The Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI) in the Asia Pacific Region Draft Outline of the Regional Strategy

PEI in Asia Pacific Expected Outcome Improved capacity of programme country governments and other stakeholders to integrate environmental concerns of poor and excluded women and men into planning, budgeting and economic decision making for poverty reduction, pro-poor growth and achievement of the MDGs Expected Outputs 1. Country mainstreaming programmes 2. Regional communities of practice on pro-poor environmental mainstreaming 3. Joint UNCDF-UNDP-UNEP regional advisory services

Key Message from Our Workshop Existing Countries - Build on Phase I to focus on: Implementation, Implementation, Implementation New Countries - lots of opportunities, challenge is to focus on where PEI can add value

Messages from Our Workshop - Continue Validation of thematic focus of Climate Financing for Sustainable Development and Natural Resources for Poverty Reduction Keep flexibility, with coherent approach Pick high profile issues for mainstreaming to avoid ‘mainstreaming fatigue’ Training and institutionalisation of PEI champions within government

Messages from Our Workshop - Continue Keep focus on finance, planning and local government as key coordination ministries But improve engagement of Ministry of Environment to support mainstreaming Performance based incentives to encourage mainstreaming by local government South-South exchanges between PEI countries

Messages from Our Workshop - Additions Financing – using limited funds more effectively Emerging themes such as green economy M&E: Development of indicators to support country efforts for sustainable development PEI to position itself to better support countries in the MDG & post 2015 Sustainable Development agenda

Messages from Our Workshop - Additions PEI as a mechanism can improve government, regional and UN coordination PEI as a forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue to raise the profile on controversial issues Need to increase involvement of local communities & vulnerable groups PEI as a platform to engage private sector Working with the wider UN in country

Messages from Our Workshop - Additions PEI has an opportunity to elevate Poverty Environment issues to regional organisations Synthesise or codify PEI lessons learnt on key topics More strategic approach to capacity building

Messages from Our Workshop - Additions Stronger focus on poverty & MDGs Governance aspects critical to mainstreaming (PEG?) Learning from Human Rights and Gender mainstreaming. More importance to Gender dimensions of mainstreaming

Next Steps Regional Team to finalise Asia Pacific Strategy end of August Indonesia Country Scoping August Global Project Document end September Donor Steering Group meeting October Myanmar Country Scoping October January 2013 Global Phase II begins