GEF
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 April 2011: A workshop in Paramaribo, Suriname, trained officials from 17 Caribbean nations in the use of Integrated Environmental Assessments for mainstreaming Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop took place from 29 March-1 April 2011.
The workshop was organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with support from the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Integrating Watershed and Costal Areas Management in Small Island Caribbean Developing States (IWCAM) Project...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 April 2011: The Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) has posted 13 project proposals on its website for comment from civil society. The proposals come from Argentina, Djibouti, Fiji, Guatemala, Madagascar, Maldives, Mali, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Tanzania and Turkmenistan.
Jamaica also submitted a proposal through the direct access mechanism, which allows developing countries to access funds from the fund directly without the intermediation of multilateral development institutions....
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 May 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has published instructions for countries to access directly – without intermediary agencies – funding for desertification projects to align their National Action Programmes (NAPs) with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 10-Year Strategy, as well as to submit national reports to the UNCCD.All eligible parties will have access to up to US$150,000 to finance these two activities.
Focal points are advised to use the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has published a roadmap to clarify the steps necessary for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to access funds for climate change adaptation and mitigation through the LDC Fund.
The LDC Fund supports the preparation and the implementation of the National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs), thus any LDC country having completed its NAPA is eligible for funding projects under the LDC Fund. The publication, titled “Accessing Resources Under...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 May 2011: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a US$1 million grant from its concessional Technical Assistance Special Fund and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is providing US$11.2 million in cofinancing in support of the Coastal and Marine Management Project to improve natural resource management and job alternatives in the Coral Triangle. The Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are providing an additional US$3 million in non-cash contributions.
The Coral...
