Component I: Status of National Projects. Country Representatives

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1 Component I: Status of National Projects Country Representatives

2 National Projects Regional contribution Participating Countries: National Projects: - Antigua and Barbuda - Cuba - Dominican Republic - Jamaica - St Kitts and Nevis - St Lucia - St Vincent and the Grenadines - Trinidad and Tobago Regional contribution: - Barbados - Grenada Cuba Jamaica Dominican Republic St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Grenada Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Trinidad and Tobago

3 National Projects Participating Countries: National Projects: - Antigua and Barbuda - Cuba - Dominican Republic - Jamaica - St Kitts and Nevis - St Lucia - St Vincent and the Grenadines - Trinidad and Tobago Cuba Jamaica Dominican Republic St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Antigua and Barbuda Trinidad and Tobago

4 Countries 1) Antigua and Barbuda 2) Cuba 3) Dominican Republic 4) Jamaica 5) St Kitts and Nevis 6) St Lucia 7) St Vincent and the Grenadines 8) Trinidad and Tobago Presenters Tashauna Adams-Matthew Alain Muñoz Antonio Matarranz Anthony McKenzie Eavin Parry Aretha Darcheville Casmus McLeod Hayden Romano

5 Antigua and Barbuda Tashauna Adams-Matthew

6 Antigua and Barbuda The Project Targeting land degradation and effective land management through the development of Innovative Financing methodologies IWEco Project focus: Land Degradation Amount of GEF grant: $1,215,685 USD Amount of Co-financing: $2,559,878 USD Total funding: $3,775,563 USD

7 Antigua and Barbuda Timeline of the Project: Responsible Entity: Ministry of Health and the Environment Details of Focal Point: Diann Black Layne - Chief Environment Officer Presenter: Tashauna Adams-Matthew Status of the Project: Approved but not implemented Has a National Intersectoral Committee for overseeing the IWEco Project been established? Insert also Terms of Reference of the Committee (if existing) and the date(s) of the meeting(s) Achievements to date with reference to the IWEco Result Framework: Insert achieved outputs and description Insert achieved outputs and description Budget of the Project: USD 1,215,685 Budget already used to date: USD 000,000 22/09/ /05/ /10/ /12/2017 Yes (dd/mm/yyyy) Insert the date Insert the date 1 st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

8 Antigua and Barbuda Challenges and issues: No What? To be addressed by Who? When? Other comments

9 Cuba Alain Muñoz

10 Cuba The Project Conservation and sustainability of biodiversity in Cuba from the integrated watershed and coastal area management approach. The East Havana Demonstration Area - Guanabo watershed The Cumanayagua-Cienfuegos Demonstration Area - Arimao watershed The Trinidad-Sancti Spiritus Demonstration Area - Agabama River Basin The Santiago de Cuba Demonstration Area - San Juan watershed IWEco Project focus: Biodiversity Amount of GEF grant: $2,169,685 USD Amount of Co-financing: $2,886,140 USD Total funding: $5,055,825 USD

11 Cuba Timeline of the Project: Responsible Entity: Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos (CEAC) Details of Focal Point: Alain Muñoz (Investigador Auxiliar) Presenter: Alain Muñoz Status of the Project: Under development (preparations ongoing for the procurement) Has a National Intersectoral Committee for overseeing the IWEco Project been established? Insert also Terms of Reference of the Committee (if existing) and the date(s) of the meeting(s) Achievements to date with reference to the IWEco Result Framework: Insert achieved outputs and description Budget of the Project: USD 2,169,685 Budget already used to date: USD 000,000 22/09/ /05/2017 Pending procurement 1 st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

12 Cuba Challenges and issues: No What? To be addressed by Who? When? Other comments

13 Dominican Republic Antonio Matarranz

14 Dominican Republic The Project Integrated management of the biodiversity, freshwater and land resources of the Higüamo River watershed and its associated coastal zone, including mitigating climate change impacts IWEco Project focus: Biodiversity Amount of GEF grant: $1,430,646 USD Amount of Co-financing: $3,489,693 USD Total funding: $4,920,339 USD

15 Dominican Republic Timeline of the Project: Responsible Entity: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Details of Focal Point: Zoila Gonzalez (Deputy Minister for Environmental Management) Presenter: Antonio Matarranz Status of the Project: Approved but not implemented Has a National Intersectoral Committee for overseeing the IWEco Project been established? Insert also Terms of Reference of the Committee (if existing) and the date(s) of the meeting(s) Achievements to date with reference to the IWEco Result Framework: Insert achieved outputs and description Budget of the Project: USD 1,430,646 Budget already used to date: USD 000,000 22/09/ /11/ /01/ st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

16 Dominican Republic Challenges and issues: No What? To be addressed by Who? When? Other comments

17 Jamaica Anthony McKenzie

18 Jamaica The Project Biodiversity Mainstreaming in Coastal Landscapes within the Negril Environmental Protection Area IWEco Project focus: Biodiversity Amount of GEF grant: $3,114,685 USD Amount of Co-financing: $10,217,073 USD Total funding: $13,331,758 USD

19 Jamaica The Project Biodiversity Mainstreaming in Coastal Landscapes within the Negril Environmental Protection Area

20 Jamaica Timeline of the Project: Responsible Entity: National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Focal Point Details: Andrea Donaldson Presenter: Anthony McKenzie Status of the Project: Approved but not implemented Has a National Intersectoral Committee for overseeing the IWEco Project been established? Insert also Terms of Reference of the Committee (if existing) and the date(s) of the meeting(s) Achievements to date with reference to the IWEco Result Framework: Insert achieved outputs and description Insert achieved outputs and description Budget of the Project: USD 3,114,685 Budget already used to date: USD 000,000 22/09/ /12/ /01/2018 March 2018? Insert the date Insert the date March 2023? 1 st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

21 Jamaica Challenges and issues: No What? To be addressed by Who? When? Other comments

22 St Kitts and Nevis Eavin Parry

23 St. Kitts and Nevis The Project Addressing Impacts of Acute Land Degradation in the College Street Ghaut in St Kitts and Quarries and Sand Mining Hotspots on Nevis IWEco Project focus: Land Degradation Amount of GEF grant: $999,685 USD Amount of Co-financing: $3,273,775 USD Total funding: $4,273,460 USD

24 St. Kitts and Nevis Timeline of the Project: Responsible Entity: Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture Focal Point Details: June Hughes (Senior Environmental Officer) Presenter: Eavin Parry Status of the Project: Under development, because Budget is not aligned with Project Document Has a National Intersectoral Committee for overseeing the IWEco Project been established? Insert also Terms of Reference of the Committee (if existing) and the date(s) of the meeting(s) Achievements to date with reference to the IWEco Result Framework: Insert achieved outputs and description Insert achieved outputs and description Budget of the Project: USD 999,685 Budget already used to date: USD 000,000 22/09/ /12/2017 Insert the date Insert the date Insert the date Insert the date Insert the date 1 st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

25 St. Kitts and Nevis Challenges and issues: No What? To be addressed by Who? When? Other comments

26 St Lucia Aretha Darcheville

27 Saint Lucia The Project Addressing problems of land degradation and ecosystem degradation in the upper reaches of the Soufriere Watershed in Saint Lucia IWEco Project focus: Land Degradation Amount of GEF grant: $729,685 USD Amount of Co-financing: $3,084,636 USD Total funding: $3,814,321 USD

28 Saint Lucia Timeline of the Project: Responsible Entity: Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology Focal Point Details: Adams Toussaint, NFPChief Forest Officer Presenter: Aretha Darcheville Status of the Project: Under implementation Has a National Intersectoral Committee for overseeing the IWEco Project been established? Insert also Terms of Reference of the Committee (if existing) and the date(s) of the meeting(s) Achievements to date with reference to the IWEco Result Framework: Insert achieved outputs and description Insert achieved outputs and description Budget of the Project: USD 729,685 Budget already used to date: USD 000,000 22/09/ /04/ /09/ /09/2017 Yes (dd/mm/yyyy) Insert the date Insert the date 1 st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

29 Saint Lucia Challenges and issues: No What? To be addressed by Who? When? Other comments

30 St Vincent and the Grenadines Casmus McLeod

31 St Vincent & the Grenadines The Original Project Area Subject to change Addressing Land Degradation in the Georgetown Watershed, Saint Vincent IWEco Project focus: Land Degradation Amount of GEF grant: $999,685 USD Amount of Co-financing: $1,608,875 USD Total funding: $2,608,560 USD

32 St Vincent & the Grenadines Timeline of the Project: Responsible Entity: Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Transformation, Forestry and Fisheries Focal Point Details: Fitzgerald Providence (Director of Forestry Division) Presenter: Casmus McLeod Status of the Project: Under development, because we have proposed a different Project site and we are currently working on the new Project Document and Budget (Consultant has been selected) Has a National Intersectoral Committee for overseeing the IWEco Project been established? Insert also Terms of Reference of the Committee (if existing) and the date(s) of the meeting(s) Achievements to date with reference to the IWEco Result Framework: Insert achieved outputs and description Budget of the Project: USD 999,685 Budget already used to date: USD 000,000 22/09/2016 Pending Insert the date Insert the date Insert the date Insert the date Insert the date 1 st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

33 St Vincent & the Grenadines Challenges and issues: No What? To be addressed by Who? When? Other comments

34 Trinidad and Tobago Hayden Romano

35 Trinidad and Tobago The Project Reduce and reverse land degradation at selected quarry site(s) around Valencia by an integrated water, land and ecosystems management approach, Trinidad Quarry operations in the Eastern Main Road, Valencia Road and Toco Main Road triangle IWEco Project focus: Land Degradation Amount of GEF grant: $643,658 USD Amount of Co-financing: $768,875 USD Total funding: $1,412,533 USD

36 Trinidad and Tobago Timeline of the Project: Responsible Entity: Environmental Management Authority Focal Point Details: Hayden Romano (Managing Director) Presenter: Hayden Romano Status of the Project: Under implementation Has a National Intersectoral Committee for overseeing the IWEco Project been established? Insert also Terms of Reference of the Committee (if existing) and the date(s) of the meeting(s) Achievements to date with reference to the IWEco Result Framework: Insert achieved outputs and description Insert achieved outputs and description Insert achieved outputs and description Budget of the Project: USD 643,658 Budget already used to date: USD 000,000 22/09/ /04/ /05/ /05/2017 Insert the date Insert the date Insert the date 1 st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

37 Trinidad and Tobago Challenges and issues: No What? To be addressed by Who? When? Other comments

38 Component I: Status of National Projects Jan Betlem Regional Project Coordinator

39 US M $ Financing from GEF Jamaica 3,114,685$ 3 2,5 Cuba 2,169,685$ 2 1,5 Antigua & Barbuda 1,215,685$ Dominican Republic 55% 1,430,646$ St Kitts & Nevis 999,685$ St Lucia 729,685$ St Vincent & the Grenadines 999,685$ Trinidad & Tobago 643,658$ 1 0,5 0

40 Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Dominican Republic Under development (preparations ongoing for the procurement) Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Jamaica (March?) Under development, because they have proposed a different Project site and so they are currently working on the new Project Document and Budget (Consultant has been selected) Timeline of the Project: St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia St Vincent and Gren. Trinidad and Tobago St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago 22/09/2016 Under development, (Budget is not aligned with Project Document) 1 st IWEco Steering Committee Meeting (Inception Meeting) National Project Document + Budget submitted to UNEP National Project + budget approved by UNEP Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) signed

41 Antigua and Barbuda Saint Lucia First disbursement by UNEP Starting date implementation Expected end date of implementation

42 Thank you