Title,"GEF project type","Date of approval",Phase,Countries
"Advanced Minamata Assessment in Thailand",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Thailand
"Development of National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector in Cambodia",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Cambodia
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Pakistan
"Accelerate implementation of dental amalgam provisions and strengthen country capacities in the environmental sound management of associated wastes under the Minamata Convention",GEF,2022,"Project approved","Senegal, Thailand, Uruguay"
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Brazil",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Brazil
"Reduction of unintentionally-produced persistent organic pollutants and mercury through an environmentally-sound approach on health care wastes management in the Philippines  with a special focus on the pandemic",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Philippines
"Environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes containing POPs and Mercury",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Panama
"Phasing out mercury measuring devices in healthcare",GEF,2022,"Project approved","Albania, Burkina Faso, India, Montenegro, Uganda"
"POPs and mercury-free solutions for environmentally sound waste management in Paraguay",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Paraguay
"Reduce the impact and release of mercury and POPs in Vietnam through lifecycle approach and Ecolabel",GEF,2022,"Project approved","Viet Nam"
"Integrated watershed management of the Putumayo-Içá river basin",GEF,2022,"Project approved","Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru"
"Eliminate mercury use and adequately manage mercury and mercury wastes in the chlor alkali sector in Mexico",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Mexico
"Environmentally sound management of PCBs, Mercury and other toxic chemicals in Peru",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Peru
"The Global Greenchem Innovation and Network Programme",GEF,2022,"Project approved","Indonesia, Jordan, Peru, Uganda, Ukraine"
"AFLDC-2 Scaling-up Investment and Technology Transfer to Facilitate Capacity Strengthening and Technical Assistance for the Implementation of Stockholm and Minamata Conventions in African LDCs",GEF,2022,"Project approved","Angola, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Senegal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zambia"
"National action plan on mercury in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in Liberia",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Liberia
"Minamata Initial Assessment in Liberia",GEF,2022,"Project approved",Liberia
"Development of Minamata Convention Initial Assessment (MIA) for Sultanate of Oman",GEF,2021,"Project approved",Oman
"Eliminating mercury skin lightening products",GEF,2021,"Project approved","Gabon, Jamaica, Sri Lanka"
"Assessment of existing and future emissions reduction from the coal sector toward the implementation of the Minamata and Stockholm Conventions",GEF,2021,"Project approved",
"Supporting a Green Economy - Decoupling Hazardous Waste Generation from Economic Growth in Rwanda",GEF,2021,"Project approved",Rwanda
"Demonstration of production phase-out of mercury-containing medical thermometers and sphygmomanometers and promoting the application of mercury-free alternatives in medical facilities in China",GEF,2021,"Project approved",China
"Minamata initial assessment and national action plan for the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in Afghanistan",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Afghanistan
"Transforming the Fashion Sector to Drive Positive Outcomes for Biodiversity, Climate, and Oceans",GEF,2020,"Project approved",
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Cuba",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Cuba
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in The Bahamas",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Bahamas
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Tuvalu",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Tuvalu
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Togo",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Togo
"Development of National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Mexico",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Mexico
"Development of National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Cote d’Ivoire",GEF,2020,"Project approved","Côte d'Ivoire"
"National action plan on mercury in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in Cameroon",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Cameroon
"Development of National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Costa Rica",GEF,2020,"Project approved","Costa Rica"
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Chad",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Chad
"National action plan in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in the Plurinational State of Bolivia",GEF,2020,"Project approved","Bolivia (Plurinational State of)"
"KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS FROM EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL CHEMICALS AND WASTE",GEF,2020,"Project approved",
"Africa Environmental Health and Pollution Management Project  - Ghana",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Ghana
"Africa Environmental Health and Pollution Management Project – Tanzania",GEF,2020,"Project approved","United Republic of Tanzania"
"Environmentally Sound Management of POPs, Mercury and other Hazardous Chemicals in Argentina",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Argentina
"Minamata initial assessment and national action plan on the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in Nicaragua",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Nicaragua
"Reducing global environmental risks through the monitoring and development of alternative livelihood for the primary mercury mining sector in Mexico",GEF,2020,"Project approved",Mexico
"Mediterranean Sea Basin Environment and Climate Regional Support Project",GEF,2020,"Project approved","Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Tunisia"
"Reducing  Pollution from Harmful Chemicals and Wastes in Mediterranean Hot Spots and Measuring Progress to Impacts",GEF,2020,"Project approved","Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Tunisia, Türkiye"
"Minamata Convention: Initial assessment for Rwanda",GEF,2019,"Project approved",Rwanda
"Minamata Initial Assessment in Lebanon",GEF,2019,"Project approved",Lebanon
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana",GEF,2019,"Project approved",Guyana
"Circular Economy approaches for the electronics sector in Nigeria",GEF,2019,"Project approved",Nigeria
"National action plan on mercury in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in Rwanda",GEF,2019,"Project approved",Rwanda
"National action plan on mercury in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in Angola",GEF,2019,"Project approved",Angola
"GEF GOLD: Contribution Towards the Elimination of Mercury and Improvement of the Gold Value Chain in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector",GEF,2019,"Project approved","Burkina Faso"
"GEF-6 POPs Legacy and Sustainable Chemicals Management",GEF,2018,"Project approved",Belarus
"Development of A Minamata Initial Assessment in Marshall Islands",GEF,2018,"Project approved","Marshall Islands"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessments (MIA) in the Caribbean (Belize)",GEF,2018,"Project approved",Belize
"Integrated Sound Management of Mercury in Indonesia’s Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ISMIA)",GEF,2018,"Project approved",Indonesia
"Global Knowledge Management and Exchange of Child Project Results Through Networking and Outreach Activities for the GEF GOLD Program",GEF,2018,"Project approved","Burkina Faso, Colombia, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mongolia, Peru, Philippines"
"GEF GOLD Mongolia-Philippines: Contribution Towards the Elimination of Mercury in the ASGM sector From Miners to Refiners",GEF,2018,"Project approved","Mongolia, Philippines"
"Development of a Minamata Initial Assessment in the Federated States of Micronesia",GEF,2018,"Project approved","Micronesia (Federated States of)"
"Development of A Minamata Initial Assessment in Niue",GEF,2018,"Project approved",
"A GEF GOLD/ Supply Chain Approach to Eliminating Mercury in Guyana’s ASGM Sector: El Dorado Gold Jewelry  Made in Guyana",GEF,2018,"Project approved",Guyana
"GEF GOLD Peru - Integrated Sound Management of Mercury in Peru’s Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM)",GEF,2018,"Project approved",Peru
"GEF GOLD Colombia: Integrated Sound Management of Mercury in Colombia’s ASGM sector",GEF,2018,"Project approved",Colombia
"Integrated Sound Management of Mercury in Kenya’s Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) or IMKA",GEF,2018,"Project approved",Kenya
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and Updating of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Kyrgyzstan
"Application of Green Chemistry in Vietnam to Support Green Growth and Reduction in the Use and Release of POPs/Harmful Chemicals",GEF,2017,"Project approved","Viet Nam"
"National Program for the Environmental Sound Management and Live Cycle Management of Chemical Substances",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Ecuador
"Demonstration of Mercury Reduction and Minimization in the Production of Vinyl Chloride Monomer in China",GEF,2017,"Project approved",China
"Minamata Initial Assessment",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Kazakhstan
"Develop the National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and the Minamata Initial Assessment for the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Iraq",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Iraq
"Advanced Minamata Initial Assessment in Mongolia",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Mongolia
"National Action Plan on Mercury in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector in Burkina Faso",GEF,2017,"Project approved","Burkina Faso"
"Development of a Minamata Initial Assessment",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Belarus
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Indonesia",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Indonesia
"Development of a Minamata Initial Assessment in El Salvador",GEF,2017,"Project approved","El Salvador"
"National Action Plan on Mercury in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector in Ecuador",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Ecuador
"Minamata Initial Assessment for Argentina",GEF,2017,"Project approved",Argentina
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessments (MIA) in the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines)",GEF,2017,"Project approved","Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and Updating of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Lao People's Democratic Republic"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Eritrea",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Eritrea
"Development of Minamata Convention Mercury Initial Assessment in Pacific",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu"
"National Action Plan on Mercury in the Nigerian Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining sector",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Nigeria
"Minamata Convention: Initial Assessment in Guatemala",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Guatemala
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia)",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Sierra Leone",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Sierra Leone"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)",GEF,2016,"Project approved",
"Regional Project on the Development of National Action Plans for the Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Africa",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Eswatini (Kingdom of), Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe"
"Capacity Strengthening For Implementation Of Minamata Convention On Mercury",GEF,2016,"Project approved",China
"Minamata Convention: Initial Assessment in Cabo Verde and Sao Tome and Principe",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Cabo Verde, Sao Tome and Principe"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Honduras",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Honduras
"Development of National Action Plans for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Paraguay",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Paraguay
"Minamata Initial Assessment for Suriname",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Suriname
"Minamata Convention: Initial Assessment in Sri Lanka",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Sri Lanka"
"Minamata Convention: Initial Assessment in Turkey",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Türkiye
"Strengthen the National Decision Making Mechanism to Ratify the Minamata Convention and Strengthen National Capacities for the Implementation of its Futures Provisions",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Morocco
"Development of Minamata Convention Initial Assessment (MIA) for Ghana",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Ghana
"Minamata Initial Assessment",GEF,2016,Completed,
"Reducing UPOPs and Mercury Releases from Healthcare Waste Management, e-Waste Treatment, Scrap Processing and Biomass Burning",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Colombia
"National Action Plan on Mercury in the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Sector in Ghana",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Ghana
"National Action Plan on Mercury in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector in Peru",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Peru
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Madagascar",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Madagascar
"Development of National Action Plans for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in the United Republic of Tanzania",GEF,2016,"Project approved","United Republic of Tanzania"
"Development of a Minamata Initial Assessment in Maldives",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Maldives
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Guinea and Niger",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Guinea, Niger"
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Mongolia
"Development of National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining Mali and Senegal",GEF,2016,"Project approved","Mali, Senegal"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in South Africa",GEF,2016,"Project approved","South Africa"
"Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) National Action Plan (NAP) for Suriname",GEF,2016,"Project approved",Suriname
"Improve Mercury Management in India",GEF,2015,"Project approved",India
"National Action Plan on Mercury in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining sector in Gabon",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Gabon
"Minamata Initial Assessment for Panama",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Panama
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Francophone Africa I",GEF,2015,"Project approved","Guinea, Mali, Senegal"
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Chad",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Chad
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Francophone Africa II",GEF,2015,"Project approved","Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo"
"Strengthen Bosnia and Herzegovina Decision-making Towards Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention and Build Capacity Towards Implementation of Future Provisions.",GEF,2015,"Project approved","Bosnia and Herzegovina"
"Minamata Initial Assessment for Montenegro",GEF,2015,Completed,Montenegro
"Development of a Minamata Initial Assessment",GEF,2015,"Project approved","North Macedonia"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Papua New Guinea",GEF,2015,"Project approved","Papua New Guinea"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment",GEF,2015,"Project approved","Botswana, Eswatini (Kingdom of), Lesotho, Namibia"
"Development of a Minamata Initial Assessment in Djibouti",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Djibouti
"Development of Minamata Convention Mercury Initial Assessment in Africa",GEF,2015,"Project approved","Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon"
"Improve Mercury Management in Tunisia",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Tunisia
"Strengthen National Decision making towards Ratification of the Minamata Convention and Build Capacity towards Implementation of Future Provisions",GEF,2015,Completed,Azerbaijan
"Strengthen National Decision Making towards Ratification of the Minamata Convention and Build Capacity towards Implementation of Future Provisions",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Jordan
"Minamata Convention: Initial assessment in the Republic of Sudan",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Sudan
"Minamata Initial Assessment in Nepal",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Nepal
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Malaysia",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Malaysia
"Minamata Initial Assessment for Albania",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Albania
"National Action Plan on Mercury in the Mozambican Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining sector",GEF,2015,"Project approved",Mozambique
"Strengthen national decision making towards ratification of the Minamata Convention and build capacity towards implementation of future provisions",GEF,2015,"Project approved","Bangladesh, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Mozambique, Samoa"
"Reducing UPOPs and Mercury Releases from the Health Sector in Africa",GEF,2014,"Project approved","Ghana, Madagascar, United Republic of Tanzania"
"Protect Human Health and the Environment from Unintentional Releases of POPs and Mercury from the Unsound Disposal of Healthcare Waste in Kyrgyzstan",GEF,2014,"Project approved",Kyrgyzstan
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment (MIA) in the Republic of Colombia",GEF,2014,"Project approved",Colombia
"Environmental Sound Management of Mercury and Mercury Containing Products and their Wastes in Artisanal Small-scale Gold Mining and Healthcare",GEF,2014,"Project approved",Honduras
"Minamata Initial Assessment for Costa Rica",GEF,2014,Completed,"Costa Rica"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in LAC",GEF,2014,"Project approved","Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Dominican Republic, Paraguay"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Madagascar",GEF,2014,Completed,Madagascar
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment (MIA) in the Republic of Yemen",GEF,2014,"Project approved",Yemen
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in the Federal Republic of Nigeria",GEF,2014,"Project approved",Nigeria
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in Vietnam",GEF,2014,"Project approved","Viet Nam"
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in the Comoros",GEF,2014,Completed,Comoros
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment (MIA) in the Republic of Armenia",GEF,2014,Completed,Armenia
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Mexico",GEF,2014,"Project approved",Mexico
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Moldova",GEF,2014,Completed,"Republic of Moldova"
"Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Three Asian Countries",GEF,2014,"Project approved","Cambodia, Pakistan, Philippines"
"Minamata Convention Initial Assessment in the People’s Republic of China",GEF,2014,"Project approved",China
"Development of Minamata Convention on Mercury Initial Assessment in Brazil",GEF,2014,"Project approved",Brazil
"Development of Minamata Convention on Mercury Initial Assessment in Africa",GEF,2014,"Project approved","Ethiopia, Gambia, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia"
"Strengthen national decision making towards ratification of the Minamata Convention and build capacity towards implementation of future provisions.",GEF,2014,Completed,Georgia
"Strengthen National Decision Making Towards Ratification of the Minamata Convention and Build Capacity Towards Implementation of Future Provisions.",GEF,2014,"Project approved",Mauritius
"Development of Minamata Convention on Mercury Initial Assessment in Africa",GEF,2014,"Project approved","Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe"
"Minamata Initial Assessment for Guyana",GEF,2014,Completed,Guyana
"Strengthen National Decision Making Towards Ratification of the Minamata Convention and Build Capacity Towards Implementation of Future Provisions.",GEF,2014,Completed,Seychelles
"Reduce Exposure of Mercury to Human Health and the Environment by Promoting Sound Chemical Management in Mongolia",GEF,2013,Completed,Mongolia
"Development of a Plan for Global Monitoring of Human Exposure to and Environmental Concentrations of Mercury",GEF,2013,"Project approved",
"Environmental Sound Life-Cycle Management of Mercury Containing Products and their Wastes",GEF,2013,"Project approved",Uruguay
"Preparatory Project to Facilitate the Implementation of the Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (Minamata Convention) in Argentina to Protect Health and the Environment",GEF,2013,Completed,Argentina
"Development of Mercury Risk Management Approaches in Latin America",GEF,2013,"Project approved","Argentina, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay"
"Pilot Project on the Development of Mercury Inventory in the Russian Federation (RF)",GEF,2012,"Project approved","Russian Federation"
"Improve the Health and Environment of Artisanal Gold Mining Communities in the Philippines by Reducing Mercury Emissions",GEF,2012,Completed,Philippines
"Reduction of Mercury Emissions and Promotion of Sound Chemical Management in Zinc Smelting Operations",GEF,2012,Completed,China
"Implementing Integrated Measures for Minimizing Mercury Releases from Artisanal Gold Mining",GEF,2012,Completed,"Ecuador, Peru"
"Pilot project on the development of a mercury inventory in China",GEF,2012,Completed,China
"Reducing global and local environmental risks from primary mercury mining in Khaidarkan the Kyrgyz Republic",GEF,2012,"Project approved",Kyrgyzstan
"Improve the Health and Environment of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Communities by Reducing Mercury Emissions and Promoting Sound Chemical Management",GEF,2011,Completed,"Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal"
"Integrated Management and Environmentally Sound Disposal of POPs Pesticides and Mercury in Healthcare and Agricultural Sectors in Sri Lanka",GEF,,"Concept approved","Sri Lanka"
"Sustainable Mercury Management in Non-ferrous Metal Industry",GEF,,"Concept approved",China
"Global Opportunities for Long-term Development of artisanal and small-scale gold mining ASGM) Sector Plus - GEF GOLD +",GEF,,"Concept proposed","Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Honduras, Madagascar, Mali, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Uganda, Zambia"
"Development of Institutional and Regulatory Framework for Implementation of Minamata Convention in India",,,Ongoing,India
"Improving capacity building program for the replacement of mercury containing lamps in order to implement Minamata Convention in Islamic Republic of Iran",,,Ongoing,"Iran (Islamic Republic of)"
"Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in SIDS (ISLANDS)",GEF,,"Concept proposed","Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu"