The objective of the Enabling Activity (EA) grant is to support countries in: (a) assessing the extent to which their current legal, policy and institutional framework allows for promptly becoming parties to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) and enables their implementation of the Agreement; (b) carrying out preparatory work in the context of their ratification, approval, acceptance or accession process towards becoming parties to the BBNJ Agreement; and (c) supporting their readiness to implement the BBNJ Agreement.
Timeline
0% - To be confirmed
Objective
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$ 2,450,000
$ 2,450,000
Comoros, Djibouti, Kenya, South Africa, Montenegro, Libya, Tunisia, Bahamas, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Thailand, Madagascar
Comoros: Ministère de l’Agriculture, de la Pèche, de l’environnement, du Tourisme et de l’Artisanat – Direction générale de l’Environnement et des Forêts; Djibouti: Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable; Kenya : Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Forestry State Department for Environment & Climate Change Office of the Principal Secretary; South Africa: Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment; Montenegro: Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Region Development; Libya: Ministry of Environment; Tunisia: Ministry of Environment; Bahamas: Department of Environmental Planning and Protection; Brasil: Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA); Sierra Leone: Environment Protection Agency Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso: Permanent Secretary of National Council for Sustainable Development; Thailand: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand in collaboration with COBSEA; Madagascar: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development; Turkiye: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks
UNEP
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) includes several multilateral funds working together to address the planet's most pressing challenges in an integrated way. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $26 billion in financing, primarily as grants, and mobilized another $148 billion for country-driven priority projects.