The Regional Collaboration Centre for West and Central Africa co-hosted Africa's Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) Readiness Workshop in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB), Africa NDC Hub  on 5 and 6 September 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The seminar brought together diverse stakeholders for policy discussions about climate transparency and the ETF. The workshop highlighted success stories and discussed challenges and needs relating to the implementation of the ETF. 

Main training objectives:

1. Promote understanding of the ETF and its modalities, procedures, and guidelines, and their implications nationally;
2. Identify challenges, needs, and priorities of African countries, relating to their readiness for the implementation of their ETF commitments under the Paris Agreement;
3. Discuss the steps AfDB, in collaboration with UNFCCC and its RCC WAC Africa, would take to help address the identified challenges, needs, and priorities.