Philippine Experience in Training in Cambodia

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Philippine Experience in Training in Cambodia

• Training on the Preparation of the National
  Communication on Climate Change and CDM

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Outline of Presentation

• Context of Cooperation
• Training Activities
• Results/Critical Success Factors
• Barriers and Constraints
• Lessons Learned
• Other South-South Collaboration on Climate Change
  Activities

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Context of Cooperation
Implementing Agency-Cambodia Requesting agency
and beneficiary (for the training)
Implementing Agency-Philippines

• Preparation of the National Communication
• Training on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

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Areas of Cooperation/Training Activities

• Preparation of the National Communication
• on Climate Change
• The Philippine Team of experts was requested to
  conduct a 10-day training on the Preparation of
  the National Communication on Climate Change in
  Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1999, sponsored by
  UNITAR.
• The objective is to train the Cambodias National
  Climate Change Team on
• Guidelines for the Preparation of the National
  Communication from Non-Annex 1 Parties
• GHG Emissions Inventory
• Methods and Techniques for Vulnerability and
  Adaptation Assessment Mitigation

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Areas of Cooperation/Training Activities

• Training on the CDM
• CDM Training for the Cambodia Climate Change
  Office was conducted, upon the request of the
  Cambodian Government, a part of the fulfillment
  of the objective of the CD4CDM to strengthen
  their capacity on the Clean Development Mechanism
  (CDM)
• 3-Day training (March 29-31, 2004) at Phnom Penh,
  Cambodia
• Phils. CD4CDM team shared technical expertise
  with the Cambodian team through the conduct of
  intensive technical workshops/exercises

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Results/ Critical Success Factors

1. Sharing of technical expertise between
   Philippines and Cambodia
2. Exchange of implementation experiences, and
   learning from these experiences
3. Similarities in political, economic situations,
   hence richer and more meaningful discussions of
   problems and solutions
4. Tailor-fitted approach in training and use of
   up-to-date information to maximize capacity
   building impacts
5. learning by doing approach (i.e. use of actual
   project in Cambodia as case in point for all
   hand-on exercises later became the 1st CDM
   registered project in Cambodia)

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Barriers and Constraints

• Lack of funding for the training
• Language barrier
• CDM as a new, and still emerging, concept
• Lack of clear and functional CDM institutional
  structures (in 2004) for both countries
• Rapidly evolving rules for CDM which can be hard
  to continuously digest

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Lessons Learned

• Tailor-fitting the training best serves the
  target audiences interests and needs
• learning by doing is still the most effective
  training
• Need for constant collaboration and exchange of
  crucial information among other developing
  countries
• Capacity building is a continuous process, hence
  programs should be designed to nurture/strengthen
  the capacities of major players

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Other South-South Collaborationon Climate Change

• Training on Hydrographic modelling technique
• Bangkok, Thailand, May 16-22, 2002
• Regional Study (AS07) for the Assessment of
  Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change (AIACC)
  trained staff (Philippines and Indonesia) from
  the AS21 Study on the SEA-Basin hydrographical
  modelling on a watershed runoff model.
• Training courses and technical assistance for
  scientists from Indo-China (Laos, Vietnam and
  Cambodia)
• Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
• 6 scientists/experts from Indo-China were trained
  by AIACC-AS21 team/trainers
• Training-Workshop for Bhutan Local Scientists
  Methodologies in Assessing Climate Change Impacts
  on Local Communities
• Bhutan, May 3-14, 2004

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Thank you.
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Think climate! Klaus Toepfer,
ExecutiveDirector of UNEP
Countries are the Parties to the Convention and
the Kyoto Protocol. Therefore, it must be the
governments who should ensure that commitments
made in terms of GHG emissions reduction and
sustainable development are met. Nonetheless,
private sector participation must be optimized to
ensure the sustainability of CDM projects