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1. Overview
Technical implementation of the African
Process was launched through a GEF Medium Sized Project (GEF-MSP) of
which ACOPS is the executing agency and UNEP the implementing
agency. The project also has important partners like IOC of UNESCO
and the GPA Co-ordination Office.
The GEF-MSP project consisted of two phases
which identified the most tractable and effective options for
addressing priority environmental issues affecting the coastal
interface, on the basis of comprehensive national studies,
carried out by African experts and based on existing information and
data:
PHASE I (October 2000 – September 2001)
Eleven national multidisciplinary teams carried out assessments of
the causes of degradation of the coastal and marine environment in
their countries Focusing on hot spots and sensitive areas, they
examined identified impacts on the basis of their severity, taking
into account environmental and socio-economic considerations. A
causal chain analysis then revealed the underlying pressures and
drivers of these problems. Project proposals were made on the basis
of this work, and were therefore able to identify those
interventions that are most effective and sustainable. This work is
contained in eleven national reports.
PHASE II (October 2001-September 2002).
Project proposals were developed on the basis of the results of
Phase I, and political and financial support is being raised for
their further development. Five themes were defined jointly by the
African experts as priority areas for project
development:
Five working groups, each led by a regional
coordinator assisted by two experts with multidisciplinary
backgrounds, and with the collaboration of ACOPS and IOC, developed
nineteen framework project proposals with over 140 national
sub-projects in each one of these priority areas. These teams have
liaised with national coordinators in each one of the eleven
participating countries, in order to ensure, through formal
consultations with all relevant stakeholders at the national and
regional level, that there is in-country ownership, national
institutional endorsement and mainstreaming of the African Process
project proposals.
Project proposals were structured into a comprehensive
Portfolio of Project Proposals which was reviewed during the final
meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Partnership Conference
(“Super PrepCom”), which took place in Abuja on 17-19 June, 2002,
and was presented at a Partnership Conference held at the level of
Heads of State during WSSD, as decided by the Organisation of
African Unity at its Lusaka Summit in July,
2001.
Please follow the
links below to learn more about Super PrepCom and the Partnership
Conference.
2. GEF Project
Documents
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Preparatory Committee
The Preparatory Committee for the
Partnership Conference was established by the Cape Town Conference
in order to guide and direct the African Process. It was Chaired by
South Africa, and its Vice-Chair was Mozambique. The Preparatory
Committee met four times to date: PrepCom I, Nairobi, February 1999,
PrepCom II, New York, April 1999, PrepCom III, Mauritius, November
1999, and a joint meeting of PrepCom IV and the second meeting of
the Steering Group of the GEF MSP, held in Cape Town in September,
2001. A final meeting of the Preparatory Committee (Super PrepCom)
took place in Abuja in June, 2002. The reports of these meetings may be downloaded
below.
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Steering Group
The Steering Group of the GEF MSP was
created to guide and supervise the operational implementation of the
Project, and was composed of representatives of ACOPS, AMCEN, IOC of
UNESCO, GPA, UNEP and GEF, as well as representatives of civil
society organisations. It met twice; the first time in The Hague, in
November 2000, and the second time in Cape Town, in September 2001,
when it held a joint session with the Fourth Meeting of the
Preparatory Committee. The
reports of these meetings may be downloaded below.
- Working Group
on Integrated Problem Analysis
Phase I, which began in September, 2000,
was carried out by national teams of experts, on the grounds of the
criteria and guidelines established by a Working Group on Integrated
Problem Analysis (WGIPA) that met three times: (i) WGIPA I – Paris,
December 2000; (ii) WGIPA II – Mombasa, March 2001, and (iii) WGIPA
III - Cape Town, September, 2001. The reports of these meetings, as well as the document
on "Integrated Problem Analysis" can be downloaded
below.
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Working Group on the Programme of
Interventions
The guidelines and
coordination for the development of project proposals, as well as
the structure of the Portfolio of Project Proposals, were defined by
the Working Group on the Programme of Interventions (WGPI). The
first meeting of this Group, which took place in September, 2001 in
Cape Town, marked the beginning of Phase II of the Project. Two
additional technical workshops were held, respectively in Accra in
February, 2002, and in Abidjan in May,
2002.
The final reports of these meetings can be
downloaded below.
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