GEF
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 August 2011: The Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Michel Jarraud, was elected as the chair of UN-Water for a two year term during UN-Water’s 15th meeting in Stockholm. Water lies at the center of many of the challenges facing the international community, including climate change, population growth, food security and environmental degradation. Jarraud highlighted the critical role that the distribution and availability of water plays in international crises,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2004: Convening from 19-21 May 2004, in Washington, DC, the GEF Council approved its work programme, endorsing US$233.5 million in grants for 25 projects. The total value of the projects amount to US$980.7 million with cofinancing of $3 for every $1 approved. The Council also approved decisions on the: appointment of the Monitoring and Evaluation Director and Report of the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit; terms of reference for the GEF’s third Overall Performance Study; institutional...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
June 2006: Caribbean environment and sustainable development officials have gathered in Antigua during the first week of June to discuss the implementation of an “Integrating Watershed and Coastal Areas Management” (IWCAM) project for 13 Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
The IWCAM project seeks to enhance the participating countries’ capacity to plan and manage their aquatic resources and ecosystems sustainably. Funding for the US$23 million project has been provided by the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2008: In accordance with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Strategic Priority on Adaptation, which aims to build up the resilience of small communities vis-à-vis climate change impacts, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has begun implementing the GEF-funded Community-Based Adaptation Project.
The programme will focus on 10 countries – Bangladesh, Bolivia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Samoa, Vietnam – under the Small Grants Programme, and is expected to...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 March 2009: The Caribbean Workshop on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and related chemicals and hazardous waste management instruments convened in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 10-13 March 2009. The workshop concluded, inter alia: that the Second International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-2) should formally recognize and support the regional coordination committees established by several regions; that Global Environment Facility (GEF) national...
