183 Countries
Conservation International became a GEF Implementing Agency in November 2013 $1B 1991
GEF-1 $2.8B 1994
GEF-2 $3B 1998
International Institutions, Civil Society Organizations, Private Sector
Largest public funder for global environment issues since 1991
GEF-3 $3.1B 2002
GEF-4 $3.1B 2006
THE CI-GEF AGENCY CONTRIBUTION AND STRENGTHS 1. Global reach 2. Science and innovation 3. Private sector partnerships 4. Operational capacity and approach 5. CI Funds and innovative funding instruments
GEF-5 $4.3B
GEF-6 $4.3B
GEF-7 $4.1B
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CIGEF@conservation.org www.conservation.org/GEF
ADVANTAGES OF WORKING WITH CI AS AN IA 1. Flexibility to adapt to both country/stakeholders needs and the CI-GEF Agency requirements 2. Agility to complete each project phase faster, with less bureaucracy 3. Cost-efficiency, because our costs are lower for project implementation. 4. Bottom-up approach, where local stakeholders, including governments, design their own projects 5. Local capacity building to design and implement projects 6. Science expertise across lots of disciplines, including local, in country expertise vs. consultants not familiar with the issues.
CI-GEF Project Agency
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