BackgroundThe Capacity-building Talks are a new public event series launched by the UNFCCC secretariat to facilitate discussion and provision of information among actors and stakeholders involved in climate capacity-building. These talks will offer a space to exchange knowledge and share best-practices, including with a view to strengthening the focus of and work on capacity-building within the UNFCCC process. The sessions aim to reach actors involved or interested in climate related capacity-building efforts. This includes Parties, observers, members of the PCCB network, capacity-building providers, and other interested actors. The talks cater to both novices and experts in the field of capacity-building. |
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If capacity-building activities are to be successful, they need to be properly monitored and evaluated. Well-planned and suitable monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practices can better ensure the efficient allocation of resources and increased effectiveness.
How do we need to design capacity-building interventions for them to be successful and evaluable? This virtual session brought together actors involved in capacity-building projects and procedures to facilitate the sharing of key insights and best practices regarding their M&E.
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The capacity-building framework for developing countries and the Paris Agreement highlight that capacity-building should be country-driven, based on countries’ needs and priorities, and foster country ownership. Have capacity-building efforts, in practice, lived up to this promise? Does capacity-building ‘supply’ match ‘demand’?
The 2nd capacity-building talk aims to shed a light on country-driven capacity-building and ownership as to provide insights and solutions for providers and recipients of capacity-building to foster ownership and thereby facilitate more effective and sustainable capacity-building.
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How can capacity-building become more accessible? The third Capacity-building Talk strives to provide insights and solutions for providers of capacity-building to better target and reach key stakeholders, and for recipients to better engage and get access to capacity-building support. It aims to bring together actors involved in capacity-building across the field to facilitate the sharing of key insights and best practices to effectively address the issue of access to capacity-building and consider how currently marginalized stakeholders can become involved. The session will directly contribute to the ongoing work on capacity-building in the UNFCCC process through promoting discussions and solutions on a topic of key importance to Parties and observers.
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The capacity-building framework for developing countries acknowledges and emphasizes the relevance of promoting active participation and improved cooperation of a wide range of stakeholders in climate capacity-building, including governments at all levels, international organizations, civil society and the private sector. The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector is, in that sense, a key driver of the private sector, as it holds regional, national and global importance when it comes to the economic reset needed for deep decarbonization and climate action. Therefore, capacity-building activities must take SMEs into consideration in order to contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
The 4th capacity-building talk will present an overview of the most representative capacity-building needs and gaps of SMEs across different regions, and discuss recommendations aimed at how to better address these needs so SMEs can better engage in climate action.
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