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Operational Programs
As of March 2003, there are 15 operational programs (OPs) through which the GEF provides grants. Eleven of these reflect GEF's original focal areas: four in the biodiversity focal area, four in climate change, and three more in international waters. (Projects to combat ozone depletion are not covered among the OPs.) OP 12, Integrated Ecosystem Management, encompasses cross-sectoral projects that address ecosystem management in a way that optimizes ecosystem goods and services in at least two focal areas within the context of sustainable development.
In October 2002, the GEF Assembly approved persistent organic pollutants and land degradation as new GEF focal areas. OP15 (Land Degradation) is now available, and OP14 (Persistent Organic Pollutants) is being drafted.
Biodiversity
1. Arid and Semi-Arid Zone Ecosystems (English, French, Spanish)
2. Coastal, Marine, and Freshwater Ecosystems (English, French,
Spanish)
3. Forest Ecosystems (English, French, Spanish)
4. Mountain Ecosystems (English, French, Spanish)
13. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity Important
to Agriculture (English, French, Spanish)
Climate Change
5. Removal of Barriers to Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation
(English, French, Spanish)
6. Promoting the Adoption of Renewable Energy by Removing Barriers and Reducing Implementation Costs (English, French, Spanish)
7. Reducing the Long-Term Costs of Low Greenhouse Gas Emitting
Energy Technologies (English, French, Spanish)
11. Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Transport
(English, French, Spanish)
International Waters
8. Waterbody-based Operational Program (English, French, Spanish)
9. Integrated Land and Water Multiple Focal Area Operational Program (English, French, Spanish)
10. Contaminant-Based Operational Program (English, French, Spanish)
Multifocal Area
Persistent Organic Pollutants
14. Draft Operational Program on Persistent Organic Pollutants (English)