Slide from a presentation by Martin Sneary, IUCN, on knowledge management (KM) Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Boll Foundation North America, discusses CSO engagement in the Green Climate Fund. Delfin Ganapin, GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), discusses the involvement of CSOs in SGP’s work. GEF CEO and Chairperson Naoko Ishii addresses the GEF Council consultation meeting with Civil Society Organizations Fabien Gonguet, France Clarence Severens, US Stuart Calman, New Zealand, made an intervention regarding delayed projects. Carlos Rodriguez Brianza, Uruguay Anne Melgaard, Denmark Jeff Seabright, Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever Jeff Seabright, Chief Sustainability Officer, Unilever Clockwise: Delfin Ganapin, GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP); Ongatai Amosiah, Youth Environment Service; Mrinalini Rai, GEF-Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group (GEF-IPAG); and Lucy Mulenkei, GEF-IPAG L-R: William Ehlers, Team Leader, External Affairs, GEF Secretariat; Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson; and Co-Chair Leander Treppel, Austria L-R: William Ehlers, Team Leader, External Affairs, GEF Secretariat; Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson; and Co-Chair Leander Treppel, Austria Anders Wallberg, Sweden Participants from the CSO-GEF Network in a coordination meeting. Usua Aize Azqueta Quemada, Spain Stuart Calman, New Zealand, made an intervention regarding delayed projects. Kolleh Bangura, Sierra Leone Faizal Parish, Central Focal Point, GEF-CSO Network Priscilla Achakpa, CSO-GEF Network Nasir Khosa, Pakistan Myra Patai, Cook Islands Kees Rade, the Netherlands Andrew Velthaus, Senior Policy Officer, GEF Secretariat Caroline Leclerc, Canada Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson, opened the 48th meeting of the GEF Council Abdul Matheen Mohammed, Maldives L-R: Yoko Watanabe, Senior Biodiversity Specialist, GEF Secretariat; Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Director, Policy and Country Relations, GEF Secretariat; and Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson Peter Lallas, Advisor to the GEF CEO, GEF Secretariat Faafetai Alisi, CSO-GEF Network Shuichi Hosoda, Japan Laura Palma, Italy Juha Uitto, Director, Independent Evaluation Office Philipp Knill, Germany Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson, presented an update on implementation of the GEF 2020 strategy. Stefan Schwager, Switzerland Josceline Wheatley, UK Judy Garber, US Yasemin Biro, Senior Environmental Specialist, GEF Secretariat, presenting the progress report to the council. Godwin Gondwe, Zambia Center: Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia, Executive Vice President of CAF, presented an overview on CAF. L-R: Chizuru Aoki, Lead Environmental Specialist, GEF Secretariat; and Gustavo Fonseca, Director of Programs, GEF Secretariat Lisbeth Loddewykx, Belgium Caroline Leclerc, Canada Greg Filyk, Canada Wensong Guo, China L-R: Yibin Xiang, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat; Kent Nnadozie, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA); and Melchiade Bukuru UN Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, reported on the outcomes of the recent COPs of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions L-R: Thomas Hammond, STAP Secretary; Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair; Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson; and Co-Chair Leander Treppel, Austria; and William Ehlers, Team Leader, External Affairs, GEF Secretariat Edas Muñoz, GEF-CSO Network L-R: Carlo Carugi, Senior Evaluation Officer, GEF Secretariat; Neeraj Kumar Negi, Senior Evaluation Officer, GEF Secretariat; and Juha Uitto, Director, Independent Evaluation Office Faizal Parish, Central Focal Point, GEF-CSO Network L-R: Nana Janashia, Caucasus Environmental NGO Network; and Hamed Moshiri,  PLAN4theLAND on behalf of the GEF-CSO Network Participants at the 48th meeting of the GEF Council Gustavo Fonseca, Director of Programs, GEF Secretariat Maher Abdelrahim, Jordan L-R: Yasemin Biro, Senior Environmental Specialist, GEF Secretariat; and Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Director, Policy and Country Relations, GEF Secretariat Fernando Lugris, Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury Usua Aize Azqueta Quemada, Spain Presentation of GEF STAP Report Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair Amb. Agostinho Tavares, Angola Grisha Hovhannisyan, Armenia Lisbeth Loddewykx, Belgium Marcelo Martinez, Brazil Caroline Leclerc, Canada Co-Chair Leander Treppel, Austria L-R: Gustavo Fonseca, Director of Programs, GEF Secretariat; Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson; Co-Chair Leander Treppel, Austria; and William Ehlers, Team Leader, External Affairs, GEF Secretariat L-R: Roland Sundstrom, Climate Change Specialist, GEF Secretariat; Rawleston Moore, Senior Climate Change Specialist, GEF Secretariat; and Gustavo Fonseca, Director of Programs, GEF Secretariat William Ehlers, Team Leader, External Affairs, GEF Secretariat L-R: ENB team at the 48th meeting of the GEF Council with Franz Dejon, Deborah Davenport, Lynn Wagner, Keith Ripley and Dina Hestad L-R: Anna Birgitta Viggh, Senior Evaluation Officer, GEF Secretariat; Juha Uitto, Director, Independent Evaluation Office; and  Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson L-R: Esaya Yusufu and Sydah Naigaga, GEF-CSO Network Samuel Germain, Germany Gustavo Fonseca, Director of Programs, GEF Secretariat Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson L-R: Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson; and Co-Chair Leander Treppel, Austria Richard Lerisien Lesiyampe, Kenya Abdul Matheen Mohammed, Maldives Mohamed Yahiya Lafdal, Mauritania Clarence Severens, US