Final Report on the Framework Agreement for 2008–2009

driven methodologies.

• Initial resources mobilized, GAIN secretariat supported, and demo web site created.

2009

GAIN secretariat supported.

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• Consultations with potential partners and feasibility assessment of the initial scope of the project conducted. The project reframed on this basis and a communication strategy developed. • Project on rural electrification initiated with Development Alternatives in India. • Cooperation initiated with Experts in Team at NTNU. • The joint report with the Norwegian Friends of the Earth on Barriers to implementing Renewable Energy Technologies prepared providing vital input to GAIN project implementation in India. • 5 communities (4 in India and 1 in Kenya) networked through pilot projects

A4. Exchange programmes to strengthen North-South and South-South cooperation in environmental information management.

A4. Two exchange programmes facilitated.

2008

• A partners’ meeting held in Kampala, Uganda in April 2008. • Two applications submitted to FK Norway; both approved for implementation during 2008-2009. Participants for primary (north-south, south-north, south-south) programme recruited. • North-south, south-north and south-south exchange programme implemented in collaboration with UNEP, EIS-AFRICA, NEMA Uganda and SARDC.

2009

• Youth exchange programme under a partnership agreement between GRID-Arendal, the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), EIS-Africa, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Uganda, the Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA) and the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) implemented. The goals of the programme are: to raise awareness of environmental issues among African and Norwegian youth and to strengthen the Africa Youth Environment Network (AYEN) to build synergies between UNEP and its collaborating centres and African youth in the area of environmental assessment and reporting; and facilitate young people’s contribution to policy framework for sustainable development. • Fourteen participants (1 from Egypt, 1 from Tunisia, 2 from Uganda, 1 from Ivory Coast, 2 from Zimbabwe, 2 from Zambia and 5 from Norway) for the youth programme 2009 recruited and completed the programme. • North-south and south-south exchange programme for 2008- 2009 implemented in collaboration with UNEP, EIS-AFRICA, NEMA Uganda and SARDC. The goal of the programme is to promote “partnerships for development” as a way to strengthen the understanding between the North and the South in a globalised world, and to increase expertise, both in the North and South in addressing international environmental issues. • Four participants (2 from Uganda, 1 from Zambia and 1 from Norway) recruited for the north-south, south- south programme 2008-2009. • A partners’ meeting for youth and north-south, south-south programmes held in Arendal, Norway, December 2009. Representatives from CEDARE, EIS-Africa, GRID-Arendal, NEMA, NESDA, SARDC, UNEP and FK Norway attended. Final reporting for both the youth and the north-south, south-south programmes under preparation. Applications for 2010-2011 in progress. Applications for 2010-2011 with a new composition of collaborating partners for both programmes in progress.

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