Proposed Projects for the 8th Tranche

40 projects have been submitted to the General Assembly for approval in the year of the 2012-2013 Proposed Programme budget.

Details on the proposals are included in the concept notes as submitted to the General Assembly for approval (A/66/6 Sect 36) and Supplementary information)

	Title	Entity	Budget
1213A.	Capacity-building for removing constraints in utilizing trade-related international support measures for least developed countries	DESA jointly with ESCAP, ECA, ITC, UNCTAD, WTO, UN-OHLLRS	670,000
1213B.	Strengthening capacities of the public sector in least developed countries to deliver quality services equitably through the transfer and adaptation of innovative practices	DESA jointly with UNODC, UN-Women and UN-Habitat	640,300
1213C.	Strengthening national capacities of conflict-affected countries to manage water scarcity and droughts	DESA jointly with ESCWA, ECA, UNEP, FAO, UNISDR and UNDPKO	570,000
1213D.	Supporting the development of low carbon technologies for resilient green economies in small island developing States	DESA in collaboration with UNEP and ESCAP	650,000
1213E.	Climate change financing for forests: reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation - plus and its impacts on financing for other functions of forests worldwide	DESA	600,000
1213F.	Fostering private-public partnerships to strengthen national capacities for designing, implementing and evaluating development-oriented macroeconomic policies to generate employment, growth and poverty reduction	DESA in collaboration with UNDP and ECA, ESCWA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP	400,000
1213G.	Helping developing countries measure progress towards achieving a green economy	DESA in collaboration with ESCWA, ECA, ESCAP, ECLAC, UNCTAD and UNEP	800,000
1213H.	Strengthening the geospatial information management capacities of developing countries for better policymaking at the national, regional and international levels	DESA collaboration with ESCWA, ECA, ECE, ECLAC, UNDPKO	400,000
1213I.	Supporting small island developing States in their efforts to build economic resilience	UNCTAD	397,000
1213J.	Accelerating progress of selected West African countries towards the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, particularly Millennium Development Goal 8, through trade-related training and capacity-building	UNCTAD	577,000
1213K.	Capacity-building for the formulation and implementation of Millennium Development Goal-oriented trade policies in developing countries contributing to accelerating achievement of Millennium Development Goals in the context of multiple and interrelated development challenges	UNCTAD	694,000
1213L.	Addressing the impact of trade and trade agreements on employment in developing countries	UNCTAD	232,000
1213M.	Strengthening of capacities of trade and planning ministries of selected least developed countries to develop and implement trade strategies that are conducive to poverty reduction	UNCTAD	641,000
1213N.	Building national capacities for promoting foreign direct investment in green and other growth sectors	UNCTAD	461,000
1213O.	Promoting sustainable business models for development: investing in the poor, for the poor and with the poor	UNCTAD	462,000
1213P.	Strengthening pro-growth macroeconomic management capacities for enhanced regional financial and monetary cooperation among selected countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and West and Central Africa	UNCTAD	555,000
1213Q.	Mainstreaming ecosystem service into the sectoral and macroeconomic policies and programmes of countries	UNEP	542,000
1213R.	Integrating environmental sustainability in the United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks and United Nations common country programming processes	UNEP	541,000
1213S.	Development of a review system for the effective national implementation of multilateral environmental agreements	UNEP	543,000
1213T.	Strengthening the capacities of the States members of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region to address the land and property issues of internally displaced persons and refugees, with specific emphasis on women's land and property rights	UN-Habitat in collaboration with ICGLR, AU and ECA	452,000
1213U.	Strengthening capacity of policymakers in South-East Asia for promoting policies and developing plans for improved wastewater treatment and reuse in urban and peri-urban areas	UN-Habitat and ESCAP	348,000
1213V.	Integrating crime-, corruption-, drug- and terrorism-related issues into the preparation of national development plans and processes	UNODC	650,000
1213W.	Strengthening the capacity of civil registration and vital statistics systems in Africa to produce continuous and reliable indicators for measuring progress on the development agenda	ECA in collaboration with ESCAP	682,000
1213X.	Strengthening the capacity of African countries to promote the use of renewable energy to achieve sustainable development and poverty reduction	ECA in collaboration with ESCAP, ECE, ECLAC, ESCWA and DESA	703,000
1213Y.	Capacity-building for risk and disaster management systems through the use of information and communications technologies in Africa	ECA in collaboration with ESCAP	689,000
1213Z.	Strengthening capacities for the development of regional agricultural value chains in Africa	ECA	499,000
1213AA.	Strengthening the capacities of developing countries and countries with economies in transition to facilitate legitimate border crossing, regional cooperation and integration	ECE in collaboration with ESCAP, ESCWA, ECA, and ECLAC	750,000
1213AB.	Promoting energy efficiency investments for climate change mitigation and sustainable development	ECE in collaboration with ESCAP, ESCWA, ECA, ECLAC, UNIDO and DESA	1,250,000
1213AC.	Towards productivity convergence: trade, financing and technology for small-scale enterprises	ECLAC in collaboration with ESCAP, ILO and UNCTAD	575,000
1213AD.	Towards a low-carbon economy in Latin America: policy options for energy efficiency and innovation	ECLAC collaboration with ECE, UNDP, other United Nations agencies and ADB	478,000
1213AE.	Time for equality: strengthening the institutional framework of social policies	ECLAC	661,000
1213AF.	Strengthening the capacities of Latin America and Asia to develop and improve labour training systems and to protect workers against unemployment	ECLAC	754,500
1213AG.	Strengthening information and communications technology capacities for disaster risk reduction and development: addressing information, knowledge and policy gaps in Asia	ESCAP	600,600
1213AH.	Strengthening capacities in countries with special needs on designing and implementing economic and social development policies to accelerate progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals	ESCAP	643,500
1213AI.	Interregional cooperation to strengthen national capacities to measure progress in achieving gender equality and women's empowerment	ESCAP in collaboration with ECE, ESCWA and DESA	686,400
1213AJ.	Deepening regional connectivity: strengthening capacities of Asian developing countries to increase intraregional trade by implementing paperless trade and transport facilitation systems	ESCAP jointly with ECE, and in collaboration with UNCTAD	854,000
1213AK.	Institutional and capacity-building for Arab parliaments and other stakeholders for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security	ESCWA in collaboration with ECA	510,000
1213AL	Academy of Information and Communications Technology Essentials for Government Leaders in the ESCWA Region	ESCWA in collaboration with ESCAP	509,000
1213AM.	Developing the capacities of the Arab countries for climate change adaptation by applying integrated water resource management tools	ESCWA jointly with UNEP	517,000
1213AN.	Strengthening capacities to utilize workers' remittances in financing for development	ESCWA in collaboration with ECA and DESA	464,000

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