Regional Focal Points
Currently, a formal review of the 2023 Regional Focal Points elections for the GEF CSO Network is underway to determine whether the elections were conducted fairly and transparently. For more information please contact us.
GEF CSO Network Members in each region elect a member CSO to act as a representative, called a Regional Focal Point (RFP). The elected CSO designates a senior individual to represent it at meetings of the Coordination Committee and other functions.
The RFPs represent their regions in the Coordination Committee and are considered the formal representative of the GEF-CSO Network in their respective regions.
Arturo Arreola
GEF CSO Network
Regional Focal Point for Mesoamérica
Ismail Al Atiyat
GEF CSO Network
Regional Focal Point for West Asia
Malintle Kheleli
GEF CSO Network
Regional Focal Point for Southern Africa
Ahmed Melha
GEF CSO Network
Regional Focal Point for North Africa
GEF-CSO Network Regions
| Africa | Countries |
| Western Africa | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Togo |
| Central Africa | Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe |
| Eastern Africa | Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Southern Africa | Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Northern Africa | Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia |
| Asia Pacific | Countries |
| South Asia | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka |
| South East Asia | Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Timor Leste, Thailand, Viet Nam |
| North East Asia | People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Korea DPR, Japan, Mongolia |
| West Asia | Afganistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
| Pacific | Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu |
| Europe | Countries |
| Europe | Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Vatican City |
| Eastern Europe and Central Asia | Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
| Americas | Countries |
| Mesoamerica | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela |
| South America | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay |
| Caribbean | Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Virgin Islands |
| North America | Canada, United States |