INTERNATIONAL POPs ELIMINATION PROJECT (IPEP)
Final Performance Report
Joseph DiGangi, Global Project Coordinator
International POPs Elimination Project
Environmental Health Fund
September 2006
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Annex 2. Funding:
The original IPEP proposal to the Global Environment Facility contemplated a budget that included USD $1,000,000 from the GEF, and a total of USD $1,000,000 in co-finance, with approximately 50% of the co-finance in cash and 50% in-kind. In the end, the total of cash and in-kind contributions to the project exceeded USD $2,900,000.
The Canada POPs Fund contributed USD $250,000 for IPEP funding through UNEP Chemicals. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss Agency for the Environment Forests and Landscape (SAEFL) contributed USD $100,000 through UNITAR. The Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) contributed Euros 100,000 through the Environmental Health Fund (EHF). An anonymous charitable foundation donor provided $100,000. Additionally, funds provided by charitable foundation donors to IPEN, EHF and some other US-based NGOs supported a total of $350,000 in in-kind support services to the project. These foundations included the Mitchell Kapor Foundation, Sigrid Rausing Trust, New York Community Trust and others.
Summary of IPEP cash and co-finance contributions (USD)
|
Source |
Cash |
In-kind support |
Total |
|
GEF/ UNEP |
$1,000,000 |
|
$1,000,000 |
|
|
250,000 |
|
250,000 |
|
SDC/SAEFL/
UNITAR |
100,000 |
|
100,000 |
|
VROM/EHF |
120,000 |
|
120,000 |
|
Anonymous
donor / EHF |
100,000 |
|
100,000 |
|
IPEN
in-kind support |
|
$200,000 a |
200,000 |
|
Environmental
Health Fund |
|
100,000 b |
100,000 |
|
Center for
International Environmental Law, Commonweal, and Pesticide Action Network |
|
50,000 c |
50,000 |
|
Cash and
in-kind contributions directly raised or provided by developing and
transition country NGOs d |
331,576 |
734,489 |
1,066,065 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
$1,901,576 |
$1,084,489 |
$2,902,899 |
a The source of these funds is charitable foundation donors to IPEN; the services included IPEN staff time and organizational support; support from IPEN workgroups; and funds for travel and related expenses for global meetings
b The source of these funds is charitable foundation donors to EHF; the services included co-finance for global project manager salary, benefits and office; other professional staff support; international travel costs
c The source of these fund is charitable foundation donors to the NGOs; the services provided include staff support and travel costs
d See table below for breakdown
IPEP secured substantial cash and in kind co-financing from the developing and transition country NGOs participating in the project. Cash co-finance came in the form of grants and funding support for workshops totaling USD $331,576. Funders in this category included: the Swedish EPA through the International Chemical Secretariat, the Ministries of Health and Environment of Brazil, Ministry of Environment of Costa Rica, Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Environment of Sri Lanka and many charitable foundations.
These NGOs additionally provided significant amounts of in-kind co-financing. In the eight regions this added up to USD $734,489. Each hub surveyed the participating NGOs in its region to determine the in-kind contributions from its region and prepared a report based on categories such as staff time, volunteer time, transportation and travel, and educational materials. The total amount of co-finance generated by these NGOs during IPEP totaled USD $1,066,065.
Breakdown of NGO in-kind contributions (USD)
|
Region |
Cash |
In-kind |
|
Anglophone
|
$21,142 |
$28,493 |
|
Central
and Eastern |
$137,241 |
|
|
Eastern
Europe, Caucasus, and |
$26,731 |
$125,000 |
|
Francophone
|
$46,000 |
$179,700 |
|
|
$96,026 |
$133,273 |
|
|
|
$66,000 |
|
|
$3,900 |
$119,393 |
|
|
$536 |
$82,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
$331,576 |
$734,489 |
The project encountered two problems in delivering funds to NGOs: the amounts and the timing of transfers. In many ways, the small size the IPEP grants did not at all match the magnitude of the POPs problems in the countries. For example, once NGOs realized the potential of IPEP, many were interested in monitoring and testing projects. However, fiscal limitations made it difficult to conduct these types of studies especially in regions where laboratory analysis is very expensive.
Delays in the delivery and receipt of IPEP payments sometimes delayed work on project activities and also caused some frustration. At the start of the Project, IPEN and UNIDO agreed to a three-payment system (an initial payment of $500; a final payment of 20% on completion; and a middle payment of the difference). This proved burdensome to all, and was changed to a one- or two-payment system which helped reduce paper work and increase the speed of response. The willingness and ability of UNIDO efficiently transferring funds directly to NGOs in 65 countries through bank transfers and UNDP country offices was a key to Project success. Transferring cash co-finance derived funds to NGOs in developing countries often created challenges and increased the project's appreciation of the services provided by UNIDO in transferring the GEF-derived funds.
Annex 3.
Version: 2.0 (January 10, 2007)