To accelerate progress on WSSD targets and IWRM and WUE plans and water supply and sanitation MDGs for the protection and utilization of groundwater and surface water in the participating countries

The objective of the project is to remove barriers impeding the adoption of SLM practices in Siliana in combating land degradation, improving biodiversity conservation and reducing poverty. The project aims at mainstreaming SLM strategies into national and local development priorities, and strengthen cross-sectoral coordination.

The objective of the CPP for Burkina Faso is to conserve globally important ecological systems by controlling and preventing land degradation through adoption of a well coordinated collaborative program at national level between government, multilateral and bilateral development agencies, private sector and local stakeholders; that ensures sector integration, mainstreaming of SLM in national sustainable development priorities, harmonized stakeholder collaboration and coordination, recognizes incountry human and institutional capacity to implement SLM, and supported by adequate and predictable

The Objective of the Project is therefore: - To enable country parties to undertake their national reporting obligations towards the CBD

This umbrella project is designed to assist at least 49 countries in the preparation of their Third National Reports on Biodiversity in order to meet their national reporting requirements under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This project, through its umbrella approach, is intended to provide expedited assistance to countries and reduce transaction costs of individual requests.

The objective of the proposed MSP is to assist Romania to comply with its obligations under the Stockholm Convention with respect to PCBs. The project will develop an environmentally sound management system for PCBs and will pilot-test it in three demonstration areas.

A. To undertake the consultations necessary for the preparation of Second and Third National Reports to the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity. B. To further develop the national Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) in order to provide more and improved information on Turkey’s biodiversity, for public awareness, plus technical and scientific cooperation both within Turkey and with partner countries. C.

The primary objective of the DM program is to help the development community at large to meet the Millennium Development Goals by generating new approaches to poverty reduction from a variety of stakeholders outside the usual sources in the development agencies.

The overall objective of the project is to build capacity and strengthen institutional arrangement and develop appropriate strategies for identifying sites contaminated by chemicals listed in annexes A, B and or C of Stockholm Convention, and other persistent toxic substances as appropriate. The project will also assess the viability of environmentally sound and low-cost remediation technologies.

The proposed project will assist the developing countries, SIDS, and countries with economies in transition to: 1.Foster cross-sectoral, multi-stakeholder dialogues, policy analyses, and public outreach on oceans, coasts and SIDS issues; 2.Promote the attainment of intergovernmental commitments and agreements, including the JPOI and the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA); 3.Establish multi-sectoral dialogues, involving experts from developing countries, countries with economies in transition, and GEF LME projects in the