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AMCEN and UNEP Mandates
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The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
(AMCEN) called for, in declaration 13 at the 9th regular session, for the establishment of "the
Africa Environment Information Network to promote access to, and harmonisation
of data in the Africa region, and act as a basis for tracking environmental
changes using quantitative indicators focusing on national needs . In this
respect AEIN is designed, first and foremost, to build capacity for integrated
environmental assessments and reporting at the country level. As an outcome
of this capacity building activity, AEIN will provide data and information
support to the AEO process. AEIN will thus directly support the AEO production
process, and will provide regular support to the implementation of AMCEN's
programmes.
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| Mandates |
The AEIN initiative is a direct outcome of the AEO preparation process which
has been mandated by AMCEN “to build capacity for establishing the essential data foundation
needed to support country-level sustainable development initiatives,
focusing on integrated environmental assessment and reporting.”
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Decision 6, 11th AMCEN session
Decide:
(a) To request the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment
Programme to continue mobilizing financial support for capacity-building
through the Africa Environment Outlook and the Africa Environment
Information Network processes and to support the production of the
third Africa Environment Outlook report as one of the main components
of the programme of work of the African Ministerial Conference on
the Environment;
(b) To call upon Governments to mainstream the findings and policy
options identified by the second Africa Environment Outlook report
when formulating and implementing their national environmental programmes;
( c) To endorse the proposal for the extension of the Africa Environment
Information Network from 12 to 38 countries in Africa to promote data
access, sharing and harmonization in the Africa region;
(d) To call upon the United Nations Environment Programme to extend
further the Africa Environment Information Network to cover all countries
in Africa;
(e) To call upon Governments to undertake regular national integrated
environmental assessments, using Africa Environment Outlook methodologies,
to provide input into national reporting processes, making use of
the comprehensive Landsat data distributed by the United Nations Environment
Programme and data available through other initiatives in Africa,
to ensure that the environment is mainstreamed into national plans,
including poverty reduction strategy papers.
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Declaration 22, 10th AMCEN session
Note with appreciation the implementation of the Africa Environment
Information Network at national, sub-regional and regional levels, to
strengthen access to reliable environmental data and information in
Africa
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Declaration 21, 10th AMCEN session
Reaffirm our endorsement of the Africa Environment Outlook process
as a monitoring and reporting tool for sustainable environmental
management and to provide a framework for national, sub-regional
and regional integrated environmental assessment and reporting, as
well as strengthening the role of African universities in environmental
assessment and reporting
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Declaration 13, 9th AMCEN session
To endorse the proposal for the establishment of a comprehensive
environmental information network to promote access and harmonization
of data in the African region and act as a basis for tracking environmental
changes using quantitative indicators focusing on national needs
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Declaration 12, 9th AMCEN session
Endorse the Africa Environment Outlook process as a monitoring and
reporting tool for sustainable environmental management and to
provide a framework for national and sub-regional integrated
environmental assessment and reporting
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Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity Building, para 3, (a), (vi)/ para 22 and 23
"the need to strengthen national capacities for data collection, research, analysis, monitoring and integrated environmental assessment; developing institutional capacities, staff training and support for appropriate and adaptable technologies and methodologies; support for assessments of environmental issues of regional and sub-regional importance and for the assessment and early warning of emerging environmental issues; support for scientific exchanges and for the establishment of environmental and inter disciplinary information networks; and promotion of coherent partnership approaches"
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UNEP Decision 23/6/9
Requests the Executive Director to establish a process of developing
the fourth Global Environment Outlook as an integrated assessment of
the global environment which involves Governments and builds upon
national, sub-regional and regional information, assessments and
experiences, in consultation with United Nations Environment
Programme national focal points through the regional offices of the
United Nations Environment Programme, strengthening as appropriate
sub-regional and regional capacities
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UNEP Decision 22/1/1C
Supporting sub-global integrated environmental assessment
processes, including the production of regional, sub-regional and
national environment outlook reports, in partnership with relevant
authorities and institutions
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