Deadline: 26 October 2012
The recently released UNEP Global Environment Outlook 5 called for greater focus on policies that target the drivers of environmental degradation in Asia Pacific, namely population increase, unsustainable economic growth, urbanization, consumption and resource use. Failure to do so may challenge the region’s sustainable development.
The challenges are many in the region, and Asia-Pacific is now the largest consumer of natural resources globally. It is also the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. By 2030, these emissions are projected to be nearly half of the global total. Six out of ten countries most vulnerable to climate change hail from the region. Meanwhile, floods, drought and increasingly unpredictable weather are impinging on food security. Yet, governments and communities are finding innovative solutions to environmental problems that put the region on a more sustainable path. However, these approaches, especially those undertaken by small and local communities, often don’t come to the attention of media.
Where are these important environmental stories? How do we find them at the local level? How do we get information on the environment and environmental progress in the region? These are some of the questions that will be addressed by a workshop programme organized by UNEP in Kathmandu, 18-21 November 2012, in Kathmandu, Nepal, together with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, the Third Pole Network and the Philippines Network of Environmental Journalists.
Media interested in attending in the workshop must submit ideas on how they will report on the environment on a topic of interest and relevance either to their countries, subregion or the Asia Pacific region. This could, but is not limited to issues such as the green economy in the region, marine issues, climate change, sustainable consumption and production, poverty and environment and more.
Between 20 or 30 media with the best selected ideas will participate in the workshop. A 3-month fellowship grant of US$5000 will be provided for the 10 best ideas selected. The theme and topic of the fellowship will be discussed with the 10 selected Fellows during the workshop.
Participants can represent print, broadcast and the electronic media. They will be addressed by development experts and senior media practitioners. Efforts will be made to present case studies which will be newsworthy and illustrative of the approach to environment and sustainable development. The sessions will be highly interactive, encouraging media persons to intervene. There will also be several field trips to pilot project locations.
Interested media are requested to fill in and send in the application form below before midnight October 26, 2012 and send to email provided. Note that applications must be accompanied by the outline of your story which should include a short summary of the issue you want to cover, specific areas of the issue you would like to highlight and where.
ELIGIBILITY OF APPLICANTS:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: imae.mojado@unep.org
Website: http://www.apfedshowcase.net
The recently released UNEP Global Environment Outlook 5 called for greater focus on policies that target the drivers of environmental degradation in Asia Pacific, namely population increase, unsustainable economic growth, urbanization, consumption and resource use. Failure to do so may challenge the region’s sustainable development.
The challenges are many in the region, and Asia-Pacific is now the largest consumer of natural resources globally. It is also the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. By 2030, these emissions are projected to be nearly half of the global total. Six out of ten countries most vulnerable to climate change hail from the region. Meanwhile, floods, drought and increasingly unpredictable weather are impinging on food security. Yet, governments and communities are finding innovative solutions to environmental problems that put the region on a more sustainable path. However, these approaches, especially those undertaken by small and local communities, often don’t come to the attention of media.
Where are these important environmental stories? How do we find them at the local level? How do we get information on the environment and environmental progress in the region? These are some of the questions that will be addressed by a workshop programme organized by UNEP in Kathmandu, 18-21 November 2012, in Kathmandu, Nepal, together with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, the Third Pole Network and the Philippines Network of Environmental Journalists.
Media interested in attending in the workshop must submit ideas on how they will report on the environment on a topic of interest and relevance either to their countries, subregion or the Asia Pacific region. This could, but is not limited to issues such as the green economy in the region, marine issues, climate change, sustainable consumption and production, poverty and environment and more.
Between 20 or 30 media with the best selected ideas will participate in the workshop. A 3-month fellowship grant of US$5000 will be provided for the 10 best ideas selected. The theme and topic of the fellowship will be discussed with the 10 selected Fellows during the workshop.
Participants can represent print, broadcast and the electronic media. They will be addressed by development experts and senior media practitioners. Efforts will be made to present case studies which will be newsworthy and illustrative of the approach to environment and sustainable development. The sessions will be highly interactive, encouraging media persons to intervene. There will also be several field trips to pilot project locations.
Interested media are requested to fill in and send in the application form below before midnight October 26, 2012 and send to email provided. Note that applications must be accompanied by the outline of your story which should include a short summary of the issue you want to cover, specific areas of the issue you would like to highlight and where.
ELIGIBILITY OF APPLICANTS:
- The organization and project site(s) are in Asia and the Pacific region (see below for list of eligible countries )
- The applicant must be a representative of an organisation that has been properly registered under the laws of the country for more than three years as an organisation working continuously for the promotion of sustainable development in a country in the Asia-Pacific region.
- The organisation must have sufficient capacities to implement the proposed activities.
- The organisation must be able to show its legal status and to present its recent annual report including financial statements at the time of concluding a contract. The organisation that fails to provide the mentioned documents shall be disqualified from receiving funds under the Programme.
- Projects must demonstrate innovative policies, measures, and actions including community empowerment and technology application with a view to promoting behavioural changes toward achieving sustainable development and generating positive impacts on environmental performance in Asia and the Pacific.
- The concrete outcome must be demonstrated in terms of behavioural or environmental performance. In other words, the experimentation and demonstration of pilot schemes are essential components of the project. Therefore, mere literature review, report writing, or organisation of meetings and study tours per se shall not be eligible.
- Projects must not have been implemented yet or must be at the very early stages of implementation. The incremental component for improving environmental performance within the ongoing or completed projects makes such a project eligible for the Programme.
- The project implementing organisation must have already secured core funds including in-kind contributions to support the implementation of the APFED Showcase project.
- Projects must be designed to be implemented in partnership with other relevant organisations and stakeholder groups as well as NetRes institutions.
- Projects must aim to demonstrate impacts that are measurable within the project implementation period.
- The project implementation period shall be from 6 months to 24 months.
- Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- North East Asia: China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mongolia Russian Federation
- Pacific: Cook Island, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
- South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey
- South East Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, VietNam
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: imae.mojado@unep.org
Website: http://www.apfedshowcase.net
