  The UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative has jointly supported the implementation of country level mainstreaming programmes in nine countries in Africa and two countries in Asia and the Pacific with the aim of increasing the capacity of governments to mainstream environment into national development processes and their implementation.
Although all country programmes are similar in that they all employ the three-phased approach with the aim of developing a sustainable poverty-environment mainstreaming programme, each country programme is tailored to the specific needs and conditions of that country. Therefore the time-frame and the activities carried out under each programme can vary from country to country.
Scale-up
The scale-up of the PEI is focused on building on the strengths of the current country programmes on a regional basis. In Africa, the PEI is aiming to add several more countries to the regional programme in the coming few years. Five new countries are set to join the Regional PEI programme for Asia and the Pacific in 2009. Regional programmes have also been established in Latin American and the Caribbean and Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Country programmes in these regions have been launched in late 2008.
Regional Delivery:
Support to PEI country programmes is provided through the regional structures of UNDP and UNEP. UNDP Regional Centres and UNEP Regional Offices collaborate to deliver environmental mainstreaming support to countries under the banner of the PEI. The mainstreaming support programmes are aligned with country demand within each region. The Regional Support Programmes:
- Offer guidance on strategic planning and information about poverty-environmental mainstreaming issues in the region;
- Define a set of priority services, including trainings and knowledge management services for countries in the region;
- Allocate funds for country programmes and provide advisory services, and support for the regional communities of practice;
- Ensure that UNDP and UNEP operate in a region and countries within a well-coordinated framework, rather than on an initiative-by-initiative or unit-by-unit basis. This includes working closely with the One UN initiative.
The Poverty-Environment Facility in Nairobi in turn provides support and guidance to the PEI regional support centres. |
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