Operational Strategy
of the Global Environment Facility

The Operational Strategy lays the foundation for GEF's efforts in 6 focal areas and 15 operational programs.  The strategy incorporates guidance from conventions for which GEF serves as financial mechanism:  the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.   It also establishes operational guidance for international waters and ozone activities, the latter consistent with the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and its amendments.