Transcript MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE August 2, 2012 What is STAP? In 1994, the GEF Instrument sets up STAP – “UNEP shall establish, in consultation with.

MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
August 2, 2012
What is STAP?
In 1994, the GEF Instrument sets up STAP –
“UNEP shall establish, in consultation with UNDP and the
World Bank and on the basis of guidelines and criteria
established by the Council, the Scientific and Technical
Advisory Panel (STAP) as an advisory body to the Facility.
UNEP shall provide the STAP’s Secretariat and shall operate
as the liaison between the Facility and the STAP.” (Instrument
for the Establishment of the Restructured Global
Environment Facility, 1994 and 2008)
What is STAP?
The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP)
of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides
strategic and independent advice on projects,
programs, and policies.
STAP is administered by the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), and it is
supported by a Secretariat in Washington, D.C
Who is STAP?
Thomas E. Lovejoy, Chair
Sandra Diaz
Biodiversity
Meryl J. Williams
Co-Chair , IW
Henk Bouwman
Chemicals & POPs
N.H. Ravindranath
Climate Change
Michael Stocking Advisor
to STAP Chair
Land Degradation
(Under recruitment)
Adaptation
(Under
recruitment)
IAs / EAs
UNDP
CBD
Donor
Replenishment
Group
GEFEO
UNEP
STAP
W.B.
UNFCC
ADB
ASSEMBLY
NGOS
POPS
COUNCIL
CCD
Multilateral
Fund of
Montreal
Protocol
International
Waters
CEO / CHAIRMAN
Af DB
EBRD
GEF SECRETARIAT
FAO
IDB
IFAD
UNIDO
1/04
Overview of STAP PIF screens
 Screening versus reviewing
 STAP’s rating categories –

Consent
 Minor revision
 Major revision
PIF sections commonly
screened by STAP
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7.
Project Framework (Part I: B.)
Baseline and problem statement (Part II: B.1)
Incremental activities and global environmental
benefits (B.2)
Socioeconomic benefits and gender within the context
of global environmental benefits (B.3)
Risks, including climate change risks (B.4)
Key stakeholders (B.5)
Related initiatives (B.6)
Project framework: Indicative
overview from a STAP perspective
STAP: Is the objective clear and consistent with the
problem statement?
STAP : Do the outcomes encompass important global
environmental benefits and are they likely to be
generated?
Project framework: Indicative overview from
a STAP perspective (cont’d)
STAP: Is the sum of the outputs (products
and services) likely to contribute to the
outcomes?
2 Output
indicators tell us what we are going to
measure and not what is to be achieved
(example - # of tools developed)
Project baseline: STAP’s perspective
STAP: Is the baseline identified clearly? Does it present
a feasible basis from which to measure and
monitor global environmental change, including
development outcomes? …Has a focus on scientific
baselines.
**GEF Secretariat: What would happen without the GEF?
Project baselines: STAP’s perspective
(cont’d)
Quantitative baselines should be included to the
fullest extent possible (even if inferred)
 In the event of no quantitative baseline at PIF– make
reference to tracking tool, or specify a timeline to
collect data
 Qualitative baselines can be supported by current
and accurate scientific references, and/or rigorous
local unpublished evidence (‘grey literature’)
Incremental activities
STAP looks for…
Are the incremental activities scientifically justified?
(supported by scientific references, rigorous local
unpublished evidence)
Incremental activities (cont’d)
Are the global environmental benefits defined
explicitly? (indicators, or methodologies, to measure
and monitor global environmental benefits)
Are the benefits truly global environmental
benefits, and are they measurable?
Incremental activities (cont’d)
 Is there scientific innovation? -
…knowledge generation to improve
the effectiveness and quality of the development and
implementation of GEF projects and programs…
(e.g.“Strengthening management effectiveness
of protected areas to protect biodiversity under
conditions of climate change”, Mexico, UNDP)
Socioeconomic benefits & gender
STAP looks for…
Are the socioeconomic benefits, and their
contribution to global environmental
benefits, defined explicitly?
Is gender adequately accommodated
throughout the proposal?
Risks
STAP looks for…
Are the risks valid and comprehensive?
Are the risks associated with the project design, or
resource mobilization (internal)?
Are the risks associated with unforeseen
circumstances (external)?
Climate change risks
 STAP considers a number of questions, including –
 Is the project location in a region of climate risks?
 Are the project objectives, or outputs, prone to climate
change risks over the period 2020s, 2030s, 2050s and has
the PIF addressed the risks of impacts of climate change?
 Has the PIF considered resilience enhancement practices
and measures to the projected climate risks and impacts?
Key stakeholders
STAP looks for …
Are any stakeholders missing?
What are the stakeholders’ specific roles? Are they
gender-specific or otherwise culturally defined?
How will their combined roles contribute to
reporting to (multiple) global environmental
outcomes, and knowledge management?
Related initiatives
STAP looks for…
Are the project developers tapping into relevant
knowledge and learning generated by other
projects, including GEF projects?
 Is there an adequate mechanism to feed the lessons
learned from earlier initiatives into the proposed
project?
Thoughts to consider…
 What are the main challenges in developing scientifically
and technically viable PIFs? (data access?)
 What regional networks, institutions, other options are
available to develop data and address data gaps that
contribute to global environmental outcomes?
 Could addressing a specific data need contribute to the
knowledge and learning of the GEF? (use of targeted
research window)
 From design to implementation – the focus is measuring
and tracking global environmental outcomes : project
level – focal area – GEF corporate knowledge and learning
Thank you!
www.unep.org/stap
Any questions?