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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
Regional Steering Committee Meeting of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries' Technical Cooperation Project 27 April 2010 - 29 April 2010
Maputo, Mozambique South-to-South cooperation and triangular partnerships between countries in the North and the South are an excellent way of harnessing knowledge and promoting the exchange of experiences between different countries, with a view to strengthening country capacities to mobilize resources for sustainable land management (SLM). Th... Read more
Private sector engagement: GM side event at UNFCCC COP 13 05 December 2007
Bali The Global Mechanism (GM) is co-organizing a side event at the 13th Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 13) in Bali on 5 December 2007, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Secretariat and EcoSecurities. The event will launch a working group that was agreed on at an expert dialogue on ... Read more
Global Donor Platform on Rural Development: General Annual Assembly 26 January 2010 - 27 January 2010
Rome, Italy The 2010 Platform General Annual Assembly will take place at the headquarters for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome from 26-27 January, with IFAD and the GM playing host to this landmark event on the rural development calendar. This year, participants will seek to advance and harmonize their approaches on the agriculture and rural develo... Read more
Clinic on Designing Integrated Financing Strategies for African francophone countries 28 January 2010 - 28 January 2010
Dakar, Senegal A Designing Integrated Financing Strategy (DIFS) clinic is scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal on 28 January 2010, providing an excellent opportunity for African francophone countries to assess progress and exchange experiences in elaborating an IFS and Integrated Investment framework for sustainable land management (SLM). The DIFS clinic is being held as part of a four day workshop (25-28 January 2010) on the management, monitoring and evaluation of projects related to SLM. The workshop's overall organization is by the Unit... Read more
Tanzania National DIFS Workshop 15 March 2010 - 19 March 2010
Arusha, Tanzania The Government of Tanzania is convening a national workshop on Designing Integrated Financing Strategies (DIFS), from 9-12 March 2010, in Arusha, Tanzania, as it steps-up efforts to secure increased investments for sustainable land management (SLM). The GM, along with the United Nations Development Programme’s Tanzania country office will be supporting the Government in the organization of the event. The workshop, which brings together a variety of UNCCD stakeholders in an interactive forum, aims to define an optimum pathway to ... Read more
Strengthening capacities to upscale SLM investments in the Caribbean 16 November 2009 - 20 November 2009
Castries, Saint Lucia A workshop on “Designing Integrated Financing Strategies (DIFS)” will be held in Castries, Saint Lucia, from 16-20 November 2009, to support Caribbean countries in their ongoing efforts to secure investments in restoring degraded lands. The subregional workshop, which is being organized by the GM together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will be attended by 35 participants from nine Caribbean countries. The DIFS programme aims to support UNCCD country Parties in the process towards securi... Read more
Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management Meetings 30 November 2009 - 02 December 2009
Tashkent, Uzbekistan Two meetings will be held next week in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in the context of the Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management (CACILM). The first, a workshop on CACILM Projects, will review project results from the first phase implementation 2006 - 2009. Participants will discuss and share their project experiences and ideas for improvements, including monitoring and evaluation, communication and awareness, and how to take advantage of being part of CACILM. The meeting will also plan ... Read more
Understanding the value of land and the costs of land degradation in Cambodia 14 December 2009 - 17 December 2009
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Land resource management is the bedrock of the livelihoods of most of the world’s poor people and a key part of the national economy throughout the developing world. However, the contribution sustainable land management makes to national development and to poverty reduction is often not recognized. The Global Mechanism (GM) is working in close collaboration with UNDP's Global Environment Facility (GEF)-financed, Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Project to develop an Integrated Financing Strategy ... Read more
GM co-organizes training course on designing integrated financing strategies in Iran 23 February 2008 - 25 February 2008
Tehran, Iran The GM is organizing a training course on Designing Integrated Financing Strategies (DIFS), in partnership with the Forest Range and Watershed Management Organization (FRWO), from 23 to 25 February 2008, in Tehran, Iran. DIFS is a GM initiative in the framework of the Regional Programme for Sustainable Development of the Drylands of West Asia and North Africa (WANA Programme) and is financed by the OPEC Fund for International Development and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). ... Read more
 
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