XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-593 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Global Environment Facility UNEP UNEP/UNOPS CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 133073.33 133073.33 133073.33 0 UNDP UNEP/UNOPS 0 UNEP UNEP/UNOPS 0 UNDP UNEP/UNOPS 0 UNEP UNEP/UNOPS 0 UNDP UNEP/UNOPS 0 UNEP UNEP/UNOPS 0 UNDP UNEP/UNOPS 0 UNEP UNEP/UNOPS 399220 GEF 399220 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-983 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 250000.00 250000.00 250000.00 0 UNDP Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan 0 UNDP Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan 0 UNDP Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan 0 UNDP Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan 0 UNDP Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan 750000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-2638 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection (MNP) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 285720.00 285720.00 285720.00 285720.00 285720.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection (MNP) 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection (MNP) 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection (MNP) 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection (MNP) 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection (MNP) 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection (MNP) 1428600 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-2862 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP National Institute of Deserts Flora and Fauna CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan 8333.33 8333.33 8333.33 0 UNDP National Institute of Deserts Flora and Fauna 0 UNDP National Institute of Deserts Flora and Fauna 25000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3239 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan and UNDP/GEF/GTZ CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan +![cdata[Agricultural land resources]]+ 325000.00 325000.00 325000.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan and UNDP/GEF/GTZ 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan and UNDP/GEF/GTZ 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan and UNDP/GEF/GTZ 975000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3698 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 316666.67 316666.67 316666.67 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection 0 UNDP Ministry of Nature Protection 950000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-4097 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Protection, TURKMENGAS, selected velayats CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan +![cdata[Energy policy and administrative management]]+ 503256.00 503256.00 503256.00 503256.00 503256.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Protection, TURKMENGAS, selected velayats 0 UNDP Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Protection, TURKMENGAS, selected velayats 0 UNDP Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Protection, TURKMENGAS, selected velayats 0 UNDP Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Protection, TURKMENGAS, selected velayats 0 UNDP Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Protection, TURKMENGAS, selected velayats 0 UNDP Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Protection, TURKMENGAS, selected velayats 2516280 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-5536 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Water Resources CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan Ahal 38.25 59.75 Ashgabat 37.95 58.38333 +![cdata[Environmental policy and administrative management]]+ 1237000.00 1237000.00 1237000.00 1237000.00 1237000.00 0 UNDP Ministry of Water Resources 0 UNDP Ministry of Water Resources 4057109 UNDP Ministry of Water Resources 775864 UNDP Ministry of Water Resources 759157 UNDP Ministry of Water Resources 248292 UNDP Ministry of Water Resources 6120281 UNDP Ministry of Water Resources 6185000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9279 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Turkmenistan Ashgabat 37.95 58.38333 +![cdata[Environmental policy and administrative management]]+ 1212009.20 1212009.20 1212009.20 1212009.20 1212009.20 320138 UNDP State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan 898904 UNDP State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan 1218310 UNDP State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan 893794 UNDP State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan 962100 UNDP State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan 869378 UNDP State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan 6060046 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10352 Global Environment Facility To promote land degradation neutrality, restore and improve the use of land and water resources in Turkmenistan’s Amudarya watershed to enhance the sustainability and resilience of livelihoods and globally significant ecosystems. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.The envisaged benefits to local and national stakeholders will be interconnected with the aggregated environmental benefits enabled by the project’s features: (i) embedded integrated benefits and synergies across focal areas, (ii) mechanisms for integrated decision making and (iii) landscape-scale designed interventions. The project incentivizes local actors away from destructive behaviour through engaging them in biodiversity friendly livelihoods around protected areas. Adequate awareness, technical knowledge and access to funding are key to ensuring that stakeholders will be able to adopt innovative, environmental-friendly practices. The project therefore aims at increasing capacity of 100 public sector employees and 200 PAs staff who will be participating in training activities. Approximately 10,150 people stand to benefit directly from the project’s interventions. About 100 local farmers and pastoralists will benefit from the project’s Micro-scheme support for livelihoods ( under Output 2.3) and it is estimated that their income will register at least 20% increase as a result of the implemented SLM measures. This is a conservative percentage, as income generation from recommended SLM measures will likely provide more benefits: e.g. according to past donor-supported projects[1], application of rotational grazing alone can provide an estimated net profit of up to $16 per sheep ( after subtracting the costs per sheep of about $8). The repair of the irrigation network (Output 1.3) has proven economically profitable, for example: repair of dams and reservoirs will increase water availability and can support expansion of cultivation areas (that previously were not suitable); the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is 227% and the payback period is 1 year; the repair and lining of water storage basin will reduce water losses and leads to increased water supply. The IRR is 15% and payback period is 8 years; construction of drip irrigation systems will increase with approximately 40-50% the fruit and vegetable yields and the IRR is 29% and payback period approximately 5 years. Approximately 9,750 farmers will benefit from the improved refurbishment of irrigation systems on demonstration plots, demonstrative drip irrigation systems, construction of water wells, rainwater harvesting facilities and pasture management regimes and restored degraded land. The generated experience is replicable first to approximately 100,000 people (employed in agriculture) in Dashoguz and Lebap priority districts first, then at the province level, particularly through: the project supported policy (i.e. National Action Plan to Combat Desertification), different Guidelines on LDN compatible land use, manuals, land use planning tools, demonstrated experiences at local level that work, and with the support of the awareness events and radio/TV talk shows. Improved livelihoods resilience is likely to result in reduced economic losses associated with water scarcity, and in greater agricultural productivity, increased revenues and employment prospects and diversification of income sources. The project’s gender-sensitive micro-grant scheme will prioritise mid and small farmers located in the selected areas (and identified LDN hot spots) including women, youth and vulnerable people thus prioritising support to the most vulnerable among the farming communities, affected by climate vulnerability but also from a social perspective. Greater resilience will result in reduction in economic losses associated with climate shocks. At national level, these losses are estimated at $ 2.5 billion per year by 2030. Cost benefit analysis will be undertaken for individual investments to be made on demonstration plots. Due to the awareness and education events and due to the National LDN Target and enabling policies the potential for scaling up sustainable land management measures and integrated LDN compliant land use planning will increase the replication potential. The mechanisms for integrated decision making that the project will promote under GEF/UNDP Projects Output 1.1 (regarding participative integrated land use planning and regional LDN target setting) and Output 2.1 ( regarding the Local Councils and consultative committees to provide for local consultations on the designation of new protected areas and improved protection regimes around KBAs/IBAs and sanctuaries) will provide opportunities to reduce conflicts among resource users or overlaps in institutional mandates. General agreements on potential trade-offs promoted through an integrated and participatory manner, provide the platform for improved environmental and socio-economic benefits. In addition to agricultural activities, as it has been demonstrated by many other projects, during participatory mechanisms, farmers use these opportunities to talk about water, climate, sanitation and social issues and by so doing they are able to engage local authorities as partners in different other proposals for rural development. Finally, the project’s focus at landscape-level in the Amudarya Basin landscape and on the implementation of multiple interventions within a spatial unit, allows for generating more synergistic benefits. Healthy ecosystems will ensure resilience of the region to climate and human threats, and the maintenance of ecosystem services for local communities. [1] Examples recorded in UNCCD/WOCAT database Global Environment Facility UNDP Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, UNDP, Ynamly Kepil CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Turkmenistan Ashgabat 37.95 58.38333 +![cdata[Forestry development]]+ +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 916639.20 916639.20 916639.20 916639.20 916639.20 231366 UNDP Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, UNDP, Ynamly Kepil 546697 UNDP Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, UNDP, Ynamly Kepil 475592 UNDP Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, UNDP, Ynamly Kepil 4583196 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10996 Global Environment Facility To support Turkmenistan’s low carbon development in the achievement of climate mitigation goals by reducing GHG emissions from multi-family residential (and public) buildings. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.The Project will provide direct employment (involved in implementation of NZE options) as well as indirect employment (e.g., development of supply chains of NZE-linked services, good sand equipment). Socioeconomic development and climate change are intricately linked, with social and economic activities climate forcing and climate change determining climate impacts which in turn affect socioeconomic developments. For example, the realization of net-zero buildings will have both global environmental and local socio-economic impacts. Similarly, adding grey water recycling and re-use to NZEB will strengthen the country’s climate change adaptation efforts (i.e. mitigation potable water scarcity). Seeing both the direct environmental (cleaner development) and socioeconomic benefits (new skilled jobs and better services; avoided fuel imports) will attract private and public developers and eventually transform the market into self-sustained growth. The National Strategy on Climate Change the Government of Turkmenistan identifies the housing sector (along with other high GHG emitting sectors) as one of the priority areas for reducing GHG emissions that will help to achieve its commitments within the Paris Agreement. Contemporary, multi-unit, high-rise apartment buildings have been built in the past two decades. These buildings have a reinforced concrete structure and use mineral wool insulation and a marble façade to reduce heat loss. They rely largely on free-standing, building-level, or multi-building gas boilers for heat and hot water, and building-level or multi-building chillers for cooling Currently, Turkmenistan’s power is generated in ten plants, almost solely from natural gas (1.18 TWh in 2021). Construction of NZE building will help to reduce natural consumption both in terms of fuel use (for heating) and for power generation (by lowering electricity use in heating, ventilation and cooling).Global Environment Facility UNDP UNDP CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Turkmenistan 2066333 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11070 Global Environment Facility Strengthening Turkmenistan’s national capacities to meet the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) for climate change mitigation and adaptation actions and support received for the sectors covered by nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.The project will enhance the technical, organizational and institutional capacities to measure, monitor, plan, mitigate and adapt to climate change related developments. Thus, it will increase the capacity to support improved preparedness and resilience of the population; protecting against socio-economic and environmental shocks and stresses, loss and damage from extreme events and disasters. Such potential socio-economic benefits resulting from the project's implementation have been considered and emphasized during the project's design. Throughout the project implementation, monitoring the process will involve consideration of the opportunities that are presented to the women and men for equally participating in project decision-making; equal respect, encouragement and support to women as decision-makers, implementers and participants. Also, monitoring of those involved in project implementation, to be continually motivated to maintain a gender perspective (opportunities will be presented to update their gender knowledge and skills, and discuss gender issues in a non-judgemental environment). All indicators on human beings will be disaggregated by sex wherever possible, to identify the gender differentiated impact of the intervention. Gender specialist recruited under the intervention will work closely with the project team and technical specialists to ensure that project activities and initiatives for capacity development are geared towards potential differential needs of women and men. Monitoring will also ensure that indicators are effective, integrate gender perspective and capture both quantitative and qualitative dimensions of the targets that also consider the situation and needs of both women and men.Global Environment Facility FAO Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission on Sustainable Development (SIC ICSD) CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date ' Turkmenistan 1776485 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11384 Global Environment Facility To enable a transformative shift towards nature-positive, resilient and sustainable management of natural resources, especially the holistic integration of NBS practices at the different connected landscapes, in order to improve biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability of food systems in Turkmenistan Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Socio-economic Benefits and Decent Rural Employment [48] 147. The project will deliver significant socioeconomic benefits at both national and local levels by enhancing agricultural productivity, building resilience to climate change, and fostering sustainable livelihoods. At the local level, the project will directly benefit farming communities by introducing nature-positive and climate-resilient practices that improve soil health, reduce water wastage, and increase crop yields. These interventions will diversify income streams through agroforestry, salinity-tolerant crops, and improved irrigation systems. Training programs and capacity-building initiatives will empower farmers, including women and marginalized groups, equipping them with knowledge and tools to adopt sustainable practices, while demonstration plots will serve as practical models for innovation. 148. At the national level, the project will contribute to food security and economic stability by reducing the vulnerability of agricultural systems to climate impacts. By aligning with national development strategies, the project will strengthen institutional capacities and foster the adoption of policies that promote sustainable agriculture, reduce GHG emissions, and combat land degradation. The socioeconomic benefits also directly support global environmental benefits (GEBs) by restoring degraded lands, conserving biodiversity, and enhancing carbon sinks through improved land and water management. These outcomes reduce GHG emissions, increase ecosystem resilience, and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 149. Furthermore, the project will actively promote decent work and productive employment in rural areas, aligning with international labor principles. Through capacity-building activities, training programs, and the dissemination of best practices, the project will empower local communities to engage in sustainable agriculture and natural resource management practices, enhancing their livelihoods and overall well-being. By fostering inclusive and participatory approaches, the project will ensure equitable distribution of the benefits derived from sustainable resource management, promoting social cohesion and economic development in Lebap region of Turkmenistan. [48] Specific guidance on how FAO can promote the Four Pillars of Decent Work in rural areas is provided in the Quick reference for addressing decent rural employment (as well as in the full corresponding Guidance document). For more information on FAO’s work on decent rural employment and related guidance materials please consult the FAO thematic website at: http://www.fao.org/rural-employment/en/. Global Environment Facility FAO Central Asia Regional Environmental Center (CAREC) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date ' Turkmenistan 3321563 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11838 Global Environment Facility To assist Turkmenistan in building a policy framework to transition away from gas-powered energy generation towards renewable energy by 2030 and support the adoption of distributed renewable energy solutions. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP United Nations Office for Project Services CEO Approval Date ' Turkmenistan Murzachyrla settlement 39.58333333 60.04277778 Ataguyy settlement (Derveze) 40.08944444 57.98805556 Damla Settlement 40.02166667 59.22750000 Atabek settlement 39.64944444 57.50444444 Akmolla settlement 39.57888889 59.95388889 Kirpili settlement 39.58666667 57.22777778 Garagalyn dinlisi settlment 38.82888889 58.80750000 Bukri settlement (Derveze) 39.95388889 58.80277778 Yalkym settlement 39.43361111 57.00138889 4173630 GEF