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 Forty-second Meeting of the Global Environment Facility Council (GEF)
5-7 June 2012 | Washington, DC, United States of America |
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At the opening of the second day of the 42nd meeting of the GEF Council, Fernando Lugris, Chair, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Mercury, briefed Council members on the status of the mercury negotiations. The Council also discussed two information documents on chemicals: one regarding strategies to realize co-benefits on chemicals and climate change, the other discussing possible options for the GEF to serve as the financing mechanism for the mercury agreement.
Council members also discussed and ultimately approved the Work Program, which they were told represents the largest program presented to the Council to date, with 84 stand-alone project concepts and two programmatic approaches amounting to US$667.26 million in GEF project grants, and the largest number of recipients included in a GEF Work Program.
The Council reviewed proposals for the FY13-14 business plan and FY13 budget, but decided to wait for requested cost figures from the Trustee before giving final approval. The Council also reviewed options for changing the Project Management Information System (PMIS). Members expressed preference for the option whereby PMIS functionality would become part of the World Bank’s updated corporate systems serving many trust funds, with many noting this would increase efficiencies and meet many concerns expressed by the auditor of the GEF Trust Fund.
On the agenda item on Fee Structure for Agencies, Council members generally supported the recommendations of the Fee Working Group, with some indicating they would have preferred a recommendation for greater cuts. They debated whether implementation of the decision should begin on 1 July 2012, as proposed by the Working Group, or on 1 January 2013, to allow time to take into account further information on possible streamlining and cost cutting. A revised draft decision was circulated and will be considered Thursday.
During the final half hour of discussion, the Council initiated discussions on the two-stage screening of applicants to become new project agencies, with 11 agencies—five national, two regional and four civil society organizations—rated with overall passing scores and eligible for stage-two assessment of their compliance with GEF policies and standards. At the close of the day, the Council hosted a reception in honor of outgoing GEF CEO and Chairperson Monique Barbut.
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GEF resources
 Forty-second meeting of the GEF Council documents
Forty-second meeting of the GEF Council provisional annotated agenda
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Forty-first Meeting of the GEF Council, 7-10 November 2011, Washington, DC, United States of America
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IISD RS coverage of the Fourth GEF Assembly, 24-28 May 2010, Punta del Este, Uruguay
IISD RS coverage of the Third GEF Assembly, 29-30 August 2006, Cape Town, South Africa
IISD RS coverage of the Second GEF Assembly, 16-18 October 2002, Beijing, China
IISD RS coverage of the First GEF Assembly, 1-3 April 1998, New Delhi, India
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