Letter from the CEO

GEF Partnerships and Initiatives

1. Launch of International Tiger Conservation Initiative
2. GEF Earth Fund: a Public Private Partnership
3. GEF Grants US$1 Million to China for Rapid Assessment of Chemical Contamination after the Earthquake

Stories from the Agencies

1. GEF Strategic Partnership on the Black Sea and Danube Basin
2. Groundwater: The Case for Africa
3. Development Marketplace 2008: announced the finalists

GEF Evaluation Office

1. Preparations for the Fourth Overall Performance Study
2. Outcomes from the International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development
3. Inputs on the RAF midterm review

Country Support Program News

1. National and Sub-regional Workshops in Africa

Focal Points and Council Members

1. New appointments

GEF Secretariat: New Staff and other announcements

1. Patrizia Cocca - Communications Officer
2. Danielus Pivoriunas - Senior Operations Officer
3. New Green Space for STAP Secretariat and UNEP/GEF Liaison Office
4. GEF website survey

Events

1. Upcoming Events

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New staff at GEF Secretariat

Patrizia Cocca joined the GEF's External Affairs team on May 5th as a Communications Officer mainly focusing on revamping and maintaining the GEF website.

An Italian national, over the past three years she has been living in Costa Rica, working as coordinator of the knowledge management and communication division of the Regional Unit for Technical Assistance (RUTA), a multi-donor program that promote rural development in Central America.

Previously, she worked in the World Bank's EXT Development Communication (DevComm) division, focusing on free trade and rural development issues in Central America.

Before joining the Bank, Patrizia was the portal manager of RaiUno (TV channel) and TG1 (TV News) at RAI, the Italian public broadcasting network. Prior to this she established and managed an Internet Solutions Provider in Rome, servicing small and medium enterprises.

Patrizia holds a Master Degree in Global Marketing Communication and Advertisement from the Emerson College in Boston and an Advanced Degree in Modern History and Anthropology from "La Sapienza" University of Rome. She has also been awarded with several scholarship includind Fulbright.