Vietnam Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES / VNFF)
Asia's first national PFES law (Decree 99/2010) requires hydropower, water-supply and eco-tourism companies to pay into Vietnam's Forest Fund; 355,000 households manage …
Asia's first national PFES law (Decree 99/2010) requires hydropower, water-supply and eco-tourism companies to pay into Vietnam's Forest Fund; 355,000 households manage …
Brazil's oldest community PES: since 2007, the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation pays 583 riverine communities (BRL 50/household/month + community fund) to conserve 10.9 …
Ecuador's national PES since 2008 pays landowners and indigenous communities US$30–60/ha/yr to conserve 1.6M+ ha of native forest and páramo, cutting annual …
Mexico's national government PES scheme (CONAFOR) compensates forest owners ~USD 24/ha/yr to conserve 4.27 million ha of priority watersheds; 78% of payments …
The world's largest PES: since 1999 China has paid 30M+ rural households to convert ~29.8M hectares of sloping cropland to forest to …
Rather than build an $8–10bn filtration plant, New York City invests in protecting its Catskill/Delaware watershed — ~$2.5bn since 1997 — keeping …
To keep nitrates out of its mineral-water aquifer, Vittel (Nestlé Waters) pays catchment farmers via the Agrivair intermediary to adopt low-input agriculture …
INSENSION is an online platform that allows individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PIMD) to use digital applications and services. The …
The DE-ENIGMA project is developing artificial intelligence for a commercial robot (Robokind’s Zeno). The robot will be used for an emotion-recognition and …
‘Going all inclusive’ is a program framework for the development and delivery of a collaborative digital program. An area (i.e. Selby District) …
Tech Talent School and Start Project are both digital skills initiatives that are being implemented by Socialinnov (Social Impact & Innovation). Socialinnov …
Created in 2008, Latin America's first such mechanism, Mexico's federal budget Annex 13 earmarks spending for women's equality; the total grew from …
Macao SAR ran a seven-year, 21-department Women's Development Goals plan (2019-2025), reporting all 278 planned actions completed, and has launched a follow-on …
In 2020 Qatar became the first Gulf state to apply a universal minimum wage (QAR 1,000/month plus allowances) to domestic workers, alongside …
Founded after winning a World Bank prize, Ethiopia's Yegenew cooperative built shower and laundry facilities across Addis Ababa staffed entirely by people …
Since 1990, Eswatini's SWAGAA has provided counselling, shelter referrals and legal support to gender-based violence survivors; it recorded 1,172 cases in five …
UN Women & IOM's 2013–2016 Tajikistan project trained 3,000 'left-behind' wives of labour migrants, formed 387 self-help groups & 30 economic initiatives, …
Guatemala's Defensoría de la Mujer Indígena (DEMI, 1999) provides culturally-sensitive legal, social and psychological services to indigenous women across 13 regional offices …
Nigeria's 2015 VAPP Act criminalises rape, FGM, coercive control and forced marriage. By mid-2024, 34 of 36 states had adopted it. Academic …
Women in Digital Initiatives Luxembourg Asbl was set as a non-profit organisation initiated in Luxembourg in 2013 and officially founded in 2014, …
The Luxembourg Women in Finance Charter (WIF Charter)is a commitment by signatory firms and representative bodies to achieve greater gender balance and …
The 1-year Cross Mentoring Programme, organized by Talent naar de Top, brings together 150 pairs of mentees and mentors from over 50 …
The Future Female Leaders (FFL) Programme is designed to support and accelerate the career progression of ambitious and talented women aiming to …
The Global Mentoring Walks is an annual initiative that brings together established women leaders to mentor emerging female talents while walking together …
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