SREC I and II Meeting

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Environmental Policy Advisors

• SREC I and II Meeting
• Bamako, 21-25 June 2004
• Cross cutting Session
• Towards a Sub Regional Framework for SRECs I and
  II
• Arnaud COMOLET, UNDP
• 20/06/2004

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Content of the Cross-cutting Session
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• ? Introduction to the exercise and
• methodology
• ? Issues and challenges
• ? Needs assessment
• ? Actions plan

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Session 1 Introduction to the Regional
Framework exercise
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I. Introduction to the Regional framework
exercise Content-
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• ? Assumptions
• ? Objectives
• ? Rationale
• ? Methodology
• ? Historical perspective
• ? Assessment

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Assumptions

• ? Strengthening the sense of belonging of SREC
  participants to a community of practice
• ? Improve the quality and performance of the
  work of the members of the Group

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Objectives

• Why dont we go one step further?
• ? From a one off workshop to a continuous
  building up process
• ? Making our various EE activities more
  consistent
• ?Build linkages between COS
• ? Develop products and services

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Rationale (1)

• ? SRECs mandate
• The SRECs are regionally based UNDP Environment
  network that seeks to build the capacity of
  Country Office Environment Focal Points and
  participating specialists into a "Community of
  Practice" as part of UNDP's organizational
  learning initiative.
• ?Help COs to implement corporate policies
  (alignment with EEG strategy)

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Rationale (2)

• ? A Key tool in enhancing UNDP's
• capacity in delivering quality
• ? Help COs to implement corporate
• policies
• ? A crucial vehicle to build synergies
• between the different UNDP
• environment units

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Methodology (1)

• ? 4 sessions (continuum)
• ? Interactive and Participative
• ? Needs based
• ? Interaction with workshop and discussions
  outputs
• ? 4 discussion papers

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Methodology (2) Sessions

• Session 1 Objective and rationale,
  Take-stocking.
• Session 2 Issues and Challenges
• Session 3 Needs and resources assessment
• Session 4 Elaboration of the Regional
  framework

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Methodology (3)Discussion papers

• 4 Discussion Papers ? ? ? ?
• Themes MDGs, Mainstreaming, Energy, Land
  Degradation
• Content Overview/context, UNDP position, COs
  experience, Proposal

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Historical perspective (1)Trends
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• ? SRECs are evolving mechanisms
• ? SRECs were initially a GEF "product"
• ? SRECs evolve now as a corporate
• tool
• ? SREC, I, II, III and the regionalization
• process

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Historical perspective (2)Role and activities
key questions
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• What is the role of SRECs?
• What activities have been initiated from SRECs?
• What is the added value of SRECs?
• How the members use the network?

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Historical perspective (3)Strengths
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• Meeting and getting to know each other
• Sharing experience
• Discussing UNDP case studies, pilots, best
  practices, experiences, innovative ideas
• Developing capacity for leveraging and co-funding
• Strengthening capacity of COs participants in
  designing and administering environmental
  projects.

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Historical perspective (4)Weaknesses
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• SREC I (2003) cancellation
• RRs/RBA are not convinced of the utility of SREC
• Preparation
• Very weak follow up/monitoring/evaluation
• Funding a major constraint
• Little regional partnership

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Historical perspective (5)Recent ? developments
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• Greater inputs from COs (top down ? bottom up)
  ? ? ?
• Greater balance between discussions and
  presentations ? ?
• Training sessions ? ? ?
• Contribution of other PAs or CO units
• Fields trip ? ? ?
• Two ways learning process (PAs/CO)

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Assessment
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• SRECs are a useful tool but
• Apart from the workshop itself, not much come out
  of SRECs meetings ..?
• There is a tendency to be stricter on results of
  our activities (conditionality?)
• We need to keep the momentum between two
  workshops
• We need to find out implementation mechanims for
  our decisions (work plan)

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Your turn to play, now !!!
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What you think?What are your expectations
vis-à-vis SRECs?
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2. Issues and challenges
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