Assessment of Capacity-building Needs and Country Specific Priorities in Biodiversity Including Clearing House Mechanism (add on)

1.Assist FSM in further assessing capacity building needs, identifying specific priorities, analyzing institutional and functional capabilities and determining capacity building actions necessary to protect national biodiversity in accordance with the NBSAP document, and the GEF additional criteria for enabling activities and CoP/CBD decisions; 2.Establish the Clearing House Mechanism (CHM); and 3.Implement a country-driven CHM project. The Government of FSM and the Implementing Agency are satisfied this proposal conforms with the GEF criteria for additional funding of biodiversity enabling activities.