Sub-Regional Workshop for GEF Focal Points in Asia Hanoi, Vietnam, 10-12 March 2010 The Sub-Regional Workshop for GEF Focal Points in Asia was held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 10 to 11 March 2010, with a GEF project site field visit organized on 12 March. The Workshop was attended by 27 Focal Points representing 13 countries in Asia. Representatives of the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies, GEF Evaluation Office, and the CSP also participated in the Workshop, along with some observers and members of the GEF-NGO Network. Final Agenda List of Participants Administrative Note Workshop Summary Report  Workshop Session 1: Introduction and Overview Opening Remarks by Vice-Minister Nguyen Thai Lai (English) Workshop Session 2: Findings of Overall Performance Study of the GEF Presentation on OPS 4 by the GEF Evaluation Office Workshop Session 3: Update on GEF Policies and New Developments Briefing on GEF 5 Replenishment, Programming and Policy recommendations Introduction to the System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (STAR) Workshop Session 4: GEF coordination at the national level: Good practices and lessons learned India: Coordination and Programming Philippines: GEF Coordination Vietnam: Coordination and Priority-Setting in GEF4 UNDP: China Biodiversity Partnership and Framework for Action UNEP:GEF programming & alignment with the international environmental agenda Workshop Session 6: Sharing challenges and lessons learned: Climate change adaptation and mitigation Adaptation Fund PECSME project: Energy Conservation in Small & Medium Enterprises World Bank's Climate Change Actions in East Asia & Pacific Region UNIDO's activities and portfolio in the region Workshop Session 7: Sharing challenges and lessons learned: Biodiversity and land degradation projects Bhutan: Integrated Livestock & Crop Conservation Program Cambodia: "Establishing Conservation Areas Landscape Management (CALM) in the Northern Plains" project UNDP: Biodiversity & land degradation projects UNEP: Regional Siberian Crane and Wetland Project-uniting countries,wetlands & people FAO's portfolio in the region Workshop Session 8: Monitoring and tracking national GEF portfolios and Introduction to the South China Sea Study Tracking national portfolios and updating the GEF M&E Policy Study on the Contributions of the GEF to the South China Sea

From L-R: Vice Minister Nguyen Thai Lai giving Opening Statement, Mr. Nguyen Van Tai, GEF OFP for Vietnam, Mr. Williams Ehlers, Team Leader for External Relations of the GEF Secretariat and Ms. Seemin Qayum, Sr. Policy Adviser for GEF Country Support Programme Participants at the GEF Project site field Visit (PECSME Project) SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOPS IN 2010: Pacific Asia Europe & CIS Latin America East & Southern Africa SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOPS IN 2009: Europe & CIS Asia East & Southern Africa Caribbean West & Central Africa Latin America Middle East, North Africa, & West Asia SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOPS IN 2008: Europe & CIS Asia West & Central Africa East & Southern Africa Caribbean Pacific Latin America Middle East & North Africa SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOPS IN 2007: Europe & CIS East & Southeast Asia East & Southern Africa West & Central Africa Pacific meetings Caribbean Latin America Middle East, North Africa, South & West Asia