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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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