GEF Projects for Bangladesh

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Fourth GEF South Asia Constituency Meeting

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Council Members

Mr. Pulok Chatterji
Council Member

Mr. Kazi M. Aminul Islam
(Alternate Member for the Constituency of: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka)

Focal Points

Mr. M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan
(Political Focal Point)

Dr.Mihir Kanti Mazumder
(Operational Focal Point)

GEF Projects for Bangladesh


Project Title	Focal Area	Resource		Impl. Agency	Status
		GEF	Co-finance
Coastal Wetland Biodiversity Management at Cox's bazar and Hakaluki Haor	Biodiversity	$ 5.52 Million	$ 6.55 Million UNDP (Associate financing) TK 11.848 Million (cash GoB) TK 11.508 Million (kind GoB)	Department of Env ironment, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)	Ongoing
Capacity Building and Resource mobilization for Sustainable Land Management in Bangladesh	Land Degradation	$0.637 Million	$ 0.736 Million (kind BMDA) $0.186 Million (kind MoEF)	Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)	Ongoing
Enabling Activities for the preparation of the Second National Communication of the Bangladesh to the UNFCCC	Climate Change	$0.405 Million	$ 0.02 Million (GoB in kind)	Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)	Ongoing
Community Based adaptation to climate change through Coastal Afforestration in Bangladesh	Climate Change	$ 3.3 Million	$1.1 Million (UNDP) $3 Million (UNDP-Parallel funding) $ 3 Million (kind GoB)	Forests Department, MoEF	Ongoing
Barriers Removal to the Cost Effective Development and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Project (BRESL)	Climate Change (mitigation)	$ 7 Million for 7 countries		UNDP (GEF Regional Project )	Ongoing
Community based Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh	Climate Change	$ 0.423 Million		UNDP Regional Project	Ongoing
Improving Klin Efficiency in the Brick Making Industry (Full Project)	Climate Change (mitigation)	$ 3.00 Million	US $ 10 million from private sector	Clean Energy Alternatives Inc., Xian Institute of Brick and Roof Building Materials, China	Upcoming
Development of Sustainable Grid-connected Wind Electricity Generation	Climate Change (mitigation)	$ 4.00 Million	US $ 15 million from GOB/Private Sector ( to be decided during formulation)	PDB/Ministry of Power (tbd)	Upcoming

Completed GEF Projects for Bangladesh


Project Title	Focal Area	Resource		Impl. Agency	Status
		GEF	Co-finance
Community Based adaptation to climate change through Coastal Afforestration in Bangladesh	Climate Change	$ 0.100 Million	$ 0.020 Million (UNDP)	Forests Department, MoEF	Completed
Prepare its Initial National Communication in Response to its Commitments to UNFCCC	Climate Change	175,000 US$		UNEP	Completed
Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development	Climate Change	30,940,000 US$		IBRD	Completed
National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) for Global Environmental Management (PA and medium size Project)	Multiple Focal Areas	$ 0.2225 Million	$ 0.0285 Million (GoB Kind)	MoEF , IUCN	Completed
Preparation of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention	Persistent Organic Pollutants	$ 0.495 Million	$ 0.1472 Million (GoB Kind) $ 0.0117 GoB-CD/VAT)	Department of Environment (DoE), MoEF	Completed
Preparation of 2nd National Communication on Climate Change (PDF A)	Climate Change	$ 0.015 Million		DoE, MoEF	Completed
Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (BSAP)	Biodiversity	$ 0.2789 Million	$0.0524 Million (GoB Kind)	MoEF , IUCN	Completed
Formulation of the Bangladesh Program of Action for Adaptation to Climate Change (NAPA)-formulation	Climate Change	$0.2000 Million	$ 0.05 Million (GoB Kind)	Department of Environment (DoE), MoEF	Completed
In-situ Conservation of Agricultural Bio-diversity in Bangladesh (PA Project)	Biodiversity	$ 0.025 Million	$ 0.01 Million (Kind)	UBINIG	Completed
Improving Kiln Efficiency in the Brick Making Industry (PDF-B)- formulation phase	Climate Change	$ 0.3480 Million	$ 0.0278 Million (Private sector)	UNOPS	Completed
Capacity Building and Resource mobilization for Sustainable Land Management in Bangladesh (PDF A)	Land Degradation	$ 0.0125 Million	$ 0.0042 Million	MoEF	Completed
3rd National Report to the UNCCCD	Climate Change	$ 0.01236 Million		MoEF	Completed
Barriers Removal to the coastal-effective development and implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Project (BRESL)- formulation phase	Climate Change	$ 0.0500 Million		UNDP (GEF Regional Project)	Completed