The FGEF Secretariat is a streamlined body of 10 permanent staff. It is responsible for:
Examining and following up projects financed by the FGEF;
Preparing and implementing the Steering Committee's decisions;
Sectoral relationships with institutional, scientific, NGO and economic partners;
Follow-up of the GEF, the Multilateral Fund under the Montreal Protocol and sectoral relationships with bilateral and multilateral funding agencies.
Working as a separate body within the French Development Agency (AFD), the Secretariat uses the AFD's accounting and financial services as well as the network of AFD local agencies.