UNEP-GEF Cross-Cutting Capacity Development (CCCD) Projects allow countries to take a synergistic approach to develop national environmental information management systems, improve coordination and sharing of existing knowledge, and generate new information on the state of the environment.
The following are just some of our achievements:
- The project in Afghanistan supported the country to launch a national MEA working group to increase coordination and streamline implementation of the UNFCCC, CBD, Stockholm Convention and Montreal Protocol. The project also strengthened the course curriculum of the Environmental Sciences faculty of Kabul University, where a number of publications were procured. Through the project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNEP has responded to the air pollution crisis and delivered new climate and air quality monitoring stations for the country.
- One of the main achievements of Saint Lucia project is the design and establishment of Saint Lucia’s National Environmental Information System (NEIS) including the reporting system and the Common Data Storage Facility (CDSF). This system is the first of its kind in the Caribbean region and was launched in 2018.
- The projects in Saint Lucia and Haiti supported the establishment of Haiti’s NEIS increasing the number of countries reporting on the environmental dimension of sustainable development in the region. In addition, through the project, the Haitian Biodiversity Fund was established.
- In the Pacific, UNEP took a regional approach and the CCCD “Inform” project supported the 14 Pacific Island countries to introduce and set up and provide training on national environment portals, with the expressed interest of the countries and their active engagement in using the portal as a centralized repository to store data for improved decision-making. The State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands: 2020 Regional Report (SOEC) was published which and a website was also officially launched, making the information on environment and conservation in the Pacific more accessible to anyone in the region and around the world. Users can explore the full SOEC report online, download thematic summaries or data graphics and more on the newly launched website.
