Global Environment Facility August 1, 2006 COMPILATION OF TECHNICAL COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON INTERSESSIONAL WORK PROGRAM APPROVED AUGUST 1, 2006 NOTE: This document is a compilation of technical comments submitted to the Secretariat by Council members concerning the project proposals presented in the Intersessional Work Program approved by the Council on August 1, 2006. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. GENERAL COMMENTS........................................................................................................................... 1 BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ...................................................................................................................... 3 1. Global: Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Program (BACP) [WB/IFC]................................. 3 2. Global: Building the Partnership to Track Progress at the Global Level in Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target (Phase I) [UNEP]........................................................................................................... 7 3. Global (China, Ecuador, Morocco, Uganda): Conservation and Use of Crop Genetic Diversity to Control Pests and Diseases in Support of Sustainable Agriculture [UNEP] ............................................... 10 4. Global: Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Phase II [WB]............................................................... 13 5. Global: Institutionalizing Payments for Ecosystem Services [UNDP].................................................. 17 6. Argentina: Sustainable Forestry Development Project [WB]................................................................ 22 7. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Forest and Mountain Protected Areas Project [WB] .......................................... 25 8. Botswana: Wildlife Conflict Management and Biodiversity Conservation for Improved Rural Livelihoods [WB]......................................................................................................................................... 27 9. China: Guangxi Integrated Forestry Development and Biodiversity Conservation [WB] .................... 30 10. Congo: Agricultural Development and Rural Road Rehabilitation Project [WB]............................... 34 11. Congo DR: Support to ICCN's Program for the Rehabilitation of the National Parks Network [WB]36 12. Ethiopia: Sustainable Development of the Protected Area System [UNDP]....................................... 38 13. India: Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihoods Improvement [WB].................................... 40 14. Indonesia: Fisheries Revitalization Project (FRP) [WB]..................................................................... 42 15. Jordan: Integrated Ecosystem and Natural Resource Management in the Jordan Rift Valley [WB] .. 45 16. Kazakhstan: Conservation and Sustainable use of Biodiversity in the Kazakhstani Sector of the Altai-Sayan Mountain Ecoregion [UNDP].................................................................................................. 48 17. Serbia and Montenegro: Transitional Agriculture Reform [WB]........................................................ 50 18. Seychelles: Mainstreaming Biodiversity Management into Production Sector Activities [UNDP] ... 53 19. Sierra Leone: Wildlife Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Project [WB]................................ 56 20. Uruguay: Catalyzing the Implementation of Uruguay's National Protected Area System [UNDP] ... 57 21. Venezuela: Expanding Partnerships for the National Parks System (resubmission) [WB]................. 59 BIODIVERSITY (Biosafety)..................................................................................................................... 61 22. Regional (Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil): Latin America: Multi-country Capacity- building in Biosafety [WB].......................................................................................................................... 61 23. Regional (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Togo): West African Regional Biosafety Project [WB]............................................................................................................................................................. 64 CLIMATE CHANGE ................................................................................................................................ 67 24. Global (Bangladesh, Bolivia, Niger, Samoa, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Namibia, Vietnam): Community-based Adaptation (CBA) Programme [UNDP] ..................................................... 67 25. Global: Solar Water Heating Market Transformation and Strengthening Initiative (Phase 1) [UNDP/UNEP]............................................................................................................................................. 71 26. Regional (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Cape Verde): Adaptation to Climate Change - Responding to Coastline Change and Its Human Dimensions in West Africa through Integrated Coastal Area Management [UNDP]............................................................................................................. 76 27. Regional (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan): Cogen for Africa [UNEP]......................................................................................................................................................... 77 28. Regional (Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia): Greening the Tea Industry in East Africa [UNEP] ...................................................................................................... 79 29. Regional (Kenya, Ghana): Lighting the "Bottom of the Pyramid" [WB/IFC] .................................... 80 30. Regional (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico): Regional Sustainable Transport Project [WB] ...................... 81 31. Regional (Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu): Sustainable Energy Financing [WB/IFC]........................................................................................................................ 84 32. Argentina: Energy Efficiency [WB] .................................................................................................... 88 33. Bangladesh: Improving Kiln Efficiency for the Brick Industry [UNDP]............................................ 92 34. Egypt: Bioenergy for Sustainable Rural Development [UNDP] ......................................................... 96 35. Egypt: Sustainable Transport [UNDP] .............................................................................................. 102 36. Ghana: Development of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency [WB]....................................... 104 37. Guinea: Electricity Sector Efficiency Improvement [WB]................................................................ 108 38. India: Coal Fired Generation Rehabilitation Project [WB] ............................................................... 110 39. India: Enabling activities for Preparing India's Second National Communication to UNFCCC [UNDP] ...................................................................................................................................................... 116 40. India: Market Transformation through Consumer Awareness Programs for Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling [UNDP] ............................................................................................................... 119 41. Indonesia: Bus Rapid Transit and Pedestrian Improvements in Jakarta [UNEP].............................. 122 42. Jordan: Promotion of a Wind Power Market [WB] ........................................................................... 124 43. Kenya: Development and Implementation of a Standards and Labeling Programme in Kenya [UNDP] ...................................................................................................................................................... 126 44. Mongolia: Heating Energy Efficiency [WB] ..................................................................................... 127 45. Mongolia: Renewable Energy and Rural Electricity Access [WB]................................................... 128 46. Morocco: Energy Efficiency Codes in Residential Buildings and Energy Efficiency Improvement in Commercial and Hospital Buildings in Morocco [UNDP]........................................................................ 132 47. Namibia: Barrier Removal to Namibian Renewable Energy Programme (NAMREP), Phase II [UNDP] ...................................................................................................................................................... 134 48. Nicaragua: Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Metropolitan Managua [UNDP]135 49. Philippines: Philippines Sustainable Energy Finance Program [WB/IFC]........................................ 137 50. Rwanda: Sustainable Energy Development Project (SEDP) [WB] ................................................... 138 51. Sri Lanka: Portfolio Approach to Distributed Generation Opportunity (PADGO) (Phase 1) [WB/IFC]139 52. Tanzania: Energizing Rural Transformation Project [WB] ............................................................... 140 53. Vietnam: Hanoi Urban Transport Development [WB]...................................................................... 142 54. Zambia: Promotion of Renewable Energy to Increase Access to Electricity [WB] .......................... 144 INTERNATIONAL WATERS ..............................................................................................................