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Beijing International Conference on Combating Desertification 22 January 2008 - 24 January 2008
Beijing, China The State Forestry Administration of the People's Republic of China (SFA) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) are organizing an International Conference on Combating Desertification, from 22-24 January 2008, in Beijing, China. The Conference will bring together senior government decision-makers, representatives of local authorities, officials from the United Nations system, researchers, experts and practitioners, to share lessons learned and best practices in combating desert... Read more
Integrated financing strategy for combating desertification in Jordan 08 July 2008 - 09 July 2008
Amman, Jordan The second multi-stakeholder workshop on advancing the development of an Integrated Financing Strategy (IFS) for Combating Desertification in Jordan, is being organized by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) and the Ministry of Environment (MoE), with the support of the GM in Amman, Jordan, on 8 and 9 July 2008. An IFS is a GM product anchored in the national institutional setting, fully in line with the Ten-Year Strategic Plan and Framework to Enhance the Implementation of the UNCCD. It guides the p... Read more
CRIC7 – Seventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention 03 November 2008 - 14 November 2008
Istanbul, Turkey The seventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 7) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, back-to-back with the First Special Session of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST). CRIC will focus on three areas: the multi-year Programmes of Work of the Global Mechanism (GM) and the UNCCD Secretariat... Read more
Arid zone forests' contribution to biodiversity conservation, combating desertification and sustainable livelihoods 22 October 2009 - 22 October 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina The Global Mechanism (GM) is one of the partners organizing an event on the precious role that arid zone forests play in combating desertification, conserving biodiversity and thus promoting sustainable livelihoods during the 13th World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina (18-23 October 2009). Spearheaded by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), this side event will assess the real impact of current programmes, discuss how to upscale lessons learned and increase outreach and knowledge-sharing, an... Read more
Workshop in Burkina Faso on civil society organizations’ participation in promoting SLM 23 April 2008 - 24 April 2008
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso The UNCCD calls for civil society organizations (CSOs) at all levels to become involved in policy design, planning and programme implementation, based on their experiences and links with dryland communities. In Burkina Faso, civil society organizations (CSOs) are important stakeholders in supporting farmers and pastoralists to adopt sustainable land use and management practices, and implementing measures to control and reverse land degradation. In this context, a workshop is being organi... Read more
Central Asian Strategic Partnership Agreement meeting and Training Course on Designing Integrated Financing Strategies for Central Asian Countries 22 April 2008 - 26 April 2008
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan In conjunction with Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management (CACILM) 2nd Steering Committee, the GM is convening a meeting of the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) members on 22 April 2008, with a view to exploring means of supporting the resource mobilization process for the second phase of CACILM that will be launched in 2009. Attention will focus on how to strengthen the process of mainstreaming sustainable land management (SLM) into the SPA members’ programming framework and how to enhance... Read more
Workshop on financial resource mobilization for sustainable land management in Central Africa 30 September 2008 - 01 October 2008
Douala, Cameroon A sub-regional workshop, organized by the Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC) on financial resource mobilization for sustainable land management (SLM) in Central Africa, will be held in Douala, Cameroon, from 30 September to 1 October 2008. The Global Mechanism (GM) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) will assist COMIFAC by providing technical and financial support. The workshop will bring together a variety of stakeholders including the UNCCD national focal points from central African countries (Burundi, Came... Read more
Building national capacities in Mesoamerica 29 September 2008 - 18 October 2008
Turrialba, Costa Rica & Michoacán, Mexico The GM is running two 5-day training workshops in Turrialba, Costa Rica (29 September-3 October) and in Michoacán, Mexico (13 -18 October) to develop particpants' competencies in mobilizing resources to combat desertification. The workshops aim to build national capacities to elaborate and implement national and multi-country financing strategies. These training sessions are part of the GM’s Designing Integrated Financing Strategies (DIFS) programme, the aim ... Read more
Policy dialogue on high food prices: outlook and donor mid-term response 12 February 2009 - 13 February 2009
OECD Conference Centre, Paris High food prices, the outlook and donors’ mid-term responses are the subject of the policy dialogue being organised by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) this week. The aim is to come up with key policy recommendations for donors to improve their efforts with developing countries to tackle the food prices problem. Topics debated will include how donors can improve aid delivery for agriculture based on the a... Read more
Land Day 06 June 2009 - 06 June 2009
Bonn, Germany The UNCCD Secretariat is convening a one-day event titled “Land Day” on the margins of the climate change talks scheduled in Bonn between 1 and12 June 2009. The event provides the opportunity for climate change negotiators to consider in depth the linkages between climate change and desertification, land degradation and drought. Discussions will focus on the contribution of sustainable land management to climate change adaptation and climate change mitigation and adaptation through soil carbo... Read more
 
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