GEF funds would support a significant enhancement of the MTSP and the Private Sector Support to MWSS Financial Rehabilitation through a program of support to the implementation of the Manila Bay Coastal Strategy. With GEF support, water pollution control institutions in Manila would review overlaps in their responsibilities, develop suitable and controllable water quality and sewage treatment standards, coordinate and integrate water pollution control existing master plans and investment programs, and implement MTSP-tested innovations within these plans. Without GEF, such development in standards, integration, and innovations would not be implemented within the three waterbodies, and the potential for replication on a full Manila Bay and region-wide scale would not be available. These indispensable institutional and technological efforts are not funded under the baseline project because they are sensitive, even when recognized by those involved as necessary. Typically they would not be carried out by any sector agency in the Philippines. Following is a summary of the proposed additional three GEF components. For the purposes of this project, the definition of watershed area consists of the Laguna Bay and Pasig River drainage basins, as well as the respective coastal waters under the administrative jurisdiction of cities and municipalities within MM (hereinafter watershed area or watershed).