Poverty Environment Partnership 19th Meeting:
“From Cities to Sustainable Development Goals:
Experiences with Green Economy
and Climate Change Mainstreaming”
21 – 23 May 2014, eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa
Hosted by European Commission & eThekwini Municipality
Meeting Summary and Proposed Next Steps
The 19th meeting of the Poverty-Environment Partnership (PEP 19) was
hosted by European Commission and eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South
Africa. Some 60 participants attended representing over 30 organisations
including 12 sponsored participants from municipalities in eight partner
countries (see participation list in Annex 1).
Objectives of PEP 19:
1. Elaborate on the opportunities and challenges for an inclusive Green
Economy and addressing climate change with a focus on cities.
2. Strengthen partnerships on Green Economy, Climate Change
Mainstreaming and urbanisation.
3. Reflect on how PEP members can contribute to the development of
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
4. Identify and initiate concrete collaboration opportunities and follow up
actions.
5. Agree and prepare for decisions on the next PEP meeting.
Participants discussed the following main themes:
1. Cities experiences with Green Economy and Climate Change
Mainstreaming.
2. Strengthening partnerships on Green Economy, Climate Change
Mainstreaming and Urbanisation.
3. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), Green Economy and
Climate Change Mainstreaming.
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Day 1 Cities experiences with Green Economy and Climate Change
Mainstreaming
Setting the scene on Cities, Green Economy and Climate Adaptation
The Mayor of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, Councilor James Nxumalo
opened the PEP 19 meeting by highlighting the City’s commitment to poverty
reduction and environmental improvement. To frame the issues of Green
Economy and Cities, UNEP delivered a “scene setting” presentation on the
topic (www.unep.org/greeneconomy).
Durban Adaptation Charter (DAC) is one initiative which was born out of the
UNFCCC COP17. DAC provides an opportunity for local governments to
address the “adaptation deficit”. It currently has 1100 signatories in 35
countries (www.durbanadaptationcharter.org).
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has
charted trends and patterns that relate to urban leadership, climate adaptation
and development assistance. OECD presented the statistical information
(www.oecd.org/dac/environment-development), the OECD Green Cities
initiative (www.oecd.org/greencities), the Partnership for Climate Finance and
Development (http://www.oecd.org/development/environmentdevelopment/climate-partnership.htm) and OECD DAC CRS Rio marker
statistics and analysis (www.oecd.org/dac/stats/rioconventions.htm).
City experiences
Conference co-sponsor, eThekwini Municipality provided a “bird’s eye view”
on Climate Change Mainstreaming and the move to Green Economy in
Durban. They have worked to achieve growth and development in the
emerging green services and industries sector while encouraging innovation
and transitioning to greener practices in traditional industries.
Representatives from the Municipality also delivered presentations on
Durban’s Energy Plan and the Urban Ecosystems Restoration Programme
where three large scale restoration programmes were reviewed.
The conference provided an opportunity to consider African, (South Africa,
Nigeria, Burkina Faso), Latin America, Caribbean (Saint Lucia) and Asian
(Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan) experiences of
addressing Green Economy and Climate Change Mainstreaming at country
and city level. South Africa shared their pioneering work on green jobs. Lagos
explained the opportunities and challenges of working in a city of 20 million
which is one of the biggest cities in the world. Burkina Faso shared results of
a participatory approach to environment management in the city. Saint Lucia
presented the experience of linking environment and social agendas to
address both economic and environmental vulnerability. Indonesia’s
Surabaya city presented the dramatic impacts of climate change to the city.
Japan shared how it was partnering with other countries to promote
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sustainable cities. Kyrgyz Republic demonstrated what motivated the
Ministry of Planning to become involved in climate change. For a more
detailed analysis of these experiences, please refer to the detailed
presentation material found on the PEP website.
A second scene setting presentation was made by UN-Habitat. It suggested
that, “Urbanization and Climate Change, would possibly be the two most
important defining factors of the 21 Century in Africa”. Future trends and
statistics relevant to cities were reviewed on changes to the climate,
urbanization, city demography and natural resource usage. UN- Habitat is an
organization that seeks “a better urban future” for all. (www.unhabitat.org)
UN-Habitat offered to coordinate a joint agency (working group) on the topic.
Contact marcus.mayr@unhabitat.org
A critical aspect in Green Economy is the promotion and creation of green
jobs. This has particular relevance in the African context. The International
Labour Organisation (ILO) highlighted several examples of projects in Africa
where a significant number of jobs have been created on the continent by
Green Economy and Climate Change Mainstreaming projects. (www.ilo.org)
Breakout Sessions – Day One:
Learning across regions on addressing Green Economy and Climate
Change Mainstreaming in cities
Group One:
Citizen: Is local government action complemented by action and
engagement with citizens?
This group considered whether the aspiration and demand of the fast growing
urban middle class is aligned with the vision of local government and
authorities for sustainable cities. It also asked if there is a robust public
understanding of basic climate change knowledge.
The group felt it important to understand the balance between Local
Government and Civil Society Organizations. Sometimes local government
leads the process/action, and sometimes Civil Society takes the lead. It is
important to create spaces for shared engagement and learning. As regards
politics and governance, civil society actors can be advocates for social
change and development. Finally, PEP can help create a useful space for
government, civil society and business to come together.
Group Two:
Trade-offs: How do cities and local governments address the trade-offs of
moving towards Green Economy and Business as Usual in the short to
medium term?
The group felt it important that cities need to “make the economic (and
technical) case” using all opportunities for advocacy and awareness. Cities
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need a clear vision, good leadership and must endeavor to take the economic
evidence one step further to impacting livelihoods.
They suggested that PEP research, gather and publish/disseminate
examples/best practices from urban areas including the economic case and,
livelihood links. PEP can also move the dialogue from “integration” towards
“managing trade-offs” and encourage peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
Group Three:
Financing the future:
The following were listed as potential sources of Finance: Public and private
sector funds, Domestic sources, NGO finance community, Beneficiaries,
Development and Commercial bank grants, Public/Private partnerships,
Philanthropic/Charities (i.e. Gates Foundation), User financing (i.e. Watershed
protection in NYC), Green and municipal bonds and Official Donor Assistance
(ODA).
The challenges cities face includes shortfalls in budget as funding often
comes with conditions (i.e. job creation). International agencies need to do
more to finance municipalities directly which requires capacity and fiduciary
controls in place to manage these funds. Finally, National Development
Banks (& private banks) look for return on investment opportunities and cities
often do not factor this enough into their planning.
Day 2. Strengthening partnerships on Green Economy, Climate Change
Mainstreaming and Urbanisation
Potential synergies and collaborations between role players in the field were
discussed. The following organisations gave presentations on their scope of
work in supporting the above theme.
2a. Strengthening partnerships on Green Economy
Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) vision is to provide
targeted support that will enable countries to transition to socially inclusive
green economies. PAGE is designed to mobilize resources and deliver
tailored support for Green Economy action at the national level, which in turn
will spur a global transition. PAGE partners include UNEP, ILO, UNIDO,
UNITAR, and UNDP.
www.unep.org/greeneconomy/PAGE/
Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) generates, manages and
shares Green Knowledge through collaborative research committees,
conferences/workshops and a dedicated web platform. It has over 40 member
organisations which are part of their network. For more information view the
link, www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjN62YdfTFA or visit
www.greengrowthknowledge.org
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Poverty Environment Initiative (UNDP-UNEP PEI) works in 25 countries in
Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Its focus is on mainstreaming and
building links with the non-environment departments in government (i.e.
planning, finance, local government.)
www.unpei.org
Switch to Green (EC) is a new European Commission flagship initiative.
It builds on the experience with the Switch family of programmes including
Switch Asia, Switch Africa and Switch Med. Its objective is to to promote the
transformation to Green Economy and SCP practices among consumers and
SMEs and policy-makers.
www.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/asia/regional-cooperation/
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES)
seeks to promote sustainable development by mainstreaming natural capital
accounting in development and national economic fiscal planning.
www.wavespartnership.org
Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) is a scientific initiative
tasked with doing cutting edge research on Ecosystem service flows and the
conditions under which they help poverty reduction. It currently has 90
research projects involving 50 developing countries. It is a partnership
between British funding bodies DFID, Natural Environment Research Council,
and Economic & Social Research Council.
www.espa.ac.uk
Green Economy Coalition is the largest multi stakeholder network working
on Green Economy. It currently has 35 member organizations. Its emphasis
is on in-country dialogue, communications and publications. They have
produced a very informative document tracking organizations involved in the
Green Economy. This booklet gives an overview of “who is doing what, where
& why?” in the Green Economy mix.
www.greeneconomycoalition.org
World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) recognises that Cities are new hotspots
driving the crisis of ecological overshoot and biodiversity losses. Therefore
they have devised the Earth Hour City Challenge. The purpose of the
initiative is to mobilize action and support from cities in the global transition
towards a climate friendly, sustainable future with a focus on shifting from
fossil to renewable energy solutions.
www.welovecities.org
Other organizations and initiatives mentioned during discussion
UN Decade of Education for SD (unesdoc.unesco.org); UNEP Global
Universities Partnership for SD - GUPES
(www.unep.org/training/programmes/gupes.asp); Green Growth Best
Practices - GGBP (gggi.org/activities/knowledge-development); United
Nations Institute for Training and Research - UNITAR (www.unitar.org);
Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa
(www.gaboronedeclaration.com)
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2b. Strengthening partnerships in support of Climate Change
Mainstreaming
Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) is a European Commission policy
initiative that seeks to help developing countries vulnerable to climate change.
The initiative works to increase both LDCs and SIDS to adapt to the effects of
climate change and participate in global mitigation efforts. GCCA builds
platforms for dialogue and cooperation while also providing technical and
financial support to assist countries in National planning.
www.gcca.eu
Poverty-Environment Initiative (UNDP-UNEP PEI) seeks to move the
discussion on climate from being considered just an Environmental issue to
that of a Developmental one. Therefore they endeavour to link with Planning,
Finance and Local Government departments. One area of focus is Inclusive
planning and budgeting for climate resilience and low carbon economies.
www.unpei.org
National Adaptation Plans (UNDP, UNEP, Others).This programme can
help countries consider how climate adaptation can be integrated into their
planning and budgeting process.
unfccc.int › Adaptation
Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (UNDP, World Bank)
An expenditure review tool has been developed to help governments in their
budget process to calculate how much they are spending on Climate Change.
http://www.climatefinance-developmenteffectiveness.org/
Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) (UNCDF withEU and other
support) has devised a mechanism to assist in the transfer of funds from
Central to Local government for climate through performance based grants It
is being rolled out in Africa and Asia Pacific and currently has a rural focus.
www.uncdf.org › ... › Programme Assistance › Global Programmes
Other organizations and initiatives mentioned during discussion
Adaptation Fund (unfccc.int › Cooperation & Support › Climate Finance);
Climate Solve Initiative (www.wwf.org.za); Gold Standard – WWF
(wwf.panda.org › ... › Business & Climate Change › Offset); Social and
Environmental Enterprises - SEED (www.seedinit.org); GEF Small
Programme (www.undp.org/gef/); Energy and Environment Partnership - EEP
(eepglobal.org); International Development Finance Club (www.idfc.org)
Your Space sessions:
UN-Habitat presented a paper "Raising the role of Cities in the International
Climate Change, Cities and SDGs". The organisation has an initiative called
Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI). Due to urbanization, it is
recognized that Cities’ “issues” are growing in importance in the international
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climate change discussion. The talk highlighted the National Adaptation and
Mitigation Architecture and gave an overview of the National Adaptation Plan
(NAP) and National Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) frameworks.
Finally it motivated the need for urban SDGs (www.fukuoka.unhabitat.org ›
HOME › Programmes).
JICA presented a report on highlights from the “Sustainable Future City We
Want” conference at the 7th Open Working Group on SDGs in NYC. The
objective of the event was to seek a practical and realistic vision for
”Sustainable Future Cities”, which can enrich the discussions on the
SDGs/Post-2015 Development Agenda
(http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/owg.html).
Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) presented Assessment
Report on Climate Change and Cities "Towards the Second UCCRN" (ARC32). UCCRN’s mission is to enable cities to fulfil their climate change
leadership potential in both mitigation and adaptation. It is a consortium of
over 500 scholars and practitioners from over 100 developed and developing
cities around the world. The UCCRN is in the process of writing the Second
UCCRN Assessment Report scheduled to be published by end of 2015
(uccrn.org/about-uccrn).
Durban Energy Office presented on vertically integrated NAMAS for the
involvement of subnational actors in National Mitigation Strategies. This pilot
project was explained on Energy Efficiency Programmes in Public Buildings.
The Republic of Tajikistan presented on integrating Poverty–Environment
Issues into the development planning processes. A study showed that the
costs of land degradation and declines in the productivity of four crops and
milk production amounted to US$346 million. A strong case for P-E
mainstreaming was made and sound outcomes have been realized from a
coordinated development strategy/plan between the national, district and
local/urban government departments.
In conclusion it was noted during the partnerships discussion that the GE and
CC partnerships covered policy, science, and finance. There seemed to be
gaps however in partnerships for university training in CC/GE, poor groups’
and citizens’ groups partnerships on GE/CC across countries, and city/local
authority partnerships on GE. There are also difficulties for local authorities
and groups in accessing some of the existing partnerships. Furthermore, all
partnerships need to concentrate more on cross-learning between countries
and sectors. Finally, it was noted that PEP members could play a possible
role in easing these problems
All meeting's presentations are available through:
www.povertyenvironment.net/partnership
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Day 3. Sustainable Development Goals, Green Economy, and Climate
Change Mainstreaming and Conclusions.
World Resources Institute (WRI) opened the session by sketching
background information on the MDGs and the framework for the post 2015
agenda. He then summarised current information on SDGs with particular
reference to Green Economy, Climate Change and Sustainable Cities. He
concluded by asking what role PEP should play in informing the discussion.
Presentation material is available.
www.povertyenvironment.net/partnership
www.wri.org/
Rio+20, the UN’s Conference on Sustainable Development built a firm
foundation on which today’s SDGs will be built. In a presentation by S.A.’s
Dept. of Environmental Affairs the Rio+20 outcomes were reviewed.
Challenges being faced include the loss of biodiversity and ecosystems,
deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. It was suggested that today’s
SDGs should complement the MDGs targets with an emphasis on protection
and management of natural resources. Presentation material is available.
www.povertyenvironment.net/partnership
The meeting concluded that PEP should engage in the following:
1. Inform the SDGs dialogue and help stakeholders to work out how to
effectively implement resulting SDGs.
2. Membership should agree on a few SDGs to “push for”.
3. Identify and motivate “must haves” among the SDGs.
4. Help integrate Economic, Social, & Environmental issues into SDGs.
5. Focus on and help inform implementation.
6. Focus on evidence for the Poverty Environment position.
7. Share resources to frame our case
8. Adopt and promote the use of the transformative, universal, integrated
and smart targets
9. Give support to member countries in making their SDG submissions
(i.e. LDC Group submission)
World Resources Institute (WRI) will be following-up on the SDG/Post-2015
discussion and update the PEP. PHazlewood@wri.org
Conclusions:
The meetings discussed PEP's future roles and the way forward.
PEP was formed in 2002 to fill the need to work together on bridging Poverty
and Environment issues and building linkages; discuss how to reform
agencies to focus on these issues; advance policy and practice. Since 2002,
the world has changed and so has PEP. Many new entities now have been
formed. The PEP membership is more diverse and the number of issues
considered has grown. i.e. water, health, growth, climate change, Green
Economy etc. PEP’s description as a “network of networks” is a good one.
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The participants underscored PEP's unique strengths: PEP is a sustainable
organization and has a long track record; a good reputation and networking/
sharing experiences across the world. The combination of the poverty and
environment focus makes PEP a unique partnership. PEP's value comes from
creating opportunities for NGOs and governments to meet funders and share
experiences. PEP also enables countries to network, learn from each other
and examine specific examples of implemented projects
PEP should continue providing evidence on the poverty-environment links by
generating peer reviewed and published research; producing and
documenting strong case studies; communicating lessons learned and best
practices; documenting concrete integrated urban examples; creating
opportunities for experiential peer to peer learning; creating Internet Webinars
and face-to-face seminars. PEP should focus on poverty-environment but
explore more the poverty dimension (inequality, social protection schemes,
job creation based on the environment – BRICS have much to contribute;
LDCs have many needs). Also it should be considered whether and how to
engage with the Private and Labour sectors as well as to “scale up” links with
local organisations. PEP should influence the SDGs process.
Next Meeting:
Given the timing significance – 20th PEP meeting since partnership started 12
years ago at WSSD; the 2015 MDG milestone; the post-2015 architecture
CC/SDGs – the next PEP meeting should be a milestone one. It should be an
occasion to:
 review evidence of what we have learned in all the joint PEP work on
the poverty-environment link over the 13 years – synthesis of what we
know should be shared with key decision-makers
 look forward – setting the poverty-environment agenda that really
matters from this point on (partly poverty-environment synergies and
what is needed to scale up and remove remaining barriers, partly tough
questions remaining – many around trade-offs and how to handle
them)
 refresh the attention of original partners (DFID, UNDP, EC, WB and
others)
 consolidate our trend to involve more developing countries (BRICS
development/environment authorities and aid agencies)
 begin to involve key new players – business/cities/civil society –
hearing our evidence
 more organised approach to engaging the most vulnerable – LDCs and
SIDs, informal economy actors
Location: Possibly UK – either London or Edinburgh (to be confirmed with
DFID and IIED).
Finally, PEP would once again like to extend our thanks to eThekwini
Municipality and the European Commission for their generous sponsorship of
this 19th meeting.
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Annex 1
Poverty Environment Partnership 19th Meeting
21-23 May 2014
Surname/Name/Gender
ABROROV /Shukuhiddin MR
AVIS / Charlie MR
BAGUIAN/Hamidou MR
BASS / Stephen MR
BISOM / Nina MS
BRACKING / Sarah MS
CHIVALE /Isac Jeremias MR
DIGA / Kathleen MS
DOUWES / Errol MR
MARUMO / Moscow Dr
DWI SASONGKO/Purnomo
MR
FENNEMORE / Christopher
MR
FORREST / Caili MS
GIL / Sebastian MR
HABTEGABER / Kookie Ms
HAZLEWOOD / Peter MR
ISMAIL / Aalia MRS
KAZAKBAEV/ Aibek MR
KOALA/ Ouamnoaga Alain
Gilbert MR
Title
Leading Expert, Department of Regions
Development and National Programs Monitoring,
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
of the Republic of Tajikistan
abrorov17@mail.ru abrorov17@gmail.com
UNEP/UNDP PEI
Charles.avis@unep.org
City of Bobo-Dioulasso,
Focal Point For Climate Change
h_baguian@hotmail.fr
Head, Sustainable Markets Group, International
Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
steve.bass@iied.org
Advisor, GIZ
nina.bisom@giz.de
Professor, SARCHi Chair in Poverty Reduction,
University of KwaZulu-Natal
bracking@ukzn.ac.za
Conselho Municipal do Dondo.
Vereador de Serviços Urbanos e Gestão Ambiental
jomucananda@yahoo.com.br
Project Manager University of KwaZulu Natal
digak@ukzn.ac.za
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
Errol.Douwes@durban.gov.za
Chief Director: Biodiversity Planning &
Management, National Department of
Environmental Affairs
mmarumo@environment.gov.za
Development and Planning Agency of Semarang
Municipality, Indonesia
purnomodwi.pds@gmail.com
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
Christopher.fennemore@durban.gov.za
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
Caili.Forrest@durban.gov.za
European Commission (DG DEVCO)
sebastian.gil@ec.europa.eu
WWF International
khabtegaber@wwfnet.org
World Resources Institute
PHazlewood@wri.org
Department of Public Enterprises (South Africa)
Aalia.ismail@dpe.gov.za
Specialist of International Cooperation
Department/State Agency for
Environment Protection and Forestry
envforest@elcat.kg
Past President of the College of Architects Burkina
Faso. College of Architect Burkina Faso
koalalain@yahoo.fr
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Country/
Nationality
Tajikistan
Burkina Faso
UK
Germany
South Africa
Mozambique
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
Indonesia
South Africa
South Africa
European Commission
WWF
World Resources Institute
South Africa
Kyrgyz Republic
Burkina Faso
NYEMBEZI/ F.G. MR
LINES / Kate MS
MAVUNDLA / Khulile MR
MORGAN / Derek MR
NAQVI / Asad MR
O'DONOGHUE / Sean MR
PRESTON / Guy Dr
Alfred Nzo District Municipality.
Environmental Manager
Senior Coordinator, Partnerships, International
Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
kate.lines@iied.org
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
khulile.mavundla@durban.gov.za
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
UNEP
Derek.morgan@durban.gov.za
asad.naqvi@unep.org
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
Sean.O’Donoghue@durban.gov.za
Deputy Director General: Environmental
Programmes, National Department of
Environmental Affairs (DEA)
Gpreston@enviroment.gov.za
Deputy Chairman, Centre of Standardization and
Environmental Norms, the Committee of
Environmental Protection of the Republic of
Tajikistan
South Africa
UK
South Africa
South Africa
UNEP
South Africa
South Africa
hamidjon1966@mail
Tajikistan
BADUL / Jenitha Dr
rukhanvar@mail.ru
Research Assistant, eThekwini Municipality
stephanie.reynolds@durbanl.gov.za
Head of Strategic Planning Department/
Ministry of Economy
sazbakov_a@yahoo.com
CSA (Conservation South Africa)
szukulu@conservation.org
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Advisor, Office for Global Issues and Development
Partnership, Operations Strategy Department
sudo.tomonori@jica.go.jp
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
Kathryn.Terblanche@durban.gov.za
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
Geoff.tooley@durban.gov.za
Assistant Director, Social Transformation - Ministry
of Social Transformation, Local Government and
Community Empowerment
ttoussaint@gosl.gov.lc
tanzi.toussaint@gmail.com
Lagos State Government, Nigeria
maxymaxy4c@yahoo.com
Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Finland
katariina.vartiainen@formin.fi
Executive Director, WESSA
mward@wessa.co.za
EThekwini Municipality (South Africa)
derek.white@durban.gov.za
Lead: Low-carbon Frameworks, WWF South Africa
lnaude@wwf.org.za
Senior Policy Advisor - Greening Programs & Fund,
National Department of Environmental Affairs
jbadul@environment.gov.za
WESTPHAL/Nico MR
Associate Expert. ILO Office Pretoria
South Africa
RASULOV/Homid MR
REYNOLDS / Stephanie MS
SAZBAKOV/ Almaz MR
SINEGUGU / Zukulu MR
SUDO/Tomonori MR
TERBLANCHE / Kathryn MS
TOOLEY / Geoffrey MR
TOUSSAINT/Tanzia MS
UGWUOKE / Maximus MR
VARTIAINEN / Katariina MS
WARD / Mike MR
WHITE / Derek MR
NAUDE / Louise MS
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South Africa
Kyrgyz Republic
South Africa
Japan
South Africa
South Africa
Saint Lucia
Nigeria
Finland
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
westphal@ilo.org
South Africa
DOLYA/Natalija MRS
mjchimbari@gmail.com
PEP Coordinator, UNDP
paul.steele@undp.org
Associate Human Settlements Officer, UN-HABITAT
marcus.mayr@unhabitat.org
eThekwini Municipality
takalani.rathiyaya@durban.gov.za
WAVES Partnership, World Bank.
Head of Global Engagement
jmatuszak@worldbank.org
KZN Department of Economic Development and
Tourism. Green Economy Specialist
beiresl@kznded.gov.za
Programme Manager: Services,
Ethekwini Municipality
phakamile.mbonambi@durban.gov.za
Policy Advisor, MDGs – UNDP
usman.iftikhar@undp.org
Environmental Programmes Advocacy and
Coordination. Department of Environmental Affairs
cmalherbe@environment.gov.za
EU Delegation
Natalija.DOLYA@eeas.europa.eu
GRIFFITHS /Geoff MR
Ethekwini Project Manager
South Africa
NONDU/Nokogo
Ethekwini Communication
South Africa
NUMALO/Vamiles
Ethekwini Communication
South Africa
VUMO/Crazu
Ethekwini Communication
South Africa
NISAAR/Maitomed
Trade & Investment KZN
South Africa
CHIMBARI/Moses MR
STEELE / Paul MR
MAYR / Marcus MR
RATHIYAYA/Takalani MR
MATUSZAK/John Michael
MR
BEIRES/Liesel MRS
MBONAMBI / Phakamile MS
IFTIKHAR/Usman MR
MALHERBE/ Carina MRS
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Thailand
Kenya
South Africa
USA
South Africa
South Africa
UNDP
South Africa
South Africa