Programme Cooperation Agreement 2014: Final Report for the Period 01 January 2014 to 01 March 2015

9. Annual deviations from and adjust- ments to the annual work plan

Programme

Outputs

Deviation

2A Support to Basin Commissions (Lake

2A-OP2 Capacity building activities are identified and conducted

2A-OP2 Capacity needs for the 3 basins have been identified. 2 trainings were conducted (Lake Victoria and Okavango); The Limpopo training is scheduled for 2015. 2B-OP4 The activity is partially implemented (preparatory work has been done), due to delay with funding from the BP exploration. Implementation will be continued in 2015, once the Secretariat of the Tehran Convention is settled in Baku, Azerbaijan. Requires matching funding. 3B-OP4 The PIF was submitted, but the GEF decision process will go into late 2015 due to the delayed GEF6 cycle. 4A-OP1 The activity is partially implemented (draft assessment reports prepared) due to the delay in implementation of the project by the lead organization (OSCE). The SSFA with UNEP for the preparatory phase has been completed, but a new one is not in place yet. Completion is expected in Q2, 2015. The outputs for Nomadic Herders were not achieved due to revision of the full project proposal during 2014 following UNEP guidance. The proposal is now completed, UNEP’s Project Review Committee has approved the project, and it is currently pending submission by UNEP to the GEF Secretariat. Additional outputs for which extra funds from MFA have been requested: – linked to 5A-OP1: French translation and layout of the West Africa submission – linked to 5A-OP4: Editing, layout and printing of one last revised version of the Somali submission document. Comment: A further revision to the submission documents for Somalia provided to MFA in March 2014 was made during July 2014 in order to incorporate some final changes regarding the country name and the way the bilateral boundaries were displayed on the maps. This resulted in the need for laying out the document again.

Victoria, Okavango River, Limpopo River) in Africa

2B-OP4 Monitoring and evaluation is undertaken

2B Support to the interim Secretariat of the (Tehran) Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea 3A Environmental Information: Keeping the environment in Africa under review

3B-OP4 A full GEF proposal for themedium- term funding for the project is prepared and submitted to the 6th GEF Council 4A-OP1 Three regional reports on climate change highlighting hotspots in Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia are published 4B-OP1 UNEP/GEF Nomadic Herders project management is efficient and operating within contractual limits 4B-OP2 2014 UNEP/GEF deliverables are produced on time 4B-OP3 Reindeer herders, PA administrations are trained and dialogue is facilitated 4B-OP4 Awareness within Mongolia and internationally about sustainable reindeer herding livelihoods is increased

4A Climate Change and Security in EECCA region

4B Nomadic Herders: Enhancing the resilience of pastoral ecosystems and livelihoods of nomadic herders

5A Shelf Programme – Continental Shelf Delineation West Africa/ Somalia

All agreed outputs achieved.

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