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Towards a Strategy for the Mountain Partnership

Process

• Document review

• E-mail survey of MP members

Strategy

• Diagnosis

• Guiding policy (priorities)

• Actions

Stakeholders

• Ownership

• Motivation

• Commitment

Mountain Partnership

Originally: International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions

• SMD – not just mountain regions and their people

– also links to wider regions

– holistic: beyond individual sectors, disciplines, etc.

• Partnership – shared mission, goals, benefits

– mutual cooperation and responsibility

MP Members

Currently: • 50 Countries • 16 Intergovernmental organisations • 135 Major groups and organisations Great diversity:

– type – size – scale of operation – theme(s) of interest/activity – degree of activity in MP

MP Members

Responses to survey: • 50 Countries: 4 +2 • 16 Intergovernmental organisations: 6 (2 global) • 135 Major groups and organisations: 37 (5 global) Key issue:

– single contact point – size – scale – theme(s) – degree of activity

Opportunities

• SMD on global agenda since 1992 – 3 paragraphs in ‘The future we want’

• many actions (governance, on-the-ground) at all levels

• well-established regional structures focussing on SMD in some regions

• well-established institutions for some themes

• MPS has played important role, especially through knowledge exchange

• significant complementarities between MP and MF

• number and diversity of MP members

Challenges

• MP members – number and diversity – level of activity – single contact point

• vast number of possible themes, Members’ multiple expectations, demand-driven approach – lack of criteria for prioritisation – unclear focus – lack of ownership

• limited financial resources for MPS • complex relationships between FAO and MP • linguistic diversity

Proposed key elements of MP

• Primary geographical focus at regional scale – include linkages between mountains and adjacent

regions

also recognise need for global focus

• Common identity – members share understandings and goals

• Innovative/proactive joint activities – beyond interests of individual members/sectors

– based on principles of mutual cooperation and responsibility

MP Members

• Diversity – type/size/scale/theme(s)/activeness

– needs and expectations

• Membership cannot be unlimited in time

• Need for – review of criteria

• types of member, rights, benefits, responsibilities (fees, in-kind-contributions), etc.

– review of existing members

Defining a clear niche for MP

• General principle – avoid duplication/overlap – themes/regions with existing partnership/network

structures with mountain focus: • mountain biodiversity: GMBA • glaciers: WGMS • mountain hydrology/watersheds: FAO, UNESCO • mountain protected areas/connectivity: IUCN WCPA • mountain research: MRI

• No new thematic structures within MP

Regional/global structure for MP

• Global hub + decentralised regional hubs – majority of respondents in favour

• Current regional structures

– Andes: CONDESAN – Central Asia: UCA – Europe: Alpine Convention, Carpathian Convention – Hindu Kush-Himalaya: ICIMOD – North America: AIMF

• Various relationships • Need to define more consistent and clear set of

relationships, roles, responsibilities

MP activities

• Regional and global

Needs:

• Criteria to prioritise – expectations/needs of stakeholders

– MP members, donors (financial + in-kind)

– opportunities from wider imperatives (e.g., GEF, REDD, SDGs)

• Effective processes to identify, monitor, evaluate activities deriving from MP

Added value of membership in MP

• Communications/knowledge exchange – members – information/good practices relating to SMD – outcomes of development & research projects Prioritised strategy needed

• Support for developing partnerships • Capacity-building • Development of regional agendas • Support related to global conventions • Advocacy

MP: Regional activities

• Compilation of critical information, good practices

• Support for partnership and project development

• Facilitation of research, monitoring, project M&E

• Regional agendas

• Capacity building

• Events

• Newsletters

• ? Seed funding/pilot grants

MP: Global activities

Global clearing house/knowledge network

– currently, MPS + MF websites

• Proactive compilation of information, content creation

• Interactive, searchable

• English + other languages

MP Global clearinghouse/ knowledge network

• Members • Interactive links to members’ and other websites • Good practices • Projects: ongoing, results/outcomes • Research findings • Events • Possibly

– Access to publications – Funding opportunities – Mountainpedia – News – Links to social networks – Employment opportunities

Other possible MP global activities

• Newsletter

• Policy briefs

• Material supporting International Mountain Day

• Organisation of global meetings

• Organisation of events at global meetings

• Training courses

The role of FAO

UN Lead Agency for mountains

• Reporting to UN GA/Secretary-General/CSD

• Inputs to UN resolutions

• Organising International Mountain Day

• Liaison with Secretariats of Global Conventions, etc.

Advocacy for SMD

• MP members – Wide range of interests, many scales – Many can be both target and source of advocacy

Advocacy for increased political commitment/policy attention to SMD • Role of MP members/other concerned stakeholders

– support through MP regional + global hubs – knowledge-based, convincing evidence constraints opportunities processes of change

Benefits to mountains and beyond

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