Current Projects

To facilitate access to GEF funding by Lebanon for Enabling Activities to meet its obligations under the UNCCD: a) Development and alignment of NAP with 10 – Year Strategy and b) Reporting and Review process.

Project Objective: Strengthen governmental and non-governmental capacities sustainably to manage and protect the Socotra Archipelago WHS through BD conservation, IAS management and SLM

To Assist GEF-Eligible Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to prepare and make timely submission of their Third National Reports on measures that each party has taken to implement the Protocol in line with Article 33

To prepare the Second National Communication and first Biennial Update Report of the State of Kuwait and enable the country fulfill its obligations under the UNFCCC, in accordance with Articles 4.1 and 12.1 of the Convention while strengthening its capacity to integrate climate change concerns into national and sectoral development plans and priorities

To prepare and submit The Sultanate of Oman's Second National Communication and first Biennial Update Report (BUR 1) to UNFCCC and in doing so enhance Oman's capacity to meet its reporting obligations under the UNFCCC on a continuous basis.

To assess the capacity development needs for the synergetic and coordinated implementation of multilateral environmental conventions in Iraq

To assist countries to review and update the National Implementation Plan (NIP) in order to comply with reporting obligations (Article 15) and updating of National Implementation Plans (Article 7) under the Stockholm Convention

To facilitate access to GEF funding by 52 countries for Enabling Activities to meet their obligations under the UNCCD a) alignment of NAPs with 10 – Year Strategy and b) Reporting and Review process

With the overarching goal of integrating CBD Obligations into National Planning Processes through Enabling Activities, the main objective of this project is to enable Mongolia to revise its National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and to develop the Fifth National Report to the CBD

With the overarching goal of integrating CBD Obligations into National Planning Processes through Enabling Activities, the main objective of this project is to enable Iraq to develop its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) and to prepare the Fifth National Report to the CBD

The Overall Goal of the project is that by 2013 Jordan has a workable and transparent national biosafety framework, in line with its national development priorities and international obligations.

The Overall Goal of Syrian implementation of National Biosafety Framework project is that by the end of this project, Syria has in place a comprehensive, workable and transparent national biosafety framework, in line with its national needs and priorities as well as its international obligations.

Facilitate the early implementation of the Minamata Convention through the use of scientific and technical knowledge and tools by national stakeholders in Bahrain.

To effectively conserve biodiversity in the Socotra Archipelago and sustainably manage the Aden wetlands in Yemen