As of September 2002, the UNEP/GEF portfolio in international waters is valued at US$ 179 million, comprising 11 ongoing full size projects and 2 ongoing medium-sized projects.

1. UNEP/GEF INTERNATIONAL
WATERS PORTFOLIO
Second Biennial GEF International Waters Conference
25-29 September 2002, Dalian, China
Vladimir Mamaev, SPO UNEP/DGEF

2. HISTORY
• UNEP HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN GEF
WATERS IN THE PILOT PHASE (1991-1994)
AND DURING PHASE I AND PHASE II
(1994 TO PRESENT).

3. UNEP IW Portfolio
As of September 2002, the UNEP/GEF
portfolio in international waters is valued at
US$ 179 million, comprising 11 ongoing
full size projects and 2 ongoing medium-
sized projects.

4. UNEP’S comparative advantage
in International Waters
Facilitation of the NEPAD Environmental Action Plan
Assistance to the African Process through a GEF MSP
Secretariat for many of the Regional Seas Conventions
Past record of successful multi-country and regional
interventions in many fields including Freshwater
Basin management
Implementation of the freshwater EMINWA
programme (Environmentally Sound Management of
Inland Waters)

5. UNEP’S comparative advantage
in International Waters (cont.)
Developed guidelines for ICARM (Integrated Coastal
Area and River Basin Management)
Global Programme of Action (GPA)
Implementation of the GIWA (Global International
Water Assessment)
The GEMS/WATER (Global Quality Monitoring
Programme
International contaminants agenda (POPs/PTS)
River Basin Information Systems Initiative
Co-operation with LOICZ initiatives

6. UNEP IN GEF-III
UNEP's project portfolio will focus on the
following areas in GEF Phase III:
Integrated Land and Water Resources
Management. UNEP will pilot a mega-
regional ecosystem approach to integrated
land and water resources management for
selected mega-basins.

7. UNEP IN GEF-III
Integrated drainage basins and coastal zone
management. UNEP will develop a
portfolio of projects that are built on the
guidelines for Integrated Coastal Area and
River Basin Management (ICARM), and
linked to it will be

8. UNEP IN GEF-III
Formulation of Regional Programmes of
Action for Protection of the Marine
Environment from LBA. UNEP will
develop, in collaboration with the GPA
Office, a number of projects to elaborate
regional programmes of action for
addressing land based activities affecting
the integrity of the ecosystem.

9. UNEP IN GEF-III
DEVELOPING NEW TOPICAL FOCAL AREAS,
based on GIWA outcomes
DEVELOPING NEW GEOGRAPHIC FOCAL
AREAS, based on GIWA outcomes
EXAMINING OVERARCHING IW ISSUES
REPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICES

10. Partnerships
Local, national, and regional governance
structures
Regional development banks
Other Implementing Agencies
Executing Agencies
NGOs
Private sector
Other donors

11. Projects in the Pipeline
Addressing Land-Based Activities in the Western
Indian Ocean
Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area
Management in Small Island Developing States of
the Caribbean (jointly with UNDP)
Integrated Management of the Volta River Basin
Combating coastal area degradation and living
resources depletion in the Guinea Current LME
through regional actions (jointly with UNDP)
Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project
(joint with FAO)

12. THANK YOU
HAVE A GOOD DAY