GEF Mainstreaming Integrated Water and Environment Management

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The objective of the GEF Mainstreaming Integrated Water and Environment Management Project is to increase water productivity and reduce pollution discharges in the project areas to mainstream and scale up an innovative approach to integrated water and environmental management in the three river basins entering the Bohai Sea. There are four components to the project, the first component being mainstreaming of innovative approach on integrated water and environment management. This component will carry out research on new policy options and the application of existing government policies as well as innovative technologies to mainstream the ET/EC-based IWEM approach. The second component is the demonstration in Hai Basin on the integrated water and environment management approach. Component two will support the preparation and implementation of Target Value Allocation Plans (TVAPs) in two sub-river basins (the Luan and Hutuo), where the possible impact of climate change will be considered. Based on the target ET and EC values allocated, the component will also support preparation and implementation of the IWEMPs in two demonstration city areas, Chengde (water pollution dominant areas) and Shijiazhuang (water overuse dominant areas) in the Hai River Basin. The third component is the scaling up the integrated water and environment management approach in three River Basins. Finally, fourth component will provide consulting services, and training opportunities to strengthen capacity to implement components one–three.