1. A Letter from the CEO
2. GEF Council Meeting
3. Third GEF Assembly - A Retrospective
   a. UNDP view of Assembly
   b. Overview of the IYDD Forum
   c. Overview of the NGO Forum
   d. Evaluation Office
   e. Roundtables
   1. Market-Based Mechanisms
   2. Mitigation and Adaptation
   3. National Priorities and RAF
4. Climate Change COP12 in Nairobi
5. Fourth Replenishment
6. Update on RAF
7. New Focal Points/Council Members
8. Announcements
9. Obituary

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GEF December Council Meeting

Highlights of Upcoming GEF Council Meeting

The next meeting of the GEF Council is scheduled to be held December 5-8, 2006 in Washington, DC. An NGO consultation will be held on December 4, 2006.  The Provisional Agenda includes:

1. Opening of the meeting
2. Election of a Chairperson
3. Adoption of the agenda
4. Statement by the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC
5. STAP
6. Incremental cost evaluation
7. Evaluation of experience with Executing Agencies
8. Evaluation Office progress report
9. Evaluation of GEF project cycle and modalities
10. Rules, procedures and objective criteria for project selection, pipeline management and cancellation policy
11. Results management framework
12. Strategies for focal areas
13. Work program
14. Business plan
15. Procedures for approval of sub-projects under larger projects and programs
16. Implications of amending the Instrument to reflect the designation of the GEF as a financial mechanism of the UNCCD
17. Strategy for financing biosafety and management response
18. Roles and comparative advantages of the GEF Implementing Agencies
19. Report on project data reconciliation
20. Review of financial statements
21. Progress report on the implementation of the RAF
22. Other business
23. Joint summary of the Chairs

Brief Highlights of Selected Agenda Items

Rules, Procedures and Objective Criteria for Project Selection, Pipeline Management, Approval of Sub-Projects, and Cancellation Policy (GEF/C.30/3)

One of the policy recommendations from the negotiations associated with the Fourth Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund, requests the Secretariat to develop “clear rules, procedures and objective criteria for project selection and management of the pipeline, including a policy for cancellation of projects.”  At the August 28, 2006 Council meeting, the GEF Council requested the Secretariat to prepare a policy paper for consideration at the December 2006 meeting, clarifying the procedures to be followed for the approval of sub-projects developed under larger programs and umbrella projects approved by the Council.

Progress Report on the Development of the Results Based Management Framework (GEF/C.30/5)

The policy recommendations for the Fourth Replenishment of the GEF Trust Fund also requested the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies and the GEF Evaluation Office to develop, in consultation with recipient countries, a set of common quantitative and qualitative indicators and tracking tools for each focal area, to be used consistently in all projects, with a view to facilitating aggregation of results at the country and program levels as well as assessment of GEF’s transformational impact. A complete results management framework which addresses quality at entry of project proposals, mid-term and end replenishment targets, and reporting on results of complete projects, will be presented for Council discussion.

Legal, Operational and Financial Implications of an Amendment of the GEF Instrument to Reflect the Designation of the GEF as a Financial Mechanism of the UNCCD (GEF/C.30/7)

A proposal for an amendment of GEF Instrument to reflect the designation of the GEF as a financial mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification will be presented to the Council. The Council shall consider and approve arrangements to facilitate collaboration between the GEF and the UNCCD.  Pending the formal approval of the proposed amendment to the Instrument and recognizing the operational and financial implications of the amendment as described in document GEF/C.30/7, it is proposed that the GEF Secretariat and the GEF agencies implement the amendment in good faith pending a formal adoption by the next Assembly.