11/9
WED
Capacity Building
11:00-12:15
| Title | Increasing the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Capacity Building in Developing Countries: Lessons learned from cooperation on INDCs, NAPs and transparency |
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| Contents | This event focuses on how we can increase the effectiveness and efficiency of capacity building in developing countries. Driven by the Paris Agreement, there are increasing needs for cooperation in capacity building, especially in preparing for the INDCs and NAPs, as well as arrangements for transparency. Recent cases show that developing countries and multilateral and bilateral development partners have developed good practices, including new business models and methods. The event will be held as a panel discussion, using these types of cases to facilitate discussion. |
| Organiser / Co-organiser |
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) / Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) |
| Programme |
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| Session Summary |
Summary of the three framing presentations are as follow. - Dr. Matsuda from the OECC gave a brief background, objectives of this side event. She also introduced four different working models for capacity-building support which have taken place recently, i.e. custom made support, triangular/south-south cooperation, city to city cooperation and multilateral networking. - Dr. Nishioka reported on the seminar regarding capacity development for transparency to implement the Paris Agreement, held in October 2016 in Indonesia. He emphasized that it would be crucial to implement the Paris Agreement in order to achieve 2 degree global goal, by engaging various stakeholders as well as capacity development for both adaptation and mitigation. Collaborative work, strengthening NDC operation of PDCA cycle, expanding range and areas of capacity-building, mobilizing knowledge based on country ownership were also discussed at the seminar. - Ms. White from GHG Management Institute explained its recent publications regarding assessment of capacity improvement on GHG inventory. The assessment was conducted using the data from the first and the second national communication (NC), biennial update report, OECD Rio marker and capacity building portal run by the UNFCCC. By comparing inventories submitted as part of the first and the second NCs, her group found that almost half of the Asian countries remained with low capacity. Also she pointed out that countries already with relatively higher capacity are tend to receive more finance, and indicated that appropriate allocation need to be considered. In the panel discussion, three guiding questions were indicated and panelists from developing countries and development partners provided their comments. Some panelists expressed their high expectation to the Paris Committee on Capacity- building (PCCB), which was established in COP21. Besides, many panelists agreed that importance of country ownership. It was also pointed out that strong needs of capacity to vulnerable country, involvement of private sector and community, building capacity for NDC implementation. |
| Key Messages |
Many participants especially from developing countries attended to this side event, which indicates high interest to this topic. Accordance with the entry into force of the Paris Agreement all countries need to implement NDC and strengthen their reporting system. To this end, capacity-building is one of prioritized steps to be taken in developing countries. High expectation to the PCCB, engagement of private sector and community as well as importance of country ownership were pointed out by panelists. Further analysis is required in order to identify suitable and effective way of capacity development. |
| Materials | Presentation 1(PDF・191KB) Presentation 2(PDF・322KB) Presentation 3(PDF・174KB) Presentation 4(PDF・1,209KB) |
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| Reporters | Emiko Matsuda, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan |
