Transcript United Nations Development Programme The GEF/UNDP/UNEP National Communications Programme for Climate Change UNFCCC Workshop on the Preparation of National Communications from non-Annex I Parties Manila,

United Nations Development Programme
The GEF/UNDP/UNEP National Communications
Programme for Climate Change
UNFCCC Workshop on the Preparation of National
Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Manila, Philippines,26-30 April 2004
Initial National Communications
• 131 non-Annex I Parties received GEF funding
• Of these, 108 have submitted their initial National
Communication
• Majority of countries submitted in 2000-02
Second National Communications
Under new joint project, UNDP and UNEP anticipate:
• 2004: 45 proposals
• 2005: 54 proposals
• 2006: 32 proposals
Initial National Communications support:
Lessons Learned
• IA processing times for enabling activities must be reduced
• Improved monitoring of implementation
• Support must be country-driven, addressing specific needs
(not “one size fits all”)
• Support must be flexible to meet changing priorities
• Capacity building is a continuous process
– support needed for the duration of enabling activities
• Technical support should be provided from enabling
activities start-up
• Technical assistance demands were higher than anticipated
Sources: NCSP Phase I, country feedback, CDI, GEF CCEA review
Why an umbrella approach?
• Improved support services to countries for:
– Project proposal development
– Preparation of the NC
• National Communication process streamlined
– Faster IA processing times
• More opportunities for strategic approach to enabling
activities and capacity building
• Improved monitoring and evaluation
– Annual reports to GEF Council
• Enhanced network of expertise
– north-south, south-south, south-north
GEF/UNDP/UNEP Joint Programme
• $60.2 million project
• Six years (2004-2009)
• 130 non-Annex I Parties
– 100 UNDP, 30 UNEP
• Approved by GEF Council November 2003
• CEO endorsement 19 April 2004
GEF/UNDP/UNEP Joint Programme
Three components
1. Self-assessment financing (to produce project
document) ($1.95M, or $15,000 per country)
2. Climate change enabling activity financing (to produce
National Communication) ($52.65M, or $405,000 p/c)
3. National Communications Support Programme ($5.6M,
of which $1.5 million is co-financing)
Components 1 and 2: Implemented by UNDP and UNEP
Component 3: Jointly managed by GEF, UNDP and UNEP,
and implemented by UNDP
Advisory Committee: GEF, UNFCCC, UNDP, UNEP, WB
GEF/UNDP/UNEP Joint Programme
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Project approval decentralised from GEF
Secretariat to UNDP and UNEP
Financing is provided in annual tranches
Release of future tranches contingent upon
approval of annual reports to GEF Council
GEF/UNDP/UNEP Joint Programme
Objectives: National level
To improve implementation of enabling activities by:
1. Improving degree of national ownership of National
Communications (stakeholder consultations and stocktaking);
2. Ensuring enabling activities meet the reporting obligations of the
UNFCCC (project proposal development)
Output: Enhanced impact of National Communication
Objectives: Global level
To develop national capacity for reporting under UNFCCC by:
1. Facilitating implementation of enabling activities
2. Preparing and disseminating technical materials
3. Sustaining capacity building efforts
Component 1: National Self-Assessments
-- Support
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UNDP COs
UNDP-GEF Regional Co-ordination Units
UNDP-GEF HQ
Component 2: Climate change enabling
activities -- Support
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Implementation/administration/financial issues
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UNDP COs
UNDP-GEF Regional Co-ordination Units
Technical issues:
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National Communications Support Programme
Component 3: National Communications
Support Programme
• $4M in GEF funding; $1.5M in co-financing needed
• Six year duration
• Core focus
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Capacity building
Knowledge sharing
Support for enabling activity implementation
Promoting south-south exchange by strengthening
partnerships with regional institutions and use of regional
experts
UNDP committed to raising co-financing!