The Strategic Value of GEF-funded Cross Cutting Capacity Development

Cross-cutting capacity development (CCCD) projects help countries meet and sustain global environmental outcomes by strengthening key capacities that address challenges, and remove barriers common to the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) that the Global Environment Facility (GEF) serves. The CCCD projects also respond directly to national capacity development obligations, and comprise an important and strategic set of activities for improved decision-making for the global environment. This publication sets out to demonstrate how the GEF-funded, UNDP-implemented, projects fill an important development need.

Throughout the publication, the successes and lessons learned from a global portfolio of CCCD projects are highlighted, and situated within the context of the UNDP’s Strategic Plan and broader efforts to support capacity development needs to meet sustainable development objectives. In particular, the publication outlines how CCCD projects can serve as strategic catalysts for strengthening and institutionalizing the sustainability of global environmental outcomes within the framework of national development priorities.

For further information about the publication, and our global portfolio of CCCD projects, please contact Tom Twining-Ward (tom.twining-ward@undp.org).