Bhutan

Enhancing Global Environmental Management in Bhutan’s Local Governance System

The project objective is to enhance global environmental management by mainstreaming the provisions of the Rio Conventions into enhanced decentralized environmental management.

 The project objective will be achieved through the following outcomes:

• Enabled central-level framework to enhance decentralized capacity for environmental management and implementation of the provisions of the 3 Rio Conventions
• Enabled decentralized institutional framework and personnel to enhance local environmental management, which include implementation of the Rio Conventions' provisions.
• Existing Environmental Information Management System enhanced to backstop national policy and decision making in response to global environmental management needs as per the provisions of the Rio Conventions

UNDAF Outcome	5: By 2012, national capacity for environmental sustainability and disaster management strengthened.
CT Outcome	5.1.2; 5.1.3; 5.1.4.
CT Output	5.1: National capacity to mainstream environmental concerns into policies, p ions and programs enhanced
Project Location	Thimphu
Project Duration	June 2008 - December 2011
Budget Outlay	US$ 475,000
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