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GEF News from UNDP: An Update
From May 1-12, 2006, GEF’s Small Grants Program (SGP) participated
actively in the 14th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
(CSD-14) held at the United Nations in New York. The SGP participated within
the framework of the UNDP Energy & Environment Group (EEG), and released
a new publication, Expanding Modern Energy Services: Replicating, Scaling-Up
and Mainstreaming at the Local Level, which was distributed at the UNDP Knowledge
Expo. The report is an outcome of the Columbia University and EEG partnership
involving three SGP countries: Dominican Republic, Kenya, and Nepal.
Recognizing the importance of community energy projects to sustainable development
and to expanding energy services, SGP published a 2-page briefing note
on the topic, which was widely distributed at the Expo.
The SGP was well-represented at CSD-14, and staff delivered five thematic
presentations on (a) increasing energy services for the poor, (b) energy
services and carbon
finance, (c) regional government partnerships in financing renewable
energy activities, (d) GEF activities in the Pacific Small Island Development
States (SIDS), and (e) examples of productive end-uses within the GEF’s climate
change thematic area. Presentations will soon be available for downloading
at the SGP global workspace.
The article, “The GEF SGP Climate Change and Energy Activities in the
SIDS,” was published in SIDS Outreach, which was jointly produced by
the Global Forum for Oceans, Coasts and Islands and the Stakeholder Forum to
mark the introduction of SIDS Day to the CSD agenda. The publication provides
an overview of SGP’s climate change and energy activities.
With a view to focusing on the operational implications of the new
Resource Allocation Framework on country programs, SGP organized
two regional
workshops in Agra, India (April 8-13, for the Asia-Pacific region)
and in Damascus,
Syria (May 28-June 2, for the Arab States region). The workshops
also discussed GEF
replenishment and graduation concerns.
For more information, please see: www.undp.org/sgp.
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