Acronym List ASGM Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining BAT Best Available Techniques BET Best Environmental Practices BRS Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions COP Conference of the Parties CSO Civil Society Organization CSP Country Support Program EA Enabling Activity FSP Full-sized Project GEAP Gender Equality Action Plan GEF Global Environment Facility INC Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee KM Knowledge Management MIA Mercury Initial Assessment MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSP Medium-sized Project NAP National Action Plan NPFE National Portfolio Formulation Exercise OFP Operational Focal Points PPG Project Preparation Grant POP Persistent Organic Pollutant PVC Polyvinyl Chloride RBM Results-Based Management SGP Small Grants Programme STAP Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel
Environment Facility Trust Fund. The Global Environment Facility Trust Fund shall provide resources to meet the agreed incremental costs of global environmental benefits and the agreed full costs of some enabling activities.” Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Minamata Convention on Mercury “Invites the Council of the Global Environment Facility to support developing countries and countries with economies in transition that are signatories to the Convention in undertaking activities, particularly enabling activities, to facilitate early implementation and ratification of the Convention;” The 44th GEF Council in June 2013 allocated $10 million for enabling activities under the Minamata Convention in the GEF-5 period, specifically MIAs and ASGM NAPs. Guidelines have been developed for application of these projects. In $30 million in additional resources has been allocated for these enabling activities. The initial guidelines may be amended by the INC or COP as required. The guidelines can be found at: Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Minamata Convention on Mercury “Invites the Council of the Global Environment Facility to give effect to the inclusion of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund as a part of the financial mechanism of the Minamata Convention and to recommend to the Assembly of the Global Environment Facility, as a matter of urgency, that it make any adjustments to the Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility that are necessary to allow it to fulfil its role in the financial mechanism;” At the 5th GEF Assembly in May 2014, the GEF Instrument was amended to include the Minamata Convention in the list of conventions served by the GEF. The new paragraph 6e of the GEF instrument contains the following text: “(e) Operate as one of the entities comprising the financial mechanism of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, pursuant to its Article 13, paragraphs 5, 6 and 8. In such respects, the GEF shall operate under the guidance of, and be accountable to the Conference of the Parties, which shall provide guidance on overall strategies, policies, program priorities and eligibility for access to and utilization of financial resources. In addition, the GEF shall receive guidance from the Conference of the Parties on an indicative list of categories of activities that could receive support; and shall provide
Global Environment Facility to support activities to facilitate the rapid entry into force and effective implementation of the Convention;” allocated to support early action. Annex 5: Table of GEF-6 (July 2014–October 2015) Funded Projects Enabling Activity Projects Agency Country Title Project Type GEF Grant ($) UNDP Albania Minamata Initial Assessment for Albania EA 200,000 UNEP Cameroon Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Cameroon EA 200,000 UNIDO Chad Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Chad EA 200,000 UNIDO Colombia Minamata Convention Initial Assessment (MIA) in the Republic of Colombia EA 200,000 UNIDO Gabon National Action Plan on Mercury in the Artisanal and Gold Mining sector in Gabon EA 500,000 UNDP Guyana Minamata Initial Assessment for Guyana EA 200,000 UNDP India Improve Mercury Management in India EA 1,000,000 UNDP Jordan Strengthen National Decision Making towards Ratification of the Minamata Convention and Build Capacity towards Implementation of Future Provisions EA 200,000 UNEP Macedonia Development of a Minamata Initial Assessment EA 200,000 UNDP Malaysia Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Malaysia EA 250,000
Agency Country Title Project Type GEF Grant ($) UNIDO Mozambique National Action Plan on Mercury in the Mozambican Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining sector EA 500,000 UNIDO Nepal Minamata Initial Assessment in Nepal EA 200,000 UNDP Panama Minamata Initial Assessment for Panama EA 200,000 UNEP Papua New Guinea Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Papua New Guinea EA 300,000 UNDP Seychelles Strengthen National Decision Making Towards Ratification of the Minamata Convention and Build Capacity Towards Implementation of Future Provisions. EA 199,100 UNIDO Regional (Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, Togo Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Francophone Africa II EA 800,000 UNIDO Regional (Guinea, Mali, Senegal) Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Francophone Africa I EA 600,000 UNEP Regional (Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe) Development of Minamata Convention on Mercury Initial Assessment in Africa EA 547,945 UNDP Regional (Bangladesh, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Mozambique, Samoa) Strengthen national decision making towards ratification of the Minamata Convention and build capacity towards implementation of future provisions EA 1,000,000 UNEP Regional (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland) Development of Minamata Initial Assessment EA 800,000 Medium-Sized Projects Agency Country Title Project Type GEF Grant ($)