Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project (BOBLME)

Co-financing Strategy

Background & perspective

• BOB 2900 km x 1600 km

• 8 countries (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand)

• 1.5 billion people (25% world)

– 400 million in coastal catchments

– Expected growth 20% by 2015

• Large fishing dependency

– Part-time & small scale

• Small GDPs

– High level of poverty

Project objectives

Development objective:

– Enhanced food security, reduced poverty for coastal communities

Environmental objective:

– Strategic action plan (SAP) for BOBLME to protect the ecosystem and manage the living marine resources in a sustainable way.

• Better understanding of the priority issues• Improved capacity to manage resources• Improved institutional and policy framework

Identified priority issues/needs

Overexploitation of living marine resources

Priority transboundary species Indian mackerel (IBMTM)Hilsa (IBM)Sharks (All)

Critical habitats

MangroveCoral ReefsSea grasses

Land-based pollution

Project Components

• Strategic Action Program (SAP)

• Coastal/Marine Natural Resources Management and Sustainable Use

• Improved Understanding and Predictability of the BOBLME Environment

• Maintenance of Ecosystem Health and Management of Pollution

• Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Knowledge Management

Financing Plan

Project:

GEF resources: USD 12 082 100

Co-financing: 18 911 400

TOTAL 30 993 500

PDF-B:

GEF 699 800

Co-financing 1 200 687

Sub-total 1 900 487

GRAND TOTAL 32 893 987

Co-financing PlanName of co-

financier (source)

Classification Type Amount %

Norway Bilateral Grant 1,200,000

   

6.4

Sida Bilateral Grant 1,288,900 6.8

Sida Bilateral Other 9,522,500 50.4

NOAA Government agency

In kind 400,000 2.1

FAO International Organzation

In kind 800,000 4.2

BOBLME Governments

Recipients Cash 2,200,000 11.6

BOBLME Governments

Recipients In kind 3,500,000 18.5

PDF-B Co-financing

BOBLME countries, Sida, Japan, FAO, NOAA, WB

Cash & in kind 1,200,687

TOTAL Co-financing

20,112,087 100

BOBLME National Governments Co-financing

Cash contribution: US$2.2 million - US$275 000 per country over the life of the project, or US$55 000 per year:

Cost of a full-time contracted national technical advisor/assistant and secretary for the National Coordinator (NC);

Pro rata portion of the salary of the NC;

Associated communications and facilities costs for work on the project;

In-country costs associated with sponsoring project-related national workshops and the participation of national representatives (estimated at US$24 000 per year per country over five years)

US$5.7 million – Cash and in kind over 5 years

BOBLME Governments In Kind Co-financing

In-kind contribution: US$3.5 million - US$437 500 for each country over five years, or an annual in-kind contribution of US$87 500 per country per year

National counterpart salaries for workshops, training and local travel, but not international travel;

Pro rata portion of the salary of the Project Steering Committee member(s);

Pro rata time of the National Task Force members;

Pro rata costs of office space of the National Coordinator, national technical advisor/assistant and secretary;

Pro rata costs of staff and consultant time to bring results of assessments and lessons learned from other complementary projects/initiatives which directly benefit the activities of the BOBLME project.

Host Government ContributionEstimated

USD 1million

• Provision of appropriate office space (10 staff plus short-term consultants, library, meeting room)

• Related office operational costs and utilities;

• 3 support staff (secretary, driver, and cleaner);

• Security

Parallel Co-financing

Other donor-funded post-tsunami ongoing and planned initiatives critical to project

– Mangroves for the Future (under discussion – redirected or leveraged?)

– Assessments Fisheries Mangroves Coral reefs Regional environmental assessments

– Fisheries projects

– Livelihoods projects

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