Roland Sundstrom Senior Policy Officer GEF Secretariat GEF Introduction Seminar Washington DC January 23 2019 The GEF was established to support the protection of the global environment and promote thereby environmentally sound and sustainable economic development providing for ID: 749596
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Environmental and Social Safeguards
Roland Sundstrom
Senior Policy Officer, GEF Secretariat
GEF Introduction Seminar
Washington, DC
January 23, 2019Slide2
The GEF was established to support
“the protection of the global environment and promote thereby environmentally sound and sustainable economic development” [providing for] “consultation with, and participation [of] major groups and local communities”
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Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility)In line with the Instrument, the Policy on E&S Safeguards aims to ensure that GEF projects and programs systematically identify and address any environmental and social risks and potential impactsSlide3
evolution of the policySlide4
GEF Conflict Resolution Commissioner
the GEF’s approach at a glanceSlide5
MS 1:
Environmental and Social Assessment, Management and Monitoring
MS 2: Accountability, Grievance and Conflict ResolutionMS 3:
Biodiversity Conservation and the Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources
MS 4:
Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement
MS 5:
Indigenous Peoples
MS 6:
Cultural HeritageMS 7: Resource Efficiency and Pollution PreventionMS 8: Labor and Working ConditionsMS 9: Community Health, Safety and Security
minimum standards for GEF AgenciesSlide6
E&S safeguards in the project cycle
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annual reporting by Agencies on cases reported to their accountability, grievance and conflict resolution mechanisms in connection with GEF projects or programsSlide7
next steps
guidelines for documentation, monitoring and reporting; compliance assessment
capture of data and information through GEF Portal
sharing knowledge
assessment of Agency complianceSlide8
references
Policy on Environmental and Social Safeguards
http://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/council-meeting-documents/EN_GEF.C.55.07.Rev_.01_ES_Safeguards.pdf
For follow-up questions:
ksundstrom@thegef.org