The requestor raises concerns that the two Aqaba interventions may not be meeting UNDP's Social and Environmental Standards. The central issues are limited local community inclusion and benefit-sharing despite governance commitments under the programme; deployment of large concrete artificial reef structures within the Aqaba Marine Reserve under a December 2025 tender without scientific feasibility assessment or a formal ESIA; ambiguity in BECI governance and the status of its independent Projects' Selection Committee; and overly promotional, individualized public communications by staff and consultants that may undermine prior local and national efforts. The requestor asks that adequate environmental and social safeguards, meaningful stakeholder inclusion, transparent governance, and scientific rigour be ensured across both interventions.