Financial Mechanism and Resources

Financial Mechanism and Resources
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Financial Mechanism and Resources

GEF Support to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework



Scientific and Technical Evidence Base
  • IPBES (2019): Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany.
  • IPCC, 2018: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA.
  • IPCC, 2019: IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, USA.
  • IPCC, 2019: Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2020). Global Biodiversity Outlook 5. Montreal.
  • Forest Peoples Programme (2020). Local Biodiversity Outlooks 2: The contributions of indigenous peoples and local communities to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 and to renewing nature and cultures. A complement to the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook. Moreton-in-Marsh, England (United Kingdom).
  • Sharrock, S. (2020). Plant Conservation Report 2020: A review of progress in implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation 2011-2020. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada and Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, United Kingdom. Technical Series No. 95.

Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties


Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (Part Two), 7 - 19 December 2022 - Montreal, Canada

Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Part Two), 7 - 19 December 2022 - Montreal, Canada

Fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Activities

Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Kunming, China (11-15 October 2021) and Montreal, Canada (7-19 December 2022)

Decision 15/15: Financial mechanism
Decision 15/7: Resource mobilization
  • CBD/COP/15/8: Report of the Council of the Global Environment Facility to the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • CBD/COP/15/10: The financial mechanism: matters related to guidance to the Global Environment Facility
  • CBD/COP/15/11: Resource mobilization: final analysis of information provided through the financial reporting framework
  • CBD/COP/15/INF/4: Global Environment Facility support to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
  • CBD/COP/15/INF/22: Summary of the informal consultations on resource mobilization

Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (Part Two), 7 - 19 December 2022 - Montreal, Canada
Decision NP-4/8: Financial mechanism and resources (Article 25)
CBD/NP/MOP/4/10: Financial mechanism and resources (Article 25)

Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Part Two), 7 - 19 December 2022 - Montreal, Canada
Decision CP-10/6: Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources (Article 28)
CBD/CP/MOP/10/6: Financial mechanism and resources (Article 28)

Third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 14 - 29 March 2022 - Geneva, Switzerland
Recommendation SBI-3/6: Resource mobilization
Recommendation SBI-3/7: The financial mechanism
  • CBD/SBI/3/5: Resource mobilization
  • CBD/SBI/3/5/ADD1: Evaluation and review of the strategy for resource mobilization and Aichi Biodiversity Target 20: Summary of the first report of the panel of experts on resource mobilization
  • CBD/SBI/3/5/ADD2/REV1: Estimation of resources needed for implementing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework: second report of the Panel of Experts on Resource Mobilization
  • CBD/SBI/3/5/ADD3: Contribution to a draft resource mobilization component of the post-2020 biodiversity framework as a follow-up to the current strategy for resource mobilization: Third report of the panel of experts on resource mobilization
  • CBD/SBI/3/5/ADD4: Draft terms of reference for a possible expert working group on the financial reporting framework
  • CBD/SBI/3/6: The financial mechanism
  • CBD/SBI/3/6/ADD1: Preliminary report of the Global Environment Facility
  • CBD/SBI/3/6/ADD2/REV1: Report of the full assessment of funds needed for the implementation of the Convention and its Protocols during the eighth replenishment period of the Global Environment Facility (July 2022 to June 2026) - Executive summary
  • CBD/SBI/3/6/ADD3: The financial mechanism: elements of advice from biodiversity-related conventions pursuant to paragraph 9 of decision XIII/21
  • CBD/SBI/3/6/ADD4: The financial mechanism: draft proposals for a four-year outcome oriented framework of programme priorities for the eighth replenishment period (July 2022 to June 2026) of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund and other related matters

Activities
  • 63rd GEF Council Meeting, 28 November 2022
  • 62nd GEF Council Meeting, 21 June 2022
  • 61st GEF Council Meeting, 1 December 2021
  • 60th GEF Council Meeting, 14 June 2021
  • 59th GEF Council Meeting, 7 December 2020
  • 58th GEF Council Meeting, 2 June 2020
  • 57th GEF Council Meeting, 16 December 2019
  • 56th GEF Council Meeting, 10 June 2019
  • 55th GEF Council Meeting, 18 December 2018
  • GEF-8 Replenishment (Third Meeting): Regional Meetings with Developing Countries, 25 January 2022
  • GEF-8 Replenishment (Second Meeting), 29 September 2021
  • GEF-8 Replenishment (Second Meeting): Regional Meetings with Developing Countries, 16 September 2021
  • GEF-8 Replenishment (First Meeting), 22 April 2021
  • GEF-8 Replenishment (Planning), 11 February 2021
  • Thirty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.34), 17 - 20 October 2022 / Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Thirty-third meeting of the GCF Board (B.33), 17 - 20 July 2022 / Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Thirty-second meeting of the GCF Board (B.32), 16 - 19 May 2022 / Antigua and Barbuda
  • Thirty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.31), 28 - 31 March 2022 / Virtual
  • Thirtieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.30), 4 - 7 October 2021 / Virtual
  • Twenty-ninth meeting of the GCF Board (B.29), 28 June - 1 July 2021 / Virtual
  • Twenty-eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.28), 16 - 19 March 2021 / Virtual
  • Twenty-seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.27), 9 - 13 November 2020 / Virtual
  • Twenty-sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.26), 18 - 21 August 2020 / Virtual
  • Twenty-fifth meeting of the GCF Board (B.25), 10 - 12 March 2020 / Geneva, Switzerland
  • Twenty-fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.24), 12 - 14 November 2019 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Twenty-third meeting of the GCF Board (B.23), 6 - 8 July 2019 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Twenty-second meeting of the GCF Board (B.22), 25 - 28 February 2019 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 17-29 November 2018

Decision 14/23: Financial mechanism
Decision 14/22: Resource mobilization
  • CBD/COP/14/6: Resource mobilization: Further updated analysis of information provided through the financial reporting framework
  • CBD/COP/14/7: Report of the Global Environment Facility to the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • CBD/COP/14/8: Financial mechanism: review of effectiveness and preparation for the determination of funds required for the eighth replenishment period
  • CBD/COP/14/INF/35: Mainstreaming of biodiversity into economic development: an overview of the Business and Biodiversity offsets Programme (BBOP)

Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, 17 - 29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Decision NP-3/8: Financial mechanism
CBD/NP/MOP/3/5: Financial mechanism and resources (Article 25)

Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 17 - 29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Decision CP-9/4: Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources (Article 28)
CBD/CP/MOP/9/12: Financial mechanism and resources (Article 28)

Second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 9 - 13 July 2018 - Montreal, Canada
Recommendation SBI-2/6: Resource mobilization
Recommendation SBI-2/7: Review of implementation of the financial mechanism (Article 21)
  • CBD/SBI/2/7: Resource mobilization
  • CBD/SBI/2/7/ADD1: Stocktake and updated analysis of information provided through the financial reporting framework
  • CBD/SBI/2/8: The financial mechanism (Article 21)
  • CBD/SBI/2/8/ADD1: Preliminary report of the Global Environment Facility
  • CBD/SBI/2/INF/9: Compilation of views on resource mobilization: assessing the contribution of collective actions of indigenous peoples and local communities and safeguards in biodiversity financing mechanisms
  • CBD/SBI/2/INF/25: Summary of evaluation results of the Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office

Activities
  • Sixth GEF Assembly and Associated Meetings, 27 June 2018
  • 54th GEF Council Meeting, 24 June 2018
  • 53rd GEF Council Meeting, 28 November 2017
  • 52nd GEF Council Meeting, 23 May 2017
  • GEF-7 Replenishment (Fourth Meeting), 25 April 2018
  • GEF-7 Replenishment (Third Meeting), 23 January 2018
  • GEF-7 Replenishment (Second Meeting), 4 October 2017
  • GEF-7 Replenishment (First Meeting), 28 March 2017
  • GEF-7 Replenishment (Planning), 24 February 2017
  • Twenty-first meeting of the GCF Board (B.21), 17 - 20 October 2018 / Manama, Bahrain
  • Twentieth meeting of the GCF Board (B.20), 1 - 4 July 2018 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Nineteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.19), 26 February - 1 March 2018 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Eighteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.18), 30 September - 2 October 2017 / Cairo, Egypt
  • Seventeenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.17), 5 - 6 July 2017 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Sixteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.16), 4 - 6 April 2017 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Cancun, Mexico, 4-17 December 2016

Decision XIII/21: The financial mechanism
Decision XIII/20: Resource mobilization
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/13/11/REV1: Resource Mobilization: Analysis of the Information Provided through the Financial Reporting Framework and of Methodological Information and Definitions As Provided by Parties
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/13/12/REV1: The Financial Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/13/12/ADD1: Report of the Council of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/13/12/ADD2: Report of the Expert Team on a Full Assessment of the Funds Needed for the Implementation of the Convention and Its Protocols for the Seventh Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/13/12/ADD3: The Financial Mechanism: Four-Year Outcome-Oriented Framework of Programme Priorities
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/13/12/ADD4: The Financial Mechanism: Submissions Received from Biodiversity-Related Conventions Pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Decision XII/30
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/13/INF/16: Full Report of the Expert Team on a Full Assessment of the Funds Needed for the Implementation of the Convention and Its Protocols for the Seventh Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility

Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 4 - 17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico
Decision CP-VIII/5: Financial mechanism and resources
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/8/5: Financial Mechanism and Resources (Article 28)

Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, 4 - 17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico
Decision NP-2/6: Financial mechanism and resources (Article 25)
UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/2/5: Financial Mechanism and Resources (Article 25)

First meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, 2 - 6 May 2016 - Montreal, Canada
Recommendation SBI-1/6: Resource mobilization
Recommendation SBI-1/7: The financial mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/7: Resource Mobilization
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/7/ADD1: Resource Mobilization: Analysis of the Information Provided through the Financial Reporting Framework, and Options for Strengthening Biodiversity-Related Financial Information Systems
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/7/ADD2: Synthesis of Information on Existing Policies and Legislation Governing Biodiversity Financing Mechanisms and on the Contribution of Collective Action of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/8: Guidance to the Financial Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/8/ADD1: Preliminary Report of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/8/ADD2: Report of the Expert Team on A Full Assessment of the Funds Needed for the Implementation of the Convention and Its Protocols for the Seventh Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/INF/4: Resource Mobilization: Compilation of Information on Existing Policies and Legislation Governing Biodiversity Financing Mechanisms
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/INF/6: Report of the Dialogue Workshop on Assessment of Collective Action in Biodiversity Conservation
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/INF/17: Report on the Capacity-Building Programme on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/INF/20: Report of the International Technical Expert Workshop on Identifying, Accessing, Compiling and Aggregating Domestic and International Biodiversity-Related Investments and Impacts
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/INF/46: Draft Global Monitoring Report on Financing for Biodiversity
  • UNEP/CBD/SBI/1/INF/47: Report on Full Assessment of the Amount of Funds Needed for the Implementation of the Convention and Its Protocols for the Seventh Replenishment Period of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility

Activities
  • Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Eastern European and Central and West Asian Countries, 25 - 26 February 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Expert Group Meeting on the Full Assessment of Funding Necessary and Available for the Implementation of the Convention for the period July 2018 to June 2022, 17 - 18 February 2016, New Delhi, India
  • Asia Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization, 9 - 13 February 2015, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for French Speaking African Countries, 1 - 2 December 2015, Dakar, Senegal
  • Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Southeast Asia, 30 November - 1 December 2015, Manila, Philippines
  • Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for English Speaking African Countries, 24 - 25 November 2015, Entebbe, Uganda
  • Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for South America, 12 - 13 November 2015, Lima, Peru
  • Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Spanish-speaking Central American and Caribbean Countries, 26 - 27 October 2015, San José, Costa Rica
  • Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for the Pacific Region, 5 - 6 October 2015, Avarua, Cook Islands
  • Subregional Capacity-Building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for South Asia, 16 - 18 September 2015, New Delhi, India
  • Eastern European Workshop on CBD Implementation and Financial Reporting, 22 June 2015, Georgia
  • Dialogue Workshop on Assessment of Collective Action of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Mobilization, 11 - 13 June 2015, Panajachel, Guatemala
  • Western African Workshop on CBD Implementation and Financial Reporting, 18 May 2015, Libreville, Gabon
  • Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Resource Mobilization for CARICOM member States, 18 - 21 May 2015, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Western African Workshop on CBD Implementation and Financial Reporting, 20 April 2015, Cabo Verde
  • South American Workshop on CBD Implementation and Financial Reporting, 13 April 2015, Asunción, Paraguay
  • Asian Workshop on CBD Implementation and Financial Reporting, 16 March 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Central American Workshop on CBD Implementation and Financial Reporting, 2 March 2015, Managua, Nicaragua
  • Southern African Workshop on CBD Implementation and Financial Reporting, 16 February 2015, Windhoek, Namibia
  • 51st GEF Council Meeting, 25 October 2016
  • 50th GEF Council Meeting, 7 June 2016
  • 49th GEF Council Meeting, 20 October 2015
  • 48th GEF Council Meeting, 2 June 2015
  • 47th GEF Council Meeting, 28 October 2014
  • Fifteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.15), 13 - 15 December 2016 / Apia, Independent State of Samoa
  • Fourteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.14), 12 - 14 October 2016 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Thirteenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.13), 28 - 30 June 2016 / Sondgo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Twelfth meeting of the GCF Board (B.12), 8 - 10 March 2016 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Eleventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.11), 2 - 5 November 2015 / Livingstone, Zambia
  • Tenth meeting of the GCF Board (B.10), 6 - 9 July 2015 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Ninth meeting of the GCF Board (B.09), 24 - 26 March 2015 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 6 - 17 October 2014

Decision XII/30: Financial mechanism
Decision XII/3: Resource mobilization

First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, 13 - 17 October 2014 - Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
Decision NP-1/6: Matters related to the financial mechanism
Decision NP-1/7: Resource mobilization for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/4: Guidance to the Financial Mechanism
UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/5: Guidance on Resource Mobilization for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 29 September - 3 October 2014 - Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
Decision BS-VII/5: Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/7/4/REV1: Matters Related to the Financial Mechanism and Resources

Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention, 16 - 20 June 2014 - Montreal, Canada
Recommendation WGRI-5/1: Financial mechanism
Recommendation WGRI-5/10: Review of implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/4: Strategy for Resource Mobilization: Review of Implementation
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/4/ADD2: Consideration of Views and Lessons Learned on Possible Risks, Benefits and Safeguards For Country-Specific Innovative Financial Mechanisms
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/5: The Financial Mechanism: Review of implementation of decision XI/5
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/5/ADD1: Financial Mechanism: Summary of the fourth review of the effectiveness of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/3: Strategy for Resource Mobilization: Review of Goals 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/4: Summary of the Global Monitoring Report on the Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/5: Experiences in Applying the Preliminary Reporting Framework: Compilation and Analysis of Information Received from Parties
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/7: Revised and Expanded Version of the Discussion Paper: Safeguards for Scaling-Up Biodiversity Finance and Possible Guiding Principles
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/8: High Level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/9: Second Informal Dialogue Seminar on Scaling Up Finance for Biodiversity
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/10: The Financial Mechanism: Fourth review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/13: The Biodiversity Finance Initiative: An overview and key progress summary
  • UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/INF/21: Aid to Biodiversity and OECD DAC Work on Rio Markers, Biodiversity and Development

Activities
  • International Workshop on Financing for Biodiversity, 18 - 19 August 2014, Kartause Ittingen, Switzerland
  • Regional Workshop on Resource mobilization for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 26 - 28 May 2014, Vilm, Germany
  • Regional workshop for resource mobilization for Asia and the Pacific, 6 - 8 May 2014, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on Resource Mobilization, 15 - 17 April 2014, Brasilia, Brazil
  • Third meeting of the second phase of the High-level Panel on the Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 14 - 15 April 2014, Brasilia, Brazil
  • Second Dialogue Seminar on Scaling up Finance for Biodiversity, 9 - 12 April 2014, Quito, Ecuador
  • Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization for Africa, 11 - 13 February 2014, Entebbe, Uganda
  • Second meeting of the second phase of the High-level Panel on the Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 2 - 4 December 2013, Chennai, India
  • CBD-GEF Retreat to work together for a robust GEF-6 replenishment and leveraging of other resources for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, 4 - 5 June 2013, Montreal, Canada
  • First meeting of the second phase of the High-level Panel on the Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 30 - 31 May 2013, Trondheim, Norway
  • Fifth GEF Assembly, 28 May 2014
  • 46th GEF Council Meeting, 25 May 2014
  • 45th GEF Council Meeting, 5 November 2013
  • 44th GEF Council Meeting, 18-June 2013
  • 43rd GEF Council Meeting, 13 November 2012
  • GEF-6 Replenishment (Fourth Meeting), 16 April 2014
  • GEF-6 Replenishment (Third Meeting), 10 December 2013
  • GEF-6 Replenishment (Second Meeting), 10 September 2013
  • GEF-6 Replenishment (First Meeting), 3 April 2013
  • GEF-6 Replenishment (Planning), 1 December 2012
  • Eighth meeting of the GCF Board (B.08), 14 - 17 October 2014 / Bridgetown, Barbados
  • Seventh meeting of the GCF Board (B.07), 18 - 21 May 2014 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Sixth meeting of the GCF Board (B.06), 19 - 21 February 2014 / Bali, Indonesia
  • Fifth meeting of the GCF Board (B.05), 8 - 10 October 2013 / Paris, France
  • Fourth meeting of the GCF Board (B.04), 26 - 28 June 2013 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Third meeting of the GCF Board (B.03), 13 - 15 March 2013 / Berlin, Germany
  • Second meeting of the GCF Board (B.02), 18 - 20 October 2012 / Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Hyderabad, India, 8 - 19 October 2012

Decision XI/5: The financial mechanism
Decision XI/4: Review of implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization, including the establishment of targets
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/8: Report of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/14/REV1: Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, Including the Establishment of Targets
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/14/ADD1: Methodological and Implementation Guidance for the “Indicators for Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention’s Strategy for Resource Mobilization”
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/14/ADD2: Report of the High-Level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/14/ADD3: Synthesis on Innovative Financial Mechanisms
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/15/REV2: Guidance to the Financial Mechanism: Four-year framework of programme priorities; review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism and needs assessment for the sixth GEF replenishment cycle
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/6: Resource Mobilization: Compilation and Consolidation of Data Provided by Parties through the Preliminary Reporting Framework
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/7: Discussion Paper: Safeguards for Scaling-Up Biodiversity Finance and Possible Guiding Principles
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/15: Informal Dialogue on the CBD Strategy for Resource Mobilization: Report of the chair of the informal dialogue
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/16: State of Financing for Biodiversity: Draft Global Monitoring Report 2012 on the Strategy for Resource Mobilization under the Convention
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/20: Report of the High-Level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/21: The Little Biodiversity Finance Book
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/35: Full Assessment of the Amount of Funds Needed for the Implementation of the Convention for the Sixth Replenishment Period of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility: An Assessment by the CBD Expert Team Members
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/11/INF/53: Workshop on Financial Mechanisms Supporting Conservation and the Integral and Sustainable Management of Biodiversity in Bolivia and South America

Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 1 - 5 October 2012 - Hyderabad, India
Decision BS-VI/5: Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/6/4: Matters Related to the Financial Mechanism and Resources
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/6/INF/20: UNEP-GEF Biosafety Clearing-House Activities Report

Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (ICNP-2), 2 - 6 July 2012 - New Delhi, India
Recommendation ICNP-2/1: Elaboration of guidance for the financial mechanism
Recommendation ICNP-2/2: Guidance for resource mobilization for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  • UNEP/CBD/ICNP/2/3: Elaboration of Guidance for the Financial Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/ICNP/2/4: Elaboration of Guidance for Resource Mobilization for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing
  • UNEP/CBD/ICNP/2/INF/8: Documents from the GEF Council on the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund

Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention, 7 - 11 May 2012 - Montreal, Canada
Recommendation WGRI-4/3: The financial mechanism: review of GEF-5 and needs for GEF-6
Recommendation WGRI-4/2: Review of implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/6: Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/6/ADD1: Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization (Addendum)
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/7: The Financial Mechanism: Review of GEF-5 and Needs for GEF-6
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/INF/9: Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization: Co-Chairs’ summary of Dialogue Seminar on Scaling Up Biodiversity Finance, Quito, 6-9 March 2012
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/INF/10: Full Assessment of the Amount of Funds Needed for the Implementation of the Convention for the Sixth Replenishment Period of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/INF/15: Mobilization of Financial Resources to Implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020: Indicative Road Map
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/INF/16: Compilation of Views, Information and Experience on the Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/4/INF/17: Review of the Biodiversity Requirements of Standards and Certification Schemes

First Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS, 6 - 10 June 2011 - Montreal, Canada UNEP/CBD/ICNP/1/INF/7: The Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund

Activities
  • Informal Dialogue on CBD Strategy for Resource Mobilization, 17 - 18 September 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
  • High-level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for implementing the Strategic Plan Opens Consultations with Parties, 2 August 2012, Online
  • Workshop on Financing Mechanisms for Biodiversity: Examining Opportunities and Challenges, 12 May 2012, Montreal, Canada
  • Dialogue seminar on scaling up finance for biodiversity, 6 - 9 March 2012, Quito, Ecuador
  • Second Expert Team Meeting on the GEF-6 Replenishment, 18 - 20 December 2011, Tokyo, Japan
  • Southern Africa Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, 4 November 2011, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Eastern Africa Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, 28 October 2011, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Central Asia workshop on biodiversity and finance, 14 October 2011, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • First Expert Team Meeting on the GEF-6 Replenishment, 25 - 26 July 2011, Montreal, Canada
  • Eighth Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, 22 July 2011, Monrovia, Liberia
  • Seventh Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, 9 July 2011, Dakar, Senegal
  • Roundtable on Financing Protected Areas in West Africa, 27 May 2011, Dakar, Senegal
  • Central America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, 5 May 2011, Panama City, Panama
  • South America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance, 30 April 2011, Cartagena, Colombia
  • Asia Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in support of the Nagoya Outcomes, 8 April 2011, Da Lat City, Viet Nam
  • Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in support of the Nagoya Outcomes, 25 March 2011, Kiev, Ukraine
  • Central Africa Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcomes, 17 - 18 February 2011, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcome, 29 - 30 November 2010, Cairo, Egypt
  • First meeting of the GCF Board (B.01), 23 - 25 August 2012 / Geneva, Switzerland
  • 42nd GEF Council Meeting, 5 June 2012
  • 41st GEF Council Meeting, 8 November 2011
  • 40th GEF Council Meeting, 24 May 2011
  • 39th GEF Council Meeting, 16 November 2010

Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Nagoya, Japan, 18 - 29 October 2010

Decision X/24: Review of guidance to the financial mechanism
Decision X/25: Additional guidance to the financial mechanism
Decision X/26 The financial mechanism: Assessment of the amount of funds needed for the implementation of the Convention for the sixth replenishment period of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund
Decision X/27: Preparation for the fourth review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism
Decision X/3: Strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s three objectives


Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 - 15 October 2010 - Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Decision BS-V/5: Financial mechanism and resources
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/5/5: Matters Related to the Financial Mechanism and Resources

Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention, 24 - 28 May 2010 - Nairobi, Kenya
Recommendation WGRI-3/8: Concrete activities and initiatives including measurable targets and/or indicators to achieve the strategic goals contained in the strategy for resource mobilization and on indicators to monitor the implementation of the strategy
Recommendation WGRI-3/9: Policy options concerning innovative financial mechanisms
Recommendation WGRI-3/10: Review of guidance to the financial mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/7: Concrete Activities and Initiatives Including Measurable Targets and/or Indicators to Achieve the Strategic Goals Contained in the Strategy for Resource Mobilization and on Indicators to Monitor the Implementation of the Strategy
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/8: Policy Options Concerning Innovative Financial Mechanisms
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/9: Review of the Guidance to the Financial Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/INF/4: Submissions on Concrete Activities and Initiatives Including Measurable Targets and/or Indicators to Achieve the Strategic Goals Contained in the Strategy for Resource Mobilization and on Indicators to Monitor the Implementation of the Strategy
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/INF/5: Innovative Financial Mechanisms: Report of the proceedings of the International Workshop on Innovative Financial Mechanisms
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/INF/13: Innovative Financial Mechanisms - Initiating Work on a Green Development Mechanism

Activities
  • International Workshop on Innovative Financial Mechanisms, 27 - 29 January 2010, Bonn, Germany
  • 38th GEF Council Meeting, 29 June 2010
  • Fourth GEF Assembly, 25 May 2010
  • 37th GEF Council Meeting, 24 May 2010
  • GEF-5 Replenishment (Sixth Meeting), 12 May 2010
  • GEF-5 Replenishment (Fifth Meeting), 9 May 2010
  • GEF-5 Replenishment (Fourth Meeting), 13 November 2009
  • 36th GEF Council Meeting, 10 November 2009
  • GEF-5 Replenishment (Third Meeting), 14 October 2009
  • 35th GEF Council Meeting, 22 June 2009
  • GEF-5 Replenishment (Second Meeting), 26 May 2009
  • GEF-5 Replenishment (First Meeting), 17 March 2009
  • 34th GEF Council Meeting, 11 November 2008

Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Bonn, Germany, 19 - 30 May 2008

Decision IX/31: Financial resources and the financial mechanism and guidance to the financial mechanism
Decision IX/11: Review of implementation of Articles 20 and 21
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/9: Report of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/16: Financial Resources and the Financial Mechanism - In-depth review of the availability of financial resources
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/16/ADD1/REV1: Financial Resources and the Financial Mechanism - Revised draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/16/ADD2: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - Draft message on biological diversity and finance to the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/17: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - Review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/24: Guidance to the Financial Mechanism - Elements for the four-year (2010-2014) framework for programme priorities related to utilization of GEF resources for biodiversity, and recommendations to enhance the process of formulating and consolidating guidance to the financial mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/5: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - In-depth review of the availability of financial resources: status concerning and trends in biodiversity finance
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/14: Strategy for Resource Mobilization: Submission from the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/15: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - Guidance to the financial mechanism: Compilation of the past guidance provided by the Conference of the Parties to the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/17: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - In-depth review of the availability of financial resources: Terms of reference for the mid-term review of the resource allocation framework approved version
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/19: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives: menu of options and flexible framework of activities and initiatives for the Parties and relevant organizations
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/20: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - Review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism: the report of the independent evaluator commissioned to carry out the third review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/29: Biodiversity Offsets and the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP)
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/33: Global Taxonomy Initiative: Analysis of Funded GTI-Related Projects
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/41: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - Elements for the four-year (2010-2014) framework for programme priorities related to utilization of GEF resources for biodiversity, and recommendations to enhance the process of formulating and consolidating guidance to the financial mechanism

Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 12 - 16 May 2008 - Bonn, Germany
Decision BS-IV/5: Financial mechanism and resources

Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention, 9 - 13 July 2007 - Paris, France
Recommendation WGRI-2/3: Streamlining the guidance provided to the Global Environment Facility as the institutional structure operating the financial mechanism of the convention
Recommendation WGRI-2/2: Options and a draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/2/5: Opportunities for Streamlining the Guidance Provided to the Global Environment Facility Taking into Account the Framework for Targets and Indicators of the 2010 Target
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/2/4: Options for Resource Mobilization, Including Innovative Financial Mechanisms, and a Draft Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of the Achievement of the Objectives of the Convention
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/2/INF/4: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21 - Review of the availability of financial resources
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/2/INF/5: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Management of Environmental Funds for the Financial Sustainability of Biodiversity Conservation
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/2/INF/8: Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Compilation Of Submissions
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/2/INF/12/ADD2: Information on the Processes and Operations of Scientific Bodies of Rio Conventions, Biodiversity-Related Conventions and the Global Environment Facility

Activities
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-PA/2/4, Exploration of Options for Mobilizing, As a Matter of Urgency, Through Different Mechanisms Adequate and Timely Financial Resources for the Implementation of the Programme of Work, Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas 11 - 15 February 2008 - Rome, Italy
  • UNEP/CBD/WG-PA/2/INF/8: A Review of Innovative International Financial Mechanisms for Biodiversity Conservation with A Special Focus on the International Financing of Developing Countries’ Protected Areas
  • Third meeting of the Informal Consultations on the Development of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, 16 February 2008, Rome, Italy
  • Second meeting of the Informal Consultations on the Development of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, 20 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Informal Consultations on the Development of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of Implementation of the Convention, 13 October 2007, Montreal, Canada
  • 33rd GEF Council Meeting, 22 April 2008
  • 32nd GEF Council Meeting, 14 November 2007
  • 31st GEF Council Meeting, 12 June 2007
  • 30th GEF Council Meeting, 5 December 2006
  • Third GEF Assembly, 29 August 2006
  • 29th GEF Council Meeting, 28 August 2006
  • 28th GEF Council Meeting, 6 June 2006

Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Curitiba, Brazil, 20 - 31 March 2006

Decision VIII/13: Review of implementation of Article 20 (Financial resources) and Article 21 (Financial mechanism)
Decision VIII/18: Guidance to the financial mechanism

  • UNEP/CBD/COP/8/10: Report of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/8/20: Financial Resources and Mechanism (Articles 20 and 21): Follow-up to the Recommendations of the Working Group on the Review of Implementation of the Convention
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/8/21: Financial Resources and Mechanism (Articles 20 and 21): Additional financial resources: status, gaps and options
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/1: Financial Resources and Mechanism (Articles 20 and 21): Compilation of previous guidance given to the financial mechanism by the Conference of the Parties
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/26: Report of the Meeting of Donor Agencies and other Relevant Organizations to Discuss Options for Mobilizing New and Additional Funding for the Implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/29: Global Environment Facility Biodiversity Program Study 2004
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/30: Third Overall Performance Study of the Global Environment Facility

Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 13 - 17 March 2006 - Curitiba, Brazil
Decision BS-III/5: Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources


Recommendation WGRI-1/4: financial resources and financial mechanism, Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation of the Convention, 5 - 9 September 2005 - Montreal, Canada
UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/1/5: Review of Financial Resources and the Financial Mechanism

Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 30 May - 3 June 2005 - Montreal, Canada
Decision BS-II/5: Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/2/5: Matters Related to the Financial Mechanism and Resources

First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 23 - 27 February 2004 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/1/12: Guidance to the financial mechanism
UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/1/INF/19: GEF support for capacity-building

Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Protected Areas, 13 - 21 June 2005, Montecatini, Italy
Report: Meeting of donor agencies and other relevant organizations to discuss options for mobilizing new and additional funding to developing countries for the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas (activity 3.4.7 of the programme of work)
UNEP/CBD/WG-PA/1/3: Options for Mobilizing Financial Resources for the Implementation of the Programme of Work By Developing Countries and Countries With Economies in Transition

Activities
  • 27th GEF Council Meeting, 8 November 2005
  • GEF-4 Replenishment (Second Meeting), 2 September 2005
  • 26th GEF Council Meeting, 31 August 2005
  • GEF-4 Replenishment (First Meeting), 9 June 2005
  • 25th GEF Council Meeting, 3 June 2005
  • 24th GEF Council Meeting, 17 November 2004
  • 23rd GEF Council Meeting, 19 May 2004

Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9 - 20 February 2004

Decision VII/20: Further guidance to the financial mechanism
Decision VII/21: Additional financial resources
Decision VII/22: Arrangements for the third review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism


Third meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, The Hague, 22–26 April 2002
UNEP/CBD/ICCP/3/INF/11: UNEP/GEF project on the development of national biosafety frameworks

Activities
  • 22nd GEF Council Meeting, 19 November 2003
  • 21st GEF Council Meeting, 14 May 2003
  • Second GEF Assembly, 16-October 2002
  • 20th GEF Council Meeting, 14 October 2002
  • 19th GEF Council Meeting, 15 May 2002

Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the Hague, Netherlands, 7 - 19 April 2002

Decision VI/17: Financial mechanism under the Convention
Decision VI/16: Additional financial resources

Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Nairobi, 1-5 October 2001
Recommendation ICCP-II/4: Guidance to the financial mechanism
UNEP/CBD/ICCP/2/5: Guidance to the financial mechanism (Art. 28, paragraph 5, Art. 22)

First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 - 15 December 2000 - Montpellier, France
UNEP/CBD/ICCP/1/INF/2: Initial Strategy for Assisting Countries to Prepare for the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: submission by the secretariat of the Global Environment Facility

Activities
  • Workshop on Financing for Biodiversity (Co-organized with GEF), 16 - 17 July 2001, Havana, Cuba
  • International Workshop on Financial Support for National Biosafety Frameworks (Co-organized with UNEP), 14 July 2001, Havana, Cuba
  • 18th GEF Council Meeting, 5 December 2001
  • 17th GEF Council Meeting, 9 May 2001
  • 16th GEF Council Meeting, 1 November 2000
  • GEF-3 Replenishment Meeting, 10 October 2000

Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Nairobi, Kenya, 15 - 26 May 2000

Decision V/11: Additional financial resources
Decision V/12: Second review of the financial mechanism
Decision V/13: Further guidance to the financial mechanism


Activities
  • 15th GEF Council Meeting, 9 May 2000
  • 14th GEF Council Meeting, 8 December 1999
  • 13th GEF Council Meeting, 5 May 1999
  • 12th GEF Council Meeting, 14 October 1998

Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Bratislava, Slovakia, 4 - 15 May 1998

Decision IV/11: Review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism
Decision IV/12: Additional financial resources
Decision IV/13: Additional guidance to the financial mechanism

  • UNEP/CBD/COP/4/15: Report of the GEF to the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/4/16: Review of the Effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/4/17: Additional financial resources

Activities
  • First GEF Assembly, 1 April 1998
  • 11th GEF Council Meeting, 30 March 1998
  • 10th GEF Council Meeting, 4 November 1997
  • 9th GEF Council Meeting, 30 April 1997
  • GEF-2 Replenishment, 7 March 1997

Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4 - 15 November 1996

Decision III/5: Additional guidance to the financial mechanism
Decision III/6: Additional financial resources
Decision III/7: Guidelines for the review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism
Decision III/8: Memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global Environment Facility

  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/5: Report of Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/6: Financial Resources and Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/7: Characteristics Specific to Biological Diversity and Suggestions to Funding Institutions on how to Make Their Activities More Supportive of the Convention a Preliminary Consideration
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/8: Review of the Effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism under the Convention
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/9: Designation of the Institutional Structure to Operate the Financial Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/10: Memorandum of Understanding Between the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/36: Modalities for GEF Assistance for Capacity-Building in Relation to the Operation of the Clearing-House Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/37: Availability of Additional Financial Resources
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/INF/1: Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning guidelines for the review of the effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/INF/2: Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning the "Draft memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global Environment Facility regarding the institutional structure operating the Financial Mechanism of the Convention"
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/INF/14: Annual report of the Global Environment Facility
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/3/INF/15: Quarterly report of the Global Environment Facility

Activities
  • 8th GEF Council Meeting, 8 October 1996
  • 7th GEF Council Meeting, 2 April 1996

Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Jakarta, Indonesia, 6 - 17 November 1995

Decision II/6: Financial Resources and Mechanism

  • UNEP/CBD/COP/2/8: Report of the Global Environment Facility to the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/2/9: Report of the Secretariat on the Financial Mechanism under the Convention
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/2/10: Study on the Availability of Additional Financial Resources
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/2/11: Memorandum of Understanding Between the Conference of the Parties and the Global Environment Facility

Activities
  • 6th GEF Council Meeting, 25 October 1995
  • 5th GEF Council Meeting, 18 July, 1995
  • 4th GEF Council Meeting, 3 May 1995
  • 3rd GEF Council Meeting, 22 February 1995

First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Nassau, Bahamas, 28 November - 9 December 1994

Decision I/2: Financial resources and mechanism

  • UNEP/CBD/COP/1/5: Policy, Strategy, Programme Priorities and Eligibility Criteria Regarding Access to and Utilization of Financial Resources
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/1/6: Institutional Structure to Operate the Financial Mechanism under the Convention
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/1/6/ADD1: Institutional Structure to Operate the Financial Mechanism under the Convention
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/1/7: List of Developed Country Parties and Other Parties Which Voluntarily Assume the Obligations of Developed Country Parties
  • UNEP/CBD/COP/1/INF/13: Memorandum of Understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Institutional Structure Operating the Financial Mechanism under the Convention

Activities
  • 2nd GEF Council Meeting, 1 November 1994
  • 1st GEF Council Meeting, 12 July 1994