If capacity-building activities are to be successful, they need to be properly monitored and evaluated.  Well-planned and suitable monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practices can better ensure the efficient allocation of resources and increased effectiveness.

How do we need to design capacity-building interventions for them to be successful and evaluable? This virtual session brought together actors involved in capacity-building projects and procedures to facilitate the sharing of key insights and best practices regarding their M&E.

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The capacity-building framework for developing countries and the Paris Agreement highlight that capacity-building should be country-driven, based on countries’ needs and priorities, and foster country ownership. Have capacity-building efforts, in practice, lived up to this promise? Does capacity-building ‘supply’ match ‘demand’? 

The 2nd capacity-building talk aims to shed a light on country-driven capacity-building and ownership as to provide insights and solutions for providers and recipients of capacity-building to foster ownership and thereby facilitate more effective and sustainable capacity-building. 

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How can capacity-building become more accessible? The third Capacity-building Talk strives to provide insights and solutions for providers of capacity-building to better target and reach key stakeholders, and for recipients to better engage and get access to capacity-building support. It aims to bring together actors involved in capacity-building across the field to facilitate the sharing of key insights and best practices to effectively address the issue of access to capacity-building and consider how currently marginalized stakeholders can become involved. The session will directly contribute to the ongoing work on capacity-building in the UNFCCC process through promoting discussions and solutions on a topic of key importance to Parties and observers.

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The capacity-building framework for developing countries acknowledges and emphasizes the relevance of promoting active participation and improved cooperation of a wide range of stakeholders in climate capacity-building, including governments at all levels, international organizations, civil society and the private sector. The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector is, in that sense, a key driver of the private sector, as it holds regional, national and global importance when it comes to the economic reset needed for deep decarbonization and climate action. Therefore, capacity-building activities must take SMEs into consideration in order to contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

The 4th capacity-building talk provided an overview of the most representative capacity-building needs and gaps of SMEs across different regions, and discussed recommendations on how to better meet these needs to improve SMEs engagement in climate action.  

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Young people play a pivotal role in delivering ambitious climate action and in shaping the way in which they empower other young people. At the same time, there is a need to invest in young people to contribute to developing their capacities in order to unlock youth-led climate action for greater impact on the ground. Capacity-building is key to enabling the potential of youth as agents of change and empowering youth to take a leading role in capacity-building efforts, as the capacity-builders that they are. 

The 5th Capacity-building Talk offered a space to explore the challenges, capacity needs and gaps and exchange knowledge and share best practices with regards to capacity-building initiatives to meaningfully engage youth in climate action and boosting youth-driven climate solutions. The UNFCCC Secretariat, with the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition, has set up the Youth4Capacity initiative to contribute to building the capacities of young people on climate change, while engaging youth as capacity-builders in the process. Through an intergenerational dialogue, youth and capacity-building stakeholders will share recommendations and good practices to building capacities for engaging youth in climate policymaking and action at the national and local level – both as capacity recipients and builders. 

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Climate change is a global challenge that affects all countries, but its impacts are felt more severely in developing countries, and by specific social groups. The extent of the efforts and cooperation required to mitigate the harmful effects of climate change are significant. South-South cooperation refers to the framework of collaboration between developing countries in the political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, and technological realms. It is a platform for countries, international organizations, civil society, academics and the private sector to exchange knowledge, skills, resources, and successful practices in a variety of fields. The concept of South-South cooperation has emerged as a significant tool for achieving sustainable development, including addressing climate change challenges.

The 6^th Capacity-building Talk will offer a space to explore challenges and share good practices of climate action capacity-building provided in the framework of South-South cooperation. South-South cooperation can play an important complementary role to North-South cooperation in enhancing capacities in developing countries to implement effective climate action. This has been highlighted in a joint report by the United Nations Executive Office of the Secretary-General and the UNFCCC secretariat on “Catalysing the Implementation of NDCs in the Context of the 2030 Agenda through South-South Cooperation”, as well as through a series of reports by the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee on South-South and triangular cooperation on climate technologies.

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