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13th Poverty and Environment Partnership Meeting

Established in 2001, the Poverty and Environment Partnership (PEP) is an informal network of practitioners from development agencies, international environmental nongovernment organizations, and others working on poverty reduction and the environment. PEP shares knowledge and operational experience in addressing poverty and the environment, and seeks to improve coordination and collaboration among partners, while promoting ongoing and future joint activities.

The PEP members gather twice annually to:

• share knowledge and operational experience in addressing poverty-environment issues
• identify ways and means to improve coordination and collaboration at country and policy levels
• develop and discuss ongoing and future joint activities

ADB has been an active member of the PEP network since its inception and is hosting the 13th PEP meeting at its headquarters in Manila.

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The 13th PEP meeting aims to highlight, among other topics, experience from Asia and the Pacific with various types of interventions meant to simultaneously reduce poverty and improve environmental management.

Participants will hear from practitioners on innovative programs that link environmental management to poverty reduction, ranging from coastal resources management to urban air quality. Special attention will be given to climate change issues, including new financing mechanisms, and how they relate to PEP.

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The meeting is expected to provide the participants with:

• lessons from innovative interventions (especially from ADB’s Poverty and Environment Program) to reduce poverty and improve the environment
• the latest developments regarding climate change interventions and environmental financing

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The meeting will bring together about 60-80 participants comprising:

• Representatives from PEP members including UNDP, UNEP, DFID, CIDA, SIDA, USAID, DANIDA, EU, IUCN, WWF, CI, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and World Bank
• Government officials and policymakers
• Other poverty-environment stakeholders such as civil society, researchers, and development professionals

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Leading poverty-environment project developers and implementors, experts, civil society members and ADB staff are invited to speak at the 13th PEP meeting.