Mountain Partnership Secretariat, FOMD

Delegation of Montenegro

7 June 2010

Contents

Why mountains deserve global attention

What is the Mountain Partnership

1992: Rio Earth Summit

Chapter 13 of Agenda 21

Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development

Why?

� Mountains and upland areas cover some 27% of the surface of the earth

� Home to 12% of the world population

� Of the world’s 1 billion chronically undernourished around 1/3 live in mountain areas

� 26% of world’s population depend directly on mountains

� At least 50% of the planet’s fresh water comes from mountains

Climate change

� water resources for agriculture and

human consumption

� increase of hazards

� tourism

� hydropower

The accelerating loss of mountain snow and

ice cover affects:

2002

� 78 countries with national committees

� National and regional events & initiatives

� Global/regional/national meetings

The Mountain Partnership

A new approach to development…

� Johannesburg – 2002

� Building on existing alliancesand IYM 2002

� Alliance that is voluntary and inclusive (Governments–IGOs–NGOs–Private Sector)

Membership

168 Members:

50 Countries

16 IGOs

102 Major groups

Enhances collaboration and action through ...

All about ACTION:� brokering collaborative activities, projects and

programmes

� facilitating contacts, outreach and sharing of information

� resource mobilization

� advocacy and political support for mountains

Working in several thematic areas...

� Policy and law

� Research

� Sustainable livelihoods

� Watershed management

� Gender

� SARD-M

� Biodiversity

And in different regions...

� Andes

� HKH

� Africa

� Central Asia

� Europe

� N. America

Multi-stakeholder team that services and supports the Mountain Partnership

Decentralized structure:

� multiple hosting institutions

� central coordinating unit at FAO in FOMD

What is the Mountain Partnership Secretariat?

Decentralized hubs of MPS:

� Asia/Pacific (ICIMOD, Kathmandu)

� Latin America (CONDESAN, Lima)

� Central Asia (UCA, Kyrgyzstan) and possible future African hub

plus:

� Environmental Reference Centre – UNEP

� close collaboration with the Mountain Forum

Priority areas for 2010...

� Climate change adaptation

� Biodiversity conservation

� Quality products/value chains

Examples of activities:

IPROMO - International Programme on Research and Training on Sustainable Management of Mountain Areas

2010 – Protecting Mountain Biodiversity

2009 – Economic opportunities for SMD

2008 – Global changes and SMD

Examples of activities:

� Two events during the CSD18

�sustainable transport and CC initiative

� Event at COP 15 - UNCCC

� Collaboration with the ITA Ministry of Environment

� Publication on “Dryland mountains” with FOMC, CDE and UNCCD Secretariat

Ongoing and future projects

� World Bank project on CC adaptation

� TCP in Ecuador on SMD

� TCP in Morocco on value chain

� TCP in the Andes on governance(to be approved)

Key events 2010 and beyond:

2010:� Official Launch of new set-up (31 Mar 2010)

� CSD 18 Side event mountain transportation (May 2010)

� GMBA Conference: Functional significance of mountain biodiversity (July 2010)

� Perth Conference – Mountains and Global Change(Sept 2010)

� UNCBD COP10 – Nagoya – side event on mountain biodiversity(Oct 2010)

� Ministerial meeting? (Nepal/Kyrgyz Rep)

2011:� Preparatory conference Rio+20

2012:� Rio+20 Summit, IYM+10, Mountain theme at CSD

Information and Communication Services

Brokering, developing and sustainingjoint activities

� disseminating information(online, via email, publications, fact sheets, surveys, UNGA reports)

� connecting members(attending and hosting events)

� promoting exchange of experiences(online advocacy course/Ipromo course and website/broadband case studies )

� knowledge management(funding database)

Communication tools

English – French - Spanish

� Telephone, skype and e-mail

� E-mail distribution lists, d-groups, media lists

� Web site (E-Es-Fr)

� Newsletter (only English now)

� Databases

� New Leaflet (English – French - Spanish)

� Publications

� Events and Meetings

� Resources (e.g. grant proposal guidelines; climate change fact sheets)

Tools in focus

Email distribution lists

� Mountain Partnership members 974 subscribers

� Friends of Mountains849 subscribers

� E-mail alerts and messagingTargetted announcements

Transboundary protected areas in SEE

The ABC(D) of European Mountains

AAlps BBalkans and DDinaric Arc

CCarpathians

COOPERATION ON THE PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF

SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN MOUNTAIN REGIONS – DINARIC ARC AND BALKANS

Dinaric Arc andBalkan Regional Cooperation Process

• Protection and sustainable development of South East European mountain regions

• Trans-boundary approach to foster sub-regional cooperation and reduce individual work load

Dinaric Arc InitiativeDinaric Arc Initiative

� preservation of Dinaric Arc’s wealth and integrity through– establishment of networks of

protected areas– Ecological corridors– conservation of its biological

diversity – sustainable management of

resources� The promotion of intercultural dialogue,

transboundary collaboration� scientific cooperation among the

countries of the region� The integration of environmental

policies across all relevant sectoralinitiatives.

Contact

Rosalaura RomeoProgramme Officer

Mountain Partnership Secretariat, FAO

Tel:+39 06 57055961

E-mail:rosalaura.romeo@fao.org

Web site:www.mountainpartnership.org