Financial Mechanism and Resources

Asia

Asia and the Pacific
Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific (MCED), organized by UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 1. Regional Strategy for Sound and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
2. Regional Action Programme for Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development 1995-2000
3. Regional Action Programme for Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development 2001-2005 and Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment
4. Regional Implementation Plan for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific 2006-2010
5. Seoul Initiative on Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth (Green Growth)

West Asia
Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (CAMRE), organized by League of Arab States The Arab Initiative on Sustainable Development (AISD)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Priorities within its technical cooperation programme include agricultural research and extension, crop protection, soil conservation, livestock breeding and husbandry, water management, and environmental sustainability
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) 1. Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas
2. Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution
3. Protocol concerning Regional Co-operation in Combating Pollution by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency
Regional Organisation for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) 1. Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment (Jeddah Convention)
2. Action Plan for the Conservation of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Convention on the Conservation of Wildlife and their Natural Habitats in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Central Asia
Caspian Environment Programme (CEP) 1. Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea
2. Strategic Action Programme (SAP)
3. National Caspian Action Plans
International Fund for the Aral Sea Rehabilitation (IFAS), Intergovernmental Sustainable Development Commission (ISDC), Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) 1. Agreement on Joint Actions for the Solution of Problems of the Aral Sea and the Aral Sea Region in 1993
2. Agreement on the Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection and Rational Resource Use in March 1998
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and Ministerial Meeting on Environment Work Plan on Biodiversity in the ECO Region for the years 2007-2015

South Asia
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP)
South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 1. SAARC Summits
2. Meetings of SAARC Environment Ministers
3. SAARC Environment Action Plan
4. SAARC Coastal Zone Management Center (SCZMC)
5. SAARC Forestry Center (SFC)
6. South Asia Environment Outlook (SAEO) 2009
7. SAARC Convention on Cooperation on Environment in April 2010

East Asia
NOWPAP Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM) Action Plan for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Northwest Pacific Region (NOWPAP)
Meeting of Senior Officials on Environmental Cooperation in North-East Asia 1. North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC)
2. Core Fund based on voluntary contribution of member countries of NEASPEC
3. NEASPEC subregional conservation strategy for target species
Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting (TEMM) 1. The Northeast Asian Conference on Environmental Cooperation (NEAC)
2. Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting (TEMM)

Southeast Asia
Mekong River Commission (MRC) 1. Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin
2. The Mekong Programme - Regional Cooperation Programme for the Sustainable Development of Water and Related Resources in the Mekong Basin
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment (AMME) 1. ASEAN Sub-regional Environmental Programmes (ASEP I, II, and III)
2. Strategic Plan of Action on the Environment, 1999-2004 (SPAE)
3. ASEAN Vision 2020 and the Vientiane Action Programme 2004-2010 (VAP)
4. ASEAN Center for Biodiversity
Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the East Asian Region
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) 1. Haikou Partnership Agreement in December 2006
2. East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress, held every three years
3. East Asian Seas (EAS) Partnership Council
4. PEMSEA Resource Facility
5. Regional Partnership Fund