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PART IV: EXPLAIN THE ALIGNMENT OF PROJECT DESIGN WITH THE ORIGINAL PIF: 1. The PIF was approved by the GEF Secretariat on February 24, 2009. The project design presented here is fully in line with the project rationale, objectives and amounts of funding presented in the PIF Request, as explained in the following paragraphs. 2. The project maintains the original objective of generating a model of low environmental impact ecotourism in the National Protected Areas System (SINAP) in Panama, contributing to biodiversity conservation and sustainability of protected areas. It adopts a two-pronged approach aimed at mainstreaming biodiversity conservation through ecotourism in protected areas both at the local and the national scale. Taking available resources into account, the PPG resulted in a better focusing of financed activities based on the particular context encountered in the 9 selected PAs. The initial design has been deemed consistent with the analysis of root causes of the low development of ecotourism in the SINAP and the identification of opportunities and limitations carried out during PPG (See part II.A). 3. In relation with the original design, the decision was made during the IADB/ANAM/ATP project revision workshop (July 2010), to merge the original components 3 and 4 into a single component, in order to obtain a slimmer and more efficient design and taking into account: a) observed redundancies between outcomes in both original components, and b) the decision of not including formal certification of ecotourism products and services, to avoid potential duplication with the recently approved UNDP GEF project for the archipelagos (Project ID 3021) and based on the results of the capacity assessment of local organizations which indicated that most would require basic capacity building in the provision of ecotourism services prior to embarking on a formal certification process. A decision was also made to divide component 1 into two separate sub-components in order to reflect the need to raise SINAP´s level of financial independence on the basis of a wider array of sustainable financing sources, as advocated in various technical reports produced during PPG. A specific outcome indicator has been introduced to reflect this shift. 4. In the PIF and the PPG, the cost of the project was estimated at US$12.5 million, of which US$4.0 million were to be GEF funds and most of the remaining US$8.5 million to be provided primarily by an IDB-financed loan under preparation which was to implement the National Tourism Master Plan (2007-2020) also financed by the IDB and officially approved (http://www.atp.gob.pa/archivos/pdf/planmaestro/Resumen%20Ejecutivo-Ingles.pdf). Although this potential tourism loan was included in the IDB pipeline for Panama at the time of approval of the PIF, in 2009 the Government of Panama made an adjustment in the list of loan investments agreed to with IDB for fiscal reasons. The decision was made to maintain the National Tourism Master Plan as a priority and to pursue its implementation using national rather than multi-lateral funds. At the time, the Government also specifically requested that the GEF project be maintained in the pipeline and committed to identifying alternative sources of cofinancing. The Government maintains the National Tourism Master Plan as one of the highest priorities of its administration and has been implementing its provisions using its own resources as exemplified by the ATP 2010-2011 budget (for market research, promotion, development and sector coordination). In this regard, the activities that would have been financed by the loan are being implemented thus ensuring a sustainable baseline as originally contemplated. . A combined CEO Endorsement Template-December-08.doc 29
effort by ANAM-ATP, the IDB and other stakeholders supportive of the present Project resulted in the co-financing structure presented in Part I above. Based on this level of funding, most of the expected outputs and outcomes presented in the PIF, with only minor adjustments and additions made for technical reasons, have been retained in the project design presented here. In addition, in the recently approved IDB Country Strategy for Panama (2010-2014), the Government and the Bank have agreed to an environmental action plan aimed at strengthening environmental management capacity in key economic sectors and geographic areas and provides a renewed basis for the policy dialogue between the Government and the Bank with respect to the mainstreaming of environment and biodiversity conservation in the tourism sector. PART V: AGENCY CERTIFICATION This request has been prepared in accordance with GEF policies and procedures and meets the GEF criteria for CEO Endorsement. Ricardo Quiroga GEF Agency Coordinator INE/RND, IADB Date: February15th, 2011 CEO Endorsement Template-December-08.doc 30 Michele Lemay Natural Resources Lead Specialist INE/RND, IADB Project Contact Person Tel.:202-623-1838 E-mail: michelel@iadb.org
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