The document seeks to provide a factual basis for a preliminary review of SRAP and RAP implementation, and for preliminary CRIC recommendations on enhancing the potential role of these tools in the implementation of the Convention and of The Strategy.
For Annex IV it was recommended to take advantage of the results of the work undertaken under EU-funded research projects, in particular the Concerted Action to Support the Northern Mediterranean Regional Action Programme to Combat Desertification (MEDRAP), in establishing the RAP.
The core of the UNCCD is the development of national, subregional and regional action programmes (NAPs, SRAPs, and RAPs) by national governments, in cooperation with donors, local communities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs
The Bureau recommended a follow-up by the GoE of work on benchmarks and indicators which should reflect previous work and should reach a consensus for an integrated framework for assessment to be used in supporting the NAPs, SRAPs and RAPs
It is likely that strengthening regional coordination, in line with the trend towards decentralization within United Nations agencies, will make it possible to provide more effective support for the affected developing country Parties in respect of their RAPs
This will support the implementation of the UNCCD including NAPs, SRAPs, and RAPs, encourage the use of quantitative information and facilitate the compilation and analysis of future reports (a tentative format is contained in annex III
As most donors preferred to maintain a degree of control over how their funds were utilized, the activities which received funding reflected, to some extent, the priority themes of the donors, though all were within the framework of the RAP.
They also have also been guided in the designing of future projects in the GEF focal area of land degradation and encouraged to strengthen constructive partnerships within the frameworks of Nnational Aaction Pprogrammes (NAPs), Ssubregional Aaction Pprogrammes (SRAPs) and Rregional Aaction Pprogrammes (RAPs
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The Regional Coordination Unit for Africa, attached to the ADB, was chiefly responsible for ensuring that these networks were launched and operational in practice in order to assist effectively with the implementation of the RAP in Africa.
Given that the current level of achievement of target associated with that indicator (i.e. “by 2014, at least 80 per cent of affected country Parties, subregional and regional entities have formulated/revised a NAP/SRAP/RAP aligned to The Strategy”) is very low (12 countries have a NAP aligned to The Strategy, which is approximately seven per cent of all affected country Parties), it is very unlikely that by 2018, 70 per cent of all affected country Parties (approximately 95 countries) will have successfully gone through a quality self-assessment.
(g) The GM, upon request, should establish regional investment platforms with a view to channelling funding towards the review and implementation of SRAPs and RAPs;
The basic principles underlining these provisions call for: (a) participation, consultation, and partnership, (b) building upon existing relevant successful national plans and programmes, SRAPS and RAPs, and (c) updating action programmes (APs) through a continuing participatory process on the basis of lessons learned from activities in the field, as well as the results of research