City of Knowledge, Panama City, Panama) on 1 February 2018, an important meeting took
place between UNDP Panama and representatives of the Regional Collaboration (RCC)
Panama.
The purpose of the meeting was to identify synergies and opportunities moving towards a convergent
strategy on climate action. "Our alliance is key for Panama to comply with Sustainable
Development Goal 13 to adopt urgent measures to combat climate change and its effects," said
the United nations Development Program (UNDP), Mr Harold Robinson Davis.
The two organizations agreed to work together in the next months on areas related to
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Systems for energy efficiency programs, climate change
impact studies in the Panama Canal, support on GCF proposals and to jointly participate on
inter-agency activities under "The United Nations Development Assistance Framework
(UNDAF)" which is a UN system framework that provides an overview of key UN activities at
country level having the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with sustainable development goals
at their core, ensuring coordination, coherence, effectiveness and efficiency for maximum impact,
this will give the RCC the opportunity to expand its collaboration with the UN country agencies.
The meeting was attended by the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Representative of the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Harold Robinson Davis, and the UNDP Environment Program
Officer, Jessica Young. On behalf og the RCC, our very own Vintura Silva, Carlos Ruiz Garvia
and Daniel Galvan attended.
Additional information: UNDP Panama
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Strengthening of energy policies in the transport sector
(19 and 20 September 2017, Lima, Peru) To contribute to the strengthening of the transportation
components of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the countries of the Latin-American
region, it will be necessary to decarbonize the transport sector; one of the main strategies to
tackle this is to improve the energy efficiency of vehicles. Governments already have multiple
tools to implement sustainable public transport, such as economic and regulatory instruments,
however, they still need to deal with technological and cultural barriers which is why this
workshop was so important.
For this reason, the "Low Emission Development Strategy Latin American and Caribbean Platform
(LEDsLAC)", the "World Resources Institute (WRI)", and the Regional
Collaboration Center UNFCCC_CAF development bank of Latin America ("RCC
Panama"), organized the Expert Workshop "Strengthening energy efficiency
policies in the transport sector", which took place September 19 and 20 in the city of Lima,
Peru, with the financial support of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), and the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
RCC Panama had the opportunity to present CDM experiences, methodologies and tools and interact
with country representatives that are responsible for NAMA projects and policy implementation. CDM
methodologies and tools related to the transport sector were highlighted as important tools for the
MRV system component of the national transportation plans and RCC Panama is providing continuous
support to these countries.
Apart from how sustainable transport sector projects and policies can support the long term goals
of the Paris Agreement, the workshop also included a session on gender equity. The initiative
"Lima como vamos" presented the results of the 2016 study on the quality of the
transportation sector which also included gender equity. For example, it highlighted that women in
Peru walk and use public transportation more than men. Further statistics can be found 
here (in Spanish, but with easy to understand images.
