The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Country Dialogue Workshops (CDW) Programme is designed to promote country ownership of GEF co-financed activities, facilitate national coordination on countries' GEF programmes, and enhance awareness of the GEF. This is achieved by engaging in a direct two-way dialogue between the GEF and member countries through targeted, participatory workshops on the GEF and national priorities. The Programme is one major component of a new GEF outreach and communications strategy.

The main objective of the Workshops is to facilitate group dialogues amongst and between the participants, the GEF and its implementing Agencies, the Convention Secretariats, and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP). The workshops effectively allow the GEF to:

• Inform a broad national audience about the GEF, including its mission, strategy, policies, procedures and governance;
• Facilitate national stakeholders' input to, and information sharing on, the country's priorities including national coordination efforts, to ensure that national priorities are fully reflected in GEF assistance; and
• Provide practical information on how to propose, prepare and implement GEF-financed activities.

Between the period April 2000 when the workshops were initiated, and April 2004, 49 GEF CDWs have been conducted. A total of 75 countries have participated in 45 national and 4 sub-regional CDWs during this period. On average, a workshop is being conducted every three weeks.

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