This brochure provides and overview of the Community-Based Adaptation Programme in Asia and the Pacific (CBA Phase 3) funded by DFAT. It also provides programmatic and operational guidance to the 26 countries participating in CBA Phase 3.

Central African Republic Results Report (FY 2017-2023)

Macedonia is flooded by suspicious toys that can contain hazardous chemicals, and have no declarations, nor is known who imports them. No one in the country controls toys, often containing toxic and carcinogenic substances that are proven to cause, among other things, infertility in girls, damage to the nervous system, allergies. Because of the low price, parents buy more and more toys, which due to poor quality, quickly break and end up on landfills. Please describe the results of one to two projects that were completed during the reporting period. For results, please reflect on ‘what’ was achieved, ‘how’ was it achieved, ‘who’ was it achieved for and with, and ‘where’ was it achieved? Please refer to attached guidance for details. (300 words) MKD/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CH/2018/08 The project objective: implementation of policies/legislation in the field of chemicals, by building the capacity of stakeholders - ministries and inspectorates, civil society organizations, consumer organizations, the media, scientists and healthcare workers that are considered key to successful implementation of EU directives on the use of chemicals in toys. Project specific objectives: Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Economy responsible for the regulations for safety of toys, the Ministry of Health in terms of protecting public health and the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning as responsible for environmental criteria to encourage testing and environmental labeling of products as a significant instrument that can reduce harmful impact on the environment and nature, caused by products and services during their entire life cycle, from early design of the product, up to care after its use, thus realizing substantial savings on water, chemicals and energy, and also reducing waste. Project results: Established The Coordination Body (11 representatives of the competent ministries, citizens\' associations, media), 10 meetings held; continued to work on a voluntary basis/ be an advisory body of the Alliance (Cooperative) for promotion of safe toys, Institutional Responsibility Workshop for the Presence of Insecure Toys on the Macedonian Market – organized 7 workshops/over 100 participants, Media: 50 published articles, Leaflet for toy safety (3500 Macedonian, 1500 Albanian language), the Survey on the situation with (non)safe toys; Toys content testing in 10 cities; Public Competition for creation of first eco toy (15 applications, 17 ideas ecotoy production, 5 ecotoys selected as winners). Application for reading product declaration; 2 Workshop with the participants/candidates of the competition for safe toys; Establishment of the first (alliance) COOPERATIVE FOR PROMOTION OF SAFETY TOYS (Informal group concerned citizens and toy distributors) for promotion/support of manufacturers of safe toys; purchased two sawing & one wood making machine

China Results Report (FY 2017-2023)

Colombia Results Report (FY 2017-2023)

Case study about the project entitled \"Combating Climate Change through the Promotion of Alternative Cooking Fuel such as Solar Cookers and Rice Straw Briquettes\", implemented to address the growing demand for firewood and charcoal as the dominant sources of household energy in Sierra Leone.

Trinidad and Tobago was one of twelve countries which contributed case studies towards the global publication \"Combatting plastic pollution for sustainable development: A snapshot of UNDP\'s work in 12 countries\".

This is the second issue of the Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative Programme (COMDEKS) Phase 4 newsletter, published in December 2025. COMDEKS was launched in 2011 as a flagship programme of the Satoyama Initiative, a global effort to promote the sustainable use of natural resources in landscapes and seascapes with local communities whose livelihoods and cultural heritage depend on them. Launched in 2022, COMDEKS Phase 4 is funded by the Ministry of Environment Japan (MOEJ) and the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF), and implemented by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

In this report, launched in March 2006 at the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8) in Brazil, the SGP and the Equator Initiative collaboratively present thirty case studies from their portfolio to document and draw preliminary lessons from the successes of community-based biodiversity enterprises. While these cases are selected from across Latin America and the Caribbean and initially emerged from an international workshop in Merida, Mexico, they offer valuable lessons for a global agenda.

Community Lantern is a quarterly newsletter of SGP St. Vincent and the Grenadines.