Transcript United Nations Development Programme The GEF/UNDP/UNEP National Communications Support Programme UNFCCC Workshop on the Preparation of National Communications from non-Annex I Parties Manila, Philippines,26-30 April.

United Nations Development Programme
The GEF/UNDP/UNEP National
Communications Support Programme
UNFCCC Workshop on the Preparation of National
Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Manila, Philippines,26-30 April 2004
National Communications Support
Programme: Phase II
• $4M in GEF funding; $1.5M in co-financing needed
• Six year duration (2004-2009)
• 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!
National Communications Support
Programme: Institutional Arrangements
• Jointly managed by GEF and Implementing
Agencies; implemented by UNDP
• Technical assistance to all NAI Parties, regardless of
Implementing Agency selected
• Advisory Committee: GEF, UNDP, UNEP, WB,
UNFCCC
• Implementation Committee: UNDP, UNDP, WB
Collaboration with international and regional
partners will be actively promoted
National Communications Support
Programme: Objectives
1. To facilitate implementation of enabling
activities
2. To prepare and/or disseminate technical
materials, methods and tools
3. To sustain capacity building efforts through:
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knowledge management,
best practices
communications and outreach
Proposed Approach to Technical Assistance
• Approach
– Proactive
– Direct response (country-driven)
• Provide flexible “toolbox”
• Promote “learning by doing” and knowledge sharing,
not information dissemination
• No one size fits all, but economies of scale exist
• Translation, where feasible and financially possible
Objective 1:
Facilitate Implementation of CCEAs
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Identify emerging issues in preparation of NCs
Identify good practices during project
implementation
Provide technical feedback on NCs
Provide strategic policy guidance on links
between NCs and national development agendas
Targeted training
NCSP will consult with every project co-ordinator
at least 3 times per year
Objective 2:
Prepare and disseminate technical
materials, including methods and tools
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Regional workshops to disseminate methods,
best practices (adaptation, inventories?)
Prepare technical and policy-relevant materials
related to emerging issues
Prepare web-based training materials
Gaps in methods and tools identified through
monitoring and direct feedback from countries
Objective 3:
Sustain Capacity Building Efforts
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Knowledge management
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Adaptation
Cross-cutting (mainstreaming?)
Inventories
Technology needs assessments
Abatement
Best practices
Communications and outreach strategy
Knowledge Management
Information
Applied learning
Knowledge
Management
Will involve stakeholders at all levels, e.g. project
coordinators, national experts, regional institutions,
international partners, IAs
Knowledge Management: Examples
• Electronic discussion groups:
– thematic discussions
– South-south, north-south, south-north exchange
• Best practices:
– captured and disseminated
– project development and implementation
• Virtual library of resources:
– National studies, emission factors
Will involve stakeholders at all levels, e.g. project
coordinators, national experts, regional
institutions, international partners
Won’t duplicate
Best Practices: Sources
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Initial National Communications
Second National Communications
National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA)
National Capacity Self-Assessments (NCSA)
UNDP-GEF regional inventory projects (Europe &
CIS; West and francophone Central Africa)
UNDP-GEF regional adaptation project (Central
America, Mexico & Cuba)
AIACC, MACC
NCSP workshops
Project co-ordinator consultations
Implies commitment from countries to assist in providing
best practice examples!
NCSP: Communications
• Website
– Updated monthly
– Hosts Knowledge Networks
– Expanded library of resources
• Email list-server
– Monthly information updates (e.g. lessons learned,
general climate news, UNFCCC NAI news)
• Quarterly Newsletter
– Informing on NCSP, IA, GEF activities
NCSP: Outreach
• Current clients:
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National project co-ordinators
UNFCCC focal points
GEF OFPs and NFPs
UNDP Country Offices
UNEP regional centres
• Expand to include:
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More national and regional experts
Regional and international partners
NGOs
Scientific community
Raised awareness of National Communications process
Contact Us!
• National Communications Support Programme:
– Yamil Bonduki ([email protected])
– Rebecca Carman ([email protected])
www.undp.org/cc/
• UNDP Capacity Development and Adaptation:
– Bo Lim ([email protected])
• UNEP
– Ravi Sharma ([email protected])
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