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.
