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Background
The arrangement of provision of technical and financial support to Parties not included in Annex I to
the Convention (non-Annex I Parties) in preparing their national communications is embedded in
Article 12.7 of the Convention. In accordance with the provisions of this Article,
the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its fifth session, established the Consultative
Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention
(CGE) with the objective of improving the process of preparation of national communications from
non-Annex I Parties ( Decision
8/CP.5).
The COP, at its eight session, reviewed the terms of reference of the CGE. In recognition of the
excellent role that the CGE played in assisting non-Annex I Parties improve the process of the
preparation of their national communications, the COP decided to continue the mandate of the CGE for
5 years and revised its terms of reference ( Decision 3/CP.8). Under this
mandate, the objective of the CGE was to improve the process of the preparation of the second and
subsequent national communications by providing technical advice and support to non-Annex I Parties.
This mandate expired at COP 13 (December 2007).
At its fifteenth session, the COP, by its decision 5/CP.15,
reconstituted the CGE for three years from 2010 to 2012, and mandated the Group to develop its work
programme at its first meeting which was held in Bonn, Germany, from 29 to 31 March 2010.
a) Provision of technical assistance through workshops, hands on training and training of trainers
on greenhouse gas inventories, vulnerability and adaptation (V and A) assessments and mitigation
assessments in the context of the preparation of national communications; and
b) Preparation of technical reports to the SBI:
- Elements to be considered in a future revision of the guidelines for the preparation of non-Annex
I national communications;
- Development and long-term sustainability of NC processes and maintenance of national technical
teams; and
- Integration of climate change considerations into social economic and environmental policies and
actions.
Membership
The CGE is composed of 24 members representing the following: five members each from Africa, Asia and
the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean; six members from Annex I Parties; one member each
from three international organizations. See list of CGE members. To facilitate
its work, the CGE set up the following four thematic groups: national GHG inventories, vulnerability
and adaptation assessments, mitigation and cross-cutting issues which includes research and
systematic observation, technology transfer, capacity-building, education, training and public
awareness, information and networking and financial and technical support (FCCC/SBI/2004/INF.5).
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