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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.
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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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