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Training and Information Events on Innovative Financing 24 May 2010 - 27 May 2010
Nairobi, Kenya A series of Training and Information Events on Innovative Financing are being organized for those attending the Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Review the Implementation of the Convention on Biodiversity(WGRI-3, CBD), at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. These events aim to update country Parties to the CBD and their partner organizations on current and potential innovative financial mechanisms, provide information on how to tap the funding windows and illustrate success stories through case studies. The... Read more
CSOs discuss their engagement in sustainable land management and UNCCD implementation in Burkina Faso 20 May 2010 - 21 May 2010
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Civil society organizations (CSOs) actively promoting sustainable land management (SLM) in Burkina Faso are meeting on 20 and 21 May in Ouagadougou to discuss relevant national processes and consider how they can engage and coordinate their actions for maximum impact.  As development partners recognized by the UNCCD, CSOs mobilize and channel resources. They also have a role to play at policy level, by sharing their experiences and advocating public and private investments that benefit low-income and marginalized farmers, past... Read more
Workshop in Uganda: Capitalizing on the linkages between Aid for Trade and agriculture 10 November 2009 - 11 November 2009
Kampala, Uganda The Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry of Uganda, together with the GM, are organizing a workshop on "Linking Aid for Trade and Agriculture to achieve Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction" in Kamapla, Uganda on 10-11 November 2009. The aim of the workshop is to support the development of an agenda of Aid for Trade (AfT) activities to be developed in the context of the Uganda Strategic Investment Framework for Sustainable Land Management (U-SLM SIF). The workshop will focus on the cross-sectoral linka... Read more
Zambia National DIFS Workshop 08 March 2010 - 12 March 2010
Lusaka, Zambia The Government of Zambia and key development partners have embraced the Integrated Financing Strategy (IFS) as a guiding framework to mobilize resources from domestic and international sources of financing. The IFS framework will address broad sustainable land management (SLM) issues in agriculture and forestry, particularly those with a bearing on national food security and climate change adaptation. The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) for Zambia will be at the centre of the discussions on increasing finance for ... Read more
Mission to Peru to boost the IFS Process 15 February 2010 - 16 February 2010
Lima, Peru At the invitation of the Government, the GM will visit Peru next week to discuss the country’s expression of interest in moving ahead with the integrated financing strategy process (IFS) and in formalizing the GM’s country engagement modalities. The Vice Minister for the UNCCD in the newly-formed Ministry of the Environment, Mrs Rosario Gomez, who made a substantial contribution to the design of the IFS concept before taking up her new functions, will be instrumental in the successful implementation of the IFS. In... Read more
7th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty (WACAP) 24 February 2010 - 26 February 2010
Rotterdam, The Netherlands The 7th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty (WACAP) is being organized by the City of Rotterdam from 24 to 26 February 2010. The Alliance, a worldwide network of cities set up by UNDP in 1996 to help municipalities face up to the challenge of poverty on the spot, encourages municipalities to seek together ways and means of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the local level. Taking the European Year to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010 as inspiration, the Rotterdam forum will bring together... Read more
Poverty Environment Partnership on Climate and the Green Economy 01 March 2010 - 05 March 2010
Lilongwe, Malawi “When exploitation of natural resources goes beyond the natural caring capacity of ecosystems, it inevitably leads to deterioration patterns that in the long run may lead to negative externalities both in terms of the deterioration of ecosystems and in terms of the living conditions of those who depend of such ecosystems,” said Mr Simone Quatrini of the Global Mechanism (GM), “The economic and social costs of drawing on natural resources must be factored into such equations”. Members of the Poverty Environment Partnership (... Read more
17th Forum of the Environment Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean 26 April 2010 - 30 April 2010
Panama City, Panama Desertification, land degradation and the effects of drought (DLDD) have a detrimental impact on rural communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), compromising productivity and the quality of life. While the scope and scale of desertification varies from country to country and indeed within countries, by the same token there are multiple opportunities to tackle the problem effectively. The 16th Forum of the Ministers of Environment held in the Dominican Republic in January 2008 acknowledged the need to adopt a synergi... Read more
Innovative financial mechanisms on the agenda of CATIE's Annual Meeting 28 April 2010 - 28 April 2010
San José, Costa Rica Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) and the Global Mechanism are dynamic partners. Ever since they signed a GM-CATIE Cooperation Agreement to support upscaling finance for UNCCD implementation in Meso-America, in June 2006, they have jointly undertaken a variety of initiatives with the aim of improving the quality of economic analysis and financial information with regard to natural resource management in the region and of strengthening institutional, governmental and private sector capacities to increase inves... Read more
International Workshop on Innovative Financial Mechanisms 27 January 2010 - 29 January 2010
Bonn, Germany The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is convening a three-day workshop on innovative financing mechanisms, to be held in Bonn from 27 to 29 January. The issues considered will include: promotion of payment for ecosystem services (PES) schemes that are consistent and in harmony with the CBD ... Read more
 
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