The 2019 Europe/CIS Regional Ministerial Conference on Green Economy is organized by the World Green Economy Organization in close cooperation with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, and in partnership with a number of key stakeholders.
The 2019 Europe/CIS Regional Ministerial Conference on Green Economy is generously hosted by the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The World Green Economy Organization (WGEO, http://worldgreeneconomy.org) emerged in response to the priorities and concerns identified from Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 as an organization intended to support emerging global actions towards the green, low-carbon, climate-resilient development model. WGEO seeks to promote the widespread acceptance and increased importance of the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, by linking financing, technology, capacity-building and all other elements of the enabling environment for green economy.
The purpose of WGEO is to provide systematic, holistic and catalytic support in the promotion of widespread acceptance and increased importance of the green economy at national, regional and global levels. More specifically, the objectives of WGEO are:
The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC, https://www.unsouthsouth.org) was established to promote, coordinate and support South-South and triangular cooperation globally and within the United Nations system.
UNOSSC, hosted by UNDP since 1974, was established by the UN General Assembly with a mandate to advocate for and coordinate South-South and triangular cooperation on a global and UN system-wide basis. UNOSSC receives policy directives and guidance from the General Assembly and through its subsidiary body, the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation. UNOSSC submits its strategic planning frameworks to the UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS Executive Board for approval and funding. The Director reports to the UNDP Administrator and has also been appointed Envoy of the Secretary-General on South-South Cooperation.
The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation:
The Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan (https://www.gov.uz/en/) is the executive power body of the Republic of Uzbekistan, ensuring guidance over effective functioning of the economy, social and cultural development, execution of the laws, and other decisions of Oliy Majlis, as well as decrees and resolutions issued by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD, https://www.ifad.org), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference.
The conference was organized by the United Nations in response to the food crises of the early 1970s, when global food shortages were causing widespread famine and malnutrition, primarily in the Sahelian countries of Africa.
World leaders realized that food insecurity and famine were not so much failures in food production but structural problems relating to poverty. This was compounded by the fact that the majority of the developing world’s poor people lived in rural areas.
In response to these complex challenges, it was decided that an “an International Fund for Development should be established immediately to finance agricultural development projects, primarily for food production in the developing countries … The Fund shall provide financing primarily for projects and programmes specifically designed to introduce, expand or improve food production systems and to strengthen related policies and institutions …”
Three years after the Rome conference, IFAD was set up as an international financial institution in 1977.
Since then, IFAD-supported projects have reached millions of people.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, http://www.fao.org) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
FAO goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With over 194 member states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide.
FAO creates and shares critical information about food, agriculture and natural resources in the form of global public goods. But this is not a one-way flow. FAO plays a connector role, through identifying and working with different partners with established expertise, and facilitating a dialogue between those who have the knowledge and those who need it. By turning knowledge into action, FAO links the field to national, regional and global initiatives in a mutually reinforcing cycle. By joining forces, FAO facilitates partnerships for food and nutrition security, agriculture and rural development between governments, development partners, civil society and the private sector.
FAO’s activities comprise five main areas:
The China Agricultural University (CAU, https://en.cau.edu.cn) is one of the top ranked key national universities in China. It is one of the universities listed in 211 and 985 Projects and directly subordinated to the Ministry of Education of P.R.China. Project 211 is a project of National Key Universities and colleges initiated in 1995 by the Ministry of Education of China. There are more than 1,700 standard institutions of higher education, with about 6 percent of them being 211 Project institutions. Project 985 is a project first announced by Chinese President Jiang Zemin at the 100th anniversary of Peking University on 4 May 1998 to promote the development and reputation of the Chinese higher education system. By the end of the first phase of the project, 34 universities were sponsored. In the second phase of the project, five more universities were added to the project, bringing the total number to 39. It was announced in September 2007 that the project will not admit other universities.
Developing itself into an internationalized institution, CAU considers international exchange and cooperation to be a significant component of its mission. CAU has well established collaborations via 296 counter-signed Memorandum of Understanding or Agreements with 178 universities from 35 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, & Oceania. Exchange of students with partner universities has become a routine of work. In addition, cooperation with UN specialized organizations and international institutions have been developed. A worldwide network for academic exchange & collaboration is under cultivation.
The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change, https://unfccc.int) was established in 1992 when countries adopted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
With the subsequent adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and the Paris Agreement in 2015, Parties to these three agreements have progressively reaffirmed the secretariat’s role as the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change.
Focusing in its early years largely on facilitating the intergovernmental climate change negotiations, the secretariat today supports a complex architecture of bodies that serve to advance the implementation of the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.
The secretariat provides technical expertise and assists in the analysis and review of climate change information reported by Parties and in the implementation of the Kyoto mechanisms. It also maintains the registry for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) established under the Paris Agreement, a key aspect of implementation of the Paris Agreement.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, https://www.undp.org) works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. UNDP helps countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.
In September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. UNDP is working to strengthen new frameworks for development, disaster risk reduction and climate change. UNDP supports countries’ efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, or Global Goals, which will guide global development priorities through 2030.
UNDP’s strength comes from having the trust of developing countries, owing to our impartial character, longstanding presence and commitment to the poorest and most vulnerable. UNDP also plays a key role as the support platform of the wider UN Development System, helping agencies work together for sustainable development.
The International Solar Alliance (ISA, http://isolaralliance.org) is a treaty-based international intergovernmental organization established by the parties to collectively address key common challenges to the scaling up of solar energy in line with their needs. The goal is to mobilize more than USD1,000 billion into solar sector and to accelerate the development and deployment of over 1,000GW of solar generation capacity by 2030 in ISA Member countries.
As of now 74 countries have signed and 52 countries have ratified the Framework Agreement on the Establishment of the ISA. The Membership of the ISA is now open for all the UN Member countries (ratification procedure under progress). The ISA aims to directly impact the SDG 7(Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all) and SDG 13 (Take urgent action to combat climate change) while striking a balance between the two.
The ISA rests on a strong governance structure which includes: Assembly, eight committees: standing committee, programmme committee, general and legal, finance committee along with 4 regional committees. Six task forces, two working Groups and a global ecosystem of partners help ISA keep the pace.
