Sao Tome and Principe
25 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 April 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a note containing information on financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CCC/SBI/2012/INF.7).
The note details of the financial support provided by the GEF for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties). Annexed to...
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...
03 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 March 2012: The World Bank has approved an International Development Association grant in the amount of US$4.2 million equivalent to Sao Tome and Principe to strengthen the institutional framework to build resilience to internal and external shocks, and improve efficiency and transparency of public expenditures.
Specific policy objectives that will be supported include improving: the transparency and monitoring of natural resources; the management and reporting of public finances; public...
16 Jan 2012
The GEF Central Africa Region Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) will bring together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and POPs), representatives from civil society and representatives from GEF agencies. The purpose of the meeting is to keep these stakeholders abreast of GEF strategies, policies and procedures and to encourage coordination. The ECW will include participants from Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic,...
16 Jan 2012
This is the fourth of a series of five training workshops organized by the Least Developed Countries Group (LEG) in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and its agencies. The workshop is targeting Lusophone LDCs and one recently graduated Lusophone LDCs, comprising in total five parties to the UNFCCC. The workshop and materials will be entirely in Portuguese. The training aims to: provide technical support to Least Developed Country (LDC) teams in the design of an...
