The GEFUNDPUNEP National Communications Support Programme

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The GEF/UNDP/UNEP National Communications Support
Programme
United Nations Development Programme
UNFCCC Workshop on the Preparation of National
Communications from non-Annex I Parties Manila,
Philippines,26-30 April 2004
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National Communications Support Programme Phase
II

• 4M in GEF funding 1.5M in co-financing needed
• Six year duration (2004-2009)
• Core focus
• 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!
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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
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National Communications Support Programme
Objectives

• To facilitate implementation of enabling
  activities
• To prepare and/or disseminate technical
  materials, methods and tools
• To sustain capacity building efforts through
• knowledge management,
• best practices
• communications and outreach

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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

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Objective 1 Facilitate Implementation of CCEAs

• 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
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Objective 2 Prepare and disseminate technical
materials, including methods and tools

• 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
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Objective 3 Sustain Capacity Building Efforts

• Knowledge management
• Adaptation
• Cross-cutting (mainstreaming?)
• Inventories
• Technology needs assessments
• Abatement
• Best practices
• Communications and outreach strategy

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Knowledge Management
Information
Knowledge
Applied learning
Management
Will involve stakeholders at all levels, e.g.
project coordinators, national experts, regional
institutions, international partners, IAs
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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 Wont
duplicate
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Best Practices Sources

• 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!
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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

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NCSP Outreach

• Current clients
• National project co-ordinators
• UNFCCC focal points
• GEF OFPs and NFPs
• UNDP Country Offices
• UNEP regional centres
• Expand to include
• More national and regional experts
• Regional and international partners
• NGOs
• Scientific community

Raised awareness of National Communications
process
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Contact Us!

• National Communications Support Programme
• Yamil Bonduki (yamil.bonduki_at_undp.org)
• Rebecca Carman (rebecca.carman_at_undp.org)
• www.undp.org/cc/
• UNDP Capacity Development and Adaptation
• Bo Lim (bo.lim_at_undp.org)
• UNEP
• Ravi Sharma (ravi.sharma_at_unep.org)

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Your thoughts please!

• Annual feedback survey starts now!

Dont be shy ?