Guinea-Bissau
16 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 April 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has released the submissions from Parties, relevant organizations, and bilateral and multilateral agencies containing information on support to the national adaptation plan process in the least developed countries (LDCs). Eleven small island developing States (SIDS) are also categorized as LDCs, namely: Cape Verde, Comoros, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Maldives, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon...
10 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 March 2012: Carlos Lopes (Guinea-Bissau) has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the next Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
Lopes succeeds Abdoulie Janneh. He has been serving as the Executive Director of the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Director of the UN System Staff College. He has over 24 years of experience at UNDP, including appointments as the UN Resident Coordinator in Brazil and Zimbabwe. He has also...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2011: The Executive Board of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has recently approved a strategic initiative to address the weak institutional capacities within Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to tackle climate change, known as “Boots on the Ground.”
Through this initiative, UNDP has recruited and trained 26 national climate change policy advisors and four regional experts to support this work in Southern Africa, Western Africa, Arab States and Asia-Pacific. National...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2010: In order to strengthen support to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in their work on climate change in the lead up to the negotiations in Cancun and beyond, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has committed US$5.6 million toward a programme on “Strategic Investment in Addressing Climate Change in LDCs.”
The purpose of the programme is to strengthen the programmatic capacity in the area of climate change of select LDCs through the provision of focused expertise at the...
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
Sandwatch seeks to modify the attitudes and lifestyles of children, youth and adults on a community-wide basis by developing awareness of the fragile nature of the marine and coastal environment and the need to use it wisely. It is an educational process through which school students and community members work together to monitor their beach environments, critically evaluate the problems and conflicts, and address those issues in a sustainable manner. With a strong field monitoring component...
