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GM Country Engagement Strategy for TerrAfrica

19 April, 2007

The GM has prepared a Country Engagement Strategy (CES) for TerrAfrica – a collective and inclusive partnership that aims to address land degradation by scaling up harmonized support for effective and efficient country-driven Sustainable Land...

Toolkit from the International Workshop 'The Cost of Inaction and the Investment Opportunities in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas'

5 April, 2007

The toolkit from the International Workshop on The Cost of Inaction and the Investment Opportunities in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas, held at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, 4-5 December 2006,...

Lessons in mainstreaming: Tunisia

20 March, 2007

On the fringes of CRIC.5, the GM and Tunisia agreed to draw lessons from the process of mainstreaming the NAP into relevant sub-national socioeconomic development plans in Tunisia.  The GM supported the national mainstreaming process, working...

GM supports the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP)

20 March, 2007

During CRIC.5 the GM met with the Focal Points of the countries that make up the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) - namely, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and Sao Tome & Principe - to evaluate...

SolArid Steering Committee to launch e-forums

19 March, 2007

SolArid is the GM’s South-to-south cooperation programme, which brings together the countries of the Sahel and the Sahara. It works to highlight the country-specific characteristics to be taken into account by the international community...

Mining companies contribute to Puna Americana’s development

19 March, 2007

A side event was co-organized on the fringes of CRIC5, to illustrate the contributions of mining companies, to the sustainable development of Puna Americana - a high plateau spanning Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.   The initiative...

Informing the Ad Hoc Working Group (AHWG)

17 March, 2007

The GM was invited to provide inputs to the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group (AHWG), held on Saturday 17 March during CRIC.5.   The Ad Hoc Working Group (AHWG) was established by the Conference of the Parties at its seventh session...

National Financing Strategy launched in Lebanon

16 March, 2007

On 15 March, on the fringes of CRIC.5, the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture and the GM co-organized a side event on the resource mobilization strategy for NAP Implementation in Lebanon.   Mr Hussein Nasrallah, CCD Focal Point, Ministry of...

CACILM at CRIC 5: a pragmatic approach to SLM

15 March, 2007

The Central Asian experience provides lessons and ideas to support the advancement of the Convention and facilitate a shift from thought to action.   At the request of the Central Asian countries, the GM organized an interactive dialogue on the...

The GM at CRIC: improving the quality of financial information

14 March, 2007

On Tuesday 13 March, the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC) discussed ways and means of improving procedures for communication of information as well as the quality and format of reports to be submitted to the...