Geographical Scope: Global Lead Partner: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Summary: The overall goal of this initiative is to increase provision of sustainable energy services for SIDS over a ten-year period, in order to reduce the outflows of foreign exchange and to protect the environment, in keeping with the Millennium Development Goals.
Secondary Objectives:
The secondary objectives are as follows:
* Transfer of appropriate technology.
* Develop new technology based upon indigenous know-how.
* Promote sustainable energy use through improved sustainable development policies.
Expected results include:
* Reduced dependence by SIDS on imported energy sources, in particular fossil fuels.
* Increased availability of reliable cost effective and sustainable energy supplies.
* Increased development of adequate human and institutional capacity to plan and manage the energy sector in SIDS.
* Realization of cost savings in the medium- to long-term (5-10 years), from investments made in environmentally safe technologies resulting in more efficient use of national resources for social and economic development.
* Inter-regional cooperation and collaboration among SIDS, building on experiences, expertise and indigenous know-how.
* Increased focus on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as established in National Communications on Climate Change, submitted by the majority of SIDS, as obligations under the UNFCC. [more]
Geographical Scope: Global Lead Partner: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Summary: The project on Indicators for Sustainable Energy Development (ISED) has three major objectives: (1) to fill the need for a comprehensive and consistent set of energy indicators that can be used in an effective manner to assess progress towards a sustainable energy future, (2) to assist countries in energy and statistical capacity building necessary to induce energy sustainability and (3) to supplement the general indicators effort being undertaken by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.
The project consists of two phases. The major objective of the First Phase was to identify and define a set of indicators for sustainable energy development applicable worldwide.
The Second Phase of the project aimed to demonstrate the practical applicability and utility of the ISED set as a policy tool in a variety of analytical cases. The objectives of this phase include: (1) to test the original set of energy indicators in a number of countries; (2) to provide assistance to countries in the implementation and use of the ISED for the formulation of their energy strategies in conformity with their sustainable development criteria; and (3) to incorporate the ISED into the relevant databases and analytical tools so that energy indicators can be used in on-going statistical analyses (capacity building). [more]
Geographical Scope: National Lead Partner: Government of Indonesia - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources - Spie Entertains
Summary: The initiative aims to develop financial and institutional arrangements so that the private sector can invest on development of renewable sources, in relay of public funding, in developing countries.
The final expected benefits are mainly:
Socio-economical : Reducing the country's energy bill and saving the oil resources of the country. Draining private funds to energy supply of rural/remote areas. Fostering local development by providing cheap energy to the areas.
Ecological : Avoiding emission of several million tons of CO2 at the global level. The local environment will be preserved with a priority given to sites with good hydrology and not requiring high dams and flooding of large areas.
Institutional : Development of a regulatory, contractual and financial framework for securing private investments in the rural energy sector. This implies to devise a simple and sufficient structure in order not to overburden investments of small size units. Thus the approach consists of developing a cluster of sites through a programmatic approach, in order to reach a sufficient size to mobilize the financial community and developers. [more]
Geographical Scope: Global Lead Partner: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
Summary: The main objective of the programme will be to provide significant opportunities and scope for the deployment of energy efficiency technologies in developing countries.
Expected results include:
That developing countries and economies in transition integrate energy efficiency strategies for can GHG emissions reduction and control in a way it enables their participation in CDM and JI. [more]
Geographical Scope: Global Lead Partner: International Association of Hydrogeologists
Summary: WIDER OBJECTIVE
To contribute to the multifaceted efforts in global cooperation through providing for the planets needs in sustainable environments, economy, social and political security, based on integrated water resource management, including internationally shared aquifers.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
To establish a network of multidisciplinary experts for identification and definition of internationally shared aquifers
To promote scientific, legal, socio-economic, institutional and environmental assessment of internationally shared aquifer resources
To identify several Case Study internationally shared aquifers and support experts teams of multidisciplinary experts to conduct detailed projects
To learn, from Case Studies, the issues relevant to good management of internationally shared aquifers resources
To raise the awareness of policy and decision makers of the significant and importance of transboudary aquifer resources, forming a critical component of the world freshwater resources
To disseminate the lessons learnt from Case Studies and encourage policy and decision makers to incorporate appropriate internationally shared aquifer management
To promote cooperation among nations that share internationally shared aquifers, through making available scientific tools, water resource management options and methodologies that apply to such aquifers [more]
Geographical Scope: National Lead Partner: Government of Indonesia - Ministry of Transportation, DG Marine Transport.
Summary: The diverse activities in Indonesian waters require intensive marine environmental protection, adequate resources and sufficient funds. Presently management of marine safety in Indonesia lacks sufficient coordination. For this reason, cooperation between
related parties is essential for better management of preventing marine pollution.
This Partnership is aimed at :
* Creating a maritime safety system, particularly for preventing marine pollution
* Creating safety for marine resources in Indonesian seas
* Protecting the Indonesian marine environment from pollution [more]
Geographical Scope: Regional
- Asia and the Pacific Lead Partner: Government of Italy - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGCS)
Summary: General Objective: to contribute to social and economic development of the populations of the Hindu Kush - Karakorum - Himalaya mountain complex and to the environmental conservation of the region by consolidating institutional capacity for systemic planning and management of the territory, focusing on:
1. reduction of poverty
2. conservation of biodiversity
Specific Objective A: provide instruments (knowledge of the territory, the populations and the technologies for systemic data management) to facilitate the consistency of various national-level actions in area-based planning and management, within the framework of regional level systemic planning and monitoring.Specific Objective B: establish a process of application of the acquired capacities and Decision Support System (DSS) by individual countries in systemic planning and management of mountain areas at a local/national or transboundary level, within the framework of sustainable mountain development.Individual components of these objectives include:* Create a coordinated system for collection and analysis (monitoring) of natural resource data;* Provide decision makers of competent national and local administrations with an instrument (DSS) for systemic territorial planning and management;* Build local institutional capacity to study, analyze and manage natural resources, favoring local community involvement in these processes. [more]
Geographical Scope: Global Lead Partner: Government of Malta - Malta Environment and Planning Authority - Government of Malta - Malta Environment and Planning Authority
Summary: The aim of this partnership is to undertake international research to develop an integrated framework for assessing and selecting policy tools and technological options necessary to implement sustainable development in small islands. A secondary objective of this proposal is to ensure the involvement of stakeholders in the research process and to transfer this framework to policy-makers in government, in order to ensure the quality and implementation of the research carried out.
It is increasingly recognized that islands and island regions exhibit ecological, geographical, social and economic constraints that demand particular attention. At the same time, while it is generally recognized that a coordinated, integrated and ecosystem approach is needed to address sustainability issues in islands, there is a lack of well-developed policy tools to facilitate this. This project aims to fill this gap by providing integrated tools and policy approaches for implementing sustainability in island regions. [more]
Geographical Scope: Sub-regional Mediterranean Lead Partner: Government of France - Foreign Affairs Ministry International Cooperation and Development (DGCID)
Summary: The proposed initiative aims to inform and make managers and businesses in Industrial Zones in Morocco, the Maghreb and developing countries aware of the potential and method of action for modernization tested on the Sidi Bernoussi case. The project aims to facilitate improvement of energy usage and competitiveness of industrial zones, based on an organization that represents the interests of local operators.The specific aim is to successfully implement the pilot phase and its extension throughout Morocco from the sub-region. [more]
Geographical Scope: Global Lead Partner: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) - United Nations Inter-agency Secretariat for the International Strategy
Summary: The main objective of the Partnership Initiative is to strengthen existing early warning systems as an element for disaster risk management strategies at global, regional and national levels and to highlight their important relation to sustainable development.
There is a growing recognition among many countries that natural disasters increasingly constitute a threat to sustainable development. The impact of natural disasters on increasingly vulnerable societies not only deprives gains in development but also constitutes a significant obstacle to the attainment of key goals identified in the UN Millennium declaration in 2000, in particular those related to environmental protection and poverty reduction.
Throughout the process of preparing for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) early warning has received significant attention and the references are many. In general, the WSSD has called for the inclusion of disaster and risk reduction, especially the development and strengthening of early warning systems and information networks, within the ongoing dialogue of sustainable development. [more]
to collapse the Summary of Partnerships.