Programme Cooperation Agreement 2010 – 2011

• Report production services for partners: 1. State of Environment - Information Networking in Rwanda (Rwanda Environment Management Authority) 2. Working for the Environment (Department of Environmental Affairs of South Af- rica) 3. Sign and the art of Tracking: a guide to support law enforcement tracking and anti- poaching operations (INTERPOL) 4. Appraisal Report of the North Caspian Coastal Zone Bio-and Geodiversity Man- agement Master Plan (AGIP KCO) 5. Blue Carbon: First Level Exploration of Natural Coastal Carbon in the Arabian Peninsula (Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi) 6. Environment Atlas of Abu Dhabi Emirate (Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi) • Support to UNEP and other partners in the preparation of e-book versions of reports: 1. E-book editions of 9 UNEP reports prepared and published. 2. E-book editions of 3 reports of partners prepared and published. 3. E-book conversion of 80 titles completed and accessible on the GRID-Arendal web- site. 4. App that enables people to download interactive e-books into mobile devices for offline viewing developed. The App is available from iTunes Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod (http://www.grida.no/publications/appstore.aspx). 36 titles published in the App. • Support to UNEP for report launches, awareness raising functions and other events: 1. Information and awareness-raising activities organized to promote the 2011 Inter- national Year of Forests (IYF). GRID-Arendal developed a special page on its web- site that provided information and a wide range of multimedia resources (publica- tions, photos, graphics, videos, etc) on forests. The theme “Celebrating Forests for People” was the focus of the annual International Week celebration in Arendal in October. International Week is jointly organized by GRID-Arendal, Arendal Kom- mune, the UN Association of Norway and other organizations. A film series featur- ing 5 documentaries on forests and forest conservation was organized by GRID- Arendal and attended by more than 3000 elementary and high school students. Several promotional products (flyers, stickers, tote bags, etc) using the IOYF logo were produced and disseminated during the year. 2. Cartographic support provided to UNEP’s Billion Tree Campaign 3. Launch of the report Coalland: Faces of Donetsk at the ENVSEC Regional Meeting for Eastern Europe, Lviv, Ukraine, 16-17 February.

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