The project will be implemented under UNDP's Direct Execution modality (DEX). In line with UNDP Internal Control Framework (ICF) there will be a clear division between UNDP oversight function as GEF IA and its role as executing agency. The management arrangements, described below and summarized in Figure 1, constitute the Project Board; Project Management Unit, a Project Advisory Committee and a regional Technical Commission. The MMA is the National Focal Point of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNCCD) with responsibility for coordinating the National Action Program to Combat Desertification (PAN). In this capacity, the MMA will be the lead government partner and will have responsibility in technical oversight and management through its role in the Project Board; in the Project Management Unit; in the chairing of the Advisory Committee; in coordination with the Sergipe State Secretariat of Environment and Water Resources (SEMARH) and the Regional Technical Commission. It will also in designate staff for the delivery of different project activities who will work in close cooperation with the UNDP to deliver the Project.
