XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-8 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 400000.00 400000.00 400000.00 400000.00 400000.00 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 0 World Bank Bureau d'Electrification Decentralise 2000000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-1139 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 732000.00 732000.00 732000.00 732000.00 732000.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) 0 UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) 0 UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) 0 UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) 0 UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) 0 UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) 0 UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) 0 UNDP Ministry of Mines, Geology and Environment Centre for the Management of the Environment of the Nimba Mountians (CEGEN) 3660000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-1273 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 1000000.00 1000000.00 1000000.00 1000000.00 1000000.00 0 World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning 0 World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning 0 World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning 0 World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning 0 World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning 0 World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning 0 World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning 0 World Bank CNSH-Ministry of Planning 5000000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-1877 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Agricultural land resources]]+ 1400000.00 1400000.00 1400000.00 1400000.00 1400000.00 0 World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment 0 World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment 0 World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment 0 World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment 0 World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment 0 World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment 0 World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment 0 World Bank Ministry of Mining, Geology and the Environment 7000000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-2921 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Guinean Electricity Company (EDG), Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 900000.00 900000.00 900000.00 900000.00 900000.00 0 World Bank Guinean Electricity Company (EDG), Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics 0 World Bank Guinean Electricity Company (EDG), Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics 0 World Bank Guinean Electricity Company (EDG), Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics 0 World Bank Guinean Electricity Company (EDG), Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics 3857452 World Bank Guinean Electricity Company (EDG), Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics 4500000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3490 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Environment, Water and Forests CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Environment, Water and Forests 0 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3958 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 287900.00 287900.00 287900.00 0 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 0 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 0 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 0 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 0 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 353710 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 123998 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 370760 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 8659 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 1 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 0 UNIDO Ministry of Mines and Energy 863700 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-5041 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Environmental policy and administrative management]]+ 175000.00 175000.00 175000.00 524999 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water 525000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-5289 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, National Environment Committee, Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Livestock and Animal Production, and CERESCOR. CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 529541.20 529541.20 529541.20 529541.20 529541.20 0 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, National Environment Committee, Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Livestock and Animal Production, and CERESCOR. 1213758 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, National Environment Committee, Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Livestock and Animal Production, and CERESCOR. 670159 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, National Environment Committee, Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Livestock and Animal Production, and CERESCOR. 476348 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, National Environment Committee, Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Livestock and Animal Production, and CERESCOR. 2647706 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, National Environment Committee, Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Livestock and Animal Production, and CERESCOR. 2647706 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9783 Global Environment Facility Promote an integrated and sustainable management of natural resources by introducing landscape approach and establishment and operationalisation of a cluster of protected areas (Middle Bafing National Park, Wildlife reserve and community forests) with a strong community involvement, along the Bafing and Falémé rivers, and establishing eco-villages around the protected areas Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Forestry / OGUIPAR CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Guinea Tougue Prefecture 11.46667 -11.6 Siguiri Prefecture 11.66667 -9.5 Mamou Prefecture 10.459 -11.815 Mali Prefecture 12.08333 -12.08333 Dinguiraye Prefecture 11.545 -10.675 Koubia 11.58333 -11.83333 +![cdata[Agricultural development]]+ +![cdata[Rural development]]+ +![cdata[Rural development]]+ 1412054.80 1412054.80 1412054.80 1412054.80 1412054.80 3218498 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Forestry / OGUIPAR 896180 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Forestry / OGUIPAR 1566668 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Forestry / OGUIPAR 737372 UNDP Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Forestry / OGUIPAR 7060274 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10600 Global Environment Facility To promote sustainable and comprehensive food systems that are deforestation free and provide ecosystem services, with a focus on palm oil productive landscapes Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Generating socio-economic benefits is not only a very desirable output of this project but key to its sustainability. If people don’t derive tangible socio-economic benefits from more sustainable food systems and restored landscape there is little hope that these systems will be chosen on the long run. This project’s objective is to create a common vision as a guiding principle for the landscape, ensuring that all stakeholders (even the most disadvantaged usually such as women and youth) feel empowered and benefit from sustainable landscapes. The development of green and inclusive SMEs as well as the support to larger enterprises to have a positive impact on the landscape and local livelihoods, are a key pillar of the project. Looking component by component the benefits are the following: Under Component 1, at the national level, the socio-economic benefit from the project is an enabling environment that includes institutions and coordination mechanisms with a stronger capacity to plan and implement. It is expected that these enhanced capacities will lead to improved and projects in an integrated manner. The project will also support supportive policies to reach the field level. Policies on land tenure are particularly important for communities and farmers to project themselves in a long-term vision for the landscape. Thanks to awareness raising at national and local levels, over 300 people will be trained in Integrated Landscape Management planning and lead the process in their communes to apply this knowledge and develop participatory integrated land use plans. These plans will be developed following multiple criteria including socio-economic ones. Raising awareness and enabling people to be part of a landscape plan, is empowering them to be a driver of change to transform current unsustainable food systems, overusing natural resources instead of nurturing them, to ensure they will be able to deliver their benefits on the long term. As part of the Integrated Land Use Plans some areas will be designated as needing to implement sustainable agriculture intensification to promote sustainable food producing practices and responsible value chain. In order for this change from traditional agriculture to sustainable intensification to be accepted and be part of a long term plan, local communities need to derive benefits from them. Under Component 2, up to 10,000 farmers will be trained through FFS and lead farmers on sustainable agricultural intensification practices. The exact packages to be used in each community will be defined depending on local condition and culture but the options proposed in the project are all defined in a way that will benefit the economic status of the farmers. This will be through diversifying the production, introducing rotation culture (allowing to produce several crops on the same land without exhausting its resources), or ensuring that the crop can adapt to changing weather patterns preventing the farmers from the devastating effect of a lost harvest. The linkages of this project with the AGRIFARM project that is supporting the development of cooperatives, roads and market opportunities will allow the farmers to sell their produces efficiently. The project also has a strong angle to support sustainable palm oil development in view of its growth in Guinea. The production and the transformation will be supported to include more sustainable practices. 15 groups, including mostly women who are usually in charge of this task, will be empowered to improve the transformation lowering the arduousness of the work and increase the yield. In parallel, the project will promote inclusive businesses. Together with the implementation of palm oil certification this will create an emulation for sustainable products and value with a direct socio-economic impact to the local communities. Women and youth will be recognized for their work and directly benefit from it, giving new energy. Under component 3, restoration activities in the Integrated Land Use plans will be implemented to restore threatened ecosystem services and a healthy environment. Value chains depending on these restored land will be supported to create a direct economic benefit linked to restoration. As part of the project, 4 NWFPs value chains will be supported in order to bring more economic benefits and have the restored lands considered as productive. The project will also look for new financing options to sustainable the restored land that will have direct socio-economic benefits. Both national and local project stakeholders will also benefit from more robust monitoring and knowledge management systems, under Component 4, that generate information in a participative way, share it in the form adapted to the target audience and disseminate data, information and best practices relevant to restoration. This will reduce time spent on research and development and facilitate learning and sharing of innovative ideas among and between local, national and international experts (through the IP FOLUR for example) and practitioners, possibly influencing program and policy formulation at different levels. The project’s strong focus on gender and youth equity is also expected to strengthen social sustainability. With equal rights and opportunities to participate and benefit from the project, women, men and the youth can become agents of change for sustained socio-economic development in their communities.All these efforts support ILM and FLR development at the local, regional and national levels giving both the tools to implement it and the incentives to keep doing it over the long term. Global Environment Benefits are reached through land degradation reduction, sustainable agriculture and forest management, improved biodiversity habitat connectivity and improved wellbeing.Global Environment Facility FAO National Directorate for Fauna and Flora (DNFF) from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, National Agency for Local Financing (ANAFIC), National Agency for Rural Promotion and Agricultural Support (ANPROCA) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Agricultural development]]+ +![cdata[Agricultural land resources]]+ +![cdata[Food crop production]]+ +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ +![cdata[Food security policy and administrative management]]+ 1960706 FAO National Directorate for Fauna and Flora (DNFF) from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, National Agency for Local Financing (ANAFIC), National Agency for Rural Promotion and Agricultural Support (ANPROCA) 9498165 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10844 Global Environment Facility To reduce the use of mercury in the ASGM sector in Guinea through a holistic, multisectoral, integrated formalization approach, and increase access to traceable gold supply chains and finance for adoption of sustainable mercury free technologies Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.As the largest contributor of mercury emissions in Guinea, the support and interventions of the planetGOLD programme and subsequent reduction in mercury usage will have considerable direct and indirect health benefits from the local to the global level. Reducing the impact of negative health consequences from mercury usage and exposure can have a number of indirect positive socioeconomic benefits for local population, including less disruption to livelihood and income generating activities (e.g. loss of productivity, absence from wage-earning work, etc.). In addition positive spin-off effects, such as increased economic productivity (either in the ASGM sector or elsewhere) that may be achieved as women and men experience better overall health. Improved health will also reduce potential costs associated with health services required following mercury exposure (e.g. doctor visits, travel costs to health services, etc.). The introduction of mercury-free technologies or safer technologies (e.g. that reduce exposure, minimize open-air burning, etc. will also reduce contamination of waterways near project sites, decreasing negative harms to aquatic animals and terrestrial animals that live and depend on these waterways. Environmental assessments conducted at pilot sites will also identify additional risks and remediation strategies for the partners supported by the project. It is expected that increases in formalization in the ASGM sector can have positive socioeconomic benefits for miners as they may increase their access to government services and financing services, which can in turn reduce dependency on more predatory forms of lending that can be common in the sector. In addition to providing capital for investing in mercury-free technologies, increasing access to financing for ASGM miners may also positively contribute to investments in improved productivity (and hence increased income), improved health and safety measures, and the ability of miners to reduce dependence on child labour (i.e. by having money to pay for school fees). The project’s emphasis on women’s leadership, professional development and gender equality will have the positive benefit of contributing to women’s empowerment in the sector and a reduction in gender inequality that is pervasive throughout the sector in many of the project locations. This is especially important in Guinea, where women are well represented in the sector.Global Environment Facility UNEP CASE CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Guinea +![cdata[Chemicals]]+ +![cdata[Precious metals/materials]]+ 856315 UNEP CASE 451377 UNEP CASE 5302000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11146 Global Environment Facility To protect and restore forest ecosystem connectivity, enhance sustainable livelihoods and green development and conserve biodiversity in and around the Biosphere Reserves of Mt Nimba and the Bossou corridor (MNBR) and Ziama Massif (ZMBR) in Guinea. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.The child project will deliver various socio-economic benefits at the local and national levels that are expected to generate significant global environmental benefits, including restoring 7,000 hectares of degraded forests and degraded agricultural land, putting 115,000 hectares under improved practices, mitigating 1.5 million tCO2e tons, and benefiting 10,000 people (5,000 men and 5,000 women). Improved management and conservation of Mount Nimba/ Bossou and Ziama Massif Biosphere Reserves will contribute to maintenance of key environmental provisioning services that generate a range of socio-economic benefits including enhanced food security, livelihoods, and water availability and quality etc. With respect to climate change mitigation and adaptation, this project will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance carbon stocks through forest conservation, restoration, and land use planning to a tune of 1.5 million tCO2e tons. At the national level, food insecurity affects around 1.9 million people in Guinea, which corresponds to 13.7 per cent of the country’s population of 13.9 million, compared with an average of 10 per cent in West Africa (WFP, 2024). As such, Guinea is ranked 99 out of 113 countries by the 2022 Global Food Security Index published by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Through improved management and conservation of Mount Nimba/ Bossou and Ziama Massif Biosphere Reserves, and enhanced forest ecosystem connectivity and resilience, the child project will maintain critical reservoirs of bushmeat supply those accounts for 20-30% of total animal protein consumed in Guinea (Choudhury et al, 2022) and up to 80% of dietary animal protein for local communities in remote forested regions of Guinea (UNEP, 2022). The child project will tackle unemployment especially among the youth who make up almost half the population of Guinea by creating jobs/direct employment through capacity building, development of green businesses, promotion of sustainable value chain, improving access to credit, establishment of tree nurseries to supply seedlings for restoration activities, and the establishment of Village Monitoring Committees that will conduct joint monitoring with government agencies, thus, improving household incomes and livelihoods that further contribute to improved food security. The child project will contribute to rural development and natural resource governance through participatory land use planning. The child project will ensure that local communities and all relevant stakeholders are engaged, and their views considered in the various planning processes especially on the development of not only the 47 Village land use plans, but also in the development of a policy brief for the National Commission for Land and Housing Reform. By engaging all the relevant stakeholders in these collaborative planning processes, the child project will ensure that local communities have a voice in the governance of forests and empower them to negotiate future land and resource uses, helping to reduce power asymmetries between local people and other stakeholders, thus, enhancing local capacity and ownership in their development trajectory. The child project will develop a gender-sensitive knowledge management and monitoring and evaluation system that will benefit both local and national stakeholders through generation of information, sharing of success stories, lessons learned, and best practices in the restoration and conservation of Mount Nimba and Ziama Biosphere reserves. Ultimately, this will not only reduce the time spent on research and development, but also and facilitate learning and sharing of innovative ideas at local, national and international levels, thus, possibly influencing program and policy formulation at different levels. The child project will also create an enabling environment that includes institutions and coordination mechanisms with a stronger capacity to plan and implement initiatives. For instance, the child project will establish and operationalize multi-stakeholder platforms for action planning, dialogues and conflict resolution, thus, improving social cohesion in the local communities. In addition, policy briefs that will be developed and submitted to the National Commission for Land and Housing Reform will is critical for local communities’ land tenure security. The child project has a strong focus on inclusion of the vulnerable and marginalized groups in implementation of project activities, thus, creating gender and youth equity that is expected to strengthen social sustainability. With equal rights and opportunities to participate and benefit from the project, women, men and the youth can become agents of change for sustained socio-economic development in their communities. The child project is expected to benefit about 10,000 people (5,000 men and 5,000 women) through education and awareness, capacity building and training on enterprise/value chain development, livelihoods and income-generation, financial management, post harvest handling, marketing, forest restoration, etc. Through these trainings and awareness, the project beneficiaries will become empowered and support the development of sustainable local economies. By exploring two sustainable financing options, the child project will generate at least one million Euros (€) that will have additional direct socio-economic benefits for the local communities and stakeholders involved in the conservation and management of Mount Nimba and Ziama Massif Biosphere Reserves.Global Environment Facility IUCN Nzerekoré Forestry Centre (CFZ) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date ' Guinea 5201681 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11155 Global Environment Facility To protect wildlife in the Folonigbè Nature Reserve through a collaborative and integrated management approach that strengthens governance, reduces poaching and illegal activities, mitigates human-wildlife conflict, promotes sustainable livelihoods, and enhances opportunities for innovative conservation mechanisms through private sector engagement. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.YesGlobal Environment Facility UNDP Guinean Office of National Parks and Wildlife Reserves (OGPNRF) of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) CEO Endorsement Date ' Guinea 8558409 GEF