NEGOTIATIONS
PROCESS
KEY DOCUMENTS
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Adaptation
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Training on implementing NAPAs continues
The third in a series of workshops for implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action
(NAPAs) took place from 4-8 May in Vientiane, Lao PDR, with the participation of 11 Least
Developed Countries in the Asia region.
At its thirteenth session in Bali in 2007, the COP extended the mandate of the Least
Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) in supporting the preparation and implementation
strategy of NAPAs. Under its activities for 2008-2010, the LEG selected training
workshops for implementing NAPAs as a priority activity for 2008-2010. A total of five
training workshops have been planned by the LEG in collaboration with the Global Environment
Facility (GEF) and its agencies.
The objective of the training is: to provide technical support to LDC teams in designing
an implementation strategy for the NAPAs; to build the capacity of these teams
in preparing and submitting project documents (PIF, PPG and FSP documents) to the GEF
under the Least Developed Countries Fund; and where needed, to provide technical support to
those LDC Parties that are still preparing their NAPAs.
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Information on the training materials used during the workshop can be found here.
The first training workshop for Anglophone LDCs took place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in October
2009. The second one for Francophone LDCs took place in Bamako, Mali, in February 2010. The remaining
two training workshops, for lusophone LDC’s and Pacific LDC’s respectively, will take
place in the second half of this year.
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Adaptation
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New reports under the Nairobi work programme
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Two new reports have been issued under the Nairobi work programme with a view to
sharing knowledge and experience on different aspects of adaptation planning and
implementation. Both reports synthesize information contained in submissions from Parties and
organizations and in other relevant sources.
The first report discusses efforts undertaken to assess the costs
and benefits of adaptation options. Building upon the technical
paper, which considered assessments at global, national and subnational level, this
report focuses on the sectoral level.
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The report also identifies remaining gaps and needs relating both to a need for more comprehensive
assessments of costs and benefits, as well as to methodological gaps and needs encountered by
adaptation researchers and planners when undertaking such assessments.
The second report focuses on monitoring
and evaluating the implementation of adaptation measures, including projects, policies and
programmes. As the majority of adaptation measures are either under development or under
implementation, and only a few have been concluded, most monitoring and evaluation is currently
undertaken as part of ongoing implementation. The report also examines the development and use
of adaptation indicators.
The report concludes that systems for monitoring and evaluating adaptation are essential for
ensuring the success of adaptation measures. This is due to the fact that continued monitoring and
regular evaluation ensures that good, as well as maladaptive practices are recognized, and can then
be shared with a large number of adaptation stakeholders.
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