The Facilitation Committee (FC) of the Global Mechanism (GM) met on the sidelines of the fifth meeting of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC-5) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
The 17th FC meeting convened on 12 March 2007, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, chaired by the World […]
The Facilitation Committee (FC) of the Global Mechanism (GM) met on the sidelines of the fifth meeting of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC-5) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
The 17th FC meeting convened on 12 March 2007, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, chaired by the World Bank and attended by the UN Development Programme, the UN Environment Programme, the Global Environment Facility Secretariat, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UNCCD Secretariat. FC members were informed that the GM is working on a six-year business plan, commencing in 2008, that will be presented to COP-8 in September 2007. The GM also announced that it is adopting a results-based work plan and budget for 2007, in collaboration with the UN Capital Development Fund, and informed the FC that a strategic programme on forests and their rehabilitation had been launched and would be further developed in cooperation with FAO and the World Bank.
Link to further information
The Global Mechanism website