Project

Strengthening protected area financing and management systems

Lead country

Egypt

Participating countries

Egypt

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From June 24, 2010 to December 14, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing
  2. 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  3. 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Project ID: 3668

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration
  • Strengthening conservation areas

Sub-area(s)

  • Agrobiodiversity
  • Ecosystem-based mitigation
  • Biodiversity financing

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Rural areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Innovative approaches
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Finance economy
  • Management operation
  • Governance

Sub-strategy

  • Nature finance
  • Sustainable land management
  • Institutional framework

Social inclusion

N/A

Gender equality

  • Livelihoods for women

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 15.6 Promote fair, equitable benefits sharing
  • 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
  • 15.a Mobilize resources for biodiversity conservation, sustainable use

Conventions and protocols

  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Private sector(s)

N/A

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction

About this project

Description

The project goal is to have a comprehensive, ecologically representative and effectively managed national protected area system operating in Egypt, in-line with its commitments agreed at the CBD Conferences of Parties.

Objectives

Establishment of a sustainable protected area financing system, with associated management structures, systems and capacities needed to ensure the effective use of generated revenues for priority biodiversity conservation needs.

USD $3,699,000

Grant amount

USD $15,344,200

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Source(s) of fund

 

Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3699000.00)

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks that facilitate revenue generation, revenue retention and other aspects of sustainable PA financing and management are established and operational

 Indicators:

Flagship species at priority PAs
Level and diversity of financing for the PA system
Levels of live coral coverage in dive sites and non-dive sites
Financial arrangements for revenue re-injection
Institutional arrangements
Institutional structure and human capacities
Legal and regulatory framework
National PA financing strategy
Policy regarding re-injection
Diversified revenues
Improved financial sustainability for PAs, as measured by the Financial Sustainability Scorecard
Tools for revenue generation
Revenues generated
Revenues re-injected
Accounting, audit, reporting
Alternative management
Business planning
METT Scores
Outcome 2:

Levels of financial resource mobilization are adequate to ensure effective conservation-oriented management of Egypt's PA system
Outcome 3:

Business planning and cost-effective management systems are ensuring the effective allocation and management of mobilized resources
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Project reports and documentation

 

Project Document (ProDoc)