5/5/2020 WbgGefportal Project Identification Form (PIF) entry – Full Sized Project – GEF - 7 Improved Financial Sustainability and Strengthened Resilience of Protected Areas Through Development of Sustainable Recreation and Partnership With Private Sector Part I: Project Information GEF ID 10344 Project Type FSP Type of Trust Fund GET CBIT/NGI CBIT NGI Project Title Improved Financial Sustainability and Strengthened Resilience of Protected Areas Through Development of Sustainable Recreation and Partnership With Private Sector Countries Bosnia-Herzegovina Agency(ies) UNDP Other Executing Partner(s) Executing Partner Type https://gefportal2.worldbank.org 1/59 5/5/2020 WbgGefportal UNDP GEF Agency GEF Focal Area Biodiversity Taxonomy Climate resilience, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change, Focal Areas, Protected Areas and Landscapes, Biodiversity, Terrestrial Protected Areas, Deploy innovative financial instruments, Influencing models, Private Sector, Stakeholders, SMEs, Civil Society, Non-Governmental Organization, Local Communities, Beneficiaries, Type of Engagement, Consultation, Participation, Information Dissemination, Partnership, Awareness Raising, Communications, Gender Mainstreaming, Gender Equality, Sex-disaggregated indicators, Knowledge Exchange, Capacity, Knowledge and Research, Learning, Indicators to measure change, Adaptive management, Theory of change, Capacity Development, Knowledge Generation Rio Markers Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Mitigation 0 Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Adaptation 1 Duration 48 In Months Agency Fee($) 250,800 Submission Date 9/10/2019 https://gefportal2.worldbank.org 2/59 5/5/2020 WbgGefportal A. Indicative Focal/Non-Focal Area Elements Programming Directions Trust Fund GEF Amount($) Co-Fin Amount($) BD-2-7 GET 2,640,000 18,176,839 Total Project Cost ($) 2,640,000 18,176,839 https://gefportal2.worldbank.org 3/59 5/5/2020 WbgGefportal B. Indicative Project description summary Project Objective To achieve practical PA management improvement and better biodiversity status through strengthened resilience of key biodiversity values to climate change impact and increased revenues from sustainable recreation. Project Financing Project Outcomes Project Outputs Trust GEF Amount($) Co-Fin Amount($) Component Type Fund 1. Investme Outcome 1: Managerial and technical Output 1.1: PA GET 855,000 11,200,000 Strengtheni nt capacities of targeted PAs in place helping network climate ng ensure resilience of key biodiversity values to threat assesment resilience climate change impacts measured by: conducted and of targeted climate impacts - 54,765 ha of PAs (48% of total PA estate PAs to research and of BiH) under improved management climate monitoring responsive to the climate-induced threats change module developed impacts - At least 15% increase in METT score for for Protected the targeted PAs (particularily with regard to Landscape the threat management questions) Bijambare and National Park - Increased resilience to climate threats for Sutjeska targeted PAs (positive trends in modified TRA index[1] towards the end of the project) Output 1.2: Management - Sphagnum moss cover increased by at plans for cat.II PAs least 100 sq.m at Prokoško Lake as a result (national parks of ecosystem restoration Drina, Sutjeska, at least 314,600 people (of whom 157,100 are Kozara, Una) women) derive direct benefits from improved developed/update PA management capacities d and under implementation Output 1.3: A portfolio of [1] The Threat Reduction Assessment (TRA) adaptation and index is a summary indicator of the degree to resilience which a project has succeeded in reducing solutions for the threats to conservation at a particular site. targeted species It is calculated as a result of identifying https://gefportal2.worldbank.org 4/59 5/5/2020 WbgGefportal threats, ranking them according to specific and ecosystems criteria, and assessing progress in reducing set under each of them The standard TRA approach will implementation be modified to become more specific with the (solutions concrete effects of climate-change induced described further threats, during the PPG stage in the text, pending feasibility studies at PPG) Output 1.4: At least 500 ha of ecosystems restored through innovative approaches at the Protected Landscape Prokoško Lake Output 1.5: Replication triggered through incorporation of project solutions into local programmes at other sites 2. Technical Outcome 2. Financial sustainability of Output 2.1: GET 1,660,000 5,330,639 Improving Assistan targeted PAs improves, measured through: Sustainable financial ce tourism products - at least 20% reduction of the funding gap for sustainabili developed with targeted PAs; ty of community targeted - at least 1 mutually beneficial public-private support for PAs agreement (including concessions, leases, selected national through rentals) formalised and operational; IBA sites, sustainable protected caves tourism - at least 4 PAs participate in governmental and one developme tourism grant programmes; transboundary PA nt (NP Orjen) https://gefportal2.worldbank.org 5/59 5/5/2020 WbgGefportal - at least 300 people (of whom 160 are Output 2.2: Public- women) derive direct benefits from the private implementation of PA sustainable finance partnerships are in instruments; place to provide increased income - at least 20% increase in the annual number streams from legal of visitors and service users in targeted PAs. nature resource Outcome 3. Knowledge use activities (incl. management,communication, and M&E recreation) occurring in the - at least 3 knowledge products related to PA targeted PAs climate threats assessment and climate impact monitoring, PA integration into Output 2.3: sustainable tourism, and tourism Tourism and concessioning developed and disseminated recreational concessioning Other indicators will be elaborated at the PPG (and/or leasing) stage piloted in Sutjeska National Park Output 2.4: PA participation in the governmental grant programmes is ensured in a sustainable manner Output 2.5: Branding and marketing of products and services in the targeted PAs is improved Output 3.1: Knowledge products and lessons learned documented and dessiminated https://gefportal2.worldbank.org 6/59 5/5/2020 WbgGefportal through a communication strategy designed at PPG Output 3.2: Project monitoring and evaluation Sub Total ($) 2,515,000 16,530,639 Project Management Cost (PMC) GET 125,000 1,646,200 Sub Total($) 125,000 1,646,200 Total Project Cost($) 2,640,000 18,176,839 https://gefportal2.worldbank.org 7/59 5/5/2020 WbgGefportal C. Indicative sources of Co-financing for the Project by name and by type Sources of Name of Co-financier Type of Co- Investment Amount($) Co- financing Mobilized financing Governmen Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Public Investment 1,282,600 t Investment mobilized Governmen Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (tourism Public Investment 4,664,000 t support grants) Investment mobilized Governmen Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina In-kind Recurrent 233,200 t expenditure s Governmen Ministry of Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology of Republika Srpska Public Investment 4,897,200 t Investment mobilized Governmen Ministry of Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology of Republika Srpska In-kind Recurrent 233,200 t expenditure s Governmen Ministry of Trade and Tourism of Republika Srpska Public Investment 2,565,200 t Investment mobilized Governmen Ministry of Trade and Tourism of Republika Srpska In-kind Recurrent 233,200 t expenditure s Governmen Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republika Srpska Public Investment 318,318 t Investment mobilized Governmen Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Environment of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Public Investment 1,166,000 t Investment mobilized Governmen Environmental Protection Fund FBiH Public Investment 233,200 t Investment mobilized https://gefportal2.worldbank.org 8/59 5/5/2020 WbgGefportal Governmen Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund of Republika Srpska Public Investment 233,200 t Investment mobilized Private Concessioners – preliminary discussions held with Tourism Cluster Una-Sana, Tourism Cluster Unknown Investment 116,600 Sector Herzegovina, VisitSarajevo Tourism Association, Kozara Ski Resort, and Whitewater Rafting at this mobilized stage Donor USAID, via Via Dinarica Project Grant Investment 333,000 Agency mobilized Donor Italian Development Cooperation Agency, via Via Dinarica Project Grant Investment 379,921 Agency mobilized GEF UNDP, via Via Dinarica Project Grant Investment 100,000 Agency mobilized Donor SDC, via Joint UN Programme for Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development in Bosnia Grant Investment 458,000 Agency and Herzegovina mobilized GEF UNDP, via Joint UN Programme for Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development in Bosnia Grant Investment 730,000 Agency and Herzegovina mobilized Total Project Cost($) 18,176,839 Describe how any "Investment Mobilized" was identified During the stakeholder consultations, the following major co-financing commitments were indicated: - Budgetary allocations for implementation of the Federal Environmental Strategy and Action Plan aimed at nature conservation and PA system expansion and management, and governmenet grants for Sustainable Tourism Development in FBiH – from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.