Workshops and expert meetings are held solely to develop advice to the GEF. Advisory documents are developed in consultation with GEF Agencies and endorsed by the GEF Secretariat and presented by STAP to the GEF Council
STAP-GEF technical workshops by focal area are listed below. Documentation for workshops held prior to 2002 can be found in the Archives.
Cross-Cutting Scientific and Technical
Measuring the Success of GEF Investments and Catalyzing Change through Experimental Project Design, Workshop, Washington DC. 23 March, 2009
Biodiversity & Biosafety
STAP Transgenic Fish Biosafety Writing Workshop, 17-21 October 2005
Penang, Malaysia
Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Production Landscapes Workshop, 20-24 September 2004
Cape Town, South Africa
Sustainable Forest Management
Approaches to Address Carbon Benefit in the context of Multiple Global Environmental Benefits in Implementing the SFM/ REDD+ Program in GEF-5, September 1-2 2010, Washington, D.C.
REDD, Forest Conservation and Sustainable Forest Management: Options for GEF-5 (LULUCF, SFM to REDD), 31 March 2009, Washington DC
Climate Change
Developing GHG Emission Reduction Methodology for GEF Energy Efficiency Projects, 14 February 2012
"Review of Tools and Methods to Increase Climate Resilience of GEF Focal Areas" 27 June 2011
Joint STAP-ADB Workshop "Towards Measuring GHG Mitigation Potential of Land Transportation Projects in the GEF". 19-20 October 2009: Asian Development Bank Headquarters, Manila, Philippines
Climate Change Science and Technology Advice for GEF-5,Brainstorming Meeting. 30 March 2009, Washington, DC
Heinz Center/STAP Terrestrial Carbon Scoping Workshop, 28-29 January 2009
STAP Technical Workshop on Liquid Biofuels, 29 August-1 September 2005
New Delhi, India
STAP Brainstorming Session on the GEF Operational Programme on Reducing the Long-Term Costs of Low Greenhouse Gas-Emitting Energy Technologies (OP#7), 10-11 March 2003
Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Brainstorming on Transportation, 25-26 March 2002
Nairobi, Kenya
STAP Brainstorming Session on the Planning of a Workshop on Adaptation, March 2002
Washington D.C., U.S.A.
STAP Workshop on Adaptation and Vulnerability, 18-20 February 2002
Nairobi, Kenya
International Waters
STAP Expert Consultations I and II: Towards Science-based Policy Advice to GEF on Reducing Eutrophication-caused Hypoxic Zones in Coastal Waters. 21-23 October 2009. Shanghai, China; and June16-17, Washington DC.
Workshop on International Waters Indicators Review Workshop, 3-4 December 2008
UNESCO, Paris, France
STAP-UNESCO Workshop on Strategic Options and Priorities in Groundwater Resources, 5-7 April 2004
Paris, France
STAP-UNESCO Workshop on Managing the Subsurface Environment, 19-22 September 2005
Delhi, India
STAP Workshop on Small Island Developing States, Groundwater, and Interlinkages, 6-9 November 2006
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Persistent Organic Pollutants
STAP/GEF Workshop on The Use of Bioindicators, Biomarkers and Analytical Methods for the Analysis of POPs in Developing Countries, 10th-12th December 2003
Tsukuba City, Japan
POPs Workshop on Emerging Innovative Technologies for the Destruction and Decontamination of Obsolete POPs, 1st-3rd October 2003
Washington D.C.
Land Degradation
STAP Technical Meeting on Land Degradation and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment studies: global impacts, global benefits and trade-offs in GEF land degradation projects. April 2006
Washington, D.C.
Activities held before 2002. Refer to Archives.