Transcript UNFCCC Expert Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity Building in Developing Countries Antigua - November 5-6, 2007 Background to Capacity Building in GEF.

UNFCCC Expert Workshop on
Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity
Building in
Developing Countries
Antigua - November 5-6, 2007
Background to
Capacity Building in GEF
The GEF and Capacity
Development
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Over 300 regional and international
environmental agreements have been
negotiated since 1972
MEAs not integrated into national
development strategies
Project-focused Capacity Development
insufficient
Great demand (COPs, Council meetings) for
GEF-funding specifically targeted on CD
The GEF & Capacity Development
CD is delivered into 2 ways:
A. Through Regular Projects: almost all GEF projects include CD
activities
B. Through Enabling Activities:
– National Communications and the support programme
– NAPAs
– TNAs
– Biodiversity: NBSAP, CHM, Reporting to CBD and 2010 Targets
– Biosafety: Development and Implementation of Biosafety
Framework, CHM
 UNCCD: Targeted SLM LDC/SIDS Capacity Building Programme
 Country Support Programme: focal point, knowledge management
 National Dialogue Initiative
 Small Grants Programme
 National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) for MEAs (UNFCCC, CBD,
UNCCD)
Capacity Development Initiative
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Capacity Development Initiative (CDI) 2000
– Strategic partnership between the GEF Secretariat and UNDP
– Responding to developing country priorities and convention requests for
support
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Achievements
– Mobilized regional experts
– Conducted extensive consultations
– Developed a framework for GEF action
– Strong focus on capacity development in the GEF Strategic Business
Plan
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Concluded by the adoption of the Strategic Approach to
Enhancing Capacity Building in the GEF – approved in 2003
GEF Resources for Capacity Building
(Strategic Approach to Capacity Building)
Methods for access to GEF Resources
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National
Capacity
SelfAssessments
NCSAs)
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Enhanced
attention to
capacity
building in
regular
projects
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Targeted
capacity
building
projects
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Program for
critical
capacity
building
activities in
LDCs & SIDS
Need Integrated Approach at the country level through M&E Framework
NCSA Global Support Programme
Provide countries undertaking their NCSAs with
methodological support and knowledge
management mechanisms.
Provide substantive inputs for the implementation
of the Strategic Approach to Enhance Capacity
Building.
Activity 2.1: Develop targets and indicators for
benchmarking and impact assessments
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GSP will undertake the analytical work necessary to
propose indicators that allows effective benchmarking and
assessing outcomes and impacts of the four Pathways
envisaged in the Strategic Approach in collaboration with
the M&E units of GEF, UNEP, WB and UNDP.
Lessons - connect with and build on other
EAs
 152 NCSA countries
 1117 Enabling Activities to date; up to 11 per country
 enabling integrated environment management
planning
Multilateral
Environment
Agreement
GEF + other
Enabling
Activities
CBD
NCS
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NBSAP
CCC
I,SNCNAPA
CCD
NAP
POPs
NIPSAICM
IW
TDA-SAP
IWRM
MDG-based
National Sustainable
Development
National Environment
Management Strategy
Strategic
Environmental
Objectives
-land
-water
-biodiversity
-chemicals
-etc.
Capacity
Development
Actions
National Capacity Action
Plan
Synthesis - What Capacity needs ?
No. Plans
Capacity needs
– No. of proposed
Actions
Stakeholder
Engagement
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Mandates; organization of lead agency;
co-management arrangements;
cooperation between stakeholders;
partnerships.
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Information &
Knowledge
19
Research, science; Information access &
sharing; communications; awareness;
traditional knowledge
115
Planning & Policy
20
Planning and strategy development;
decision-making; regulatory frameworks
112
Organization &
Implementation
20
Mobilization of resources; technical skills
& technology transfer; execution of
programmes and projects.
144
Monitoring &
Evaluation
12
Monitoring, evaluation, learning,
adaptive management.
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Synthesis - Capacity for What ?
CD
Actions
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Substantive Area Targeted
Total
None
BD
LD
IW
CC
465
409
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22
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land use, management
soil contamination, loss
rangeland management
agro-biodiversity
de-forestation
habitat damage
sustainable use of BD
biodiversity conservation
endangered species
invasive alien species
bio-safety
access & benefit sharing
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sustainable fisheries
coastal erosion
coastal management
wetland conservation
water pollution
freshwater resources
sea-level rise
vulnerability to climate
change
 reduction of GHGs
Conclusions
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CD is the core business of the GEF, however:
CD not explicit in project design
CD should be country-driven (endogenous) and
follow country “national” development needs,
as expressed in the several CD national
assessments
No means for verifying progress/impact with
CD at the country and programme levels,
therefore, cannot be quantified nor attributed
Indicators Framework is a must for more
effective CD support at the country level