Sao Tome and Principe
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...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 November 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published a report (FCCC/SBI/2010/15) on the regional training workshops on the implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) held in 2009–2010.
The report provides a summary of the five regional training workshops on the implementation of NAPAs conducted by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and its agencies over the period 2009- 2010. The five workshops...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 May 2011: The World Bank Board has approved a Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant of US$4.1 million to support São Tomé and Principe in increasing its adaptive capacity to the adverse impacts of climate variability and change.
As an island nation, São Tomé and Principe will focus on coastal early warning systems and safety at sea by disseminating timely forecasts prior to extreme events. It will distribute safety equipment and provide training on safety at sea, and will reinforce...
