XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-220 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Rural Development, Fishiries and Environment CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Comoros +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 488400.00 488400.00 488400.00 488400.00 488400.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Rural Development, Fishiries and Environment 0 UNDP Ministry of Rural Development, Fishiries and Environment 0 UNDP Ministry of Rural Development, Fishiries and Environment 0 UNDP Ministry of Rural Development, Fishiries and Environment 2442000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3363 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Comoros +![cdata[Environmental policy and administrative management]]+ 333333.33 333333.33 333333.33 0 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment 0 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment 0 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment 0 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment 0 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment 0 IFAD Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment 1000000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3480 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Department of the Environment MAPLAE CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Actual Completion Date ' Comoros 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 UNDP Department of the Environment MAPLAE 0 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-5062 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Production, Energy, Environment, Industry and Handicraft (MPEEIH) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Comoros Moroni -11.70216 43.25506 +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 849200.00 849200.00 849200.00 849200.00 849200.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Production, Energy, Environment, Industry and Handicraft (MPEEIH) 0 UNDP Ministry of Production, Energy, Environment, Industry and Handicraft (MPEEIH) 3859282 UNDP Ministry of Production, Energy, Environment, Industry and Handicraft (MPEEIH) 133593 UNDP Ministry of Production, Energy, Environment, Industry and Handicraft (MPEEIH) 187701 UNDP Ministry of Production, Energy, Environment, Industry and Handicraft (MPEEIH) 4200037 UNDP Ministry of Production, Energy, Environment, Industry and Handicraft (MPEEIH) 4246000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9040 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP UNDP – National Implementation Modality CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Comoros Moroni -11.70216 43.25506 +![cdata[Environmental policy and administrative management]]+ 1181132.40 1181132.40 1181132.40 1181132.40 1181132.40 1578758 UNDP UNDP – National Implementation Modality 1404381 UNDP UNDP – National Implementation Modality 208069 UNDP UNDP – National Implementation Modality 367777 UNDP UNDP – National Implementation Modality 221865 UNDP UNDP – National Implementation Modality 126517 UNDP UNDP – National Implementation Modality 5905662 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9314 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Vice-President in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, Land Use and Urban Planning. CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Comoros Moroni -11.70216 43.25506 +![cdata[Environmental policy and administrative management]]+ 500000.00 500000.00 500000.00 509518 UNDP Vice-President in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, Land Use and Urban Planning. 261895 UNDP Vice-President in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, Land Use and Urban Planning. 284564 UNDP Vice-President in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, Land Use and Urban Planning. 1492448 UNDP Vice-President in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, Land Use and Urban Planning. 1500000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10351 Global Environment Facility To conserve terrestrial and marine biodiversity by strengthening management of the Union of Comoros newly created Protected Areas Network through effective co-management with communities for sustainable development Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Local socioeconomic benefits include i) the development of sustainable income-generating activities for 6,399 people, 50% of whom are women and 4% are PWD through sustainable nature-based value chains related to PAs, securing or increasing food provision through improved ecosystems health and improvements to local communities’ production activities, including fishing and agriculture, and ii) increased capacity and opportunities to actively participate in the co-management of protected areas and resources and the valuation of the ecosystem goods and services they provide. National socioeconomic benefits provided by the project include i) preservation of assets for the development of tourism in Comoros including clean beaches and healthy ecosystems that support ecotourism, i.e. forests, coral reefs, and increased opportunities for tourism operators such as hotel operators, restaurateurs and communities that offer community lodging facilities, and tourist guides, ii) increased institutional capacities to co-manage PAs, ecosystems and species, and to preserve the country’s development potential and the ecosystem goods and services that the PAs provide and on which the local populations, the private sector and the government rely, including provisioning services such as fisheries and wild aromatic and medicinal plants, provision of water in watershed areas, climate and flood regulation, provision of fertile soil, green manure, shade and moisture for agriculture, fodder for livestock, pollination, waste processing and assimilation (in mangroves), and cultural, aesthetic and spiritual services. iii) increased capacities of the private sector and local community cooperatives to develop sustainable value chains based on resources from the PAs, and iv) establishment of a national certification system for sustainable and equitable products from protected areas. The 2016 National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity emphasizes the importance, for human survival and well-being, of the essential services that biodiversity provides and concludes that biodiversity provides income to most of the population and constitutes the basis of the Comorian economy. Agriculture’s share – including fishing and livestock breeding – of the national wealth has been estimated at more than US$209 million, representing 41 percent of GDP and 90 percent of the country’s export income. Fishing provides nearly 40 percent of animal protein for the population, most majority of whom live in a subsistence economy, employs approximately eight percent of the population, and provides five percent of the country’s foreign currency. The ecosystem goods and services provided by coral reefs include 3,000 tons of reef fish/year, estimated at approximately US$6.18 million. Tourism is not highly developed and contributes only around 10 percent to GDP. Its offers only precarious, and nearly non-existent, benefits to local communities. However, the economic value of tourism services from the coral reefs in the marine area of Mohéli National Park is estimated at US$3.5 million. This is equivalent to 1.3 percent of GDP, 15.2 percent of public investments, and 10.7 percent of exports of goods and services. The tourist value of all of the country’s coral reefs is estimated at US$8 million. The component 3 of the project is focusing on partnerships between private businesses and community cooperatives directly or through the development or expansion of nature-based value chains and the strengthening of their capacities to ensure the sustainability and profitability of the livelihoods for local communities. It is expected that 6,399 people, 50% of whom are women and 4% are PWDs, will benefit from improved livelihoods through such sustainable nature-based value chains related to PAs. The project will first target vulnerable people whose resource use is detrimental to ecosystems (including fishers using nets or fishing on foot, people removing sand from beaches, and farmers cultivating under forest) How do these benefits translate in supporting the achievement of global environment benefits (GEF Trust Fund) ? Providing alternative livelihoods to local communities whose resource use is unsustainable will reduce pressures on coastal and forest ecosystems. Indeed, these people were met by the staff in charge of PA management and have expressed their willingness to give up their illicit activities as long as they can benefit from support to practice a profitable alternative activity. This will contribute to stabilize 17,564 ha of primary and secondary forest, 197 ha of mangrove, 6030 ha of seagrass beds and 30,000 ha of coral reefs within the PA network, thus increasing the protection of the habitats for endemic and threatened biodiversity such as the Livingstone fruit bat, island-endemic Otus, marine turtles, the Mongoz lemur, the dugong, and marines species living in association with reefs. Reducing the collection of shoreline materials will contribute to the natural restoration of marine turtle nesting beaches. The development of these livelihoods will be an incentive to local communities to support and collaborate in the management of PAs, thus contributing to increase management effectiveness over 116,577 ha of existing terrestrial and marine/ coastal protected areas which will lead, with the reduction of the rate of deforestation, to a reduction of the threats to endemic biodiversity in these areas and to increased mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. To ensure that the project generates local and global benefits, interventions are aligned with STAP guidance, including § helping strengthen community land and resource tenure: the Project will contribute to clarify the issue of land tenure, particularly to ascertain the extent of community land ownership, or village terroirs, within the National Parks through output 1.2 on the development of master plans for terrestrial and marine/coastal areas within protected areas, and more specifically sub-outputs 1.2.1 on the participatory delineation and mapping of village terroirs within protected areas, the translation of the georeferenced coordinates of the PA boundaries and of zoning into local communities’ own reference system, the “lieux-dits”, and 1.2.3 on the participatory planning of land/coastal and resource use, including the delineation of areas reserved for the harvesting of natural resources by local communities involved in value chains – both planning processes will be supported by village co-management committees; these plans will be developed in parallel with strategic environmental and social assessments to ensure, inter alia, they do not restrict other people’s legitimate access rights. In this way, National Park management plans will incorporate land tenure issues in the review of park management plans and all community engagement activities, in order to capture accurately tenure and community engagement in National Park management. The project will document the boundaries of the different zones as well as the conflict zones. Any physical demarcation will be carried out with the collaboration of local communities and will be limited to areas that are not the subject of any dispute. The documentation of conflicts will identify the nature of the conflicts, the disputed areas, and the communities or community members involved. While it is possible that the project might not have the means and time to resolve all the conflicts identified, this exercise will at least provide a common and updated basis for all concerned parties, including the National Parks Agency, communes and concerned village authorities, to work on jointly and resolve land disputes. § promoting equitable benefits from wild resources through sub-output 3.3.2 focused on the identification and implementation of partnership agreements that guarantee tangible and optimized benefits to community cooperative partners in the value chains; support will be provided to value chains stakeholders to negotiate and develop long-term, mutually beneficial "win-win" partnership agreements and provide a framework for the development of value chains that guarantee a fair share of tangible benefits to partner communities; this principle must be reflected in the business models and support will be provided (as part of output 3.4 related to strengthening entrepreneurship capacities and the design of business models) to each business in designing or adapting their business model to incorporate the maximization of benefits to local communities through benefit-sharing rules so that the benefits derived from these value chains provide adequate incentives for local communities to comply with PA regulations; § supporting effective community governance through capacity building and more specifically through interventions under the sub-output 1.1.4: Recognition and consolidation of the effective involvement of men and women from local communities in the governance of protected areas, including i) the explicit recognition of their rights and benefits related to natural resources in PAs and revision of village co-management agreements to include these rights and benefits, ii) the establishment of grievance redress mechanisms in each park and informing local communities and other stakeholders about the mechanism for registering, forwarding, evaluating and resolving grievances; § and building local capacity to manage natural resources through sub-output 2.2.2: Plans for the sustainable use of species targeted for the development of value chains, where training will be provided to local communities on sustainable harvesting in the natural environment (harvesting techniques, quantities, frequency, period determined on the basis of the studies carried out by specialized biologist) and to enable their participation in the monitoring of the quantities harvested, the evaluation of the condition of the exploited populations on the basis of simple indicators which will have been identified by a plant biologist or a fishery biologist, and decision-making regarding any required adjustment to harvest levels, including if necessary, putting an end to it. These trainings will be developed and provided on site by the biologists specialized in flora and fishing who will ensure a follow-up of these trainings after 6 months to ensure the good understanding of the shared concepts. The Ecoguards and Mobilizers of the relevant parks will also participate in these trainings in order to ensure an adequate supervision of the local communities on a continuous basis. The likelihood of this project having positive conservation outcomes is supported by the long-term relationship between conservation stakeholders and local communities, which has helped build trust and open communication. The numerous discussions between the staff of the National Parks Agency and people who practice illicit activities that lead to the degradation of ecosystems and resources (for example net fishermen and sand collectors) confirm the latter's will to voluntarily cease these practices if they have the opportunity and the required support to develop and practice an alternative profitable activity. It is clear from these meetings that the local communities in each of the protected areas are largely favorable to PAs and aware of the importance of biodiversity conservation, through several years of successive interventions supported namely by UNDP, starting with the UNDP-GEF G32 project which established the Mohéli Marine Park and introduced the co-management concept, the UNDP-UNV CBO project (Community Base Organizations) which aimed to raise awareness and build the capacities of local communities to prepare them to co-manage the future protected areas in other sites, and then the project GEF ID 10351 which set up the protected areas system, including the establishment of 5 new PAs.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries (MEAF) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Comoros +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 989641 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries (MEAF) 1031672 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries (MEAF) 4024479 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10473 Global Environment Facility Supporting access to clean energy by increasing the financial viability, and promoting scaled-up commercial investment, in renewable minigrids in Comoros with a focus on cost-reduction levers and innovative business models Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Socioeconomic benefits of the project are considerable as it encompasses a large part of the population by focusing on households, private sector business and cooperatives as well as public services including schools and health centers/hospitals in rural areas. The successful implementation of the project will: · Ensure access to an available, reliable, affordable and greener energy in the 3 pilot sites and further · Potentially improve the stability of the grid as less pressure will be exerted on it through the implementation of minigrids in the medium and long run · Secure existing incomes and provide additional incomes to MSMEs and cooperatives · Empower women and youth by building their capacity and promoting entrepreneurial activities including as rural electrician, money collector, etc. directly related to the minigrid and adding income generating opportunities through access to energy such as food conservation, processing and selling; handicraft, services and trade; etc. · Increase greated awareness on climate change and environment protection, minigrids, gender mainstreaming · Grant access to better public services especially schools and health centers/hospitals · Facilitate access to telecom and Internet services · Improve livelihoods of vulnerable populations in particular e.g. women, youth, people with disabilities The socioeconomic benefits of the project are not only measurable at the local and national levels but also at the regional and global level. At regional level, through the regional AMP umbrella socio-economic benefits, lessons learnt and best practices will be shared upon national projects. In addition, knowledge and experience sharing will be taking place within the Indian Ocean area, between SIDS and various partners (IRENA, RMI, etc.). Finally at global level, environmental benefits generated by this project will support the efforts in reducing GHG emissions and thus improving livelihoods. Global Environment Facility UNDP DGEME at Ministry of Economy, Investments and Energy CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Comoros +![cdata[Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies]]+ +![cdata[Electric power transmission and distribution (isolated mini-grids)]]+ 423287.67 423287.67 423287.67 198955 UNDP DGEME at Ministry of Economy, Investments and Energy 1269863 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11261 Global Environment Facility Using protected areas as drivers of sustainable development in the Union of Comoros, catalyzing the transformation of the food and tourism sectors as pillars of the Blue Green Economy through nature positive action, decision-making and investments Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Yes.Global Environment Facility UNDP General Directorate of Environment and Forests CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date ' Comoros Mohéli National Park -12.36955556 43.71625000 Coelacanthe National Park -11.80000000 43.24166667 Karthala National Park -11.82500000 43.26250000 Shissiwani National Park -12.165472 44.202806 Mount Ntringui National Park -11.44361111 43.49998889 Mitsamiouli Ndroude National Park -11.42694444 43.41665556 8460547 GEF