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Financing Partnerships
The GM fosters financing partnerships at country level with the overall aim of increasing the scope and coherence of financial flows for SLM, through enhanced coordination, communication and information exchange between stakeholders.
Financing partnerships are a strategy through which to assist governments, the private sector, community-based organizations and donor agencies in effectively financing UNCCD implementation at national level.
Financing partnerships are a strategy through which to assist governments, the private sector, community-based organizations and donor agencies in effectively financing UNCCD implementation at national level.
The GM is specializing in developing and implementing Integrated Financing Strategies (IFSs).
IFSs analyze the investment climate, identify financing instruments and sources of finance and highlight the complementarities between the various sources of finance, thereby supporting country Parties in the context of domestic budget processes, international aid delivery and overarching development agendas such as poverty reduction strategies.
IFSs analyze the investment climate, identify financing instruments and sources of finance and highlight the complementarities between the various sources of finance, thereby supporting country Parties in the context of domestic budget processes, international aid delivery and overarching development agendas such as poverty reduction strategies.
It is anticipated that IFSs with their specific objective of resource mobilization, will be integrated into UNCCD National Action Programmes (NAPs) and will result in financing partnerships between institutions and organizations for UNCCD implementation.
IFSs will be implemented under the leadership of the partner countries.
IFSs will be implemented under the leadership of the partner countries.
Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) for the Implementation of UNCCD in the Central Asian Sub-Region
In 2001, the GM spearheaded the establishment of the Strategic Partnership for UNCCD Implementation in Central Asian Countries (SPA). The SPA is a multi-donor consortium consisting of many key bilateral and multilateral institutions.
The major outcome of the SPA has been the Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management (CACILM) - a Global Environment Facility (GEF) ten-year, multi-country, multi-donor programme which seeks to improve the enabling, policy, legislative, institutional and incentive frameworks, to ensure sustainability of actions on the ground and to mainstream SLM into planning and budgetary processes at country level.
It is estimated that over a ten-year period USD1.4 billion will be invested in SLM-related activities. The GM contributed to this process financially and technically and was instrumental in negotiating the financing package of USD155 million for the launching phase.
The major outcome of the SPA has been the Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management (CACILM) - a Global Environment Facility (GEF) ten-year, multi-country, multi-donor programme which seeks to improve the enabling, policy, legislative, institutional and incentive frameworks, to ensure sustainability of actions on the ground and to mainstream SLM into planning and budgetary processes at country level.
It is estimated that over a ten-year period USD1.4 billion will be invested in SLM-related activities. The GM contributed to this process financially and technically and was instrumental in negotiating the financing package of USD155 million for the launching phase.