IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEWDELHI WORK PROGRAMME THE GAMBIAN SITUATION IN THE

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW-DELHI WORK PROGRAMME
THE GAMBIAN SITUATION IN THE

• Presented at the Africa Regional Workshop on
  Article 6 of the UNFCCC
• By Ms. Fatou Gaye
• January 28 to 30 2004
• Corinthia Atlantic Hotel, Banjul-The Gambia

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NATIONAL CLIMATE COMMITTEE (NCC)

• CONSIST OF
• Permanent institutional representation
• Central and Local Governments
• Non-Governmental Organizations
• Community based Organizations
• Few private Sector Organizations
• Parliamentarians

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EDUCATION

• Formal and Non-Formal Education
• The Department of State for Education and the
  National Environment Agency are the lead
  institutions in this regard

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EDUCATION

• Formal Education
• The NEA organizes school competitions at the
  primary and secondary levels and winners are
  presented with awards to encourage participation
  in climate change competitions

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TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• UNFCCC Focal Point trained members of the NCC in
  climate change issues such as greenhouse gas
  inventories, mitigation options, vulnerability
  and adaptation assessment , climate change
  strategy and action plan development

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TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• UCCEE trained members of the NCC in the economics
  of CDM projects

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TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• UNITAR trained members of the NCC in Information
  Technology

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TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING

• The NEA organizes training programmes for many
  stakeholders on environmental matters, many of
  which have climate implications and/or related
  e.g. Environmental Impact assessment.

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PUBLIC AWARENESS

• Participatory Sensitization Workshops held in all
  the six administrative divisions
• Main stakeholders include
• Fishermen, woodcutters, blacksmiths, palm wine
  tappers, etc.
• Grass roots identified problems with possible
  solutions

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PUBLIC AWARENESS

• Kanifing Municipality and Greater Banjul Area
  workshops
• Synthesized all workshop reports were presented
  at a policy makers workshop
• Full report with reviewed policies and
  recommendations were presented at this workshop

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PUBLIC AWARENESS

• The broad based composition of the NCC
  facilitates better understanding and
  dissemination of climate change issues and
  materials

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PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION

• CC material maintained by
• NCC member institutions
• NEA Documentation centre
• Environment Newsletter
• Hands on Training at
• Environment Ed. Centre
• CC websites

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PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION

• First National
• Communication made available to various local
  institutions and the public

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THE WAY FORWARD

• Encourage tertiary education institutions to
  undertake climate change research and development
  of appropriate technologies for capacity
  building.

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THE WAY FORWARD

• Encourage, facilitate collaboration between
  local, regional and international institutions in
  the areas of Training and Education

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THE WAY FORWARD

• Develop the NCC as a semi-autonomous institution
  based in the Department of Water Resources
  (UNFCCC Focal Point)

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THE WAY FORWARD

• Strengthen existing human, institutional
  capacities to increase efficiency
• Strengthen the Article 6 Focal Point office to
  allow for better coordination with and among
  interested parties and increased efficiency

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CONSTRAINTS

• Constant change of NCC membership
• Limited capacity of NCC members, EG. Running of
  models and impact assessment
• Lack of internet facility to some NCC members.