23/02/2011
A wide-ranging new partnership aimed at
furthering sustainable development in the
21st century was announced today (February
23) by the European Union's (EU) Commissioner
for the Environment Janez Poto nik and UN
Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive
Director Achim Steiner.
It builds on an existing
partnership signed in 2004 which over the
past three years has provided UNEP and the
Multilateral Environmental Agreements -
including those covering chemicals to biodiversity
and for which UNEP provides the secretariat-over
50 million Euros for implementing close
to 60 projects world-wide under the EU's
specific fund for the environment.
Today's new cooperative
statement, outlining a strategic partnership
covering European Union funding from the
European Commission (EC) to UNEP up to 2013,
identifies key areas of joint activities
including under the European Union's "Thematic
Programme for Environment and Sustainable
Management of Natural Resources including
Energy".
It also reflects the
EU 2020 strategy on smart, sustainable and
inclusive growth that dovetails with UNEP's
work on the Green Economy, the International
Panel on Sustainable Resource Management
and The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
(TEEB), of which the EU is a long standing
supporter.
New approach
The EC-UNEP joint statement
signals a new approach for more strategic
international programming, rather than on
an individual project/case-by-case basis.
The EC's new approach is a pilot test for
environmental funding where the EC will
pass a financial envelope to UNEP. An agreement
should be reached by mid-year as to the
amount. The joint statement is intended
to cover the 2011-2013 period.
The EU funding referred
to in this new document concerns one particular
source of EU funds, namely the Thematic
Programme for Environment and Sustainable
Management of Natural Resources including
Energy or "ENRTP". Other UNEP
projects are also EU-funded through different
mechanisms.
The Economics of Ecosystems
and Biodiversity: www.teebweb.org
The International Panel on Sustainable Resource
Management:
www.unep.fr/scp/rpanel/logo.htm
The 26th session of the UNEP GC/GMEF:
www.unep.org/gc/gc26/
UN International Year of Forests 2011:
www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/
UNEP: www.unep.org
Source: United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
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Committee of 16 ministries
is created to support the work of waste
pickers
15/02/2011
The Minister of the Environment, Izabella
Teixeira, participated on Monday (February
14) in the ceremony of installation of the
Interministerial Committee for Economic
and Social Inclusion of Recyclable Materials
Pickers, established by the Decree 7,405
of December 23, 2010.
The Committee has the
task of articulating the various areas of
government to promote public policies towards
the sector. Representatives from 16 ministries
and nine institutions linked to the Federal
Government participate in the Committee.
The MMA and the Ministry of Social Development
coordinate the works.
