Environmental, Social and Economic Review Note (ESERN)
I. Project Overview
Identification | 9915 |
Project Title | Global Support Programme II: Strengthening UNCCD reporting –enhancing implementation of the UNCCD |
Managing Division | Ecosystem Division |
Type/Location | Global |
Region | Africa, Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Mediterranean. |
List Countries | All 142 UNCCD GEF Eligible Parties |
Project Description | Building on the achievements of the GSP I, the LDN TSP and the corporate activities of the UNCCD Secretariat, and based on the guidance provided by COP and CRIC, the Global Mechanism is developing, in cooperation with the UNCCD Secretariat and UNEP, the “Global Support Programme II: Strengthening UNCCD reporting – enhancing implementation of the UNCCD”. The overarching project objective is to enable country Parties establishing sound reporting and monitoring systems to report against the UNCCD Strategy. Through the proposed outcomes, the project focuses on strengthening Parties’ capacities to utilize the UNCCD indicator framework for monitoring and reporting purposes. Through the provision of guidance, capacity building and technical assistance, the project will forge the assessment of land degradation status and trends at national, regional and global scale and review UNCCD implementation on the ground, thereby fostering action by all Parties and stakeholders to avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation at all levels. The project furthermore aims at enhancing knowledge sharing on the establishment of sustained coordination/observatory mechanisms for monitoring of UNCCD progress indicators and land degradation trends at national level and making the reporting on financing for the implementation of the UNCCD more comprehensive. Priority will be given to maximizing the number and quality of national reports submitted by Parties during the 2017-18 reporting period and thereby facilitating the first assessment of UNCCD implementation at global level in the context of the future strategic framework of the UNCCD. The proposed GSP II has three main components with associated expected outcomes and outputs:
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Estimated duration of project: | 2018 - 2019 |
Estimated cost of the project : | GEF Grant: 2,000,000 Co-finance: 1,945,000 |
| Funding Source: | GEF |
II. Environmental Social and Economic Screening Determination
Summary of the Safeguard Risks Triggered
Safeguard Standard Triggered by the Project | Impact of Risk (1-5) | Probability of Risk (1-5) | Significance of Risk (L, M, H)* |
SS 1: Biodiversity, natural habitat and Sustainable Management of Living Resources | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 2: Resource Efficiency, Pollution Prevention and Management of Chemicals and Wastes | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 3: Safety of Dams | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 4: Involuntary resettlement | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 5: Indigenous peoples | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 6: Labor and working conditions | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 7: Cultural Heritage | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 8: Gender equity | 1 | 1 | L |
SS 9: Economic Sustainability | 1 | 1 | L |
Additional Safeguard questions for projects seeking GCF-funding (Section IV) | NA | NA | NA |
*Refer to the UNEP ESES Framework (Chapter 2) and the UNEP’s ESES Guidelines
ESE Screening Decision
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Development of ESE Review Note and Screening Decision
| ESERN Prepared by: | Name: Adamou Bouhari | Date: 22 August 2017 |
| Conforms to ESES Framework | Name: Yunae Yi | Date: 30 August 2017 |
| Accepted by Project Manager: | Name: | Date: |
Recommended further action from the Safeguard Advisor
I agree that this is a low safeguard risk project.