The Regional Focal Points should serve to coordinate GEF-related NGO activities
in the regions in cooperation with the Central Contact Point. Specific tasks
include:
(1) Provide regional notification of upcoming GEF-NGO Consultation and GEF
Council meeting and relevant document distribution;
(2) Coordinate nomination and selection of regional delegates for the GEF Consultation
and Council meetings and forward information to Central Contact Point;
(3) Liaise regularly with Central Contact Point on matters of relevance to
NGOs including information exchange, input into GEF policy documents, document
distribution, GEF-NGO Consultation logistics and agenda development;
(4) Collect, coordinate, and provide a brief report on regional concerns relevant
to the upcoming GEF meeting to the Central Contact Point for distribution to
Consultation participants;
(5) Report back to the region and interested parties on GEF Council meeting
through the distribution of the NGO report on the GEF Council meeting.
Responsibilities of Regional Focal Points
1. Provide, within their region, information to accredited NGOs and other stakeholders
concerned with the GEF, on GEF-related activities.
2. Collect, coordinate and provide brief reports on regional concerns relevant
to ongoing GEF processes and upcoming GEF activities to the Central Focal Point,
on a bi-monthly basis, for further distribution, and to provide reports on activities
of the regional focal point to other focal points on developments and constrains
to their work in the last period.
3. Coordinate with the Central Focal Point and other Regional Focal Points
to ensure regular and timely input to GEF policy documents and processes, document
and information distribution and dissemination and on GEF-NGO logistics, and
agenda development.
4. Maintain at all times, information on the contacts necessary, within their
region, with their constituency, with political focal points and with representatives
of the Implementing Agencies, in particular so that information on projects
and policy and program developments is disseminated.
5. Coordinate the nomination and selection of participants, according to the
processes agreed by the Focal Points for GEF-NGO Consultation and Council meetings
and to forward their names to the Central Focal Point at least on month in advance.
6. Facilitate the participation of NGOs in the region in the processes of the
GEF, in particular at national and project level, through information and analysis
and sharing of experiences and of lessons learned.
7. Encourage and assist NGOs and civil society in the process of accreditation
to the GEF.
8. Attend meetings of the focal point held normally in conjunction with GEF
Council meetings.
9. The term of office is three (3) years. Each Regional Focal Point is responsible
to recruit and train his/her own replacement.
