UNU
announces partnership projects
on MEA inter-linkages, mountains
UN University is announcing its participation in several new Type 2
partnerships as one of the highlights of its mission to the World
Summit on Sustainable Development.
Alongside high-level declarations and action programmes agreed to by
governments, partnerships and initiatives to implement Agenda
21 are expected to become one of the major outcomes of the summit. These “second type” of outcomes will consist of a series of
commitments and action-oriented coalitions focused on deliverables and
would contribute in translating political commitments into action.
Two of the
new partnerships to be announced in Johannesburg are:
1. Partnership on Inter–linkages
between Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
This partnership will
build upon the 13–country case study, which UNU and its partners have
undertaken towards the determination and the transfer of lessons learned
for the implementation of MEAs both at the national and regional levels.
The framework being promoted by the initiative, which is based on studies
on the inter–linkages among the issues that various MEAs deal with,
promote ownership and partnerships that deal more effectively and
efficiently with these MEAs. Partners: UNU, Economic Commission for
Africa (ECA), European Union (EU), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the Japanese Ministry of Environment
2. International
Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions
The partnership
addresses the priority of improving livelihoods, conservation and stewardship
throughout the world’s mountain landscapes. The strategy proposed to
help achieve this objective is to improve, strengthen and promote greater
cooperation and partnerships between major groups, all mountain
stakeholders, such as donors, implementing agencies, NGOs, the private
sector, mountain communities, academia, and other field practitioners. The
partnership will be guided by clearly agreed goals, its operations will be
based on commitments made by partners and implementation will be supported
through better linkages between institutions and improved monitoring
systems. Partners: UNU, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation.
Details of these and
other new initiatives are contained in the UNU final report to WSSD, Making
Integrated Solutions Work for Sustainable Development.
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