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UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Facility
The Poverty-Environment Facility: How The Poverty-Environment Facility: How Can We Help?Can We Help?
4th Annual UNDP-UNEP PEI Meeting
13-14 May, 2008
Nairobi Kenya
UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Facility
Role of the FacilityRole of the Facility
1.1. Resource Mobilisation and Donor Resource Mobilisation and Donor Reporting/LiaisonReporting/Liaison
2.2. Coordinating Joint Global and Regional PEI Coordinating Joint Global and Regional PEI ProgrammesProgrammes
3.3. Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management
4.4. Technical SupportTechnical Support
5.5. Information Exchange Information Exchange
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Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management
• Guidance Note (English, French, Spanish)Guidance Note (English, French, Spanish)
• Handbook on Environmental Mainstreaming – Handbook on Environmental Mainstreaming – in preparationin preparation
• Web site: access to wide range of guidance Web site: access to wide range of guidance materialsmaterials
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Guidance NoteGuidance Note
• Programmatic ApproachProgrammatic Approach• Finding the Entry Point and Making the CaseFinding the Entry Point and Making the Case• Integrating Environment into National Integrating Environment into National
Development ProcessesDevelopment Processes• Meeting the Implementation ChallengeMeeting the Implementation Challenge
Environmental mainstreaming is targeted at government processes for planning, budgeting, sector implementation, and local level implementation
Preparatory phase (6-9 months)Finding the entry points and
making the case
Phase 2 (18-24 months)Meeting the implementation
challenge
Raising awareness and building partnerships
• Disseminate the results of the assessments• Consult with various stakeholders• Organize exchange programmes
• Build consensus, commitment and partnerships• Develop media programmes
Phase 1 (18-24 months)Integrating environment into
national development processes
Preliminary assessments
Institutional and policy context• Institutional and governance context
• National, sector and local policy processes• Key policy making process steps and entry points
• Donor coordination mechanisms• Stakeholders and “champions”
Poverty-environment linkages• Environmental resources
• Poverty-environment linkages and trends• Review of sustainable development policies and
strategies•Evidence of contribution of environment to economic development – poverty reduction, livelihoods, health,
vulnerability
Stakeholder engagement and in-country donor coordination• Governmental actors: environment agencies, finance and planning bodies, sector and local agencies, statistics office, and parliament ; Non-governmental actors: academia, private sector, civil
society, media, and general public ; Donor actors: bilateral and multilateral in-country donors
Developing country-specific evidence• Perform ecosystem assessment and economic analysis
• Gather evidence, identify priorities and develop arguments to influence policy processes
Influencing policy processes
National (PRSP/MDG), sector and local processes• Establish working mechanisms to fit processes
• Perform integrated policy assessments on inclusion of environment sustainability in policies (e.g. SEA)
• Identify systemic and sectoral priorities• Set targets within PRSP/MDG framework
• Integrate environment into relevant sector and local strategy processes
• Maintain deep engagement with various stakeholders throughout the process
Strengthening institutions and capacities• Embed poverty-environment in government
processes, procedures and systems (e.g. incentives)• Build capacities including for budgeting and finance for
poverty- environment• Prepare longer-term capacity building strategy
Developing and costing policy interventions and programmes
• Develop and budget for systemic/sector interventions and programmes
• Develop policy reforms including legislation, fiscal measures and market-based instruments
Strengthening institutions and capacities• Tactical capacity building focused on policy processes
Assessing institutional and capacity needs
Supporting the implementation of interventions and programmes
• Collaborate with sectoral and local bodies and other stakeholders to strengthen implementation
Financing and budgeting for poverty-environment
• Engage in budgeting process• Quantify the contribution of natural resources and
environment to public finances• Develop poverty-environment investment strategy and financing options – including domestic financial base for
environmental institutions
Integrating poverty-environment in the monitoring system
• Develop poverty-environment indicators • Strengthen data collection and management
• Collaborate with statistics office and other bodies to integrate indicators with existing monitoring systems
Outputs • Improved understanding of processes and linkages• Improved consensus, ownership and collaboration
• Working mechanisms and institutional arrangements for country programme agreed on
• Agreement on project document for Phase 1
Outputs• Improved understanding of environment contribution• Improved representation of environment actors and
integration of poverty-environment in policy processes• Policy interventions and programmes developed
• Agreement on project document for Phase 2
Outputs• Strengthened monitoring, data collection and
management for poverty-environment • Improved domestic and donor resource mobilization
• Investments to address poverty-environment• Implementation of policy interventions and programmes
• Institutions and capacity developed
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Handbook (in preparation)Handbook (in preparation)
ObjectiveObjective:: The objective is to provide practical The objective is to provide practical guidance on mainstreaming environment into guidance on mainstreaming environment into national development planning based on national development planning based on experience and lessons learned at country experience and lessons learned at country level, in particular through the Poverty-level, in particular through the Poverty-Environment Initiative, and selected Environment Initiative, and selected experiences from development partners and experiences from development partners and members of the Poverty Environment members of the Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP). Partnership (PEP).
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Handbook (in preparation)Handbook (in preparation)
•Based upon Guidance Note structure: expanded to Based upon Guidance Note structure: expanded to provide more “how to” information and access to provide more “how to” information and access to available technical guidanceavailable technical guidance
•Final product will be a core resource that we will Final product will be a core resource that we will distribute to practitioners. A set of Annexes will follow distribute to practitioners. A set of Annexes will follow focusing on:focusing on:
– Analytic toolsAnalytic tools– Key Environmental issuesKey Environmental issues– Priority development sectorsPriority development sectors
•Final draft will be distributed for comment in coming Final draft will be distributed for comment in coming monthsmonths
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Knowledge Management on the PEI Web Site Knowledge Management on the PEI Web Site http://www.unpei.orghttp://www.unpei.org
• Knowledge management Knowledge management linklink on left side bar on left side bar
• Click on the hyperlink to a step in the process, or Click on the hyperlink to a step in the process, or on a box in the diagram to access on a box in the diagram to access guidanceguidance, , studies, toolkits, and other resources relatedstudies, toolkits, and other resources related to that taskto that task
• Information is also available Information is also available by country by country (accessed from the regional links on the left-(accessed from the regional links on the left-hand sidebar) hand sidebar)
• Many documents are available in FrenchMany documents are available in French
• Plan to produce Spanish translations
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UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Facility
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Other features of the PEI Web SiteOther features of the PEI Web Site
•Regional pages
•Country Fact Sheets
•Meetings and events
•Regularly updated news
•Related Links
•Any suggestions welcome
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Technical SupportTechnical Support
•Access to UNEP and UNDP technical expertiseAccess to UNEP and UNDP technical expertise
•External partnerships eg LEAD International, External partnerships eg LEAD International, IIED, IUCN, WRIIIED, IUCN, WRI
•Management and ProcurementManagement and Procurement
•Options for DeliveryOptions for Delivery
•Sharing ExperienceSharing Experience
•Lesson Learning and Monitoring AchievementLesson Learning and Monitoring Achievement
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Technical Support – Current FocusTechnical Support – Current Focus
•Integrated Ecosystem AssessmentIntegrated Ecosystem Assessment
•Economic AnalysisEconomic Analysis
•Policy IntegrationPolicy Integration
•SEASEA
•P-E IndicatorsP-E Indicators
•Budget ProcessesBudget Processes
•Capacity BuildingCapacity Building
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Information exchangeInformation exchange
• PEI NET: A Community of Practice for poverty-environment mainstreaming practitioners
• About 130 members on the network (PEI country teams, UNDP, UNEP)
UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Facility
PEI NETPEI NET
• Source of information about UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Facility activities, events, meetings, etc.
• Forum for sharing experience between countries, especially best practices
• Access to a network of over 130 experienced poverty-environment professionals
• Do not hesitate to send a suggestion or query to the network!
Send emails to : pei-net@groups.undp.org
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What Else Would You Like Us to Do? What Else Would You Like Us to Do?