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Cairo/Manama/Montreal, 8 November 2010 – Just a month after the Nagoya biodiversity summit, government officials of Arab countries will gather in Cairo on 29-30 November 2010 to elaborate national and regional responses to the Nagoya outcomes.
The event will present information on the Capacity Building project for Environmental Funds (EFs) led by RedLAC - the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds. RedLAC will present the new initiative, which has the main goal of strengthening EFs to implement innovative and sus ...
This side event will highlight experiences acquired through the GEF’s programmatic approach to biodiversity conservation in West and Central Africa. Lessons and best practices will be presented. Delivering impacts in the field will be the guiding thread. Take home messages and recommendations fo ...
In light of the deliberations of the Parties on innovative financial mechanisms, this side event will explore how a GDM could generate additional funding from the private sector in support of biodiversity and development. A high-level panel will discuss the case for further consultation and work ...
The event will provide an update on the GEF-5 replenishment, during which donors have provided an historical increase. The various reforms that the GEF has proposed and plans to implement during this GEF-5 to further strengthen its effectiveness and efficiency will be discussed.
The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds - RedLAC - and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation present the Ecofunds Database, a georeferenced portal for monitoring conservation needs and investments in the Andes Amazon region. Ecofunds has tracked more than 600 projects and ...
The GEF Evaluation Office conducted the fourth independent evaluation of the GEF as an input to its fifth replenishment process. The Director of the Evaluation Office will present the main conclusions and recommendations of the study and will request feedback from the participants.
The Global Mechanism (GM) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is assisting developing countries in the design and implementation of comprehensive strategies for mobilizing traditional and innovative financial resources for initiatives that contribute to the synergistic impleme ...
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/72592 (2010-131)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points, and Resource Mobilization Focal Points
The thirty-eighth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 29 June - 1 July 2010 in Washington, D.C.
English
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/72402 (2010-124)
To: Africa’s National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of the Convention
I have the honour of transmitting to you the information note prepared by the Green Development Mechanism (GDM) 2010 Initiative with respect to its institutional characters. The information note is transmitted to Africa’s national focal points of the Convention, as received.
English
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/71883 (2010-116)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points
I am pleased to invite you to participate in the electronic consultation on a proposed consolidated list of guidance to the financial mechanism, which is available at: http://www.cbd.int/financial/draft-decision/, and will run from 10 June to 9 July 2010. The invitation code is: GEF-GUIDANCE.
EnglishPolicy options concerning innovative financial mechanisms
Review of guidance to the financial mechanism
Montreal, 21 May 2010. The new record level of replenishment for the Global Environment Facility in a time of economic and financial uncertainty represents a renewed confidence on the part of the international community in the capacity of the GEF to act as the financial mechanism for responsib ...
1 - 3 February 2010, Siem Reap, Cambodia
27 - 29 January 2010, Bonn, Germany
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/69615 (2009-157)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points
The thirty-sixth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 10-12 November 2009 in Washington, D.C.
English
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/69233 (2009-138)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to attach an important document for your initial review prior to formally distributing it for consideration by the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-3) to be held in Nairobi from 24-28 May 2010, in response to pa ...
English
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/64504 (2009-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I would like to draw your kind attention to decision IX/11 (Review of implementation of Articles 20 and 21), B.
English
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/67975 (2009-081)
To: CBD National Focal Points
I am pleased to announce that an International Workshop on Innovative Financial Mechanisms will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 27-29 January 2010.
EnglishMontreal, 25 June 2009 – The Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved this week a special initiative to support the objectives of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). Budgeted at US$ 895,000, this is the most significant initiative for the IYB agreed to date. The G ...
Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/lj/67334 (2009-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points,
Other governments, relevant organizations, and indigenous and local communities
It is my pleasure to inform you that the preliminary gap analysis is now accessible from http://www.ipbes.net/Documents/UNEP_GC_25_INF_30.pdf. All other documents related to this review process, including a template, can be found at http://www.ipbes.net.
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/64383 (2009-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations
Considering the very small number of contributions to both the notification and the e-Forum, the Secretariat would like to reiterate the importance of providing submissions or views in response to paragraph 6 of decision IX/9. Considering the importance of the Strategic Plan for the implementati ...
English
Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/ps/67309 (2009-036)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that registration for the Online Forum on Standards for LMO Shipments is now open. You are invited to register to participate in the Forum here: https://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/registration_art18.shtml.
English
Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/66485 (2009-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders
With reference to notification 2009-019 dated 24 February 2009 regarding the nomination of experts and submission of views for the Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources to be held in Hyderabad, India, from 16-19 June 2009, please note that the deadline for the n ...
English Spanish
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/64504 (2008-166)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
Following the request by some Parties to extend the deadline, the new date for submission is now set at no later than 31 July 2009.
English
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/64504 (2008-122)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
At its ninth meeting, the Conference of the Parties (COP) concluded a comprehensive review of the implementation of Articles 20 and 21 of the Convention, and adopted decisions IX/11 and IX/31 to guide further implementation of the funding provisions of the Convention. The full text of the two d ...
English
Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/JS/64588 (2008-098)
To: SBSTTA Focal Points, GTI National Focal Points
The GEF Evaluation Office is currently conducting an online survey as part of the mid-term review of the RAF. I am pleased to forward to you herewith a message from the GEF Evaluation Office, which contains a link to the online survey (http://www.surveymk.com//s.aspx?sm=aEMrnMQ2Q38exsvL_2fuE0vg ...
EnglishReview of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Elements for the four-year (2010-2014) framework for programme priorities related to utilization of GEF resources for biodiversity, and recommendations to enhance the process of formulating and consolidating guidance to the financial mechanism
Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives
Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft message on biological diversity and finance to the International Conference on Financing for Development
Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Guidance to the financial mechanism: Compilation of the past guidance provided by the Conference of the Parties to the Global Environment Facility
Review of Implementation of Articles 20 and 21: Draft strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives: Submission from the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility
Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/62119 (2008-017)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant organizations
I am pleased to inform you that the third meeting of the informal consultation on the development of a strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention’s objectives will be held on Saturday, 16 February 2008, from 09:00 am to10:30 am, at the headquarters of the ...
English20 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
Draft Strategy for Resource Mobilization in Support of the Achievement of the Convention’s Objectives
Provisional Agenda
Annotations to the Provisional Agenda