INTERNATIONAL POPs ELIMINTION PROJECT (IPEP)
Final Performance Report
Joseph DiGangi, Global Project Coordinator
International POPs Elimination Project
Environmental Health Fund
September 2006
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Annex 1. Project management:
There were three levels of project management; UN agencies, Global Project Management, and Regional Hubs. The UN agencies included UNEP and UNIDO. UNEP GEF (in Nairobi) was the Project Implementing Agency with final responsibility for Project oversight, monitoring, and evaluation. UNIDO (in Vienna) had a closer management relationship to the Project. UNIDO held IPEP GEF funds, and upon receipt of an invoice from project management, disbursed money directly to NGOs around the world working on the Project.
The Environmental Health Fund (EHF) had lead responsibility for global aspects of Project management. As Executing Agency, EHF was responsible to UNEP and UNIDO for successful Project execution in conformity with the terms of the approved Project Brief. At the same time, EHF remained politically responsible to the IPEN Steering Committee in its execution of IPEP global management functions. Project Activity Memoranda (PAMs) agreed between hubs and NGOs in their regions as a basis of all project activities were reviewed by EHF for quality and conformity with IPEP objectives. All payments to NGOs working on the Project were reviewed by EHF.
The regional facilitation hubs served both a strategic and helping function in IPEP. Their responsibilities included:
- Identifying NGOs with an interest and ability to work on IPEP activities at various levels;
- Helping NGOs prepare a Project Activity Memorandum (PAM) between the Hub and the selected NGOs that described IPEP activities the NGO was interested in carrying out, including well identified outputs, indicators, a deadline and payment schedule,
- Helping NGOs with advice on the execution of project activities and preparation of the reports;
- Facilitating communications between NGOs in the region and disseminating relevant information to stakeholders and the public.
The following NGOs were selected in the process and served as regional hubs for the two-year term of IPEP:
Anglophone Africa (working in English): Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development (AGENDA) (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania)
Central and Eastern Europe (working in English): Arnika (Prague, Czech Republic)
Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (working in Russian): Eco-Accord (Moscow, Russia)
Francophone Africa (working in French): Pesticide Action Network Africa (PAN Africa) (Dakar, Senegal)
Latin America (working in Spanish): Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM) (Texcoco, México)
Middle East (working in Arabic): Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation (Cairo, Egypt)
South Asia (working in English): Toxics Link (New Delhi, India)
Southeast Asia (working in English): Southeast Asia POPs Elimination Network (collaboration between Pesticide Action Network Philippines and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives [GAIA]) (Manila, Philippines)
Developing regional facilitation hubs represented a major step forward in IPEN's organizational operation. For the first time, IPEN had an organized regional management structure designed to help develop NGO capacity and coordinate strategic work on the ground in eight large regions of the world.
The IPEN Steering Committee approved the development of this Project, and a subgroup of the IPEN Steering Committee played an active role in Project development and execution. This group met in 2002 and 2004 to plan Project ideas and implementation. The Steering Committee acted on the recommendations of the regional review committees during the hub selection process and received updates during Project execution on teleconference calls.
Members of the IPEP Project Steering Committee included:
Fernando Bejarano, Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Craig Boljkovac, UNITAR, POPs Programme Coordinator, Geneva, Switzerland
Henry Diouf, Pesticide Action Network Africa, Dakar, Senegal
Mohamed Eisa, UNIDO, Industrial Development Officer, PTC/MEA, Vienna, Austria
Uygar Ozesmi, GEF SGP, Environmental Specialist, International Waters and Land Degradation, UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme, New York, USA
Romeo Quijano, Pesticide Action Network, Philippines
Jack Weinberg/Joseph DiGangi, Global Chemical Safety Program Environmental Health Fund, Chicago, USA
Bahar Zorofi, UNEP, Programme Officer, Persistent Organic Pollutants Enabling Activities, Division of GEF Coordination, Nairobi, Kenya
Annex 2.
Version: 2.0 (January 10, 2007)