Dear Thomas,
We in Liberia join other members of the Mountain Partnership to welcome you formally to the Mountain Partnership Secretariat and look forward to further strengthening the partnership.
Sincerely yours
Richard S. Sambolah
Programme Officer &
Technical Adviser/Community Engagement
Fauna & Flora International - Liberia
Congo Town, 1000 Monrovia 10, LIBERIA
Website: www.fauna-flora.org
mobile #: (+231) 886-515814 or (+231) 886-444697
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> From: "Hofer, Thomas (FOM)" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1:44 PM
>Subject: News from the Mountain Partnership Secretariat - #FOM-WATER-VALUES
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>Dear friends of the Mountain Partnership,
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>As communicated to you on 25 July by Mr Eduardo Mansur, Director Forest Assessment, Management and Conservation Division of FAO’s Forestry Department, I assumed the task of Interim Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat as of today. It is
a pleasure and honor to work with all of you. Together with the entire team in the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, I will do my best to live up to the expectations. And please allow me to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to my predecessors, Doug
McGuire and Olman Serrano, for their excellent work during the last ten years.
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>2012 is a strategic year for mountains: we take stock of the achievements 20 years after the 1st Rio Conference, which gave birth to Chapter 13 (Sustainable Mountain Development) in Agenda 21. The celebration of the International
Year of Mountains 2002 and the creation of the Mountain Partnership were milestone events during that period. The fact that sustainable mountain development gets prominent attention in the outcome document of Rio+20 is a clear indicator of success, to which
all of you have significantly contributed through local, national, regional and global initiatives. But it is also a significant responsibility and a call to the global community to continue and increase its attention to sustainable mountain development in
order to address the current and future challenges.
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>2012 is also a period of renewal in the Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS). We would like to capitalize on the important achievements of the last ten years, during which the attention to mountains and mountain people has considerably increased at international,
regional and national levels. The membership has recognized that it is the right moment to critically review the current strategy of the Mountain Partnership (MP), based on the achievements and lessons learned since its creation. It has also been recognized
that it is time to strengthen the governance structure of the MP by making it more inclusive and participatory. This process was launched in the context of the preparations for Rio+20 and during the Rio Conference itself, but it needs further reflection, discussion
and refinement. We hope that by February 2013 the MP will be fully operational and supported by a new governance structure agreed upon by all. We will keep you regularly informed about the progress we are making.
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>We very much look forward to working with you and we thank you very much for your continued support.
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>Sincerely,
>
>Thomas
>Thomas Hofer
>Team Leader (Watershed Management and Mountains)
>Interim Coordinator Mountain Partnership Secretariat
>Forestry Department
>UN Food and Agriculture Organization
>Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
>I-00153 Rome
>Tel: +39 06 5705-3191
>Fax: +39 06 5705-5137
>Mobile: +348 870 4774
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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