Annex 4.  GEF Biodiversity Enabling Activity Profile (May 1998)

Annex 5:  Anticipated Progress of Biodiversity Enabling Activities over Project Lifetime

Annex 6: List of Issues to be Addressed

Emerging Issues in Biodiversity Planning:
Specific guidance is needed to enable countries to actually integrate emerging issues into their NBSAPs in a meaningful way.  Thematic workshops will be conducted for this purpose.  Based on discussions with the GEF Secretariat these will initially include:

1.	methodologies for mainstreaming biodiversity planning in sectoral and cross-sectoral policies and plans (agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining, tourism, infrastructure, education);
2.	socio-economic impact of plans and measures;
3.	baseline data, indicators and monitoring.

Workshops in other emerging issues may be held as decided by the Project Oversight Committee, based on COP guidance and GEF Council decisions in response to that guidance.

Biodiversity Planning Process:
Additional methodological tools are also needed to enable countries to develop strong, multi-sectoral NBSAPs.  The highest priority tools identified under the Block B consultations are the following 
•	Biodiversity Planning Process:
•	information and data management for BD planning (planning with limited information)
•	methods for participatory planning (private sector, resource users, local communities, NGO’s, local governments)
•	decentralized planning
•	communication techniques for building awareness and achieving political support 
•	consensus building, conflict resolution and priority setting
•	policy and strategy formulation
•	action plan formulation (including financial strategies)
•	facilitating Action Plan implementation
•	collection and organisation of baseline data and information, including data management skills.

Annex 7: Preliminary Criteria for Selection of Regional Institutions

1) proven expertise, know-how, and involvement in biodiversity planning issues and the CBD;

2) ability to work successfully with governments and NGOs at regional and national levels; 

3) their ability to gather and disseminate information and co-ordinate activities within their region;

4) their level of internet connectivity and general ease of communication;

5) (others to be developed)