Nile Transboundary Envrionmental Action Project (NTEAP)
Project Objectives
After conducting a Transboundary Environmental Analysis in May 2001, the Nile Transboundary Environmental Action Project launched in April 2004 with a strict policy and structural design. Defined by the Project Implementation Plan, drafted December 2002 by the riparian states, the NTEAP possesses 6 goals for the Nile Basin Region including:
1) Increase regional cooperation for environment conservation and water management, 
2) Increase basin-wide community action and cooperation in land and water management,
3) Increase the number of basin-wide networks comprising of environmental and water professionals therefore increasing the number of experts knowledgeable on the environment,
4) Create a greater appreciation of river hydrology and more informed discussion of development paths; Expand information, knowledge base, and know-how on land and water resources available to professionals and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO'S) in the riparian countries,
5) Create greater awareness of linkages between macro/sectoral policies and the environment,
6) Greater awareness and increased capacity on transboundary water quality threats
Environmental issues faced by the NTEAP
Structure
In August of 2003, the Project Implementation Manual supported the defined goals of the NTEAP with a structural design outlining the primary financiers and organizational delegation of funds. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the pool of NBI member state funds known as the Nile Basin Trust Fund (NBTF) represented the primary financiers of the NTEAP supporting a joint pooling of $46.3 million. In addition, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) assumed agency responsibility for both the GEF and the NBTF. Acting purely as account managers and project overseers, the World Bank and the UNDP relegated shared responsibility for project implementation with the NBI itself, who in turn, contracted the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) to assist and direct the implementation of project goals (NTEAP Implementation Manual).
Approach
The following techniques reflect five target areas needed to achieve the NTEAP's goals: Institutional Strengthening to Facilitate Regional Cooperation; Community-level Land, forest, and water conservation; Environmental education and awareness; Wetlands and biodiversity conservation; and Water quality monitoring basin-wide. This program of accountability also functioned by splitting project implementation into 2 phases, the first of which occurred from 2004-2005 and the second from 2006-2009 (NTEAP Implementation Manual).
Extent of World Bank and UNDP Involvement
Charged with the appropriation of funds designated for the NTEAP, the World Bank and UNDP both delegated implementation authority to the NBI and, subsequently, the UNOPS. Despite this devolution of power, the World Bank and UNDP had a number of procedures set in place to oversee the project. Some examples of the policy controls, outlined in the UNDP Project Document, included: annual supervision projects, annual Steering Committee meetings, monthly project reports, quarterly financial reports, semiannual project implementation progress reports, Mid-term evaluation, and other review-based criteria.