The general objective is to improve lake and reservoir basin management. The project will assess and draw lessons from the achievements and implementation of several GEF and non-GEF projects. Particular objectives will be to: ·facilitate the sharing of experiences between managers and stakeholders; ·accelerate learning and implementation of effective lake and reservoir basin management and report to the 3rd World Water Forum

The overall goal of the project is to ensure the long -term conservation and sustainable use of the unique mountain ecosystems in Marsabit by developing and implementing a management plan that could be replicated in similar environments in the Horn of Africa. Objective 1 Develop a Resource Management Plan for Mt Marsabit and its Environs that includes finalisation of the delineation of the boundaries of the protected areas and to clarify the jurisdiction of the main institutional stakeholders and implementation of some priority aspects of that Resource Management plan.

The objective of the project is to create sustainable capacity and ownership in Latvia to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including preparation of a POPs National Implementation Plan. The National Implementation Plan describes how Latvia will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and remediate POPs contaminated sites. The project will enable Latvia to ratify the Stockholm Convention and become a Party to the same.

The project will assist Latvia to assess its capacity needs for addressing global environmental issues, particularly in the fields of climate change, biodiversity and land degradation.

The objective of this Enabling Activity (EA) is to create sustainable capacity and ownership in Morocco to meet the country’s obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including initial preparation of a POPs National Implementation Plan (NIP). The NIP will describe how Morocco will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and remediate POPs contaminated sites in the country.

The objective of this Enabling Activities (EA) proposal is to build and strengthen national capacities and to enhance knowledge of decision makers, industrialists, NGOs and the general population on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). This will lead to the preparation and endorsement of a National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on (POPs) by all stakeholders in Congo, in order to enable Congo to manage the elimination of POPs and fulfil the Stockholm Convention obligations.

1.Assist FSM in further assessing capacity building needs, identifying specific priorities, analyzing institutional and functional capabilities and determining capacity building actions necessary to protect national biodiversity in accordance with the NBSAP document, and the GEF additional criteria for enabling activities and CoP/CBD decisions; 2.Establish the Clearing House Mechanism (CHM); and 3.Implement a country-driven CHM project.

The project is being implemented as an interim capacity-building activity between the Initial and the Second Communications. Hence it is intended to complement activities of the Phase 1 project, related to the Initial Communication, while at the same time forming basis for initiation of the Second National Communication to the UNFCCC.