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Building capacity to increase climate change financing in Southeast Asia 09 September 2011 The international community provides a multitude of regulatory and voluntary mechanisms, which provide finance for climate change-related mitigation and adaptation activities. Southeast Asia is rich in natural  and energy resources. Moreover, land-based investments are on the rise due to increasing consumer demand and rising raw material prices. Yet notwithstanding its huge potential,  the  Southeast Asian sub-region currently captures only a small share of the financial resources that are needed to address a scenario of rising te... Read more
Partnership agreement with ECCAS signed 17 August 2011   The signing of a partnership agreement between the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Global mechanism (GM) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in July 2011 is the culmination of enduring cooperation between the GM and ECCAS and its member countries. ECCAS is mandated to promote the regional cooperation and integration with a view to improving the livelihoods of its populations, thereby contributing sustainable development in Central Africa. Through its activities, i... Read more
Transforming Algeria's National Action Plan into a bankable strategy 03 August 2011 In recent years, Algeria has experienced profound changes to its environment as a consequence of climate- and human-induced natural resource depletion: it is estimated that some 1200 local communities are affected. As the current chair of the African Group of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and one of the pilot countries selected to align its national action plan (NAP) to combat desertification, Algeria is at the forefront in tackling land degradation and drought in North Africa. In this context and with t... Read more
Guatemala: Implementing the IFS at the local level 27 July 2011 Following the successful launch of Guatemala’s Integrated Financing Strategy (IFS) this GM-designed tool is now being used as a vehicle to support some of the poorest communities in the region’s dry corridor, where lack of rain seriously jeopardizes the livelihoods of local communities. Guatemala’s IFS is designed to ensure that activities can be implemented right down to the local level. This is done through the systematic engagement of civil society organizations (CSOs).  In Guatemala ASORECH  (Association of the Chortí Re... Read more
Re-engineering financial analysis 26 July 2011 By creating an enhanced platform for the analysis of financial flows on the basis of project-level data, FIELD - the Global Mechanism (GM)’s Financial Information Engine on Land Degradation – is set to enhance the economic work of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). FIELD is a comprehensive database of authoritative information on desertification-related funding sources, programmes and projects, donor profiles, relevant policies and strategies. Maintained and updated by the GM, FIELD has the overall objective of ... Read more
Economic valuation: providing the arguments 26 July 2011 What determines financial resource allocation in developing countries? At the end of the day it is the economic dimension that provides the arguments which trigger financial flows. Yet notwithstanding this reality, the global dimension of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) is not attracting the attention it merits. The economic evaluation of politics, programmes and projects to combat desertification is the bedrock on which to develop arguments to influence decision-makers at all levels. It must be at the centre of ... Read more
Aid for Trade confirmed 26 July 2011 The commitment of development partners to stepping up their engagement in Aid for Trade (AfT) implementation and to increasing the level of financing, was the key message emerging from the 3rd Aid for Trade Global Review, held at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva on 18 and 19 July 2011. The level of participation was impressively high, with the UN Secretary General and the Presidents of the World Bank and the African Development Bank, and other eminent international leaders.  A large number of Ministers of Agriculture fro... Read more
Shaping the Great Green Wall at local level 21 July 2011 FLEUVE is an initiative designed by the Global Mechanism (GM) in the context of its South-to-South Cooperation Programme in support of the Great Green Wall of the Sahel and the Sahara. The acronym stands for Front Local Environnemental pour une Union Verte (Local Environmental Coalition for a Green Union). FLEUVE stems from the conviction that, in the African wave of decentralization, local African communities must become the real protagonists in decision-making processes and be capacitated to shape the Great Green Wall Initiative at... Read more
Promoting technology transfer for SLM in the Circum-Sahara region 30 June 2011 The Global Mechanism (GM) has agreed to support the Sahel and Sahara Observatory (OSS) technically in the organization of an international workshop on technology transfer in the frameworks of SolArid and AMU’s Sub-regional Action Programme (SRAP). The GM is a longstanding partner of the OSS, whose work focuses on enhancing African capacities to produce, manage, share and disseminate information applicable to sustainable natural resource management. Together, and in collaboration with the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), the partne... Read more
GM steps up its role in GEF STAR and related processes 24 June 2011 The growing co-operation between the Global Mechanism (GM) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has been re-enforced by the GM stepping up its role in GEF processes, notably, under the System for Transparent Allocation of Resources (STAR). STAR provides a unique opportunity for the GM and the GEF to complement each other in the mobilization of finance for UNCCD implementation of the Convention – a complementarity that has been highlighted in decisions of the UNCCD Conference of Parties (COP), the UNCCD Ten-year Strategic Plan and Fr... Read more
 
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