resources

Country: Madagascar

Legal Name: S3MR Sustainable Management of Madagascar's Marine Resources

Context: Project Objective: Strengthened management of Madagascar's marine biodiversity and productivity

Identifier: GEFID_9433

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Lead Implementing Agency: World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Project Name: Strengthening the Network of New Protected Areas in Madagascar

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Strengthening the Network of New Protected Areas in Madagascar

Context: Madagascar’s network of new PAs is effectively managed to provide enhanced protection and better representation of key ecosystems for economic and environmental benefit

Identifier: GEF ID: GEF-5352

Project Type: Research

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme

Project Name: Partnership to Mainstream Marine and Coastal Biodiversity into Oil and Gas Sector Development in Mauritania

Country: Mauritania

Legal Name: Partnership to Mainstream Marine and Coastal Biodiversity into Oil and Gas Sector Development in Mauritania

Identifier: GEFID_3576

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: West African Biodiversity under Pressure (WASP)

Country: Mauritania

Legal Name: West African Biodiversity under Pressure (WASP) partnership project

Context: The project aimed to facilitate the mainstreaming of biodiversity protection, into the management of the fisheries sector, the Oil & Gas industry and Protected Areas policies.

Project Type: Conservation

Focal Area: International Waters

Thematic Areas: Open marine GIS; Decision-making; DNA barcoding; marine species

Contact Person: info@meerwissen.org

Lead Implementing Agency: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Project Name: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Management of the Coastal Zone in the Republic of Mauritius

Country: Mauritius

Legal Name: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Management of the Coastal Zone in the Republic of Mauritius

Context: The project seeks to to mainstream the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into coastal zone management and into the operations and policies of the tourism and physical development sectors in the Republic of Ma

Identifier: GEFID_5514

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: International Waters

Contact Person: registry.mu@undp.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Monitoring of Environment and Security Project (MESA)- IOC THEMA

Country: Mauritius

Legal Name: Monitoring of Environment and Security Project (MESA)

Context: The aim of the project is to help African governments in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating their regional and continental policies towards sustainable development

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Environment, Earth Observation (EO), satellite technologies

Contact Person: Jolly Wasambo Project Coordinator E-mail Wasamboj@africa-union.org

Lead Implementing Agency: European Union

Project Name: A collaborative approach for understanding multi-taxa ?bycatch? of vulnerable species in Mediterranean fisheries and testing mitigation

Country: Morocco, Tunisia

Legal Name: A collaborative approach for understanding multi-taxa ?bycatch? of vulnerable species in Mediterranean fisheries and testing mit

Context: The project aims to support Mediterranean countries, specifically Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, to develop a common standardized methodology to collect data and test mitigation solutions that can be replicated at the regional level. The project ai

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: marine mammals, seabirds, elasmobranchs, bycatch, fisheries

Contact Person: gfcm-secretariat@fao.org

Lead Implementing Agency: Birdlife International

Project Name: Mozambique Conservation Areas for Biodiversity and Development Project

Country: Mozambique

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Mozambique Conservation Areas for Biodiversity and Development Project

Context: The development objective of the Conservation Areas for Biodiversity and Development Project for Mozambique is to increase the effective management of the conservation areas and enhance the living conditions of communities in and around the conse

Identifier: P131965

Project Type: Full-size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Thematic Areas: Environmental policies and institutions; Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management; Biodiversity; Environmental Health and Pollution Management; Water Pollution; Mitigation; Climate change

Contact Person: Franka Braun

Lead Implementing Agency: The World Bank

Project Name: Fishing Data East Africa (FiDEA)

Country: Mozambique, Tanzania

Legal Name: Fishing Data East Africa (FIDEA)

Context: Fishing Data East Africa (FIDEA) is a partnership project, which has been co-designed with the National Fisheries Research Institutes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zanzibar to address the challenges highlighted, and to strengthen a science-based de

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Fishing Data, trainings,

Contact Person: Barbara Lang Project Lead

Lead Implementing Agency: National Institute of Fisheries Research (IIP), Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)

Project Name: Regional Partnership for African Fisheries Policy Reform (RAFIP)

Legal Name: Regional Partnership for African Fisheries Policy Reform (RAFIP)

Context: The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the accessibility to best practices and new knowledge on fisheries management of selected SSA countries.

Identifier: GEFID_9160

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Contact Person: E-mail: ibar.office@au-ibar.org

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: World Bank-GEF Investment Fund for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Partnership,

Country: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: World Bank-GEF Investment Fund for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Partnership,

Context: The main objective of the proposed World Bank-GEF Investment Fund for Pollution Reduction in the Mediterranean Sea is to facilitate the recipient countries of the Mediterranean Sea basin in implementing their top transboundary priority pollution

Identifier: GEF Project ID: 3229

Project Type: Full-size Project

Focal Area: International Waters

Lead Implementing Agency: The World Bank

Project Name: Oil Pollution Management Project for the Southwest Mediterranean Sea

Country: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Oil Pollution Management Project for the Southwest Mediterranean Sea

Context: Reduce the input of hydrocarbons into the international waters of the Mediterranean, ensure commonality of approach, regulatory policies and methodologies, promote exchange of information and coordination of implementation, utilise national data

Identifier: GEF Project ID: 68

Project Type: Full-size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Thematic Areas: Pollution, oil and gas

Lead Implementing Agency: The World Bank

Project Name: Combating Living Resource Depletion and Coastal Area Degradation in the Guinea Current LME through Ecosystem-based Regional Actions

Country: Angola, Benin, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leon, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: COMBATING LIVING RESOURCES DEPLETION AND COASTAL AREA DEGRADATION IN THE GUINEA CURRENT LME THROUGH ECOSYSTEM-BASED REGIONAL AC

Context: The project's overall development goal is to create an ecosystem-wide assessment and management framework for sustainable use of living and non-living resources in the GCLME to: recover depleted fish stocks; restore degraded habitat; and reduce l

Identifier: GEF ID: 1118

Project Type: Full-size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Thematic Areas: Large Marine Ecosystem; LME; Coastal area degradation; Resource depletion; Ecosystem management; Ecosystem degradation; Marine degradation;

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme

Project Name: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Strategic Ecosystem Management

Country: Djibouti, Egypt, Sudan

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Strategic Ecosystem Management

Context: The overall objective is to conserve and promote the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and improve the socioeconomic benefits, especially of coastal communities in the region.

Identifier: IBRD ID 113794

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Contact Person: Mohamed Badran

Lead Implementing Agency: The World Bank

Project Name: Cyclone Emergency Rehabilitation Project

Country: Madagascar

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Legal Name: Cyclone Emergency Rehabilitation Project

Context: The main project objectives were (i) to support the physical and economic rehabilitation of the areas damaged by two cyclones by providing assistance to promptly restore essential facilities; (ii) to develop measures to minimise potential damage

Identifier: P035914

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Disaster Risk Management; Disaster Response and Recovery;Disaster Preparedness; Disaster Risk Reduction; Finance for Development; Disaster Risk Finance; Cyclone Emergency Rehabilitation Project

Contact Person: Team Leader Christian A. Rey

Lead Implementing Agency: World Bank

Project Name: Mozambique - Artisanal Fisheries and Climate Change

Country: Mozambique

Legal Name: Mozambique - Artisanal Fisheries and Climate Change

Context: To improve community management of selected priority fisheries. .

Identifier: P149992

Lead Implementing Agency: World Bank

Project Name: Mozambique - Community-Based Coastal Resource Management and Sustainable Livelihoods

Country: Mozambique

Legal Name: Mozambique - Community-Based Coastal Resource Management and Sustainable Livelihoods

Context: To alleviate poverty in Mozambique within the context of resource conservation through improved income generation by the poor within the mid coastal provinces (area of Inhambane-Gaza-Maputo).

Identifier: P150546

Lead Implementing Agency: World Bank

Project Name: Mozambique: Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience Project

Country: Mozambique

Legal Name: Mozambique: Cyclone Idai & Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience Project

Context: The Project Development Objective is (a) to support the recovery of public and private infrastructure and livelihoods; (b) to streng then climate resilience in the areas most affected by Cyclones Idai and Kenneth; and (c) to provide immediate and

Identifier: P171040

Focal Area: Biodiversity

Lead Implementing Agency: World Bank

Project Name: Integrated Natural Resource Management Program Project

Country: Senegal

Legal Name: Integrated Natural Resource Management Program Project

Context: The Project seeks to improve the management of fish and forest resources in target areas, to promote selected value chains, and to s trengthen environmental and social risk management.

Identifier: P002359

Project Type: Research

Lead Implementing Agency: World Bank

Project Name: ZA-C.A.P.E.: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development Project

Country: South Africa

Legal Name: ZA-C.A.P.E.: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development Project

Context: Project Development Objective: to support the conservation of the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) and adjacent marine environment by laying a sound foundation for scaling up and replicating successful Project outcomes. The Global Objective is to ens

Identifier: P075997

Lead Implementing Agency: World Bank

Project Name: The Mami Wata Project

Country: Mali

Context: The Mami Wata project ?Enhancing Marine Management in West, Central and Southern Africa through Training and Application? is working in and with African countries to further develop their capacities for Integrated Ocean Management (IOM).

Focal Area: International Waters

Lead Implementing Agency: partners GRID-Arendal and the Abidjan Convention Secretariat,

Project Name: Using Marine Spatial Planning in the Gulf of Guinea for the implementation of Payment for Ecosystem Services and Coastal Nature-basedSolutions

Funds Source: Global Environment facility (GEF)

Legal Name: Using Marine Spatial Planning in the Gulf of Guinea for the implementation of Payment for Ecosystem Services and Coastal Nature-

Context: To implement a regional mechanism for nature-based solution implementation for habitat restoration and maintenance using payment for ecosystem services inthe countries of Togo, C?te d'Ivoire, Ghana (Gulf of Guinea).

Identifier: 10875

Project Type: FSP

Focal Area: International Waters

Thematic Areas: Fisheries, Biomes, Mangrove, Seagrasses, Large Marine Ecosystems, Marine Protected Area, Infl uencing models, Demonstrate innovative approache, Deployinnovative fi nancial instruments, Strengthen institutional capacity and decision-making, Participation, P

Project Name: Africa Hydromet Program

Country: Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Zambia, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Sierra Leon, Mali

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Legal Name: Africa Hydromet Program

Context: The Africa Hydromet Program is a partnership of development organizations working to improve weather, water, and climate services throughout Africa.

Project Type: Research

Focal Area: International Waters

Thematic Areas: Hydrology; Meteorology ; weather; water; climate

Project Name: West African Regional Coastal Observatory (ORLOA)

Funds Source: World Bank (WB)

Legal Name: West African Regional Coastal Observatory (ORLOA)

Context: The West African Regional Coastal Observatory (ORLOA) is under development as part of the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project (WACA-ResIP) funded by the World Bank. It builds on the West African Coastal Observation Mission (MO

Project Type: Research

Focal Area: International Waters

Contact Person: Ana I. Catarino, VLIZ, Belgium Edem Mahu, University of Ghana, Ghana collect@pogo-ocean.org

Project Name: COLLECT ? Citizen Observation of Local Litter in Coastal ECosysTems

Country: Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Cape Verde

Legal Name: COLLECT ? Citizen Observation of Local Litter in Coastal ECosysTems

Context: The goal of this project is to acquire data on marine plastic debris distribution and abundance on the coasts of African countries, by training citizen scientists (secondary school students) and promoting knowledge transfer between local communit

Project Type: Research

Project Name: Biodiversity of the Coastal Ocean: Monitoring with Earth Observation (BiCOME)

Legal Name: Biodiversity of the Coastal Ocean: Monitoring with Earth Observation (BiCOME)

Context: The BiCOME project will develop and demonstrate that EBVs, relevant for scientific and monitoring applications, can be obtained from state-of-the-art remotely sensed reflectance close to the shoreline, and that they can be scalable globally. By a

Project Type: Research

Thematic Areas: Essential Ocean Variables

Contact Person: Kim Hockley Project Manager khock@pml.ac.uk

Project Name: KADI, Knowledge and Climate Services from an African Observation and Data Research Infrastructure

Country: Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania

Legal Name: Knowledge and Climate Services from an African Observation and Data Research Infrastructure - KADI

Context: KADI aims at improving the knowledge about climate change in Africa and at developing tools to combat its negative consequences. The project will investigate what kind of climate services are needed in the African continent to tackle the climate

Project Type: Research

Project Name: A Ridge-to-Reef Approach for the Integrated Management of Marine, Coastal and Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Seychelles

Country: Seychelles

Legal Name: A Ridge-to-Reef Approach for the Integrated Management of Marine, Coastal and Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Seychelles

Context: The project will undertake a comprehensive Ridge to Reef (R2R) approach that addresses the ?whole island? priorities of improved management and conservation of upland forest and agricultural ecosystems, as well as coastal and marine ecosystems in

Identifier: GEFID_1351

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2003-10-20

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Adaptation to Climate Change in the Nile Delta Through Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Country: Egypt

Legal Name: Adaptation to Climate Change in the Nile Delta Through Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Identifier: GEFID_3242

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2005-08-20

Contact Person: Mohamed Aly Project Coordinator noscp@link.net

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Bizerte Lake Environmental Project Lagoon and Marine de Pollution

Country: Tunisia

Legal Name: Bizerte Lake Environmental Project Lagoon and Marine de Pollution

Context: To improve Lake Bizerte?s wastewater management, thereby reducing land-based pollution in Lake Bizerte and to the adjacent Mediterranean Sea, through piloting inter-ministerial policy dialogue, supporting foundational capacity building in environ

Identifier: GEFID_5787

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2006-06-20

Lead Implementing Agency: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Project Name: CBSP- Integrated management of mangrove and associated wetlands and coastal forests ecosystems of the Republic of Congo

Country: Republic of Congo

Legal Name: CBSP- Integrated management of mangrove and associated wetlands and coastal forests ecosystems of the Republic of Congo

Context: To strengthen the conservation of biodiversity and reduce degradation in Congo?s mangrove ecosystems by: strengthening the legal and institutional framework; increasing the knowledge and availability of information on trends, status and threats t

Identifier: GEFID_4083

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2015-07-20

Contact Person: Charlotte Gobin Senior Environmental Specialist (Biodiversity) cgobin@thegef.org

Lead Implementing Agency: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Project Name: CFI: Coastal Fisheries Initiative (PROGRAM)

Legal Name: CFI: Coastal Fisheries Initiative (PROGRAM)

Context: The Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) is a collaborative, global effort funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to preserve marine resources and ensure that coastal fisheries can continue to play their crucial role in society, contributi

Identifier: GEFID_9060

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Lead Implementing Agency: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Project Name: Creation of Loungo Bay Marine Protected Area to Support Turtles Conservation in Congo

Country: Republic of Congo

Legal Name: Creation of Loungo Bay Marine Protected Area to Support Turtles Conservation in Congo

Identifier: GEFID_5806

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2014-10-20

Contact Person: Adamou Bouhari,

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Creation of Marine Protected Areas in Angola

Country: Angola

Legal Name: Creation of Marine Protected Areas in Angola

Context: To expand the protected areas network into the marine environment through creation of Angola?s first marine protected area.

Identifier: GEFID_9748

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2011-01-20

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Development of a National Network of Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas Representative of the Comoros Unique Natural Heritage and Co-managed with Local Village Communities

Country: Comoros

Legal Name: Development of a National Network of Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas Representative of the Comoros Unique Natural Heritag

Context: The project will seek to conserve globally significant marine and terrestrial biological diversity in the Union of Comoros by establishing an expanded and functional system of protected areas (PAs) in the country, a system that is both representa

Identifier: GEFID_5062

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2015-09-20

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in the Benguela Current Fisheries System

Legal Name: Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in the Benguela Current Fisheries System

Context: o build climate change resilience of the Benguela Current marine fisheries systems through implementation of climate-resiliant fisheries practices adaptation strategies, to ensure food and livelihood security. The project aims to integrate fisher

Identifier: GEFID_5113

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2017-12-20

Lead Implementing Agency: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Project Name: Enhancing the Conservation Effectiveness of Seagrass Ecosystems Supporting Globally Significant Populations of Dugong Across the Indian and Pacific Ocean Basins (Short Title: The Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project)

Legal Name: Enhancing the Conservation Effectiveness of Seagrass Ecosystems Supporting Globally Significant Populations of Dugong Across the

Context: The goal of the project is to improve the conservation status of dugongs and their seagrass habitats across the Indian and Pacific Ocean basins

Identifier: GEFID_4930

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2008-07-20

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Establishing Effectively Managed Marine Protected Areas in Djibouti

Country: Djibouti

Legal Name: Establishing Effectively Managed Marine Protected Areas in Djibouti

Context: The goal of the project is to catalyze the institutional and financial sustainability of Djibouti?s system of marine protected areas

Identifier: GEFID_3713

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2018-08-20

Contact Person: Jaime Cavelier Senior Biodiversity Specialist jcavelier@thegef.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Expanding and Consolidating Madagascar's Marine Protected Areas Network

Country: Madagascar

Legal Name: Expanding and Consolidating Madagascar's Marine Protected Areas Network

Identifier: GEFID_9546

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2030-01-20

Contact Person: Jaime Cavelier Senior Biodiversity Specialist jcavelier@thegef.org

Lead Implementing Agency: WWF-US

Project Name: First South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project (SWIOFish 1)

Legal Name: First South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project (SWIOFish 1)

Context: The Project Development and Global Environmental Objective are to improve the management effectiveness of selected priority fisheries at regional, national and community levels.

Identifier: GEFID_5905

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2030-12-20

Contact Person: Charlotte Gobin Senior Environmental Specialist (Biodiversity) cgobin@thegef.org

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Implementing Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in Atlantic and Indian Ocean SIDS

Legal Name: Implementing Integrated Water Resource and Wastewater Management in Atlantic and Indian Ocean SIDS

Context: This is a Terminal Evaluation of a UN Environment/Global Environment Facility (GEF) project co-implemented with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 6 countries: Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe in the Atlantic Ocean, and Comoro

Identifier: GEFID_2706

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2028-12-20

Contact Person: Daniel Nzyuko Results and Knowledge Management Specialist danielnz@unops.org

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Improve Sustainability of Mangrove Forests and Coastal Mangrove Areas in Liberia through Protection, Planning and Livelihood Creation- as a Building Block Towards Liberia?s Marine and Costal Protected Areas

Country: Liberia

Legal Name: Improve Sustainability of Mangrove Forests and Coastal Mangrove Areas in Liberia through Protection, Planning and Livelihood Cre

Context: To strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of globally important mangrove forests through effective participatory land-use planning and establishment of coastal protected areas in at least 35% of Liberia?s mangroves

Identifier: GEFID_5712

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2017-03-20

Lead Implementing Agency: Conservation International (CI)

Project Name: Kenya Coastal Development Project

Country: Kenya

Legal Name: Kenya Coastal Development Project

Context: The development objective of KCDP is to improve management effectiveness and enhance revenue generation of Kenya?s coastal and marine resources. The project?s global environmental objective is to strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of

Identifier: GEFID_3313

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2027-05-20

Contact Person: Christian Severin cseverin@thegef.org

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: LME-AF Strategic Partnership for Sustainable Fisheries Management in the Large Marine Ecosystems in Africa (PROGRAM)

Legal Name: LME-AF Strategic Partnership for Sustainable Fisheries Management in the Large Marine Ecosystems in Africa (PROGRAM)

Context: To assist in the development, adoption and implementation of governance reforms supporting environmentally, economically and socially sustainable marine fisheries in the large marine ecosystems (LMEs) of Africa.

Identifier: GEFID_4487

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2016-03-20

Contact Person: Andrew Hume Deputy Director - WWF GEF Agency Andrew.Hume@wwfus.org

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Management of the Coastal Zone in the Republic of Mauritius

Country: Mauritius

Legal Name: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Management of the Coastal Zone in the Republic of Mauritius

Context: The project seeks to to mainstream the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services into coastal zone management and into the operations and policies of the tourism and physical development sectors in the Republic of Ma

Identifier: GEFID_5514

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2031-03-20

Contact Person: registry.mu@undp.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: MED Integrated Coastal Zone Management-Mediterranean Coast

Country: Morocco

Legal Name: MED Integrated Coastal Zone Management-Mediterranean Coast

Context: The objective of the proposed project is to support integrated coastal zone management in selected areas of Morocco?s Mediterranean coast to reduce pollution and loss of biodiversity and to enhance communities? resilience to climactic risk. The p

Identifier: GEFID_4198

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2030-04-20

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Mediterranean Coastal Zones: Managing the Water-Food-Energy and Ecosystems NEXUS

Legal Name: Mediterranean Coastal Zones: Managing the Water-Food-Energy and Ecosystems NEXUS

Context: Balancing of competing water uses in priority coastal areas through water, food, energy and ecosystems integrated governance, to enhance environmental security and sharing of benefits.

Identifier: GEFID_9685

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2001-10-20

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Mediterranean Sea Programme (MedProgramme): Enhancing Environmental Security

Legal Name: Mediterranean Sea Programme (MedProgramme): Enhancing Environmental Security

Context: Project Objective: to accelerate the implementation of agreed upon priority actions to reduce the major transboundary environmental stresses affecting the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas while strengthening climate resilience and water se

Identifier: GEFID_9607

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2003-10-20

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Mitigating Key Sector Pressures on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Further Strengthening the National System of Marine Protected Areas in Djibouti

Country: Djibouti

Legal Name: Mitigating Key Sector Pressures on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Further Strengthening the National System of Marine Prote

Context: Enhance the resilience of Djibouti"s marine biodiversity through increasing institutional capacity, enhancing financial sustainability and management effectiveness of the MPA system, and mainstreaming marine biodiversity into key maritime sectors

Identifier: GEFID_9215

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2022-05-20

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project

Country: Namibia

Legal Name: Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project

Context: The objective of the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project (NACOMA) for Namibia is to strengthened conservation, sustainable use and mainstreaming of biodiversity in coastal and marine ecosystems. T

Identifier: GEFID_4669

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2028-11-20

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Partnership to Mainstream Marine and Coastal Biodiversity into Oil and Gas Sector Development in Mauritania

Country: Mauritania

Legal Name: Partnership to Mainstream Marine and Coastal Biodiversity into Oil and Gas Sector Development in Mauritania

Identifier: GEFID_3576

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2008-01-20

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Realizing the Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the BCLME Region through the Improved Ocean Governmence and the Integrated Management of Ocean Use and Marine Resources

Legal Name: Realizing the Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the BCLME Region through the Improved Ocean Governmence and the Integrate

Context: Project Objective: To realize a coordinated regional approach to the long-term conservation, protection, rehabilitation, enhancement and sustainable use of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem in order to provide economic, environmental an

Identifier: GEFID_5753

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2018-11-20

Contact Person: Akiko Yamamoto, Regional Technical Advisor for Water and Ocean Governance, akiko.yamamoto@undp.org,

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Reducing Pollution from Harmful Chemicals and Wastes in Mediterranean Hot Spots and Measuring Progress to Impacts

Legal Name: Reducing Pollution from Harmful Chemicals and Wastes in Mediterranean Hot Spots and Measuring Progress to Impacts

Context: The project objective is to achieve measurable reductions in levels of POPs and mercury in priority Mediterranean coastal hot spots and catchment areas. Project?s Chemicals and Waste component aims for: i) Management and disposal of 2,000 tonnes

Identifier: GEFID_9684

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2022-01-20

Contact Person: Lorenzo Paolo Galbiati, Projects Manager lorenzo.galbiati@un.org

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Regional Partnership for African Fisheries Policy Reform (RAFIP)

Legal Name: Regional Partnership for African Fisheries Policy Reform (RAFIP)

Context: The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the accessibility to best practices and new knowledge on fisheries management of selected SSA countries.

Identifier: GEFID_9160

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2001-07-20

Contact Person: E-mail: ibar.office@au-ibar.org

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: S3MR Sustainable Management of Madagascar's Marine Resources

Country: Madagascar

Legal Name: S3MR Sustainable Management of Madagascar's Marine Resources

Context: Project Objective: Strengthened management of Madagascar's marine biodiversity and productivity

Identifier: GEFID_9433

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2031-05-20

Lead Implementing Agency: World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Project Name: Safeguarding Zanzibar?s Forest and Coastal Habitats for Multiple Benefits

Country: Tanzania

Legal Name: Safeguarding Zanzibar?s Forest and Coastal Habitats for Multiple Benefits

Context: To implement a landscape approach to safeguard Zanzibar?s terrestrial and coastal forest habitats for multiple benefits

Identifier: GEFID_9400

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2029-02-20

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme

Project Name: Strategic Partnership for a Sustainable Fisheries Investment Fund in the Large Marine Ecosystems of Sub-Saharan Africa (Tranche 1, Installment 1)

Legal Name: Strategic Partnership for a Sustainable Fisheries Investment Fund in the Large Marine Ecosystems of Sub-Saharan Africa (Tranche

Context: The project had two components: The partnership Investment Fund (PIF) component whose mandate was to assist AU member states to better manage their fisheries through a co-financing mechanism. The Strategic Partnership (SP) component that meant t

Identifier: GEFID_2093

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2023-04-20

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: SP-SFIF: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP)

Legal Name: SP-SFIF: West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP)

Context: The overall objective is to sustainably increase the overall wealth generated by the exploitation of the marine fisheries resources of West Africa, and the proportion of that wealth captured by West African countries.

Identifier: GEFID_3558

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2001-09-20

Lead Implementing Agency: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Name: Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem--Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions for the protection of the environmental resources of the Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areas

Legal Name: Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Large Marine Ecosystem--Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions for the

Context: Project objective: re:Reduce the impacts of LBS of pollution on the Mediterranean marine environment and human health; Reach sustainable productivity from fisheries; and Preserve the coastal and marine biodiversity (ie. habitats, ecosystems, biol

Identifier: GEFID_2600

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2009-04-20

Contact Person: Mr. Habib El-Habr Deputy Coordinator, UNEP/MAP Coordinating Unit (MAP-MEDU) habib.elhabr[at]unepmap.gr

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Environment (UNEP)

Project Name: Strengthened Environmental Management Information System for Coastal Development to Meet Rio Convention Objectives

Country: Ivory Coast

Legal Name: Strengthened Environmental Management Information System for Coastal Development to Meet Rio Convention Objectives

Context: Project Objective: TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL DECISION-MAKERS TO USE A NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AS A MEANS TO APPLY LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES TO MEET GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES WITHI

Identifier: GEFID_5101

Project Type: Medium-Size Project

Start Date: 2025-11-20

Contact Person: Bernard Brou bernard.brou@undp.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name: Strengthening Adaptative Capacities to Climate Change through Capacity Building for Small Scale Enterprises and Communities Dependent on Coastal Fisheries in The Gambia

Country: Gambia

Legal Name: Strengthening Adaptative Capacities to Climate Change through Capacity Building for Small Scale Enterprises and Communities Depe

Context: To increase adaptive capacities for The Gambia coastal fish processing value chains and promote climate-resilient business models focusing on improved post-harvest fisheries food systems to vulnerable communities.

Identifier: GEFID_9194

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Contact Person: Juliet Kabege J.KABEGE@unido.org

Lead Implementing Agency: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Project Name: Strengthening Capacity for International Cooperation in the Ecosystem-based Management of the Antarctic Large Marine Ecosystem

Legal Name: Strengthening Capacity for International Cooperation in the Ecosystem-based Management of the Antarctic Large Marine Ecosystem

Context: Project Objective: To strengthen multilateral cooperation in ecosystem-based management of the Antarctic Large Marine Ecosystem (ALME) through supporting national-level institutional strengthening and building the capacity of GEF-eligible countri

Identifier: GEFID_9443

Project Type: Full-Size Project

Start Date: 2001-05-20

Contact Person: Christian Severin cseverin@thegef.org

Lead Implementing Agency: UN Development Programme