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Highlights for Tuesday, 24 June 2014
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The 2014 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum continued on Tuesday, 24 June 2014, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Montego Bay, Jamaica. In the morning a plenary session was held on the Independent Evaluation of the CIF, which was undertaken by ICF International under the supervision of the five MDBs, with the advice and review of an International Reference Group. This was followed by morning and afternoon breakout sessions on, inter alia: social entrepreneurship; engaging stakeholders for climate-smart development; mini-grids for electricity generation; REDD+ readiness and implementation; and adaptation champions in the SIDS. During the closing plenary Patricia Bliss-Guess announced to participants that she was stepping down as Program Manager and handing the baton to Mafalde Duarte, AfDB, who will take over as Program Manager of the CIF Administrative Unit in August. The 2014 CIF Partnership Forum closed at approximately 6:00 pm, after which a closing press conference was held with participation from representatives from the IDB, Jamaica, the World Bank and the CIF Administrative Unit. |
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From L-R: Barbara Buchner, Senior Director, Climate Policy Initiative; Berenice Hernández Toro,
Director of Financing, International Affairs
and Financing Unit, National Forestry,
Commission, Mexico; Simten Öztürk, Manager, Project and Acquisition Finance, Garanti Bank, Turkey; Penny Herbst, Corporate Renewables Specialist, Eskom
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Highlights for Monday, 23 June 2014
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The 2014 Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum convened on 23 June 2014 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Montego Bay, Jamaica. At the opening plenary, Ian Hayles, State Minister in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Jamaica, officially opened the CIF Partnership Forum. This was followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the CIF Knowledge Bazaar. Two sessions convened on lessons from the CIF: Fostering partnerships, delivering investment, and learning by doing to achieve results and mainstreaming climate resilience: Jamaica’s experience. Following these sessions, four breakout groups convened, on: Unlocking climate finance for the private sector; Preparing and implementing a programmatic approach to climate resilience: Lessons learned from the Pilot Program on Climate Resilience (PPCR); Multi-nationals and SMEs working together; and De-risking the exploration phase of geothermal development. These sessions were followed by a presentation and discussion session on “4° Turn Down the Heat.” Seat selection for CIF trust fund committees meetings took place in the evening. Sessions on stakeholder engagement, gender, Central Asia, and public finance were also held. Networking breaks were interspersed throughout the day. |
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| Stefan Schwager, Standing Committee on Finance Co-Chair |
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| Guy Patrice Dkamela, Center for Research and Action toward Sustainable Development in Central Africa |
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| Hans Schulz, Inter-American Development Bank |
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Highlights for Sunday, 22 June 2014
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The Climate Investment Funds Stakeholder Day convened on 22 June 2014 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Two sessions convened, the first on Reaching into the Roots of Partnership: Experiences from the Ground, and the second on Stakeholder Engagement in the CIF: Advances, Challenges and Promises. Following these sessions, three breakout groups convened on stakeholder engagement in the: Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR); the Forest Investment Program (FIP); and the Climate Technology Fund and the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program (SREP). The results of the sessions will be presented to the CIF Partnership Forum on 24 June. Before the sessions began, a networking session for formulating ideas and sharing experiences was held to provide the opportunity for networking, formulating ideas and sharing experiences.
The 2014 CIF Partnership Forum will convene 23-24 June. |
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| Dennis Mairen, Center for Autonomy and Development of Indigenous People |
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| Funding for coverage of these events has been provided by CIF |
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CIF Resources
 CIF Stakeholder Day Website and Agenda
CIF Partnership Forum Website and Agenda
2012 CIF Partnership Forum, 6-7 November 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 CIF Partnership Forum, 24-25 June 2011, Cape Town, South Africa
2010 CIF Partnership Forum, 18-19 March 2010
Inaugural CIF Partnership Forum, 14 October 2008, Washington, DC, United States of America
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IISD RS coverage of the GEF Council Consultation meeting with CSOs, 44th meeting of the GEF Council, and 14th meeting of the LDCF/SCCF Council, 17-20 June 2013, World Bank headquarters, Washington, DC, United States of America
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IISD RS coverage of the Bonn Climate Change Conference - March 2014, 10-14 March 2014, Bonn, Germany
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IISD RS coverage of the Global Landscapes Forum, 16-17 November 2013, Warsaw, Poland
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IISD RS coverage of the Twelfth Session of IPCC WGI and IPCC-36, 23-26 September 2013, Stockholm, Sweden
IISD RS coverage of the Fifth Forest Investment Program (FIP) Pilot Countries Meeting, 24-26 September 2013, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Scaling-up Climate Finance: Long-term Finance (LTF) Work Programme Wrap-up Event, 10-12 September 2013, Incheon, Republic of Korea
IISD RS coverage of the Second Meeting of Experts on LTF, 19-20 August 2013, Bonn, Germany
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IISD RS coverage of the Seventh meeting of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) Pilot Countries, 1-3 May 2013, Washington, DC, United States of America
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Climate Investment Funds Stakeholder Day and 2014 Partnership Forum
