The Global Mechanism

Display # 5101520253050100All ToRs for Consultancy Vacancy to support COP 9 Bureau 31 March 2010 01 January 1970- Never At COP 9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, it was decided that the Bureau would finalize the Assessment of the Global Mechanism by the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) of the United Nations System. In its most recent meeting, the Bureau decided to engage external expertise so as to assist the Bureau in conducting this evaluation. The terms of reference for this work are now completed and are posted on the UNCCD secretariat website. The terms of reference give all details to the evaluation and list 39 specific outputs expecte... Read more Green growth: what is in it for developing countries? 30 March 2010 The terms ‘green growth’ and ‘green economy’ are receiving growing political attention from developed and middle-income countries. Such approaches are being championed through actions such as the G20 countries’ fiscal stimulus packages, the OECD’s Green Growth Initiative, and the United Nations advocacy for a ‘Green New Deal’. Yet not only does ‘the green economy’ mean different things to different people, there is also continued debate on how much is really ‘new’ in the sustainable development ideas it ... Read more Reporting on ODA against desertification 29 March 2010 The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is currently engaged in a consultative process to enhance the indicators to measure the relevance and effectiveness of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) in combating desertification, addressing climate change and protecting biodiversity. Because of their bearing on the UNCCD, UNFCCC and UNCBD, these indicators are known as ‘The Rio Markers’. This process involves all the 24 DAC member countries and institutions, plus a number o... Read more GM makes resources available to the regional coordination mechanisms of the UNCCD 26 March 2010 The Global Mechanism (GM) is pleased to announce it has begun consultations with the regions on the deployment of financial and human resources to facilitate regional coordination, as called for by UNCCD Decision 3/COP.9. Regional coordination - led by the regional annexes under the guidance of their Presidencies - is designed, inter alia, to facilitate the implementation of regional and subregional action programmes, provide technical assistance to national action programmes, support the regional consultations and the implement... Read more Lebanon and Jordan: Financing SLM at the local level 16 March 2010 The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the GM’s host institution, has recently approved a grant for a project to support Lebanon and Jordan’s efforts in the implementation of their Integrated Financing Strategy (IFS). The IFS, a strategy geared towards mainstreaming sustainable land management (SLM) into national policies, planning and budgeting processes, was concluded in both countries with strong government leadership and support of the GM. The process culminated in the development of a USD 22 million SLM Umbrella... Read more New era for forest finance in UNFF 11 March 2010 Finance for forests, just as with land, is an issue that has dominated discussions on natural resource management for the last two decades. As it became increasingly evident that discussions on forest finance needed a profound and strategic exploration of viable options, a “facilitative process” – much like the work carried out by the GM – was looked to as a breakthrough in assisting countries to mobilize finance for sustainable forest management efforts in the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) process. The UNFF is... Read more CAADP's first pillar: land and water management 02 March 2010 The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is the Africa-owned and Africa-led initiative working to boost agricultural productivity in Africa under the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). On 9 & 10 February at the invitation of the Government of Mali and under the coordination of the NEPAD Secretariat, 60 subregional institutions and international organizations, farmers’ and community-based organizations met in Bamako, Mali to validate the framework document for first pillar of CAADP... Read more New publication: Incentive and Market-based Mechanisms to Promote Sustainable Land Management 25 February 2010 GM is delighted to announce the publication of the working paper entitled “Incentive and Market-based Mechanisms to Promote Sustainable Land Management: framework and tool for applicability”. This analytic instrument has been developed in partnership with the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE). The paper is part of the GM’s response to the UNCCD Ten-year Strategy (2008-2018) in which country Parties request the GM to identify and explore innovative finance, including mark... Read more Guatemala takes lead in positioning UNCCD as political priority 25 February 2010 Last year’s devastating drought hit Guatemala hard, with considerable losses in agricultural production leaving 2.5 million people facing food insecurity across 21 provinces. The drought – the worst to hit Guatemala in 30 years – nevertheless reinforced the long-standing determination of Guatemala’s Government to position UNCCD implementation as a national and subregional political priority. Guatemala has identified sustainable land management (SLM) as a key tool to effectively meet broad development challenges, which include not onl... Read more IFS process launched in Eritrea 24 February 2010 At the invitation of the Government of Eritrea, and with the objective of boosting ongoing cooperation in mobilizing resources for sustainable land management (SLM), the integrated financing strategy (IFS) process was launched in Asmara during the first week of February. The main thrust of this process is to explore innovative approaches and financing mechanisms for SLM and food security in Eritrea. Eritrea is keen to move ahead with the formulation of an IFS following participation in a Global Mechanism (GM)/United Nati... Read more   «  Start   Prev   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   Next   End  » Page 10 of 24