Capacity building and UNCCD-CRIC 11 (IISD)

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http://land-l.iisd.org/news/unccd-launches-capacity-building-marketplace/

UNCCD Launches Capacity Building Marketplace

On the sidelines of the eleventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 11), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) launched the ‘Capacity Building Marketplace.’

This web-based platform will collect needs identified by Parties and other stakeholders, as well as available and emerging capacity building opportunities, and will seek to match them. It includes links to information on e-learning, articles and publications, and volunteerism opportunities.

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Author: Willem Van Cotthem

Honorary Professor of Botany, University of Ghent (Belgium). Scientific Consultant for Desertification and Sustainable Development.