Experience of LAGA personnel in environmental financing and project development
LAGA personnel has over the years developed the expertise required to support governments in environmental financing and the development of project proposals. Our staff have been intensely engaged in the preparation of funding proposals to the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and other sources. Following is a list of selected proposals prepared by LAGA personnel with funding sources and requested financing. Please note that 6 of the 20 projects listed below were prepared by our experts before they joined LAGA.
Enhancing climate mitigation and adaptive capacity through sustainable forest management in South Africa
Funding source: GCF
Product output: GCF Concept Note
Funding from principal source (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Strengthening national forest management for adapting to and mitigating climate change in Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia
Funding source: GCF
Product output: GCF Concept Note (regional project), Prefeasibility Study
Funding from principal source (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Forests and land use in adapting to climate change impacts and increasing the resilience of the livelihoods of peoples, communities and the ecosystems they depend upon in Dominica
Funding source: GCF
Product output: GCF Concept Note, Prefeasibility Study
Funding from principal source (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Forests and land use in adapting to climate change impacts and increasing the resilience of the livelihoods of peoples, communities and the ecosystems they depend upon in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Funding source: GCF
Product output: GCF Concept Note, Prefeasibility Study
Funding from principal source (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Forests and land use in adapting to climate change impacts and increasing the resilience of the livelihoods of peoples, communities and the ecosystems they depend upon in Saint Lucia
Funding source: GCF
Product output: GCF Concept Note, Prefeasibility Study
Funding from principal source (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Enhanced resilience of ecosystems and communities to climate change impacts in Uganda through sustainable land management
Funding source: GCF
Product output: Concept Note Pre-feasibility Study Financial Model
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Strengthening forest management governance in Ecuador to advance the country’s “Zero Net Deforestation 2020” Initiative.
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Project Information Form (PIF)
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Integrating renewable energy into the market (Grid-Fit) in Mexico
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Project Information Form (PIF)
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Assessment and monitoring of the problems that need to be addressed through integrated watershed and coastal area management (IWCAM) in the western, central and eastern regions of Cuba
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized regional sub-project proposal
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Developing and implementing approaches for the integrated management and maintenance of ecosystem services of the Higüamo River watershed in the Dominican Republic.
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized regional sub-project proposal
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Developing and implementing approaches for the integrated management and maintenance of ecosystem services of the Negril Environmental Protection Area (EPA)
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized regional sub-project proposal
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Integrating trade offs between supply of ecosystem services (ES) and land use options into poverty alleviation efforts and development planning in the Mixteca (Mexico)
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized project proposal
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Improved management of agrochemical life cycles in the Caribbean and Central American region.
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Project Information Form (PIF)
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Integrated coastal management with special emphasis on the sustainable management of mangrove forests in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Funding source: Government of Spain
Product output: UNEP funding proposal
Funding from principal source (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Includes $160,000 for project preparation grant.
Regional Framework for the Sustainable Use of the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande (Mexico)
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized project
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Includes project preparation grant of $99,000.
Integrating the Management of Protection and Production Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized project
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Establishment of a marine conservation and sustainable development corridor between the Galápagos (Ecuador) – Gorgona/Malpelo (Colombia) - Coiba (Panamá) - Cocos (Costa Rica) Islands
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Project Development and Preparation Facility (PDF) Block B Grant
Funding from principal source (US$)
Includes $290,000 for project preparation grant.
Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA)
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized project
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Includes $231,000 for project preparation grant.
Strategic Action Programme for the Binational Basin of the Rio Bermejo (Argentina and Bolivia)
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized project
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Includes $286,000 for project preparation grant.
Implementation of Integrated Watershed Management Program for the Pantanal and Upper Paraguay River Basin
Funding source: GEF
Product output: Full-sized project
Funding from principal source (US$)
Co- financing (US$)
Total Project budget (US$)
Strengthening national forest management for adapting to and mitigating climate change in Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia
Funding source: GCF
Product output: GCF Concept Note (regional project), Prefeasibility Study
