Regional Focal Points

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.

 GEF-CSO Network Regions

AfricaCountries
Western AfricaBenin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Togo
Central AfricaBurundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe
Eastern AfricaComoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Southern AfricaAngola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Northern AfricaAlgeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia
Asia PacificCountries 
South AsiaBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
South East AsiaBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Timor Leste, Thailand, Viet Nam
North East AsiaPeople’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Korea DPR, Japan, Mongolia
West AsiaAfganistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
PacificAustralia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
EuropeCountries 
EuropeAndorra, 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 AsiaAlbania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
AmericasCountries 
MesoamericaCosta Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela
South AmericaArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
CaribbeanAntigua & 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 AmericaCanada, United States