Substances Phase out Projects (ICP Ozone )

These projects are implemented in phases.

Those projects are subject to further appraisal.

Among projects funded by bilateral donors, a majority consist of hard projects, many of them of multi year cycles involving Government to Government cooperation.

Mr. Charles Sena (Ogiek Rural Integral Projects)

In general, the soft projects benefited from smaller allocations of funds as compared to the hard ones, especially the large scale infrastructural projects.

Some bilateral donors have increased the number of new projects in areas that previously had fewer projects, such as waste management, regional institutions, and science and technology.

Mr. Charles Sena (Ogiek Rural Integral Projects)

This commentary is part of the Carnegie Council Centennial projects.

In the period 1994 1997, 30 small island developing States received some US 44 million in technical cooperation projects which were implemented in that period, 65 million in technical cooperation projects and 80 million in financial cooperation projects that are still under implementation was committed to twenty four small island developing States.

14. Table 2 presents information on projects under implementation.

3. To be consistent with the request of the General Assembly, the information on projects is compiled in separate tables projects implemented those under implementation and those envisaged for the period 1999 2003.

(See box 1 and www. unctad.org trade_env test1 projects taskforce.htm)

There are fewer projects envisaged for implementation in the next five years.

(c) Encourage countries to implement the new globally harmonized system for the classification and labelling of chemicals as soon as possible with a view to having the system fully operational by 2008

Most of these projects are smaller in terms of costs and of shorter duration.

Mr. Thomas Wenzel, Vice President, Export Large Projects, ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland

assistance to interested Governments in the formulation and implementation of country specific enterprise development projects

Information on those multi year projects that were initiated prior to 1994 has therefore been included in the present report.

Observations on earlier phases of the projects, when available, are mostly positive, justifying their continuation.

Look at all those new building projects.

10. The costs of projects vary considerably, ranging from under 10,000 to several million dollars.

Likewise, information provided by a number of multilateral organizations suggests a similar increase in new projects.

A large majority of the projects emphasized national institutions and administrative capacity and human resource development.

By mid 1998, UNDCP had provided some 14 million for implementing these projects it has committed another 12 million to projects currently under way and has planned to provide some 16 million over the next five years.

4. Development projects, in particular those on infrastructure, are often planned and implemented within a multi year time frame.

16. As can be seen from table 3, much fewer projects are planned for the next five years.

(b) Further develop a strategic approach to international chemicals management based on the Bahia Declaration and Priorities for Action beyond 2000 of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety by 2005, and urge that the United Nations Environment Programme, the Intergovernmental Forum, other international organizations dealing with chemical management and other relevant international organizations and actors closely cooperate in this regard, as appropriate

Among projects funded or implemented by international organizations, there seems to be no distinct pattern of preference or emphasis.

By and large the major features that emerged from table 1 as outlined above continue to fit these projects.

Projects belonging to the soft category are mostly those aimed at technical or policy analysis, planning and coordination.

13. The project information submitted by regional and multilateral organizations also indicates that they have undertaken more soft projects.

The Scale and Nature of International Donor Assistance to Housing, Basic Services, and Other Human Settlements Related Projects, by David Satterthwaite

Further information is available on the ITF website at www.unctad.org trade_env test1 projects ifoam2.htm.

Descriptions of the purposes and contents of the projects indicate that the thematic areas of the Programme of Action have been fairly well covered.

15. The information provided by some bilateral donors in tables 1 and 2 points to a stage feature of some infrastructural and capacity building projects.

A importância do Trabalho feminino na subsistência dos agregados familiares em situação de Urbanização bairro 25 de Junho, cidade de Chimoio. (Projects ARPAC). Maputo Mozambique.

While more projects are envisaged for implementation by multilateral organizations, the majority of them have a time frame extending to the year 2000 or 2001.

Those reported were projects already in the pipeline of Government to Government cooperation as of 30 June 1998, estimated at 45 million in total.

24. The available information seems to suggest an increase in projects since 1994, the year of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.

A public version of this study has recently been published by the Brookings SAIS Project on Internal Displacement and is available at www.brookings.edu fp projects idp protection_survey.htm.

Dr. Stern, Paula, The Impact on the U.S. Economy of Lifting the Food and Medical Embargo on Cuba , World Policy Institute, 2000, in http www.worldpolicy.org projects uscuba index.html.

8. Table 1 lists projects implemented by bilateral donors and regional and multilateral organizations, divided into three subsections to reflect the three types of respondents.

Other projects, including those listed under science and technology, transport and communication, national and regional institutions and human resource development, were devoted to the promotion of general development.

22. The Caribbean Development Bank reported that it has contributed to a number of regional technical assistance projects in the programme areas of institution, strengthening and capacity building.