Transcript START global change SysTem for Analysis, Research & Training UNFCCC Expert Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity Building in Developing Countries St John’s, Antigua 5-6 November.

START
global change SysTem for Analysis,
Research & Training
UNFCCC Expert Workshop on Monitoring and
Evaluating Capacity Building in Developing Countries
St John’s, Antigua
5-6 November 2007
START mission
• Promote & enable research in developing
countries on regional aspects of global
environmental change
• Enhance capacity for advancing,
communicating and applying scientific
knowledge to reduce risks
• Link science & practitioner communities
• Mobilize resources for all the above
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START Capacity Building
• Collaborative regional networks
– START regional committees, centers, sec’s
– Work with other organizations & networks
• Collaborative projects (learning by doing)
– AIACC, ACCCA, MAIRS, CLIMAG
• Training, advanced study & education
– Training workshops; Advanced Study Institutes; Graduate
education programs
• Fellowships and Visiting Scientists
• Small Grants programs
• Young Scientist Awards & Conferences
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Assessments of Impacts & Adaptation
to Climate Change (AIACC)
• Objectives
– Advance scientific capacity
– Advance scientific knowledge
– Improve links between science & policy
communities
• Management: START, TWAS, UNEP
• Collaboration with IPCC
• Donors: GEF, CIDA, USAID, USEPA,
Rockefeller Foundation, + co-funding
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AIACC Project Activities
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24 assessments
Learning by doing
Technical assistance
Training
– Large workshops
– South-South workshops
– Self-designed
• Networking
– Learning from each other
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AIACC capacity building indicators
1. Successful completion of science
assessments
2. Scientific productivity & quality
3. Participation & leadership in international
science
4. Engagement in policy & practice
5. Recognition of scientific excellence
6. Partnerships among institutions
established & sustained
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(1) Successful completion of science
assessments
• Analyses completed and synthesized?
• Technical report completed?
• Technical report meets quality standards?
• AIACC outcomes:
– 24 assessments completed & reports submitted
– Reports reviewed by technical committee &
accepted
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(2) Scientific productivity & quality
• Number of scientific publications?
• Number of peer-reviewed publications?
• Citations in other publications?
• AIACC outcomes:
– > 200 papers, chapters, books, reports
– > 100 peer-reviewed
– > 100 citations in IPCC AR4
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(3) Participation & leadership in
international science
• Participants engaged in int’l assessments?
• Participants invited to present at int’l meetings?
• Participants take leadership roles in int’l science
activities?
• AIACC outcomes:
– > 30 participants invited to be authors of IPCC AR4,
MEA, IAAST
– Many invited to present at int’l conferences
– Many taking leadership roles in IPCC, CCAA, ACCCA,
AFRICANESS
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(4) Engagement in policy & practice
• Stakeholder participation?
• Contributions to national communications?
• Participation in nat’l & int’l policy activities?
• AIACC outcomes:
– All projects had substantive involvement of
stakeholders
– All provided input to nat’l comms; Most
substantively engaged in nat’l comms;
– Many involved in nat’l & int’l policy activities
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(5) Recognition of scientific excellence
• Successful in competing for new grants?
• Active as a regional center of research, education
and training?
• Providing technical support and training to others?
• AIACC outcomes:
– Many have received new grants from IDRC, ACCCA, GEF
– Several have emerged as regional centers for research &
training
– Several have organized training workshops for others in
their region
– Several are providing technical assistance in ACCCA and
other programs
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(6) Partnerships among institutions
established & sustained
• Number & types of institutions actively engaged?
• Institutions partnering in new initiatives?
• AIACC outcomes:
– All 24 assessments engaged multiple scientific and
stakeholder institutions
– Many are continuing to work with their AIACC partners
to promote and plan climate change adaptation
– Verdict still out: time will tell if partnerships are
sustained.
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“The record and outputs of the AIACC are
impressive . . . The quality of the
assessments is demonstrated by the more
than 100 peer-reviewed publications
produced, which benefited substantially
the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report.”
R.K. Pachauri, IPCC Chair
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African Climate Change Fellowships
• New project funded by IDRC
– In conjunction w/ Climate Change Adaptation in
Africa Program (CCAA)
• Partners: START, U of Dar es Salaam,
African Academy of Sciences
• Program will support:
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20 Policy Fellows
20 Doctoral Research Fellows
10 Post-doctoral Fellows
8 Teaching Fellows
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Fellowship program indicators
• Output & quality of reports, published
papers, dissertations
• New courses implemented
– Numbers of institutions, courses, students
– Replication of courses
• Quality, impact & value of fellowships
– For Fellows & their institutions
– Evaluations by Fellows, home & host institutions
– Annual surveys for 2 yrs after completion
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