Current Projects

The overall objective of the project is to implement in Tunisia, by 2008, a workable, responsive and transparent NBF, in line with the national development priorities, the Cartagena Protocol and other international obligations. The project will provide the necessary financial and technical assistance to: - Transform Tunisian National Biosafety Framework to a legally binding national biosafety regulatory regime through the enactment of Laws, and drafting of implementing regulations, decrees, orders; - Prepare specific training guides and manuals; - Train decision makers, scientists, administrative and technical staff on legal, scientific and technical matters;· - Enhance existing institutional facilities and infrastructures to undertake GMO detection and monitoring activities;· - Set up a mechanism for monitoring of enforcement; -·Strengthen channels for communication and information dissemination nationally, as well as through the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH);· - Promote public awareness and participation

This project is designed to establish a dedicated financial facility for energy efficiency and renewable energy in Eastern Europe and CIS that can serve as a vehicle for the large-scale participation of private sector investors in partnership with public entities. The proposal is to support the development of a US$ 250 million public-private equity Fund that will be able to complement other funding schemes (including those implemented or contemplated by the GEF and/or other supporting institutions) and, as a result, leverage an investment volume of upt to US$ 2 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

To identify, through a country-driven consultative process, priorities and needs for capacity building to protect the global environment.

The NCSA process will afford Barbados an important opportunity to conduct a thorough assessment of its national capacity to assist in protecting the global environment by effectively implementing the Rio Conventions, specifically the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) and the Convention to Combat Drought and Desertification (UNCCD). It will also contribute to the implementation of the broader National Sustainable Development Policy

The project will: i. Enable the preparation of the National Implementation Plan with respect to POPs in The Bahamas; ii. Assist The Bahamas in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; iii. Strengthen The Bahamas’ national capacity to manage POPs specifically and chemicals generally.

Through participating in an NCSA process Vanuatu will: review and confirm national environmental priority issues for action within the thematic areas of biodiversity, climate change, desertification/land degradation and persistent organic pollutants. explore related capacity needs within and across these thematic areas. link country action in these thematic areas to the broader national environmental management and sustainable development priorities and action plans. catalyse targeted and coordinated action, and requests for future external funding and assistance.

The primary goal of this project is to identify, through a country-driven consultative process, the priorities and needs for capacity building to protect the global environment which can work effectively within the existing political, administrative and cultural systems of the country.

The project is being implemented as an interim capacity-building activity between the Initial and the Second Communications. Hence it is intended to complement activities of the Phase 1 project, related to the Initial Communication, while at the same time forming basis for initiation of the Second National Communication to the UNFCCC.

The development goal of the project is to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity in six biosphere reserves in West Africa that are predominantly composed of savanna ecosystems. The project purpose is to systematically strengthen scientific and technical capacity for effective management of the biosphere reserves. This targeted intervention strategy has been designed to complement existing investments and projects within the biosphere reserves. The project will improve the understanding of interactions between local communities and savanna ecosystems, identify and promote sustainable use of biodiversity in pilot demonstrations, strengthen stakeholder capacity at all levels, and more effectively integrate stakeholders into the management of each biosphere reserve. The project will make extensive use of the African Network of Biosphere Reserves, AfriMAB, and, in particular, the sub-regional AfriMAB network for West Africa for regional technical and scientific information exchange, capacity building, and sharing of lessons learned.

This project will develop and implement integrated ecosystem management strategies in the Russian Arctic in two to three model areas, and strengthen the capacity of federal and regional/local authorities, indigenous people and other stakeholders in sustainable biodiversity management.

The programme’s overall goal is to provide an integrated package of flexible support activities to facilitate implementation of enabling activities. By doing so, it will assist countries in promoting integration of climate change policy into countries’ national development priorities, on the basis of national needs and priorities. The programme emphasises capacity building, knowledge sharing and monitoring of programme progress.

The main objective of the national reporting is to assist Malawi monitor the status of implementation of the CBD in the country and to identify gaps and constraints. The First and Second National Biodiversity Reports were completed and submitted to the CBD Secretariat in January 1999 and May 2001, respectively.