Academy
13 Courses
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Addressing biodiversity in EU cooperation
These videos cover the following aspects of Biodiversity in EU Cooperation: Biodiversity in EU external action development policy: 2020 and beyond; Protection, sustainable use and restoration of high biodiversity-value areas (Integrated Landscape and Seascape Management); and Global programmes.
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Biodiversity & forestry: Challenges and opportunities for a Green Recovery
These videos cover some of the challenges and good practices that exist in the field of Biodiversity and Forestry, such as the interlink between the loss of biodiversity, climate change and pandemics, existent mitigation methods to protect key biodiversity areas affected by industries, and strategies to regenerate forest ecosystems.
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Blending in the Water and Sanitation Sector
Blending is an instrument for achieving European Union (EU) external policy objectives, complementary to other aid modalities and pursuing the relevant regional, national and overarching policy priorities. It is the combination of EU grants with loans, risk capital or guarantees from public and private financiers. The idea behind the instrument is that the EU grant element can be used strategically to attract additional financing for important investments for development in EU partner countries.
Tools and Methods Series, Reference Document No 21
Version November, 2015
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Case studies on Environment and Climate Change Mainstreaming
Case studies on Environment and Climate change Mainstreaming from EU's international cooperation for development in 7 countries: Belize, Ethiopia, Haiti, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Circular Economy
This e-course on Circular Economy (CE) aims to strengthen your understanding of circularity, and of policy measures that accelerate the CE transition. Divided in five sections, the e-course explains what a circular economy transition entails, makes the link with related policy developments, as well as with global challenges and trends, illustrates practical cases from the field, including EU funded projects, and provides information and guidance on monitoring and evaluation.
Duration: 1 hour
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Emerging good practice on Codes of Conduct, Partnership Principles and Memorandums of Understanding in the Water Sector
This document focuses attention on the use of codes of conduct and partnership principles as instruments of coordination and not as tools for common pool funding or delegated cooperation or agreements on division of labour.
Tools and Methods Series, Reference Document No 11
Version October, 2010
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Green Deal and Programming
This
session aims at presenting the fundamentals of the Green Deal paying particular
attention to current pre-programming exercise and allowing for a discussion in
this respect between colleagues in Delegations and the members of the G Group
on Green Deal.
This webinar is destined to INTPA staff in EU delegations in Latin America and Caribbean
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Greening EU Cooperation I: The Basics
This introductory training presents the rationale for the integration of environment and climate change in EU development cooperation, taking into account the policy basis, the latest facts and figures on the climate and environmental crisis and their impacts on social and economic development, as well as the opportunities that mainstreaming offers to achieve development objectives. In particular, it explains the implications of the European Green Deal and international commitments for EU development cooperation and the specific opportunities and challenges under the new programming cycle (2021-2017).
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Greening EU cooperation II: Key Tools and instruments
This introductory training presents the rationale for the integration of environment and climate change in EU development cooperation, taking into account the policy basis, the latest facts and figures on the climate and environmental crisis and their impacts on social and economic development, as well as the opportunities that mainstreaming offers to achieve development objectives. In particular, it explains the implications of the European Green Deal and international commitments for EU development cooperation and the specific opportunities and challenges under the new programming cycle (2021-2017).
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Introduction to the Circular Economy
This webinar aims at providing the participants with an
understanding of the opportunities brought about by a transition to a circular
economy, and of their potential to promote and support partner countries’
engagement in this process, with multiple benefits in terms of growth, jobs,
and environmental (notably climate) objectives. It provides the audience with
essential information, tools and case studies to support EU’s international
cooperation on the circular economy. The session takes into account EU’s
updated policy framework, recent developments in partner countries, and builds
on EU and development partners’ experience. As such, it provides concrete
recommendations supporting programming, dialogue, and programme implementation.
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Sector Wide Approach in the Water Sector
This study was jointly commissioned by the African Development Bank and the European Commission. The report comprises a synthesis based on a literature review and case studies of sector approaches in the water sector in seven countries: Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Jordan, Lesotho, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda.
Tools and Methods Series, Reference Document No 16
Version November, 2011
Environment, Biodiversity & Green Economy
Strategic Environmental Assessment in EU development cooperation
SEA is a powerful tool to enhance the contributions of a national/sectoral policy or strategy towards environmentally sustainable, climate resilient and low carbon development.
Version 2017
Also available in Spanish