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News • June 29, 2023

Greenpreneur’s Light of Hope in Philippines selected as Winner for Korean Funding

(This article is available in English and Korean.) [in English] Jovie Gil Montajes left a high-paying corporate job in 2018 to become a social entrepreneur. At the time, he was working as a Worldwide Level 3 Solutions Engineer for a private company in Cebu, Philippines. “I am blessed to have a strong support system and […]

News • March 27, 2023

Convocatoria MAPBIO 3.0 de GGGI, Minciencias e iNNpulsa para acelerar proyectos de bioeconomía

En el marco del programa UK PACT (Alianza para Transiciones Climáticas Aceleradas), GGGI, Minciencias e iNNpulsa ponen a disposición la tercera edición del Mecanismo de Aceleración de Proyectos de Bioeconomía – MAPBIO, ¡una oportunidad única de avanzar al siguiente nivel tu proyecto de bioeconomía!  MAPBIO 3.0 ofrece asistencia técnica para dar viabilidad comercial y/o escalar proyectos […]

News • March 15, 2023

Strengthening resilience in Burkina Faso : KOICA and GGGI sign a partnership agreement

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 8th March 2023 – The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed a financing agreement on 8th March 2023 in Ouagadougou, to jointly strengthen the resilience and sustainable development of the Kaya-Dori axis in the Centre-Nord region of Burkina Faso. According to the Korean government’s the […]

News • February 28, 2023

D’un déclic sur l’entrepreneuriat vert à la création d’un groupement

Cent dix-neuf (119) représentantes des associations et coopératives de femmes transformatrices agroalimentaires ont pris conscience des pratiques non respectueuses de l’environnement sur toutes la chaîne de valeur de leurs produits. En plus, du manque de planification; d’approvisionnement et de gestion du personnel dans la durabilité et du besoin de promotion des produits, durant la formation […]

News • February 27, 2023

GGGI Deputy Director General and Director for Latin America & the Caribbean, Visit the Eastern Caribbean to Strengthen Cooperation on Green Growth

Monday 13th Feb 2023, Castries, Saint Lucia – The Deputy Director General and Head of Global Growth Planning and Implementation, Helena McLeod, along with the Director and Head of programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, Jennifer Zapata of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) visited the Eastern Caribbean between February 13th – 17th, 2023 […]

News • November 30, 2022

Metrorrey formaliza contratación para incorporar 12 autobuses eléctricos a la ruta Transmetro “Hospital Universitario – Aeropuerto” (alimentadora de Línea 3 Metro) con apoyo de GGGI

Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. El lunes 28 de noviembre a las 12 hrs. tuvo lugar la firma del contrato entre STC Metrorrey y LURSA, consorcio ganador de la licitación pública No STCM-17-2022-DAF. Dicho contrato cubre el despliegue de 12 autobuses eléctricos para el Transmetro, que alimentarán la Línea 3 del Metro de Metrorrey y que […]

News • November 21, 2022

Burkina Faso National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Coordination Mechanism Evaluation Workshop

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; November 2nd -3rd, 2022- The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), organized jointly with the Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development, a stakeholder consultation workshop on the functioning of the current National Adaptation Plan (NAP) coordination mechanism. The purpose of the workshop was to make recommendations to make the coordination […]

News • July 13, 2022

Burkina Faso: Kobotool application training workshop for national actors

Ouagadougou, 27th June – 1st July, 2022 – The Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development (SP/CNDD) in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) organized a training workshop on the Kobotool box under Swedish funding. Twenty (20) executives from SP/CNDD have strengthened their capacities in the collection, processing and analysis of […]

News • June 30, 2022

Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) mission in Burkina Faso

GGGI Burkina Faso team received a delegation of KOICA for a feasibility study from the 20th to 24th of June 2022. The country has been facing a humanitarian crisis since 2019 with a big number of internally displaced people (1, 902, 150). The KOICA mission was able to carry out a feasibility study in collaboration […]

News • June 27, 2022

GGGI – Senti Kick-off Training in Oriental Mindoro on New Digital Tool for Climate Resilience

Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, June 2022 – More than a hundred officials and staff of the provincial government of Oriental Mindoro, its fourteen municipalities and capital city of Calapan attended training sessions from May 30 to June 1 to familiarize with the Climate Vulnerability and Risk Information System or CVRIS, a digital tool that can help enhance […]

News • June 17, 2022

Gender at the center of the low-carbon development strategies of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso, through the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), is in the process of formulating its long-term (2050) low-carbon development strategies. At the current stage of reporting on low-carbon scenarios, it was important to consider gender, women’s empowerment and social inclusion aspects in the sectors of transport, waste, agriculture, […]

News • April 28, 2022

Capacity building of Burkina Faso actors on greenhouse gas inventories in industrial processes and energy sectors

From 11th – 13th April and 19th – 21st April 2022, the national institute of statistics and demography (INSD) in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute held training workshops on the methods used to elaborate greenhouse gas inventories (GHGI), specifically in the energy and industrial processes sectors. The workshops aimed to explain the methodology […]

News • March 25, 2022

Uganda Green Growth Development Strategy (UGGDS)

The Uganda Vision 2040 aspires to pursue economic development and socioeconomic transformation premised on the principles of a green economy such as equity, environment sustainability, resource efficiency, climate change adaptation and mitigation and inclusiveness. Accordingly, the National Planning Authority in partnership with the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Water and Environment with financial […]

News • March 24, 2022

Korean Embassy, KOICA, and GGGI Empower Filipino Women to be Drivers of Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Micro-Enterprise

23 March 2022, Oriental Mindoro Smallholder farmers in the Philippines bear the brunt of rising production costs, lower output and natural disasters brought about by an ever changing climate. Women farmers are often worse off as continuing gender inequality makes it more difficult for them to have access to credit, proper skills training and even […]

News • December 2, 2021

Contributing to a Better World by Promoting and Advancing Green Growth

GGGI’s 10th Session of the Assembly and 14th Session of the Council (Joint Session) took place in two parts, E-Consultations on October 11-22, and Hybrid Meeting on October 28, 2021. E-consultations were designed to allow for in-depth discussions in written form via email communications for a selected number of agenda items, to allow for a […]

News • January 26, 2021

GGGI Jordan’s Bridging Climate Change and the Private Sector in Jordan

On December 9th, Jordan’s Ministry of Environment, the National Designated Authority to the GCF, held its 1st private sector workshop on climate change under the Jordan GCF Readiness Project. The workshop presented a unique opportunity to enhance engagement and dialogue between Government stakeholders, development partners, investors in critical sectors, and project developers seeking climate finance. […]

News • April 10, 2020

The Second Annual Participatory Review Forum by NDA GCF

On March 10th, 2020, the 2nd Annual Participatory Review (APR) Forum was held by the Fiscal Policy Agency, as the National Designated Authority (NDA) of Green Climate Fund (GCF). As GCF Indonesia’s representation, the Fiscal Policy Agency strived for improving GCF’s funding process based on the gains and inputs from the first review forum, which […]

News • March 13, 2020

Indonesia’s P4G National Platform Launch: A Decade of Partnership

The launch of Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals (P4G) National Platform in Indonesia was held on February 24, 2020, in Soegijanto Soegijoko room, the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas). Mr. Suharso Monoarfa, Minister of National Development Planning, gave opening remarks and officially launched P4G National Platform, while being accompanied by Danish […]

News • March 4, 2020

Norwegian Parliament’s Visit to East Kalimantan

In support of forest governance towards sustainable landscape development in East Kalimantan, the Norwegian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense and the Ambassador of Norway to Indonesia visited East Kalimantan on January 23-24, 2020. In commemoration of 70 years of Indonesia-Norway diplomatic relations, this visit aimed to gain a better knowledge of Indonesia […]

News • February 24, 2020

Green Growth Program’s Scoping Visits to Four New Provinces

The Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) is committed to switch to a low carbon development approach by integrating Low Carbon Development Initiative (LCDI) into the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN). This is stated in the national development agenda, titled “Building the Environment, Improving Disaster Resilience, and Climate Change” through Presidential Regulation No. 18 […]