Capacity-building work in institutions and initiatives
under the Convention: In-depth discussion
Fourteenth session of the AWG-LCA - Third part
Panama City, Panama
Atlapa Convention Center, Room La Huaca
2 October 2011
During the second part of the fourteenth session of the AWG-LCA, Parties involved in the negotiations on capacity-building expressed the need for a focused discussion on developments relating to capacity-building under various thematic areas under the AWG-LCA and within other bodies and initiatives under the Convention.
In the course of the same session, Parties also agreed on the need to have in front of them more detailed information on how capacity-building is being addressed within such bodies and initiatives.
In response to these needs, the facilitator of the informal group on capacity-building requested the secretariat, under his responsibility, to prepare a background paper containing an inventory of references to capacity-building in mandates, functions and activities of institutions and initiatives under the Convention and references to other capacity-building related issues as being discussed by informal groups on various thematic areas under the AWG-LCA. The background paper is available in the section “Relevant documents” below.
The in-depth discussion on capacity-building work in institutions and initiatives under the Convention, moderated
by Mr. Jukka Uosukainen (Finland), the facilitator of the informal group on capacity-building, took place at the
third part of the fourteenth session of the AWG-LCA. The facilitators of the AWG-LCA informal groups on mitigation,
adaptation, technology and finance, the Chair of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from
Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CGE), the Vice-Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LEG), and
a representative of the secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) were invited to present
capacity-building aspects in their respective areas of work. Due to specific circumstances, the facilitators of the
informal groups on mitigation and adaptation were not able to join the discussion. Statements on these two thematic
areas were therefore delivered by the facilitator of the informal group on capacity-building, supported by the
secretariat’s lead officers for the two agenda items.
Available presentations and statements are contained in the table below.
The summary by the facilitator of the main points of the in-depth discussion is available in the section “Relevant documents” below. This summary does not represent consensus reached or formal positions of regional groups.
Agenda
Final agenda, 2 October
2011 (95 kB)
Relevant documents
Capacity-building work in
institutions and initiatives under the Convention. Background Paper (399 kB)
Summary of the
in-depth discussion by the facilitator (130 kB)
Presentations
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Approach
methodology in the background paper “Capacity-building work in institutions and initiatives under the
Convention” (312 kB)
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Alla Metelitsa, UNFCCC secretariat |
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Capacity-building as part of enhanced action on adaptation (104 kB)
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Jukka Uosukainen on behalf of the Facilitator of the Adaptation informal group |
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Batu Uprety, Vice Chair of the LEG |
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The mandate and
activities of the CGE (81 kB)
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Sangchan Limjirakan, Chair of the CGE |
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GEF engagement
on capacity-building (509 kB)
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Rawleston Moore, GEF Secretariat |
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Jukka Uosukainen on behalf of the Co-Facilitator of the Mitigation informal group |