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UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE (PEI)

THE UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE:MAINSTREAMING ENVIRONMENT INTO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES. UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE (PEI). WSSD Poverty & Environment Partnership (PEP) UNDP Poverty and Environment Initiative Donors: UK & EC

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UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE (PEI)

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  1. THE UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE:MAINSTREAMING ENVIRONMENT INTO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

  2. UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE (PEI) • WSSD • Poverty & Environment Partnership (PEP) • UNDP Poverty and Environment Initiative • Donors: UK & EC • UNEP Poverty and Environment Project • Donors: Norway, Belgium & Sweden • Joint UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative

  3. UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE (PEI): WHAT WE DO Supporting governments to: • Integrate Environmental Sustainability into National Development Processes (e.g. PRSPs) • Build National Capacity to: • Identify links between poverty & environment • Integrate environmental sustainability into national development processes

  4. UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE (PEI): WHY WE DO IT • Unsustainable use of the environment reduces the social & economic benefits produced • E.G. People get sick & die, farmers grow less & earn less • Development is hindered by environmental damage • The contribution of environment to social & economic development is often poorly understood • Environmental sustainability not operationally integrated into national development processes (e.g. PRSPs): Words but not action.

  5. UNDP-UNEP PEI: Overview • Joint UNDP-UNEP country-level programmes in Kenya, Tanzania & Rwanda • UNDP work in Nicaragua & Vietnam • UNEP in Mauritania, Mali, Uganda & Mozambique - in co-operation with UNDP Country Offices • Significant improvement in UNDP-UNEP operational co-operation at global & country levels - but country office issues remain • Model for UN Reform - joint work plans, joint staff, pooled resources

  6. The challenge: • Operational mainstreaming of environment into PRSPs & key sectors not successful to date • Changing government priorities • Working in a multi-ministerial environment • Changing how UNEP works at a country level

  7. Implementation Approach • Country programme preparation • Country programme implementation -Phase I • Identifying links between environment & development • Operational integration of environment sustainability into national development plans • Country programme implementation - Phase II • Strengthening country capacity to deliver • Strengthened domestic revenue base for environmental investments (reducing dependence on donors)

  8. Lessons • Need for comprehensive, programmatic approach to mainstreaming - a project approach will not work • Focus on results not agency • Very detailed mapping of government macro & sectoral policy, planning & decision-making processes (“machinery of government”), institutions & individuals relevant to the national development process is required. ‘Development Intelligence.’ • The Planning/Finance ministry must be an equal or the prime focal ministry in the process from the very beginning.

  9. Lessons • A realistic assessment of country commitment at different levels & in both environment & planning ministries is necessary. • Supporting a country-led environmental mainstreaming process has high transaction costs, because it is new, seeking to change government priorities & involves a number of ministries. • Detailed country-specific evidence on the links between environment, poverty reduction & pro-poor growth is needed to convince policy makers, economists & planners that investment in environment sustainability is worthwhile.

  10. Lessons • The application of integrated economic & environment project, programme & policy appraisals needs to become a standard operating procedures for planning/finance & sectoral ministries. • Developing a full partnership approach with key in-country donors is vital for long term success on several fronts • (Capacity building, sector mainstreaming, sustainable domestic financing for environmental sector) • Full partnership with UNDP Country Office critical

  11. PEI-Scale Up: UNEP and UNDP working together • Joint missions • Support to country implementation • Developing and adapting tools • Developing broader partnerships • Knowledge management – information, best practices • A joint UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Facility in Nairobi

  12. PEI Scale-Up: Implementation Approach • Programmatic • UNDP-UNEP PEI provide lessons on what works • PEI to be environmental mainstreaming component of UNDP’s MDG Support Services Project • Implementation through UNDP CO via regional UNDP & UNEP mechanisms • In partnership with PEP members to develop comprehensive country programmes

  13. Summary • UNDP-UNEP PEI: A credible model for mainstreaming • Some successes, but too early to judge overall success - or failure • But sufficient progress to plan scaling up - proposal developed & increased donor support • Establishment of UNDP-UNEP Poverty & Environment Facility in Nairobi • Next steps: Comprehensive longer terms programmes in Rwanda & Mozambique (Irish funding). Additional support in Africa (DANIDA funding).

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