APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...

Programme Operations and Achievements
Thematic Area of Award and Showcase projects
In order to strengthen a focus of the programmes on priority thematic areas of <strong>APFED</strong>, more weight
was given to the projects since 2008 that address climate change, 3Rs and biodiversity without
excluding other sectoral or cross-cutting project proposals.*3 In the aggregated portfolio of the
Award and Showcase from 2005–2009, 75 projects address one or more priority thematic areas.
The priority policy areas designation corresponds to international environmental policy processes
such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Asia 3R Forum
and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Other than these priority thematic areas, <strong>APFED</strong>
Award and Showcase projects address water, capacity development and other sectoral or crosscutting
issues as expressed in “Others”. “Others” refer to, for instance, environmental governance/
policies, environmental infrastructure/building, environmental finance, urban/rural development, social
development and awareness-raising.
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Climate Change 3R Biodiversity &
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[ Figure 3: Distribution of Thematic Area, by Year ]
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Capacity
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Others
Note
- “Others” is consisted of additional components (i.e. Environmental governance/ policies; Environmental
infrastructure building; Environmental finance; Urban/ Rural Development; Social Development; Awareness
raising).
- Thematic areas which are distributed to “Others” are shown below: In 2005, Climate Change (1), 3R (1); In 2006,
Climate Change (1); In 2007, 3R (1), Water (1); In 2008, Climate Change (1); and In 2009, Climate Change (1), 3R (1),
Biodiversity and ecosystem (2), Capacity Development (1). They are counted as specific thematic areas.
- Regarding thematic areas, multiple answers are allowed.
Out of 75 projects, 43 (57.3%) have multiple components addressing more than one thematic area,
and various combinations of multiple thematic areas can be found in the <strong>APFED</strong> Award and Showcase
Programme projects. Co-benefit or multi-benefit approaches are commonly applied, such as those
that address climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem, or climate change and the 3Rs. Poverty
eradication, income generation and community empowerment are prevalent factors of the <strong>APFED</strong>
Award and Showcase Programme projects.
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*3: In terms of focus thematic area, “Climate Change” includes “Energy and Air.” As for “Biodiversity and Ecosystem,”
“Land Management,” and “Marine and Coastal” are included.
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