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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20160510T133000
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URL:https://www.adaptation-fund.org/event/adaptation-funds-panel-session-d
 irect-access-to-adaptation-funding/
SUMMARY:Adaptation Fund's panel session: Direct access to adaptation fundin
 g
DESCRIPTION:Direct access to adaptation funding: five years of experience b
 y pioneering organisations (PR 9.2)\nIssue 9. Institutions and governance\
 nMay 10\, 2016\n13.30 – 15.15\nDiamond Room I\n\n\nBeing first of three 
 international funds to allow ‘direct access’ to its resources\, the Ad
 aptation Fund enables countries to have their agencies directly manage fun
 ds for adaptation projects\, which helps them break free from reliance on 
 international organisations. Twenty countries have successfully done so. I
 n this panel session\, the Fund and four national implementing entities wi
 ll share their experiences in direct access\, discuss the challenges they 
 encountered in pioneering this ground-breaking modality\, and chart out po
 ssibilities for the future. The speakers will also discuss what this exper
 ience can offer to the new scaled up adaptation resources expected to beco
 me available.\n\nPresentations:\nThe Adaptation Fund experience: what we h
 ave learned\nDaouda Ndiaye\, Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat\, Senegal /
  USA\n\nGetting ready for direct access: how experiences from the first Na
 tional Implementing\nEntity (NIE) and the first direct access project can 
 help other developing countries\nDethie Soumare Ndiaye\, Centre de Suivi E
 cologique\, Senegal\n\nDirect access as a learning exercise: developing pi
 lot initiatives in different states and Sectors\nSachin Kamble\, National
  Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development\, India (tbc)\n\nExperiences f
 rom a small island developing state: how to use small country organisatio
 ns to access funds directly\nLisa Andon\, Micronesia Conservation Trust\, 
 Federated States of Micronesia\n\nExperiences from the first ‘enhanced d
 irect access‘ programme\, small grants facility for climate change adap
 tation completely managed at the country level\nMandy Barnett\, South Afri
 can National Biodiversity Institute\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Adaptation Fund Events
LOCATION:Postillion Convention Centre\, Rotterdam\, Beursplein 37\, 3011 AA
  Rotterdam\, Netherlands\, Rotterdam\, Netherlands\, 3011 AA\, Zuid-Hollan
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