On February 24 and 25, the first meeting of the National Steering Committee of the DGM was held in the city of Accra, Ghana. Thirteen representatives from local communities of the Brong-Ahafo (BA) and Western regions along the border with Ivory Coast, (the area of intervention of the DGM Ghana), were introduced as members of the National Steering Committee (NSC).
Read MoreA massive blizzard did not prevent the DGM National Executing Agencies (NEA) from attending the Planning and Coordination Meeting with the Global Executing Agency (GEA), Conservation International, held in Arlington, Virginia.
Read MoreThe DGM is participating in a number of events at the upcoming UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris this December. Members of the DGM Global Steering Committee from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, and Peru will speak on panels at two DGM Side Events.
Read MoreThe Saweto Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Peru was approved in August 2015 and launched in Lima on October 9, 2015. Partners at AIDESEP have just released a video presenting the program (Spanish only).
Read MoreThe first issue of DGM Digest has been released. The issue includes the announcement of six new countries to join the DGM as well as information about Peru's recently approved DGM Country Project.
Read MoreThe first meeting of the DGM Global Steering Committee was held in Bali from July 25-27. GSC members from Brazil, DRC, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, and the Philippines attended, as well as observers from the World Bank, Climate Investment Funds, Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative, Conservation International-Indonesia, and the DGM National Executing Agencies from Brazil and Indonesia.
Read MoreThe DGM was officially launched at the World Bank on Thursday, May 14. Remarks were made by James Close, Director of Climate Change at the World Bank; Mina Setra of Indonesia's DGM National Steering Committee; Artur Lacerda, FIP Focal Point for Brazil; Kristen Walker, Senior Vice President of the Policy Center at Conservation International; and Benoit Bosque, Practice Manager, GP Environment and Natural Resources.
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