1. Background
The Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) is mandated through decision 5/CP.17 to provide technical guidance and support to the national adaptation plan (NAP) process. The LEG is also mandated by the COP to engage a wide range of organizations in implementing the work programme of the LEG. Following these mandates, the LEG conducted a number of activities through meetings, workshops and technical work such as the production of supplementary materials to the NAP technical guidelines and the sample NAP process, engaging the UN organizations and specialized agencies, regional networks and centres as well as bilateral and multilateral agencies. The LEG worked together with the organizations through ad-hoc arrangements that included online exchanges and working sessions during the negotiating sessions. In order to maintain continuity and consistency of the work, especially in developing technical methods and tools, the LEG and the organizations proposed the formation of the NAP technical working group.
2. Purpose
The NAP technical working group provides overall guidance to the technical work being provided to countries on the process to formulate and implement NAPs. It brings together experts and support providers on NAPs to design possible modalities on how to jointly advance technical work on the process to formulate and implement NAPs with a goal to promoting coherence and synergies, ensuring that countries will have the optimum benefit of the technical support.
3. Scope of work
The NAP technical working group will develop a rolling work plan based on the objectives above. Initially, it would focus its work on the following areas:
(a) On how to pool together the latest and most approapriate approaches, tools and methods for the different elements of the process to formulate and implement NAPs;
(b) On designing an integrating framework for the NAP process that would elaborate key avenues for integrated approaches for the formulation and implementation of the NAPs, including through working on a country case studies;
(c) Elaborating how the formulation and implementation of NAPs can serve to address climate change concerns across all applicable SDGs.
4. Organization
The NAP technical working group is consist of bodies, organizations, regional centres and networks that provide technical support to developing countries on the process to formulate and implement NAPs.
The working group meets at the margins of the intersessional meetings. It also meets on a need basis i.e. during the preparations for NAP Expo and other relevant events.
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