The Environmental Negotiations Hands-on Capacity-building Exercise (ENHANCE) Initiative, a project of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the United Nations University (UNU), sought to equip developing State negotiators with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable effective participation in MEA negotiations. ENHANCE focused on building capacity regarding pre-negotiation issues facing environmental policy actors, such as relevant mid-level ministerial staff and diplomats. This initiative began in early 1996 and included a number of capacity building workshops, strategic policy research projects, and a long-running survey of the needs and concerns of developing country negotiators.
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