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On March 14 and 15, 2011 UNIDO took the initiative to organize a GEF Seminar at its Headquarters in Vienna, Austria aimed at equipping its technical, managerial, and field staff with the latest knowledge on the GEF-5 policies and procedures. This seminar was delivered jointly by Mr. Ibrahima Sow and Mr. Andrew Velthaus of the GEF Secretariat, and Mr. George Anestis and Ms. Ganna Onysko of UNIDO, who attended the annual GEF Familiarization Seminar organized by the Secretariat in Washington, DC in January, 2011.
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Andrew Velthaus, GEF Sr. Policy Officer Ibrahima Sow, GEF Chemicals Cluster Coordinator
The recent UNIDO GEF Seminar in Vienna aimed to equip UNIDO staff with the relevant information and knowledge of the GEF-5 approach, processes, and requirements, as well as to allow Mr. Sow and Mr. Velthaus share their first-hand expertise of the reformed GEF-5 strategies and programs with the participants. Furthermore, the Seminar provided UNIDO staff with an opportunity to interact with the GEF Secretariat colleagues, discuss priority issues, and share lessons and experiences from development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks.
The two sessions of the GEF Seminar were well attended by the UNIDO project managers and technical staff, the members of internal project review committees involved with GEF projects, as well as by the UNIDO Representatives in the field and the directors of the UNIDO International Technology Centres in China, Italy, and Turkey. It is believed that such joint exercises will have lasting and positive effects on the GEF-5 project programming, design and implementation.
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