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Karavasta Solar The proposed investment involves senior loan financing of up to EUR 36 million to Karavasta Solar Sh.p.k (the Company or the Project). It will be used to finance the development, construction, operation and maintenance of a 124MWac/140MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant located in the County of Fier, Albania. The PV plant will be connected to the national grid through a 19.2 km 220 kV transmission line also financed as part of the Project. The Project is expected to be commissioned in 2023. The Project will sell 50% of generated electricity to the state-owned offtaker, Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare Sha, based on a competitively awarded tariff Power Purchase Agreement. The other 50% of the Project output will be sold on the market. The Project will increase the electricity supply in Albania at a competitive tariff (for the supported generation). The Project contributes to increased resilience through the diversification of Albanias energy mix, which is currently fully reliant on domestic hydropower plants and imports. The Project contributes to an improvement in competitiveness by demonstrating the viability of developing PV solar projects with a mixed tariff structure and off-take strategy that takes partial market risks.  It is expected that successful financing and implementation of the project will encourage further private investments in the country.
Resident Coordinator Activities With the adoption of General Assembly Resolution 72/279, Member States adopted a hybrid funding system for the new Resident Coordinator system. 
The Development Coordination Office supports the Resident Coordinator system, with 131 Resident Coordinators leading United Nations country teams in 162 countries and territories to implement the 2030 Agenda to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Over 80% of the budget goes to the field. The United Nations development system repositioning has moved development into the heart of the Secretary-General?s mandate; has implemented a shift towards policy and joined-up policy advice, with a new, streamlined United Nations country team footprint; and is instilling greater transparency and accountability to development action on the ground, with the Cooperation Framework as the central planning tool for development operations, led by a recalibrated pool of Resident Coordinators equipped with the tools and skills to effectively lead development coordination in the field.
Funding sources include three streams: voluntary contributions from Member States, the doubling of cost-sharing amounts from UN entities who are members of the United Nations development system, and a 1 per cent levy applied to contributions for UN development-related activities earmarked to a single agency, single programme or project. The successful implementation of the United Nations development system repositioning requires a fully-funded Resident Coordinator (RC) system, owned by the membership. The Special Purpose Trust Fund (SPTF), a specific fund housed within the UN Secretariat, managed by the Development Coordination Office, has been established to receive, consolidate, manage and account for all contributions and financial transactions of the new RC system, in a transparent and effective way. The SPTF web portal displays in real-time all commitments, contributions and expenditures recorded for the fund.
All contributions count and their symbolic value is far greater than the sum of their parts. The aim is to expand the ownership and funding base to the maximum, building a robust system by all, for all. 
Funds from the SPTF account for the salaries of Resident Coordinators, Resident Coordinator Office staff and the Development Coordination Office.
Academy of Medical Sciences Delivery Costs - GCRF Programme delivery and administrative costs for Academy of Medical Sciences ODA programmes under the Global Challenges Research Fund. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports UK and international researchers and innovators to take on key issues affecting developing countries through:
• challenge-led multidisciplinary research 
• strengthening capability for research, innovation and knowledge exchange  
• providing an agile response to emergencies
Academy of Medical Sciences - Transition Activity & Delivery Funding to enable Academy of Medical Sciences to engage in the development of the new International Science Partnerships fund, including scoping and networking, and for interim activities to maintain partnerships and capacity in the transition from Newton Fund and the Global Challenges Research Fund to the new fund. Aims to support partner organisations and maintain national and international research community partnerships and capacity in the transition from Newton Fund and the Global Challenges Research Fund to the new International Science Partnerships fund.
Cooperation In Conservation: Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative This grant will specifically co-finance the following WHMSI activities: A steering committee meeting with participants from up to 8 countries, 4 conventions and 10 NGOs; building support for the global flyways resolution of the CMS COP in Ecuador in November 2014 which contains the work plan for the Western Hemisphere and business partnership for all important actors; 1 day meeting strategy meeting prior to Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Conference Of Parties (COP) in Ecuador in November 2014; Side event at CMS COP; Quarterly updates to WHMSI Council and partners; Updates to WHMSI web pages and working groups (marine, flyways); Keeping WHMSI.net updates functional and a usable portal in the community; Planning for a full WHMSI Council meeting; Brochure and informative dissemination of materials; Expanding development and sustainability activities; Recruiting targeted WHMSI partners from NGOs, philanthropic sector, civil society. Funding also is provided for travel expenses, administrative support, and outreach.
Protegiendo y Manejando Hbitat de Invernada de Aves Playeras: Ruta Pacifico Urban and commercial development, aquaculture and human disturbances are among main threats to habitat sites used by Red Knots, Whimbrels, Western Sandpipers, Dunlins and other shorebird species wintering along the Pacific flyway. In 2011, the Migratory Shorebird Project (MSP) established an international partnership to understand and reverse those and other causes of shorebird declines along the Pacific Flyway. This project will use information gathered by MSP to locate and protect critical sites for shorebirds. Objectives are to secure the legal protection of 2130 acres of shorebird habitat, reduce the disturbance experienced by shorebirds on over 260,000 acres in 8 WHSRN sites, increase knowledge about the impacts of habitat loss on shorebirds populations wintering along the Pacific Flyway, and increase the capacity of local groups and national agencies in 9 countries to assess shorebird populations and implement management practices beneficial to shorebird habitat.
CONSOLIDATING A HEMISPHERIC PLAN FOR THE ATLANTIC FLYWAY Building on earlier work, the grantee will finalize the development of a second phase business plan by engaging Latin American stakeholders in refining the conceptual model; identifying and prioritizing strategies and projects; and aligning the plan with existing national and regional plans. The long-term goal is to create a platform for the recovery of shorebird populations within the Atlantic Flyway that by 2025 maintains or increases both the extent and values of shorebird habitat compared to 2015, and increases target shorebird populations by 10%.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere The Recipient will enter into a two-year cooperative agreement with the Wildlife Without Borders Latin America and Caribbean (WWB-LAC) program to develop a passion for conservation by engaging young people with nature (especially birds) using an innovat
RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF CRITICAL S Work with local communities in the Gulf of Guayaquil, southwest Ecuador, to protect and restore critical habitat for migratn shorebirds that use mangrove and mudflat ecosystems
ASSESSING SHOREBIRDS & SHRIMP AQUACULTUR The Pacific Americas Shorebird Conservation Strategy (Strategy) (Senner et al. 2016) was developed with engagement from 85 shorebird experts and resource managers in 15 countries of the flyway. Audubon is coordinating efforts to build out and facilitate wide implementation of the Strategy, link the Strategy to international lending institutions and identify potential partners and funders. During Strategy development, participants ranked shrimp aquaculture as a high threat to shorebirds in the Neotropical region and recommended creating conservation initiatives with natural resource industries as an effective way to address this threat. Along the Pacific coast of Central America, partners will further develop the Strategy with respect to shorebirds using natural and converted mangrove forests and related intertidal habitats, including shrimp aquaculture sites. A Shrimp Aquaculture Working Group-comprised primarily of non-U.S. stakeholders will be formed with support from a Latin American project coordinator. They will: (a) assess shorebird status and distribution relative to shrimp aquaculture operations and management practices, and (b) summarize the best available information on impacts to shorebirds, as well as best management practices for shorebird-friendly operations. This will create a strategic approach for implementing projects directly addressing shrimp impacts and opportunities on shorebirds on the Pacific coast of Central America.
BUILDING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF NEOTROPICAL GRASSLANDS Partners will build the ecological, economic and social sustainability of the conservation of Neotropical grassland dependent birds throughout Latin American through the development, documentation and dissemination of best management practices and the completion of the Latin American component of a Prairies to Pampas conservation business plan. This will be achieved by developing techniques and approaches to grassland conservation at key migration stopover sites; demonstrating and documenting responsible production approaches to natural grasslands conservation within rancher communities and policy environments in Latin America; building support for the conservation and sustainable use of natural grasslands through disseminating information; and engaging Latin American stakeholders in developing the conceptual model for the business plan, and integrating the plan with existing planning exercises.
Conserving a Boreal Icon: the Canada Warbler With 80 percent of its breeding range in the Boreal Forest and a wintering range in tropical forests of the Andes, the Canada Warbleris an icon for both boreal and tropical forest conservation. Analysis of Breeding Bird Survey data shows a loss of 61 percent of its Canadian population. In 2013, project partners began developing a range-wide conservation initiative to benefit Canada Warbler and co-occurring migratory and resident species. The initiative seeks to build on emerging science regarding the warblers decline, and implement partner-based priority actions for the species and its habitats. Immediate objectives are to determine the winter distribution and identify priority areas and major threats to the species; improve understanding of winter ground ecology and responses to habitat management; build awareness of the importance of Canada Warbler habitat conservation among key stakeholders; and establish a partnership to implement a full lifecycle conservation strategy.
West Hemisphere Branch-International Grants Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders
Conserving Birds Through the Caribbean Birding Trail The goal of the Caribbean Birding Trail is to raise awareness across all communities, particularly those in or near critical bird habitat, of the regions biodiversity and the imperative to protect what remains of habitat that supporting neotropical migrants such as the Bicknells Thrush, Swainsons Warbler, Whimbrel and Greater Yellowlegs. BirdsCaribbean will use grant and match funding to advance this effort by developing a comprehensive guide training program on environmental interpretation and bird and plant identification; creating interpretive materials to build awareness about sites; and conducting environmental education trips to inform local residents about the value of the birds and their habitat, and the contribution bird-related tourism can make to a sustainable economy in the Caribbean.
West Hemisphere Branch-International Grants Strengthening Capacity to Conserve and Sustainably Manage Birds and Important Habitats in the Caribbean
Wildlife Without Borders-WHMSI This grant will specifically co-finance the following WHMSI activities: A steering committee meeting with participants from up to 8 countries, 4 conventions and 10 NGOs; building support for the global flyways resolution of the CMS COP in Ecuador in November 2014 which contains the work plan for the Western Hemisphere and business partnership for all important actors; 1 day meeting strategy meeting prior to Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Conference Of Parties (COP) in Ecuador in November 2014; Side event at CMS COP; Quarterly updates to WHMSI Council and partners; Updates to WHMSI web pages and working groups (marine, flyways); Keeping WHMSI.net updates functional and a usable portal in the community; Planning for a full WHMSI Council meeting; Brochure and informative dissemination of materials; Expanding development and sustainability activities; Recruiting targeted WHMSI partners from NGOs, philanthropic sector, civil society. Funding also is provided for travel expenses, administrative support, and outreach.
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOREBIRD-FRIENDLY AQUACU Conduct a site assessment of shrimp farming and related threats and opportunities for shorebirds and develop a site-based conservation plan for the Bay of Parita, Panama
A COASTAL SOLUTIONS NETWORK FOR THE PACI Cornell Lab of Ornithology proposes to integrate a network to implement the Pacific Americas Shorebird Conservation Strategy with conservation actions in five priority sites in Latin America (Mexico, Chile and Colombia). Partners will restore and manage at least 27,181 acres of key habitats to reduce impacts on priority species of shorebirds, implement capacity building for conservation leaders in Latin America, and conduct outreach campaigns to create social support for these efforts. Specific actions include 1) habitat management - 27,181 acres restored through instream flows and improved hydrological connectivity, 494 acres managed through community agreements, 2471 acres managed for shorebird conservation, 172 acres managed to reduce disturbance and 494 acres improved through best management practices, 2) monitoring and research - assess vulnerability of priority habitats due to extreme weather events, conduct population surveys of migratory and breeding shorebirds as an indicator of success, and 3) education and outreach - train 24 leaders for wetland conservation in Latin America along the Pacific Flyway, engage and train 50 community leaders and stakeholders on key site governance and protection, and environmental education and awareness for the conservation of migratory birds through workshops and bird festivals reaching at least 500 people.
THE MIGRATORY SHOREBIRD PROJECT --- MOVI THE MIGRATORY SHOREBIRD PROJECT --- MOVI
SUST. NEOTROP GRASSLAND Grassland-dependent bird species have declined more than any other avian group in North America and are the most threatened group of migratory birds in South America. These declines are being driven by habitat loss due to agricultural expansion and intensification, over-grazing, and altered fire regimes. Fortunately, many declining grassland species can co-exist with bird-friendly agricultural practices. This project will enhance conservation of neotropical and resident grassland dependent birds throughout Latin American through the development, documentation and dissemination of best management practices and the completion of the Latin American component of a grasslands conservation business plan. Benefitted species include Swainsons hawk, American golden plover, upland sandpiper, buff- breasted sandpiper, dickcissel, and bobolink...
Strengthening The Partners In Flight Mesoamerican Working Group This grant supports the publication of the Partners in Flight Mesoamerican Working Group's online newsletter.
Wildlife Without Borders - Western Hemisphere Using Caribbean BirdSleuth to Develop a Conservation Constituency
DEVEL OF A PACIFIC AMERICAS FLYWAY SHOREBIRD CONSERVATION BUSINESS PLAN I This proposal is for Phase I of a two-year project to develop a Pacific Americas Flyway Shorebird Conservation Business Plan. In Phase I, we propose to convene an international planning committee to develop and refine a conceptual model with input from key partners in Central and South America, Mexico, the United States and Canada. We will use the methods of the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation, including the Miradi model-building software, and convene two workshops for partner input. Phase II will include the completion and publication of the full Pacific Americas Shorebird Conservation Business Plan. Based on the success of other flyway strategies, we believe a comprehensive flyway approach is the only way to effectively conserve long-distance migrants.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere The Recipient will facilitate cross-organizational networking and mentoring for a cohort of 20 Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders (EWCL) while conducting training and guiding concrete, innovative conservation projects. Participants will be competitively selected by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and partners.
SHOREBIRD HABITAT PROTECTION Support the implementation of land protection tools to secure important roost sites for Hudsonian Godwits and Whimbrels on Chiloe Island, Chile, and to reduce disturbance at protected roosts
CONSOLIDATING A HEMISPHERIC PLAN FOR THE ATLANTIC FLYWAY This project will finalize the development of a second phase business plan by 1) engaging Latin American stakeholders in refining the conceptual model, 2) identifying and prioritizing strategies and projects, and 3) aligning the plan with existing national and regional plans, with the long-term goal of creating a platform for the recovery of shorebird populations within the Atlantic Flyway, that by 2025 1) Maintains or increases both the extent and values of shorebird habitat compared to 2015, and 2) Increases target shorebird populations by 10%. This will be achieved by holding a series of meetings with key stakeholders in the Caribbean and South America to revise the current conceptual model, incorporating strategies and activities identified by stakeholders; building a broad hemispheric partnership of partners actively engaged in the development and implementation of the business plan; and, integrate the business plan with existing national, regional and species-specific shorebird conservation plans.
Protegiendo y Manejando Hbitat de Invernada de Aves Playeras: Ruta Pacifico This project will use information gathered to locate and protect critical sites for shorebirds. Objectives are to secure the legal protection of 2130 acres of shorebird habitat, reduce the disturbance experienced by shorebirds on over 260,000 acres in 8 WHSRN sites, increase knowledge about the impacts of habitat loss on shorebirds populations wintering along the Pacific Flyway, and increase the capacity of local groups and national agencies in 9 countries to assess shorebird populations and implement management practices beneficial to shorebird habitat.
Aribbean Birding Trail The goal of the Caribbean Birding Trail is to raise awareness across all communities, particularly those in or near critical bird habitat, of the regions biodiversity and the imperative to protect what remains of habitat that supporting neotropical migrants such as the Bicknells Thrush, Swainsons Warbler, Whimbrel and Greater Yellowlegs. BirdsCaribbean will use grant and match funding to advance this effort by developing a comprehensive guide training program on environmental interpretation and bird and plant identification; creating interpretive materials to build awareness about sites; and conducting environmental education trips to inform local residents about the value of the birds and their habitat, and the contribution bird-related tourism can make to a sustainable economy in the Caribbean.
AFSI UPDATE FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH Update the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative Business Plan to: 1) better.reflect shorebird conservation opportunities and needs in the Caribbean and South America, incorporating relevant priorities and strategies; and 2) build upon the accomplishments and lessons learned to date from implementation of the plan.
SHOREBIRS CONS PLN I An effective strategy for flyway-scale conservation of long-distance migrant shorebirds must integrate international cooperation, conservation interventions, and monitoring across the full suite of geographic, ecological, and cultural landscapes. Although there are numerous shorebird conservation plans in place within the Pacific Flyway, these plans cover various geographies and there is no comprehensive, integrated full life- cycle plan for a representative suite of migrants. This project is for Phase I of a two-year project to develop a Pacific Americas Flyway Shorebird Conservation Business Plan. In Phase I, partners will convene an international planning committee to develop and refine a conceptual model with input from key stakeholders in Central and South America, Mexico, the United States and Canada. This project will help conserve many bird species, including snowy plover, red knot, hudsonian godwit and marbled godwit...
Wildlife Without Borders - Western Hemisphere Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders (EWCL)
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere The Recipient will: (1) complete seasonal surveys providing an updated state of knowledge on the population and conservation status of the orangutan population and their habitat within the Danau Sentarum National Park region; (2) build on current efforts to reduce the rate of conversion and therefore fragmentation of the remaining orangutan habitat in and around the National Park through (a) implementation of a community and government awareness program, (b) development of a conservation plan and collaborative monitoring system, and (c) development of a participatory land-use plan; and (3) continue to strengthen law enforcement on illegal trade, poaching and other threats to orangutans through (a) the development of a joint agreement at the park and/or district level that incorporates local traditional rules, and (b) capacity and knowledge building including a training workshop for 20 law enforcement personnel and two intensive capacity building activities for 30-40 law enforcement personnel.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere "The Recipient will enter into a cooperative agreement with the Division of International Conservation (DIC) to deliver the 2013/2014 Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders (EWCL) program. The program will undertake a two year intensive training for approximately 20 early career wildlife professionals in essential conservation, networking and leadership skills. The Recipient will host three training sessions, two at White Oak Conservation Center in Florida and one in Washington, DC, where participants receive classroom based training from top conservationists in the field as well as mentoring and career guidance. After the first training session, participants form groups to plan, implement, and evaluate a two year international conservation campaign benefitting an endangered species. DIC involvement includes:. providing hands-on participation in program implementation,. engaging in regular dialogue and communications with EWCL,. reviewing criteria and participating in selection of the trainees who focus on international wildlife conservation,. recommending and helping select international projects for conservation campaigns, and. sharing materials including EWCL training presentations."