Co-operation between the AER and the UNDP

UNDP and UNEP have developed, with eight associations of Regions  a global programme to promote low carbon neutral and climate change resilient territories entitled, “Towards Low Carbon and Climate Change Resilient Territories.”  (see attached brochure presentation). This Programme is being carried out within the context of UNDP’s 2008 – 2011 Climate Change Strategy, which has been approved by the Governing Board of UNDP (June 2008).


The objective of this UN – Regions partnership is to train 500 regions from developing countries on climate change in the next 5 years and to assist 50 of these regions in the preparation of integrated climate change strategies and action plans, as a mean, among others, to implement National Adaptation Action Plan where and when they exist, that will result in low carbon and climate change resilient development initiatives (public policy and investments).  

The program will provide assistance on assessing, accessing and sequencing funds for these initiatives, notably through the project development platforms and financial facilities that have been created or are being established (such as Clean Development Mechanism, MDG Carbon, REDD, risk transfer, ecosystems & business).

AER is a partner in the ART, an international cooperation initiative that brings together programmes and activities of several United Nations Agencies: UNDP, ILO, UNIFEM, UNESCO, UNITAR, UNHCR, UNOPS, WHO and others. It promotes a new type of multilateralism in which the United Nations system works with governments to promote the active participation of local communities and social actors from all countries. ART shares the Millennium Development Goals.

•  The different possibilities UNDP offers for partnerships with regional and local authorities

• Link zum ART GOLD Programm

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Up-dates and recent reports

• MDG Progress Report 2007  EN  FR  ES
• Annual Report 2007 (including MDGs) of the UNDP Administrator  EN  FR  ES

MDG - Goals, targets and indicators

• The list of the 8 MDGs (+ 18 targets) EN   FR DE  ES  IT  RUS  Arabic  Chinese
• The official United Nations website for the MDG indicators (in English, Spanish and Chinese)

General and basic information

• UNDP's MDG website  EN  FR  ES
• The Basis of the Millenium Project: The recommendations contained in the Report "Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals". The Full report is available in  EN,  FR,  ES,  the Overview report, in addition, is also available in DE, PT, RUS, Arabic and Chinese. Both reports can be viewed and/or downloaded via this link.
  
  

Support structures

• The Millennium Development Goals Virtual Network (MDGNet)
• MDG support: As of 1 January 2007, the UN Millennium Project secretariat team has been integrated into the United Nations Development Programme. The Project's MDG-focused advisory work is now being continued by UNDP's MDG Support team, which assists countries in preparing and implementing MDG-based national development strategies in partnership with other organizations of the UN system.

The world leaders have the commitment to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015. These Goals have been established by the United Nations and the United Nations Programme for Development (UNDP) has launched programmes like ART for the territorial entities.

This resolution, produced by the AER network "International Solidarity", takes into account that the local and regional authorities are actors in the field of "International Solidarity" and encourages all regions to integrate the MDG in their development strategies.