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Through linking environmental, foreign, and development policies, the project will contribute to incorporate sustainable management of environment into poverty reduction strategies and national development frameworks by establishing institutions for integrated and participatory sustainable development planning processes. The main purpose of this regional project is to facilitate and manage the development and implementation of UNDP activities in the ENVSEC Initiative, contributing to reach the ENVSEC objectives stated as “to contribute to the reduction of environment and security risks, and to the increased cooperation both between and within countries”. The overall outcome of the project is enhanced coordination of ENVSEC activities undertaken by UNDP. This will contribute to the coordination of activities to reach the objectives of the ENVSEC Initiative as a whole. The project outcome will improve inter-agency cooperation in the UN, as well as the coordination and cooperation with other international organisations that are partners to ENVSEC, and thus better coordinate their efforts and use of donor resources to reach the goals of ENVSEC. The project will serve as an “umbrella” for further incorporation of EnvSec projects, activities and initiatives. Situation analysis:
In Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Eastern and South Eastern Europe countries experiencing an economic transition or political stress are particularly vulnerable to environmental damage and competition for resources. Since 2003, the ENVSEC Initiative has been helping the governments of these countries in their efforts to assess and address environmental and security risks through international dialogue and regional cooperation. During the first three-year programming period from 2003 - 2006 the ENVSEC partners conducted assessments in Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, Eastern and South Eastern Europe and developed over 50 projects required for solving the identified environmental problems, which are considered to pose security risks.
Proposed programme:
To reach the goal, the project will improve inter-agency cooperation in the UN, as well as the coordination and cooperation with other international organisations that are partners to ENVSEC, and thus better coordinate their efforts and use of donor resources to reach the goals of ENVSEC. The goal will be achieved through:
1. Better ENVSEC programming. This will ensure that activities in ENVSEC are thematically coordinated between partners and fill the gaps on the ground prioritised by partner countries.
2. Better ENVSEC management. The partnership needs improved management as a whole in order to achieve its stated goal better. The partnership is becoming larger and more complex, and also has more opportunities. Therefore, this needs to be addressed in order for UNDP to i) contribute as well as possible, and ii) to reap the benefits as much as possible.
3. Improvement of internal UNDP coordination for ENVSEC. ENVSEC also needs improved coordination in UNDP. This involves determining roles of HQ, Country Offices, and establishing an internal UNDP mechanism for programming in ENVSEC.
Anticipated results:
The overall goal of the project is to improve the impact of ENVSEC activities. This will contribute to reach the objectives of the ENVSEC Initiative as a whole, which are specified in the ENVSEC 2007-2009 Work Programme as “to contribute to the reduction of environment and security risks, and to the increased cooperation both between and within countries”. Through linking environmental, foreign, and development policies, the project will contribute to incorporate sustainable management of environment into poverty reduction strategies and national development frameworks by establishing institutions for integrated and participatory sustainable development planning processes.
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