Capacity building activities funded by the GEF in biosafety

Data extracted from the GEF project database (last update January 2012).

Regions: Africa | Asia-Pacific | CEE | GRULAC | WEOG

Total count

Regions / Countries	GEF STAR-BD Eligible	CPB Parties	GEF Capacity Building funded projects
			Pilot project (1)	NBF-Dev (2)	NBF-Imp Demo) (3)	NBF-imp (4)	BCH-I (5)	BCH-II (6)	Regional Projects (7)
Africa: 53	52	49	10	39	4	14	47	23	5
Asia-Pacific: 56	46	41	2	36	3	13	30	11	-
CEE: 23	15	22	4	18	2	7	16	1	-
GRULAC: 33	33	29	2	28	3	6	27	15	17
WEOG: 30	1	21	-	2	-	1	2	-	-
Total: 195	147	162	18	123	12	41	122	50	22

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CBD Region: Africa (AFR)

Regions / Countries	GEF Eligible (BD)	CPB Parties	GEF Capacity Building funded projects
			Pilot project (1)	NBF-Dev (2)	NBF-Imp Demo) (3)	NBF-imp (4)	BCH-I (5)	BCH-II (6)	Regional Projects (7)
Algeria	x	x		x			x	x
Angola	x	x		x			x
Benin	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-WAfr
Botswana	x	x		x			x
Burkina Faso	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-WAfr
Burundi	x	x		x			x
Cameroon	x	x	x		x
Cape Verde	x	x		x			x
Central African Republic	x	x		x			x	x
Chad	x	x		x			x	x
Comoros	x	x		x			x	x
Congo	x	x		x			x
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	x	x		x			x	x
Côte d'Ivoire	x			x			x
Djibouti	x	x		x			x
Egypt	x	x	x			x	x
Equatorial Guinea	x						x
Eritrea	x	x		x			x
Ethiopia	x	x		x		x	x	x
Gabon	x	x		x			x
Gambia	x	x		x			x
Ghana	x	x		x		x	x	x
Guinea	x	x		x			x	x
Guinea-Bissau	x	x		x			x
Kenya	x	x	x		x
Lesotho	x	x		x		x	x	x
Liberia	x	x		x		x	x	x
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	x	x		x			x	x
Madagascar	x	x		x		x	x	x
Malawi	x	x	x				x
Mali	x	x		x			x		Imp-WAfr
Mauritania	x	x	x				x	x
Mauritius	x	x	x			x	x	x
Morocco	x	x		x			x
Mozambique	x	x		x		x	x
Namibia	x	x	x		x	x
Niger	x	x		x			x	x
Nigeria	x	x		x		x	x	x
Rwanda	x	x		x		x	x
Sao Tome and Principe	x						x
Senegal	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-WAfr
Seychelles	x	x		x			x
Sierra Leone	x			x			x
Somalia		x
South Africa	x	x					x
Sudan	x	x		x			x	x
Swaziland	x	x		x		x	x	x
Tanzania, United Republic of	x	x		x		x	x
Togo	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-WAfr
Tunisia	x	x	x			x	x	x
Uganda	x	x	x		x
Zambia	x	x	x				x
Zimbabwe	x	x		x

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CBD Region: Asia Pacific (AP)

Regions / Countries	GEF Eligible (BD)	CPB Parties	GEF Capacity Building funded projects
			Pilot project (1)	NBF-Dev (2)	NBF-Imp Demo) (3)	NBF-imp (4)	BCH-I (5)	BCH-II (6)	Regional Projects (7)
Afghanistan	x
Bahrain
Bangladesh	x	x		x		x	x
Bhutan	x	x		x		x	x	x
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia	x	x		x		x	x	x
China	x	x	x		x
Cook Islands	x			x
Cyprus		x
Fiji	x	x		x			x
India	x	x			x	x		x
Indonesia	x	x		x		x	x
Iran, Islamic Republic of	x	x		x		x	x
Iraq	x
Japan		x
Jordan	x	x		x		x	x	x
Kazakhstan	x	x		x			x
Kiribati	x	x		x			x
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	x	x		x			x
Korea, Republic of	x	x		x
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	x	x		x			x
Lao People's Democratic Republic	x	x		x		x	x	x
Lebanon	x			x			x
Malaysia	x	x			x			x
Maldives	x	x		x			x
Marshall Islands	x	x		x			x
Micronesia, Federated States of	x			x
Mongolia	x	x		x		x	x
Myanmar	x	x		x			x
Nauru	x	x		x
Nepal	x			x			x
Niue	x	x		x
Oman		x
Pakistan	x	x	x				x
Palau	x	x		x			x
Papua New Guinea	x	x		x			x
Philippines	x	x		x			x	x
Qatar		x
Samoa	x	x		x			x
Saudi Arabia		x
Singapore
Solomon Islands	x	x		x
Sri Lanka	x	x		x			x
Syrian Arab Republic	x	x		x		x	x	x
Tajikistan	x	x		x		x	x
Thailand	x	x		x			x
Timor-Leste	x
Tonga	x	x		x			x	x
Turkmenistan	x	x				x
Tuvalu	x
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan	x
Vanuatu	x			x
Viet Nam	x	x		x		x	x	x
Yemen	x	x		x			x	x

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CBD Region: Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

Regions / Countries	GEF Eligible (BD)	CPB Parties	GEF Capacity Building funded projects
			Pilot project (1)	NBF-Dev (2)	NBF-Imp Demo) (3)	NBF-imp (4)	BCH-I (5)	BCH-II (6)	Regional Projects (7)
Albania	x	x		x		x	x
Armenia	x	x		x			x
Azerbaijan	x	x		x			x
Belarus	x	x		x			x
Bosnia and Herzegovina	x	x
Bulgaria	x	x	x		x
Croatia	x	x		x			x
Czech Republic		x		x		x	x
Estonia		x		x		x	x
Georgia	x	x		x
Hungary		x	x
Latvia		x		x			x
Lithuania		x		x		x	x
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	x	x		x		x	x
Moldova, Republic of	x	x		x		x	x	x
Montenegro	x	x		x			x
Poland		x	x		x
Romania	x	x		x			x
Russian Federation	x		x
Serbia	x	x		x
Slovakia		x		x		x	x
Slovenia		x		x			x
Ukraine	x	x		x			x

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CBD Region: Latin America and Caribbean (GRULAC)

Regions / Countries	GEF Eligible (BD)	CPB Parties	GEF Capacity Building funded projects
			Pilot project (1)	NBF-Dev (2)	NBF-Imp Demo) (3)	NBF-imp (4)	BCH-I (5)	BCH-II (6)	Regional Projects (7)
Antigua and Barbuda	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-Car
Argentina	x			x
Bahamas	x	x		x			x		Imp-Car
Barbados	x	x		x			x		Imp-Car
Belize	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-Car
Bolivia	x	x	x
Brazil	x	x					x		LAM-PubAw LAM-Compl
Chile	x			x
Colombia	x	x			x				LAM-PubAw LAM-Compl
Costa Rica	x	x		x		x	x	x	LAM-PubAw LAM-Compl
Cuba	x	x	x		x	x		x
Dominica	x	x		x			x		Imp-Car
Dominican Republic	x	x		x			x	x
Ecuador	x	x		x		x	x	x
El Salvador	x	x		x			x
Grenada	x	x		x			x		Imp-Car
Guatemala	x	x		x		x	x	x
Guyana	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-Car
Haiti	x			x			x
Honduras	x	x		x			x	x
Jamaica	x			x			x
Mexico	x	x			x				LAM-Compl
Nicaragua	x	x		x			x
Panama	x	x		x		x	x	x
Paraguay	x	x		x			x
Peru	x	x		x		x	x	x	LAM-PubAw LAM-Compl
Saint Kitts and Nevis	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-Car
Saint Lucia	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-Car
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	x	x		x			x	x	Imp-Car
Suriname	x	x		x			x		Imp-Car
Trinidad and Tobago	x	x		x			x		Imp-Car
Uruguay	x	x		x			x
Venezuela	x	x		x			x	x

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CBD Region: Western Europe and Other Groups (WEOG)

Regions / Countries	GEF Eligible (BD)	CPB Parties	GEF Capacity Building funded projects
			Pilot project (1)	NBF-Dev (2)	NBF-Imp Demo) (3)	NBF-imp (4)	BCH-I (5)	BCH-II (6)	Regional Projects (7)
Andorra
Australia
Austria		x
Belgium		x
Canada
Denmark		x
European Union		x
Finland		x
France		x
Germany		x
Greece		x
Iceland
Ireland		x
Israel
Italy		x
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg		x
Malta		x		x			x
Monaco
Netherlands		x
New Zealand		x
Norway		x
Portugal		x
San Marino
Spain		x
Sweden		x
Switzerland		x
Turkey	x	x		x		x	x
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland		x
United States of America

Note: The exact name of the GEF funded projects are the following:

1. Pilot Biosafety Enabling Activity (Pilot project, 1998-2000);
2. Development of National Biosafety Frameworks (NBF-Dev, 2001-2007);
3. Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Frameworks (NBF-Imp-Demo, 2002-2006);
4. Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Frameworks (NBF-Imp, 2002-ongoing );
5. Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House BCH (BCH-I, 2004-2008);
6. UNEP-GEF Project for Continued Enhancement of Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the BCH (BCH-II, 2010-2012 );
7. Regional projects:
   • West African Regional Biosafety Program (Imp-WAfr, 2007-2012);
   • Latin-America: Communication and Public Awareness Capacity-Building for Compliance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (LAM-PubAw, 2008-2011);
   • Latin America: Multi-country Capacity-building for Compliance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (LAM-Compl, 2008-2011).

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