On 27-18 June 2018, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is hosting Sixth Assembly of the Global Environment Facility in Da Nang, Viet Nam.
The GEF Assembly is the governing body of the GEF and is composed of all 183 member countries. It meets every four years at the ministerial level to review general policies; review and evaluate the GEF’s operation based on reports submitted to Council; review the membership of the Facility; and consider, for approval by consensus, amendments to the Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility on the basis of recommendations by the GEF Council (read more on the GEF Partnership).
Opening Plenary Sessions
We’re at a defining moment for the future of the planet and for human well-being. The ecosystems, biomes and processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth system are being stretched to a breaking point. To get on the right path to a better, safer future, we need to address the drivers of environmental degradation. We need to transform the systems that support how we live, how we eat, how we move and how we produce and consume. Three high-level opening plenary sessions will cover the latest science, the ambition needed to deliver transformation, and how implementation of GEF-7 can contribute to systems change.
High-level Round Tables
Fourteen interactive high-level round tables will dig deeper into new themes in GEF-7 and other global environment issues. Each round table will feature well known speakers and interventions from ministers to discuss the challenge, what needs to be done, and how the GEF and others can address the problem. The Provisional Schedule contains the description of the round tables and the latest list of speakers.
The high-level round tables will run in parallel to a plenary session, where heads of delegations will deliver their official statements.
The GEF Assembly will be preceded by the 54th GEF Council Meeting and a Civil Society forum.