The objectives of the workshop will be: to expose key representatives of the government, environmental protection agencies, donors, NGOs and CBOs to the role of GEF/SG identified areas, to review the progress made by the GEF Grantee NGOs in NWFP and Northern Areas and to share experiences based on common themes of the projects, to identify lessons learnt and key challenges and work out common strategies for future course of action.

The workshop will be divided into two parts: the inaugural and working sessions.
The inaugural session will be aimed at disseminating awareness for a larger audience on the biodiversity of Pakistan and the work done by GEF/SGP.

The working sessions will be held on 25-26 November, 1998 at NARC, Islamabad. The working sessions will take place over the course of one and a half days. The participants will be grouped according to GEF priority areas into three groups.