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“One of the four major goals of the UNDP programme in Belize is to create national planning
and management capacity that will be able to focus on environmental management
and sustainability as a vital instrument for reduction of poverty. Parallel to this, the UNDP
Belize programme also targets the national potential for poverty elimination by enabling
government and civil society to improve their capacities for the collection and analysis of
statistical human development related data. The entire UNDP-Belize programme is being
driven by the commitment to assist the Government of Belize in meeting the overarching
MDGs by 2015."
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PORTFOLIO
Joseph Hendrikx, Resident Representative
UNDP is supporting Belize to build its capacities in sustainable development planning, to fulfil its commitments to the three Rio
Conventions on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification. The GEF-funded National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) project to
enable the country to assess and strategically analyse its current national capacity enhancement priorities and needs through a participatory
process.
In terms of Climate Change, UNDP is implementing a GEF-funded project to enable Belize to prepare its Second National
Communication, part of its commitments to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This is a self-assessment exercise which
involves a full stocktaking and stakeholder consultations, and will enable Belize to prepare and submit a work plan for its National
Communication, building upon existing activities, institutions, and knowledge.
To support the adoption of sustainable land management capacities in Belize, UNDP is developing an LDC/SIDS Portfolio project to
address widely-recognised problems of low institutional and human resource capacities, increased poverty, and inadequate capacities
in land management. Funded by the GEF, the project will also enable Belize to strengthen policy, regulatory and economic incentive
frameworks to facilitate wider adoption of sustainable land management practices across sectors.
Building on the development of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, UNDP is implementing a GEF-funded project to
assess the capacity of the Forestry Department – a major agency involved in biodiversity management – to address country priorities
in biodiversity. Another project, the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment, is highlighted in the Spotlight. Finally, UNDP is
implementing a costal zone management project, funded by GEF and the EU, to integrate development planning and marine biodiversity
conservation principles at the Belize barrier reef.
UNDP’s chemicals programme for Belize is funded by the GEF and the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol (MLF). The MLFfinanced
projects are being implemented in cooperation with UNEP, and address needs of the refrigeration sector by providing incentives
for the adoption of good maintenance and servicing practices. The GEF-funded initiative is an enabling activity for preparation of
the POPs National Implementation Plan that seeks to strengthen Belize’s sustainable capacity in addressing the management and
accounting of POPs.
CONTACTS
Ms. Diane Wade – diane.wade@undp.org
Tel.: (501) 822-2688
Fax: (501) 822-3364
http://www.undpbelize.org/ongoing.html#table1
PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in Belize
European Union
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MDGR 2005 http://www.undp.org/rblac/mdg/First%20MDG%20Report-%20Belize%202005.pdf; 2Field, M,“Community Plans for the use of Equator Prize 2002”, UNDP, 2003 and TIDE website 2005:
http://www.tidebelize.org/ and UNDP,“Equator Prize 2002 Winners Announced”, UNDP, 2002: http://www.undp.org/equatorinitiative/secondary/awards_winners.htm#five; *Frameworks and Strategies
for Sustainable Development
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