66th GEF Council Meeting

The Council, the GEF’s main governing body, comprises 32 members appointed by constituencies of GEF member countries (14 from developed countries, 16 from developing countries, and two from economies in transition). Council members rotate at different intervals determined by each constituency. The Council customarily meets twice annually but has decided to meet three times in 2024. It develops, adopts, and evaluates the operational policies and programs for GEF-financed activities, and reviews and approves the work program (projects submitted for approval), making decisions by consensus.

Provisional agenda

1. Opening of the Meeting
2. Adoption of the Agenda
3. The GEF Monitoring Report 2023
4. Work Program for GEF Trust Fund
5. Streamlining the GEF project Cycle
6. UNDP – 2023 Third Party Review of Minimum Fiduciary Standards
7. Tracking and Measuring Socio-economic Co-benefits from GEF Investments
8. Identifying a Risk Appetite for GEF Investments
9. Strategic Country Cluster Evaluation: GEF Support to Drylands Countries and Management
   Response
10. Evaluation of Community Based Approaches at the GEF and Management Response
11. Learning from Challenges in GEF projects and Management Response
12. Evaluation of GEF Support to Climate Information and Early Warning Systems and
    Management Response
13. Report of the Chairperson of the STAP
14. Gap Analysis of GEF Funded Activity and Engagement in Fragility, Conflict, and Violenceaffected States (FCS)
15. Gap Analysis of GEF Policies and Key Social Inclusion Issues
16. Relations with Conventions & Other International Institutions
17. Initial guidelines for enabling activities and BBNJ ratification support project
18. Amendments to the Rules of Procedure for the GEF Council
19. Report of the Selection and Review Committee
20. Other Business
21. Joint Summary of the Co-Chairs