| Workshops to Familiarize Parties with the Process and the Requirements for the Accreditation of National Implementing Entities for Direct Access under the Adaptation Fund |
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The Adaptation Fund (AF), established by the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol of the UNFCCC, is mandated to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries that are Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. These funds can either be accessed through an accredited Multilateral Institution, or through an accredited National Implementing Entity (NIE). This possibility of accessing and managing of multilateral funds independently of multilateral agencies is one of the innovative features of the AF. For an NIE to be accredited, it has to provide evidence for being able to meet the fiduciary standards set up by the AF Board. An entity that meets these standards and in turn becomes an accredited NIE has "direct access" to the resources of the AF. As half of the funds at the disposal of the AF have been reserved by the AF Board for this specific modality, this is an important possibility for developing country Parties of the Kyoto Protocol. In decision 5/CMP.6, paragraph 8, the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP) requested the secretariat, subject to the availability of resources, in consultation with the AF Board, and making use of the AF Accreditation Toolkit, lessons learned and best practices, to conduct up to three regional or subregional, as appropriate, workshops, with the possibility of another, as circumstances permit and as warranted, in order to familiarize Parties with the process and the requirements of the accreditation of NIEs for the direct access of the AF. In total, four regional workshops have been organized by the secretariat for the African region, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Eastern Europe and the Pacific region. CMP 8 took note of the successful completion of the series of workshops on the accreditation of NIEs. |
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Workshop for the Pacific |
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From 23 to 25 April 2012 the secretariat organized a workshop in Apia, Samoa, in coordination with the
Adaptation Fund (AF) Board Secretariat and in collaboration with the Government of Samoa, pursuant to decision
5/CMP.6. The workshop was designed to familiarize participants from the Pacific with the process and the requirements for the accreditation of National Implementing Entities (NIEs) for the direct access of the AF. The workshop was attended by close to 60 participants, which included delegates from 14 countries from the Pacific, a representative from an accredited NIE from Belize, a representative from the West African Development Bank as a regional implementing entity (RIE), and observers from, inter alia, the UNDP, UNEP, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and a representative from the Australian government. The workshop served as a useful event for sharing lessons learned and enhancing the understanding of the process for accrediting NIEs, as well as lessons learned from the example of the RIE. The workshop materials can be found here:
Further information can be found at the AF Secretariat's
website. Workshop for Asia and Eastern Europe From 19 to 21 March 2012 the secretariat organized a workshop in Manila, Philippines, in coordination with the Adaptation Fund (AF) Board Secretariat and in collaboration with the Government of the Philippines, pursuant to decision 5/CMP.6. The workshop was designed to familiarize participants from Asia and Eastern Europe with the process and the requirements for the accreditation of National Implementing Entities (NIEs) for the direct access of the AF. The workshop was attended by close to 80 participants, which included delegates from 29 countries from Asia and Eastern Europe, representatives from accredited NIEs from Jordan and Senegal and observers from the UNDP, GIZ and the USAID Adaptation Asia-Pacific Project. The workshop served as a useful event for sharing lessons learned and enhancing the understanding of the process for accrediting NIEs. The workshop materials can be found here:
Further information can be found at the AF
Secretariat's website. |
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Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean |
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The secretariat has now organized a second workshop, in consultation with the Adaptation Fund Board, and in
collaboration with UNDP and the Government of Panama, from 10 to 12 November in Panama.
This particular workshop addressed participants from Latin America and the Caribbean region and was attended by delegates from 26 countries, the chairperson of the Adaptation Fund Board and representatives from observer organizations for a total of 45 participants. As the preceding event for the African region, the workshop in Panama was very well received by the delegates from various Latin American and Caribbean countries, in terms of the valuable insights and greater understanding of the requirements for accrediting NIEs. The workshop materials can be found here:
Further information can be found at the AF
Secretariat's website |
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Workshop for the African Region |
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From 5 to 6 September 2011 the secretariat organized a workshop in Mbour, Senegal, in coordination with the Adaptation Fund (AF) Board Secretariat and in collaboration with the Government of Senegal, pursuant to decision 5/CMP.6. The workshop was designed to familiarize the participants from the African Region with the process and the requirements for the accreditation of NIEs for the direct access of the AF. The workshop was attended by close to 100 participants which included delegates from 41 African countries, and also had the participation of representatives from the current African accredited NIEs from Senegal and Benin as well as observers from the Government of Japan, European Union, UNDP, and UNEP. The workshop was acknowledged by participants as a useful event for sharing lessons learned and enhancing the understanding of the process for accrediting NIEs. Some of the workshop materials can be found here:
Further workshop materials can be found at the AF Secretariat's website |
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Updated 21 December 2012 |
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 Report on the workshops on the process and
requirements for the accreditation of national implementing entities for direct access under the AF to the
CMP
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