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Azerbaijan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) works to cement support for economic
and social development policies that aim to enable the country to meet the MDGs and
enhance the social and economic wellbeing of the country. According to a recent
World Bank report, “Azerbaijan’s PRS ranks among the highest scoring countries. The
credit can be partly attributed to UNDP’s advocacy efforts to align the State Programme
on Economic Development and Poverty Reduction (SPPRED), Azeri name for PRS, with
MDGs, particularly with MDG 7 for environmental sustainability. UNDP will continue to
support the government’s efforts to better understand and address poverty-environment
linkages and to monitor progress towards implementation of MDG 7.”
CHEMICALS BIODIVERSITY LAND ENERGY FSSD*
PORTFOLIO
Marco Borsotti, Resident Representative
GEF is working to help Azerbaijan’s NCSA identify capacity development needs that are instrumental for the framework of a national
sustainable development strategy, by promoting dialogue and cooperation between government, NGOs, academia and the private sector
and by identifying opportunities for “win-win” situations.
Azerbaijan is working to identify the critical priorities for UNFCCC implementation in the country through a highly consultative and participatory
process involving stocktaking and stakeholder consultation.
GEF is working to help Azerbaijan address policy, institutional and legislative deficiencies by contributing to improved coordination and
integration of land issues into national and sectoral programmes and pilot SLM approaches for further dissemination and replication.
Azerbaijan has a complicated geological history and variegated geographical location, which together have influenced the development
of a high diversity of fauna and flora in the region. The NBSAP enables Azerbaijan to identify strategic directions and actions to
conserve biodiversity that has been threatened from human pressures. GEF is supporting public awareness efforts, as well as facilitating
the promotion of knowledge on biodiversity issues and enhanced mainstreaming of biodiversity concerns into national development
strategies.
UNDP is supporting the Azerbaijan Republic in the phase-out of ODS consistent with its Montreal Protocol obligations. Through a targeted
training campaign, a GEF funded project underway aims at ensuring availability of qualified national technical expertise in order
to expedite the implementation of the country programme.The project targets priority ODS phase-out activities in the refrigeration and
halon sectors and also proposes technical assistance at the institutional and enterprise levels to facilitate implementation of the country
programme.
CONTACTS
Ms. Jamila Ibrahimova – jamila.ibrahimova@undp.org
Tel. 994-12-989-888
Fax 994-12-922-491
http://www.un-az.org/undp/energy.php
PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in
Azerbarijan
Government of Norway
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Azerbaijan MDGR 2003 http://www.undg.org/documents/4510-Azerbaijan_MDG_SPPRED_2003_Annual_Report_-_English.pdf ; 2 UNDP Project Brief,“Programme for Phasing-out ODS”; UNDP
Azerbaijan Questionnaire; GEF Online database: http://www.gefonline.org/projectDetails.cfmprojID=463; 3 http://www.undg.org/documents/1724-Azerbaijan_CCA_-_2003.doc (page 15);
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