The Poverty Environment Partnership is an informal network of development agencies, established in September 2001, which seeks to improve the coordination of work on poverty reduction and the environment within the framework of internationally agreed principles and processes for sustainable development.
The objectives of the partnership are to:
- build a consensus on the critical links between poverty and the environment, particularly that better environmental management is essential to lasting poverty reduction
- review the activities of development agencies to build on common themes and address gaps in knowledge
The focus of the partnership is on four broad areas of collaboration:
- knowledge management and the exchange of expertise on mainstreaming of the environment within the participating agencies
- conceptual and analytical work on the links between poverty and the environment
- coordinated support to partner countries and regions
- development of indicators and more effective monitoring and evaluation of poverty-environmental trends and performance
Membership is open to development agencies and development banks with an interest in the relationship between poverty and the environment. The most recent meeting of the partnership in March 2002 was attended by Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the World Bank, EC, IFAD, UNDP, UNEP, ADB, the AFDB, IADB, and IMF.
Meetings will take place regularly, initially for a period of three years, with a rotating host. The 10-11 December 2002 meeting was hosted by UNDP in New York. Work plans will be updated at regular partnership meetings.
For further information on the Poverty Environment Partnership, please contact Jan Bojö, jbojo@worldbank.orgat (202) 473-4429.
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