1. UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative
The UNDP-UNEP
Poverty-Environment Initiative

2. UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative
What We Do
Support governments to:
Integrate environmental sustainability into national, development plans, such as the PRPSs, in support of poverty alleviation and economic growth
Build national capacity to:
Identify contribution of environment to poverty reduction and pro-poor growth
Effectively integrate environmental management into
national development processes, including budgeting
and investment plans

3. UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative
History
UNDP Poverty-Environment Initiative
Grew out of WSSD
Supported by DFID and EC
UNEP Poverty-Environment Project Supported by Norway, Belgium and Sweden
Joint UNDP-UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative, formed 2007
Donors collectively agreed to support significant scale-up of PEI
UNDP-UNEP Poverty Environment Facility, formed 2007
Supporting PEI scale-up, knowledge management, technical advisory services
Joint UNDP-UNEP programming, budgeting and staff recruitment
Leading example of UN interagency co-operation

4. UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative
MoU signed between UNDP and UNEP in 2005 to enhance collaboration in areas of common interest (3 areas: climate change, poverty and environment initiatives and other environmental endeavors).
PEI brings together the environmental capacity and networks of UNEP - with the UNDP’s expertise and capacity to support country-led processes via its CO presence.
Partnerships with Ministries of Environment, Ministries of Planning and Development and Ministries of Finance.
There are significant opportunities to link PEI with the MDG Achievement Fund, to help countries accelerate progress towards the MDGs.
PEI is working within the wider context of One UN pilots and UNDAF processes

5. UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative
PEI: Regions and Countries
Africa
UNDP-UNEP regional PEI team in Nairobi
10 country programmes: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique,
Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Botswana
Asia
UNDP-UNEP Regional PEI team in Bangkok
Country programmes established in Vietnam and Bhutan
Target to launch PEI activities in : Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal and East-Timor

6. UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative
PEI: Regions and Countries
Latin America
Joint UNDP-UNEP team based in Panama
Regional PEI programme launched in May 2008.
Europe/CIS
Joint UNDP-UNEP team based in Geneva/Bratislava
Regional PEI programme launched in June 2008.
Experience in country PEI programmes has led to key lessons learned, created model for mainstreaming environment into development processes