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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180503T131500
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URL:https://www.adaptation-fund.org/event/sbi48-side-event-adaptation-fund
 -accelerating-effective-adaptation-action-innovation-multi-level-global-le
 arning/
SUMMARY:SBI48 Side Event- Adaptation Fund: Accelerating Effective Adaptatio
 n Action\, Innovation & Multi-Level Global Learning
DESCRIPTION:UNFCCC 48th SB’s Bonn Climate Change Conference\, Bonn\, Germ
 any\nAdaptation Fund: Accelerating Effective Adaptation Action\, Innovatio
 n &amp\; Multi-Level Global Learning\n \nSide Event:\nThursday\, 3 May 201
 8\n13:15—14:45\nBonn Room (181) \nRecorded Webcast\nSide Events Webcast
  Page\nWhen Kyoto Protocol countries decided at COP23 that the Adaptation 
 Fund “shall serve” the Paris Agreement (PA)\, it recognized wide recog
 nition and demand for AF’s concrete\, tailored adaptation actions to the
  most vulnerable and its pioneering Direct Access modality that builds nat
 ional capacities.\nWith CMA decisions expected at COP24\, AF is helping to
  operationalize the PA. Its new 5-year strategy aligned with the PA &amp\;
  UN Sustainable Development Goals accelerates action\, empowers the vulner
 able\, promotes gender-responsiveness\, fosters innovation and collaborati
 on.\nAF leaders\, country implementers\, governments and CSOs provide conc
 rete examples.\n\nModerated by: \nMs. Young Hee Lee\, Legal and Operations
  Analyst\, Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat\n\nSpeakers: \n1:15-1:25 pm
 …Mr. Victor Viñas\, Adaptation Fund Board Chair\, Representative for La
 tin America and Caribbean\, Dominican Republic national\n\nBrief update on
  AF’s niche and growing momentum within the global climate finance lands
 cape in supporting Paris Agreement implementation through concrete\, tailo
 red adaptation projects to most vulnerable communities and pioneering inno
 vations such as Direct Access in building national capacities.\n\n1:25-1:3
 5 pm…Mr. Mikko Ollikainen\, Manager\, Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat\
 n\nAF’s strategic focus on Action\, Innovation and Learning &amp\; Shari
 ng\, cross-cutting actions that support most vulnerable groups\, advance g
 ender equality\, build national capacities\, and complement other climate 
 funds. \n\nPresentation\n\n1:35-1:45 pm…Ms. Simone Dias\, Data Consultan
 t\, Monitoring\, Evaluation and Data Management Unit\, Department of Envir
 onment (DOE)\, Antigua and Barbuda\n\nPresentation\n\nDOE is AF’s Nation
 al Implementing Entity for Antigua and Barbuda. Ms. Dias will speak to inn
 ovative project in country to manage water overflow during storms and clim
 ate-proof homes for the most vulnerable groups.\n\n1:45-1:55 pm…Mr. Faus
 tin Munyazikwiye\, Deputy Director General\, Rwanda Environment Management
  Authority \n\nPresentation\n\nInnovative AF-funded project in Rwanda\, su
 stainable land/water management and farming methods and advancing gender e
 quality through a Green Village and agricultural terracing to adapt to ext
 reme rainfall.\n\n1:55-2:05 pm…Ms. Dina Kisbi\, Director of Climate Chan
 ge\, Jordan Ministry of Environment\n\nPresentation\n\nBrief look at Jorda
 n’s AF portfolio\, progress of innovative aspects of project\; value of 
 Direct Access.\n\n2:05-2:15 pm…Mr. Emmanuel Seck\, Programme Manager\, E
 NDA Energy\, Senegal\, member of Adaptation Fund NGO Network\; and Ms. Jul
 ia Grimm\, Project Coordinator\, Adaptation Fund NGO Network\n\nPresentati
 on\n\nRole of CSOs in AF projects\, innovative adaptation responses and sc
 alability\; 227-member Network’s role in capturing lessons of effective 
 AF projects\, raising awareness and providing localized input. \n\n2:15-2:
 45 pm…QUESTIONS and ANSWERS\n\n 
CATEGORIES:Adaptation Fund Events
LOCATION:Bonn Room (181)\, Bonn\, Germany\, Bonn\, Germany\, North Rhine-We
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