Danube/Black Sea Basin Strategic Partnership on Nutrient Reduction, Tranche I

This is Strategic Partnership consisting of capital investments, economic instruments, development and enforcement of environmental law and policy, strengthening of public participation, and monitoring of trends and compliance over the period of 2001-2007 for the countries of the Danube/Black Sea basin. The Partnership consists of three elements as follows: 1) a GEF Black Sea Regional capacity building and technical assistance element implemented (in cooperation with the Black Sea Commission under the leadership of UNDP and with the assistance of UNEP for defined components - two tranches; 2) a GEF Danube River basin regional capacity building and technical assistance element implemented (in cooperation with the ICPDR) under the leadership of UNDP -two tranches; and 3) a GEF / World Bank Partnership Investment Fund for Nutrient Reduction focused on single country nutrient reduction investments - multiple tranches.