The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia together with Poverty and Environment Initiative of UNDP is conducting a project in CA countries to strengthen capacity of the countries in promotion of SDGs, directed to establish comprehensive conditions for sustainable development and poverty eradication.
The Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a global programme that supports country-led efforts to mainstream poverty-environment objectives into national development and sub-national development planning, from policymaking to budgeting, implementation and monitoring. It assists government decision-makers and a wide range of other stakeholders to manage the environment in a way that improves livelihoods and leads to sustainable growth.
In Central Asia, the initiative will be involved in promotion of SDGs in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, but with the opportunity of the involvement of other countries of CA into regional and global processes of SDGs.
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Developing a training / educational curriculum, targeting policy makers, educational institutions, civil society.
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Capacity building for mid-level policy makers by conducting a 5 days training to strengthen capacity if national counterparts and stakeholders of CA countries on sustainable development
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Conduct a Regional conference towards UN Development Agenda 2015 aims to bring together policy makers and explore opportunities to form a joint actions towards SDGs
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Educational curriculum on SD and crosscutting topics developed and on-line module launched. Roadmap to incorporate the modules to the official curricula of the interested institutions.
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Capacity and knowledge of the formal and informal national counterparts of the PEI project is strengthened through face-to-face training on SD and crosscutting issues, including Natural Capital Approach at the regional 5 days training
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The conference outcome document, envisaging joint regional actions towards SDG agenda beyond 2015, is formulated, including a needs assessment of the key actors/implementers, the ICSD and other SD regulatory bodies, together with showcasing the value of Natural Capital Approach in nationalization of the SDGs for CA.