Background

Capacity-building is a critical enabler of effective implementation of the Convention and the Paris Agreement. Recognizing the evolving and increasingly complex needs of Parties, particularly developing countries, the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) has been mandated to identify capacity gaps and needs and ways to address them, as well as to enhance the coherence and coordination of capacity-building efforts related to climate change.

Under its 2025–2029 workplan, the PCCB will facilitate annual capacity-building dialogues to identify solutions and successful approaches for strengthening the responsiveness, effectiveness, and impact of capacity-building support at the international and regional level. The workplan foresees this as the first in a series of regular dialogues, in which the first dialogue establishes a model that subsequent editions, including virtual roundtables, can follow.

This first dialogue is deliberately framed as an expert conversation among capacity-building providers, implementation partners and recipients. The intention is to foster coherence in a fragmented landscape, giving these actors a shared space to learn from one another and reduce duplication of effort. Its purpose is to surface, from their perspective, what is and is not working in the delivery of capacity-building support, and to translate that directly into two concrete outputs: the first State of Capacity-building report, and the PCCB's input into the second global stocktake (GST II).

Agenda

Expected outcomes 

Immediate outputs

• A way-forward text (per the options above) capturing key messages, lessons learned, and actionable recommendations.
• A first set of concrete examples and case studies that could inform the State of Capacity-Building Report.
• Identification of experts and practitioners willing to contribute as peer reviewers or case study authors.
• Inputs for the GST II report.

Short-term outcomes

• Shared understanding of key enablers and barriers to effective capacity-building at international and national levels.
• Priority areas identified for improved coordination and collaboration among providers.
• Key messages reflected in PCCB technical outputs and submitted to relevant UNFCCC bodies.

Longer-term impact

• Strengthened coherence and reduced fragmentation among capacity-building providers.
• An evidence base and community of practice that builds across successive annual dialogues, including the virtual regional dialogues.
• Measurable influence on PCCB workplan implementation.