UNDP
11 Sep 2012
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and partners will organize a workshop on aid effectiveness in the area of public expenditure related to climate change, bringing 100 government officials and development partners from the Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America regions to Bangkok. Particpants at the three-day workshop, titled "Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Reviews: Workshop on Past Experience and the Way Forward" and convening from 10-12 September 2012, will work...
10 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 September 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) Programme on Capacity Building for Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net) celebrated its 10th anniversary with the launch of a report, titled “10 Years of Capacity Development in Sustainable Water Management.” The report highlights network activities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, and looks toward the coming decade of work.
The report also: identifies means of increasing impacts, accessing the best of...
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 August 2012: A booklet issued by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on the Community Water Initiative (CWI) discusses: CWI approaches; results and impacts; replication, upscaling and sustainability; the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) – effective delivery mechanism; partnerships; and beyond 2012.
The booklet, titled “CWI – Adaptive Community Water Initiative: Delivering Water and Sanitation to Poor Communities,” underscores that the approaches of the CWI are...
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 August 2012: A new report from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) discusses the role of UNDP programmes - including Millennium Development Goal (MDG) GoAL WASH, Cap-Net, the Community Water Initiative, Every Drop Matters, the MDG Spanish Fund, and the Millennium Acceleration Framework – in achieving water and sanitation targets of the MDGs. The report underscores challenges and notes that sanitation is one of the two MDG targets that remain most off-track.
The report, titled “UNDP...
23 Aug 2012
The ninth meeting of the UN-REDD Policy Programme Board is scheduled to take place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on 26-27 October 2012. Pre-meetings to be held on 25 October. The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Participants Committee meeting will take place in the same location 21-23 October, and an optional field visit for participants of both meetings will take place on 24 October. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/ninth-meeting-of-the-un-redd-policy-...
