L'UNITAR et l'Université catholique pontificale du Pérou signent un mémorendum d'accord
Le 15 mai 2009, M. Luis Guzmán-Barrón Sobrevilla, Recteur de l’Université catholique pontificale du Pérou (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú), et M. Carlos Lopes, Directeur général de l’UNITAR, ont signé un Mémorandum d'accord qui établit les lignes générales de collaboration entre ces deux institutions. L’objectif de ce mémorandum est de définir le cadre d’une coopération future profitable aux deux institutions. Ainsi l’UNITAR et l’Université catholique pontificale du Pérou pourrons travailler ensemble dans le but d’offrir des formations classiques ainsi que des formations à distance sur les thèmes d’intérêt commun et de contribuer ainsi à répondre aux besoins de formation dans la région ibéro-américaine.
M. Jocelyn Fenard, Chef de la Section des partenariats et de la mobilisation des ressources, a présenté quant à lui la structure générale du nouveau plan stratégique de l’UNITAR et a souligné que notre Institut a la ferme intention de renforcer et consolider son travail dans les pays d’Amérique latine. De plus, il a mentionné que la conclusion d’accords de partenariat et de coopération avec de tels pays, institutions et organisations régionales est essentielle afin d’atteindre cet objectif.
 More than 1000 participants at the Africa Carbon Forum points to the eagerness and potential for offset projects in Africa.More than 1,000 participants from both the private and public sector from Africa and other parts of the world turned up for the second Africa Carbon Forum that took place at the United Nations, Gigiri complex 3-5 March 2010.
The Forum organized by the Nairobi Framework Partners sought to build interest in the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Africa, by bringing together all stakeholders of CDM in Africa (such as CDM national designated authorities, project developers, buyers and service providers from both the private and public sector) in order to catalyze CDM activity on the continent in areas such as Agriculture, Forestry and Land use.
“Before when we talked about Africa, it was all about the need to raise capacity and raise awareness about the potential for offset projects in Africa. Now we see a higher level of understanding, we see a real eagerness to get involved” said John Kilani of the UNFCCC Secretariat on behalf of the Nairobi Framework Partners.
UNITAR as a partner of the Nairobi Framework was engaged in the organization of the successful forum, and sponsored the participation of project developers from Africa to attend the forum to meet potential buyers as well as exchange ideas with others like them.
Josephine Ossiya a project developer form Uganda said: “The Africa Carbon Forum was very educative as it brought home the concept of carbon credits and how our economies and communities can benefit from it. Some of the success stories shared especially the agriculture related ones were very inspiring given that Uganda is an agricultural economy and I saw a lot of opportunity that can be exploited to improve our communities.”
The UNITAR Climate Change Programme is involved in capacity development initiatives for developing countries and continues to partner with others to support the increased ability of developing countries to address climate change.
The number of participants at the Africa Carbon Forum points to the immense interest for CDM projects in Africa and the potential for carbon markets and trading. At the same time however many of the participants whilst interested in the carbon projects, expressed the need to understand the costing of CDM projects and the real market opportunity for Certified Emissions Reductions.
 In November 2006, then Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched the Nairobi Framework to spread the benefits of the CDM to developing countries and since then, interest in the mechanism has grown but Africa still accounts for less than two percent of the 2,040 plus CDM projects registered to date in 62 countries. By bringing together potential buyers and sellers, the Africa Carbon Forum is one way of increasing this figure.
His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Opening the Second All Africa Carbon Forum in Nairobi 3, March 2010
The Partners of the Nairobi Frame work include: UNITAR, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), The World Bank (WB), The African Development Bank (AFDB), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change( UNFCCC).
For more information about UNITAR’s participation please contact Sharon OSEKU, Sharon.oseku@unitar.org and visit the Africa Carbon Forum Website.
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Lors de l’exposé des activités de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, M. Luis Guzmán-Barrón Sobrevilla a mis en exergue l’importance d’identifier les domaines d’intérêt mutuel dans le but d’organiser des formations conjointes dans ces domaines-ci, ainsi que le besoin d’améliorer les cours d’apprentissage en ligne sur des sujets tels que le droit international, la sécurité, les droits de l’Homme et les questions environnementales. M. Luis Guzmán-Barrón Sobrevilla a aussi montré de l’intérêt pour l’organisation de conférences et pour la conduite de recherches interdisciplinaires dans ces secteurs d’intérêt mutuel.
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