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GTZ and the GM kick-start interactive discussion on climate change financing for the UNCCD 27 Novembre 2008 01 Janvier 1970- Never
 The need to build synergies between the Rio Conventions in order to maximize the potential for channelling investments into the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was at the core of the dynamic debate during a CRIC.7 side event. This event, on the opportunities for financing sustainable land management (SLM) through climate change mechanisms was organized by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the Global Mechanism (GM). “The UNCCD needs to make its voice heard and seize opportunities... Lire la suite
Subregional Action Plan for Central Africa: providing an impetus for UNCCD implementation 26 Novembre 2008 01 Janvier 1970- Never
 In Central Africa, UNCCD implementation has received a welcome boost in recent months through the adoption of the Sub-Regional Action Programme (SRAP) to Combat Land Degradation and Desertification by the Ministerial Conference of the Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) on 7 September 2008. The GM, in collaboration with other development partners, is supporting the SRAP implementation process through its integrated financing strategy (IFS) concept which helps to identify and mobilize financial resources for sustainable land management ... Lire la suite
Central and Eastern European countries and donor institutions discuss financing opportunities for land rehabilitation 21 Novembre 2008 01 Janvier 1970- Never
 During the seventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7), an informal side event organized by the Global Mechanism (GM) and Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic provided an opportunity to discuss the next steps in mobilizing financial resources for UNCCD implementation in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. These countries come under Annex V of the Convention, but they have to date received less attention than other affected country Parties. Ms Elisabeth Bar... Lire la suite
Building compelling evidence on the socio-economic costs of land degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean: GM-ECLAC joint initiative 14 Novembre 2008 01 Janvier 1970- Never
 "Assessing the costs of land degradation for better promoting the UNCCD into programmatic and budgetary processes" was the subject of a joint side event held by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the GM on the fringes of CRIC 7. This joint initiative, outlined Mr Alejandro Kilpatrick, GM’s Programme Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, aims to provide strong arguments for investing in sustainable land management (SLM) by clearly demonstrating the sizeable economic losses incurred due to declini... Lire la suite
"The premise [...] is that all Parties have primary responsibility of achieving the vision of the UNCCD's Ten Year Strategy": the Managing Director addresses CRIC7 presenting the GM's work programmes 11 Novembre 2008 01 Janvier 1970- Never
 At the Seventh Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7), Christian Mersmann, the GM’s Managing Director, presented the GM’s draft Multi-Year and Biennium Work Plan and the Joint Work Programme (JWP) of the GM and the UNCCD secretariat. Addressing Plenary, Mr Mersmann outlined how the tightly-focused draft multi-year and biennium work programmes with their results-based management (RBM) structure, contribute in tangible ways to promoting the mobilization of resources for the UN... Lire la suite
TerrAfrica and partners review progress and decisive action leading to strategic investment frameworks 11 Novembre 2008 01 Janvier 1970- Never
 On the fringes of CRIC7,TerrAfrica partners organized a side event that gave participants the opportunity to review progress and actions undertaken at the subregional and country levels to implement TerrAfrica. TerrAfrica is the regional sustainable land management (SLM) initiative for Sub-Saharan Africa. In reviewing the platform’s Activity Lines (AL), in particular Knowledge Management and coalition building, partners stressed the need for all stakeholders to enhance coordination both at the donor and the inter-... Lire la suite
Boosting finance for sustainable land management: countries share their experiences 07 Novembre 2008 01 Janvier 1970- Never
 "The Designing Integrated Financing Strategies (DIFS) training programme can be a complementary part and influential element of any National Action Programme (NAP) to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)". Mr Moghadassi, Deputy Head of Forestry and Range Organization for Iran, GM side-event: DIFS to combat desertification: experiences from North Africa, West Asia and Meso-America One of the major bottlenecks in UNCCD i... Lire la suite
Solid arguments needed to mobilize resources 07 Novembre 2008 - Never During the First Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST-S1) on how best to measure progress on the strategic objectives of the UNCCD’s Ten-Year Strategic Plan (10YSP) Mr Simone Quatrini, the Global Mechanism’s Coordinator for Policy & Investment Analysis made a statement highlighting the connections between all four strategic objectives. He welcomed the proposal to involve the GM in the development of the indicators for Strategic Objective 4 of the 10YSP, on resource mobilization, and suggested capitalizing o... Lire la suite
GM launches its South-to-South Cooperation Programme on Land and Environment for African, Caribbean and the Pacific Countries 06 Novembre 2008 01 Janvier 1970- Never
 In his welcoming note to delegates from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, Christian Mersmann, Managing Director of the Global Mechanism explained that one of the ways the GM is implementing the UNCCD’s 10-year Strategy is by strengthening its South-to-South cooperation programme piloted in North and West Africa (SolArid), extending it to other regions. Scope|acp is the GM’s component of a broader European Commission (EC) programme that covers all ACP countries and all Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA... Lire la suite
Casting the net further to foster all dimensions of land and its sustainable management: the GM's Managing Director addresses CRIC.7 04 Novembre 2008 Addressing the Opening Session of CRIC, Christian Mersmann, Managing Director (MD) of the Global Mechanism (GM) recalled that by endorsing the 10-year Strategy the Parties to the UNCCD had agreed upon a common framework to enhance the role and impact of this Convention. This strategy, he underlined, was crucial to foster all dimensions around land and its sustainable management worldwide, and for the GM, contains enormous potential to increase the quality and quantity of its services to country Parties. Having fully restructured in line with th... Lire la suite
 
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