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The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility STAP/GEF

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility STAP/GEF. GEF Familiarization Seminar 2012 Washington, D.C. What is STAP?. In 1994, the GEF Instrument sets up STAP –

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The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility STAP/GEF

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  1. The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility STAP/GEF GEF Familiarization Seminar 2012 Washington, D.C.

  2. What is STAP? In 1994, the GEF Instrument sets up STAP – “UNEP shall establish, in consultation with UNDP and the World Bank and on the basis of guidelines and criteria established by the Council, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) as an advisory body to the Facility. UNEP shall provide the STAP’s Secretariat and shall operate as the liaison between the Facility and the STAP.” (Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, 1994 and 2008)

  3. What is STAP? The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides strategic and independent advice on projects, programs, and policies. STAP is administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and it is supported by a Secretariat in Washington

  4. Who is STAP? Present composition – July 2010 to June 2012 Meryl J. Williams Co-Chair , IW N.H. Ravindranath Climate Change Thomas E. Lovejoy, Chair Land Degradation (Under recruitment) Sandra Diaz Biodiversity Henk Bouwman Chemicals & POPs Adaptation (Under recruitment) Michael Stocking Advisor to STAP Chair

  5. IAs / EAs UNDP Donor Replenishment Group GEFEO UNEP STAP CBD W.B. UNFCCC ADB ASSEMBLY NGOS POPS Af DB COUNCIL CCD CEO / CHAIRMAN EBRD GEF SECRETARIAT Multilateral Fund of Montreal Protocol FAO IDB IFAD International Waters UNIDO 1/04

  6. Project and program advice • Ensure the scientific and technical quality of GEF projects and programmatic approaches • Responsible for targeted research (project reviews and policy review – Principles for GEF of Targeted Research, 1997) • Advise on cross-cutting thematic areas, such as adaptation to climate change, sustainable forest management, and chemicals management • Collaborate with the GEFEvaluation Office (focal area studies, assessment of quality at entry)

  7. Strategic advice • “How to” guides for projects, or programs • Develop methodologies for the GEF • Scanning of emerging global environmental issues

  8. Policy advice • Learning objectives (RBM) – on going • Targeted research – on going • Criteria for focal area set asides – 2010 • GEF-5 focal area strategies – 2009 • STAR (choice of indicators) – 2009

  9. STAP work program

  10. STAP Advisory Products http://www.unep.org/stap/

  11. Recent Advisory Products

  12. Collaborating with Conventions Externally, STAP interacts in a complementary manner with the scientific and technical bodies of: • the Convention on Biological Diversity, • the Framework Convention on Climate Change, • the Convention to Combat Desertification, • the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and • the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

  13. Example – STAP and UNCCD

  14. Thank you! Thomas Hammond (STAP Secretary) Thomas.Hammond@unep.org STAP website www.unep.org/stap

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