Monthly Operational Summary of Bank and ida proposed Projects

The Global Environment Facility (GEF)

In addition to projects financed by the World Bank, the World Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on projects financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

The GEF was established in 1991 by a Resolution of the World Bank Executive Directors as a pilot program to assist in the protection of the global environment and to promote environmentally sound and sustainable economic development. The GEF operates as a mechanism for providing new and additional grant and concessional funding to meet the agreed incremental costs of measures to achieve agreed global environmental benefits in the focal areas of climate change, biodiversity, international waters, land degradation chemicals, sustainable forest management (SFM)/REDD+, and under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund—adaptation to climate change. The GEF consists of an Assembly of 183 participating countries, a Council, a Secretariat a Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, and 14 Implementing Agencies – ADB, AfDB, CI, DBSA, EBRD, FAO, IADB, IFAD, IUCN, UNDP, UNIDO, World Bank, and WWF.

As one of the Implementing Agencies of the GEF, the World Bank assists its member countries conserve and sustainably use their biological diversity, reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases and adapt to climate change, manage shared water bodies and reduce their emissions of ozone-depleting substances by accessing GEF resources to cover the incremental costs of additional actions on these global issues.

To be eligible for GEF co-financing, projects must be consistent with at least one of the GEF's 'Operational Programs' and meet the GEF project eligibility criteria.

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New Projects Added In This Issue

Africa Region

Angola

Health, Nutrition & Population: Angola Health Sector Reform Project

Benin

Energy & Extractives: Modern Energy and Renewable Access Project

Botswana

Other: Botswana Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project

Burundi

Environment & Natural Resources: Burundi Landscape Restoration Project

Cameroon

Education: Basic Education Support Project

Central African Republic

Poverty and Equity: Data for Decision Making

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Governance: Public Sector Reform and Rejuvenation Project - AF

Ethiopia

Education: General Education Quality Improvement Program Phase 2 - GPE 2 Grant

Kenya

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) in the Horn of Africa

Water: KE Kenya Urban Water and Sanitation - Test

Lesotho

Other: Second Private Sector Competitiveness & Economic Diversification - AF

Madagascar

Health, Nutrition & Population: Madagascar:An Integrated Approach to Improving Nutrition Outcomes

Social Protection & Labor: AF Social Safety Net Drought Response

Malawi

Transport & ICT: Digital Malawi

Social Protection & Labor: Second AF for Strengthening Safety Nets Systems Project MASAF IV

Mali

Poverty and Equity: Improving Mali's Statistical System

Transport & ICT: RURAL MOBILITY PROJECT

Mozambique

Education: Additional Financing to the ESSP - III

Energy & Extractives: Regional Electricity Transmission and Generation Project -- Temane

Senegal

Energy & Extractives: Enhancing Gas Market Governance Technical Assistance

Sierra Leone

Energy & Extractives: Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project 2

Southern Africa

Water: Zambezi Integrated Ecosystems Services Management Project

Tanzania

Poverty and Equity: Development Support for Tanzania Statistics

Transport & ICT: Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Program - Improving access to Dar es Salaam Port

Togo

Energy & Extractives: Togo Energy Access Project

Uganda

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: UG - Empowerment and Resilience of Girls and Gender Equity (EMERGE)

Western Africa

Health, Nutrition & Population: Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Phase II

East Asia And Pacific Region

Cambodia

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: Cambodia Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project

Indonesia

Environment & Natural Resources: Forest and Land Fire Prevention and Management

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: Acceleration Program of One Map Policy Implementation

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: Lao PDR Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project

Mongolia

Governance: Mongolia Multi-Sectoral Technical Assistance 2

Myanmar

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: Myanmar Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project

Solomon Islands

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: Rapid Employment Project Additional Financing

Vanuatu

Energy & Extractives: Rural Electrification Project Stage II

Europe And Central Asia Region

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Trade & Competitiveness: BiH Business Environment Strengthening Project (BESP)

Moldova

Energy & Extractives: Moldova Transparent Power Market Project

Romania

Governance: Justice Services Improvement Project

Latin America And Caribbean Region

Colombia

Education: Strengthening the Tertiary Education Financing System in Colombia

Mexico

Agriculture: Agricultural Services for Food Security and Competitiveness

Energy & Extractives: Municipal Energy Efficiency Support Facility for PRESEM Project

Transport & ICT: MEX GEF Low-Carbon Emissions Transformational Agenda for Sustainable Urban Mobility and Clean Freight Transport

Nicaragua

Education: Second Education Sector Strategy Support Project

Environment & Natural Resources: Resilient Landscape Management and Rural Livelihoods Project

Health, Nutrition & Population: AF to the Strengthening the Public Heath Care System Project

Middle East And North Africa Region

West Bank and Gaza

Social Protection & Labor: Social Protection Enhancement Project

South Asia Region

Afghanistan

Energy & Extractives: Central Asia South Asia Electricity and Trade Project Addl. Financing

Health, Nutrition & Population: System Enhancement for Health Action in Transition 2

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: Urban Development

Bangladesh

Environment & Natural Resources: Clean Air and Sustainable Environment Project - Additional Financing

Governance: Digitizing Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement

Social Protection & Labor: Cash Transfer Modernization Project

India

Agriculture: Maharashtra Project for Climate Resilient Agriculture

Agriculture: AP Integrated Irrigation & Agriculture Transformation Project

Governance: Jharkhand Service Delivery Enhancement Project

Nepal

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice: Nepal Resilience and Risk Mitigation Project

Pakistan

Trade & Competitiveness: Economic Revitalization of KP and FATA - II

Sri Lanka

Agriculture: Sri Lanka Estate Sector Reform and Modernization Project

Projects Deleted from This Issue