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COMESA-EAC-SADC mobilize USD 90 Million for climate change, with GM support 02 May 2012 The Global Mechanism (GM) is delighted to announce that its support to the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) has facilitated the mobilization of approximately USD 90 million from Norway, the European Commission and the United Kingdom in support of the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Programme of COMESA, the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), over the next five years. The programme aims at unlocking resources for promoting strategic interventions to sustain productivi... Read more
Spearheading the development of a resource mobilization platform in Francophone Africa 18 April 2012 The Global Mechanism of the UNCCD (GM) is one of the main partners of the Great Green Wall (GGW) of the Sahara and Sahel Initiative - an African Union programme that brings together 20 countries in the Sahel-Saharan Region, and major regional and international organizations. In partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and with European Union support, the GM is spearheading the development of a resource mobilization platform to mainstream the GGW into nat... Read more
Call for experts to join UNCCD Ad Hoc Working Group on the Provision of Scientific Advice on DLDD 16 April 2012 The secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has issued a call for experts in desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) to join the "Ad Hoc Working Group to further discuss the options for the provision of Scientific Advice" (AGSA). This call follows a decision taken at the 10th of session the Conference of the Parties (COP) held in Changwon, Republic of Korea in October 2011, to mobilize scientific and technical expertise to address the problems of desertification/land degr... Read more
UNCCD Reporting & Review Process for 2012-2013 Launched 05 April 2012 The launch on 20 March of the revised reporting tools for affected and developed countries marks the start of the 2012-2013 reporting cycle. Many innovations have been introduced into the Performance Review and Assessment of Implementation System (PRAIS) by decisions taken at COP 10. This includes a new template for best practices on funding and resource mobilization and an entire new section on impact indicators to measure progress against four strategic objectives to be achieved by 2018 as part of a global UNCCD Strategy. Several o... Read more
GM’s Results and Impact Assessment Methodology earns quality stamp 04 April 2012 The mid-term evaluation of the UNCCD’s 10-Year Strategic Plan and Framework (known as 'the Strategy') is a unique opportunity for Parties and stakeholders to offer strategic guidance and influence the direction of Convention implementation, building on the experience gained since the adoption of the Strategy at COP8, in 2007. In this context, on 25 and 26 March in Bonn, during the first session of the ad hoc Inter-sessional Working Group (IWG), tasked to prepare recommendations on the mid-term evaluation of the Strategy, the Glob... Read more
Tapping the potential: Italian decentralized cooperation 22 March 2012 Decentralized cooperation based on partnerships around issues of common interest, creates a strong, dynamic relationship between one geographical area and another. It acts as a driver of local governance, resulting in greater efficiency and tangible results, of mutual benefit. This is the rationale that has led the Global Mechanism (GM) to launch an initiative to partner with Italian decentralized cooperation in the framework of the GM’s South-to-South Cooperation Programme, with the aim of enhancing, expanding and structuring the ... Read more
African Development Bank and GM boost cooperation in Mozambique 21 March 2012 The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Mechanism (GM) joint appraisal mission to Mozambique in March 2012 marks another milestone in the substantive, in-country collaboration between the two organizations, drawing on the comparative advantages, core competencies and complementarity of each. The GM has gained recognition as a key partner in Mozambique, particularly through its work to promote synergies between climate change and sustainable land management (SLM), its experience with incentive and market based mechanisms (... Read more
The Global Mechanism Launches Finance Info Kit 16 March 2012 The Global Mechanism (GM) has just launched the Finance Info Kit, a comprehensive online financing sources directory that aims to provide insights into public institutions and funds as well as foundations and private sector initiatives investing into sustainable land management (SLM). The kit supports country Parties of the U... Read more
Bridging Aid for Trade, with Agriculture and Food Security 12 March 2012 The Global Mechanism (GM) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) have been working on “Bridging Aid for Trade (AfT) with Agriculture and Food Security”, aiming to reinforce the linkages between the CAADP process, and the AfT Initiative. Building on a first donors meeting in Brussels in October 2010, follow-up discussions have been held in the context of the Donor Partners Task Team of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) where a sub-group on regional integration is shaping up. This... Read more
Sustainable land management is the key to Zambia’s future 12 March 2012 Endowed with a wealth of natural resources and 40% of the water resources of Southern Africa, and with its real GDP growing by 7.6% in 2010, Zambia has set its sights on becoming a prosperous, middle-income country by 2030. In this quest for prosperity, land is the common denominator: virtually all economic sectors in expansion - agriculture, mining, energy, tourism, manufacturing, construction and trade, are dependent on the availability and quality of land, soil, water, minerals and other natural resources. These in turn, offer emp... Read more
 
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