CGE Virtual Training Workshops 2021:
As a part of its work plan in 2021, the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE), with the assistance of the UNFCCC secretariat, will organize a series of regional hands-on training workshops on the institutional arrangements for the existing MRV arrangements and the enhanced transparency framework, including data management for national GHG inventories. Taking into account the prevailing COVID-19 situation globally and its impacts, these workshops will be organized virtually. The CGE recognizes that while the virtual trainings cannot replace the in-person regional hands-on training workshops, however, they enable the CGE to provide technical support to developing country Parties without interruption during these prevailing difficult times.
The main objective of the virtual training is, inter alia, to enhance the technical capacity of experts from developing country Parties to establish or build upon and strengthen their institutional arrangements, to facilitate the implementation of existing MRV arrangements and to prepare for the implementation of the ETF, including data management for national GHG inventories. Specifically, after completing the virtual training, participants are expected to:
- Further enhance the understanding of the existing MRV arrangements and the ETF;
- Acquire good knowledge of the key components of institutional arrangements, including data management for GHG inventories, in the context of existing MRV arrangements and the transition to the ETF;
- Effectively articulate the areas that are essential to setting up, sustaining and continually improving institutional and legal arrangements, to support the existing MRV arrangements and the ETF, including data management for GHG inventories;
- Acquire examples of tools and practical experiences that can be built on and/or applied to establish or strengthen institutional arrangements;
- Discuss gaps and capacity-building needs to establishing and reporting on institutional arrangements for the transition to the ETF.
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22 to 24 June 2021 |
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29 June to 1 July 2021 |
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| 5 to 7 July 2021 CGE Virtual training on institutional arrangements for the existing MRV arrangements and the enhanced transparency framework, including data management for national GHG inventories the Africa and Latin America and Caribbean region. Language: English |
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| 13 to 15 July 2021 CGE Virtual training on institutional arrangements for the existing MRV arrangements and the enhanced transparency framework, including data management for national GHG inventories the Africa and Latin America and Caribbean region. Language: French |
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| 7 to 9 September 2021 CGE Virtual training on institutional arrangements for the existing MRV arrangements and the enhanced transparency framework, including data management for national GHG inventories for the Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Western Europe and Other regions. Language: Spanish |
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| 13 to 15 September 2021 CGE Virtual training on institutional arrangements for the existing MRV arrangements and the enhanced transparency framework, including data management for national GHG inventories for the Middle East and North Africa region. Language: Arabic |
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| 13 to 15 September 2021 CGE Virtual training on institutional arrangements for the existing MRV arrangements and the enhanced transparency framework, including data management for national GHG inventories for the Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Other regions. Language: Russian |
The Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) had planned to organize three in-person regional hands-on training workshops on the existing MRV arrangements under the Convention and the ETF under the Paris Agreement, as part of its work plan for 2020. However, taking into account the prevailing COVID-19 situation globally and its impacts, the CGE, at the first ad hoc virtual meeting held on 14 April 2020, agreed to consider options for the possibility of organizing these trainings in a virtual setting. The CGE underlined that while the virtual trainings cannot replace the hands-on training workshops, they would be equally valuable in the event it is not possible to organize the in-person workshops in 2020.
The main objective of the virtual trainings is, inter alia, to enhance the technical capacity of experts from developing country Parties in implementing the existing MRV arrangements and understanding the modalities, procedures and guidelines (MPGs) for the ETF, with a view to facilitating developing country Parties’ preparation for the implementation of the ETF. Specifically, after completing the virtual training, participants are expected to:
- Further enhance their understanding of the existing MRV arrangements;
- Acquire good knowledge of the MPGs for the ETF;
- Effectively articulate the areas of enhancement of the existing MRV arrangements to support implementation of the ETF;
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Identify gaps and capacity-building needs to plan for and start preparing for the implementation of the ETF.
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Four pre-recorded animation videos were made available in Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Russian languages, on the secretariat’s YouTube channel.
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13 to 15 October 2020 |
Training materials on institutional arrangements This exercise is designed to help participants to familiarize with the current status of their countries' reporting and reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework (ETF); take a rapid assessment of how their current reporting compares with the reporting provisions of the ETF; ascertain what it needs to put in place in order to transition to the ETF; and identify action items and support needs to plan for and start preparing for the implementation of the ETF: |
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20 to 22 October 2020 |
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27 to 29 October 2020 |
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03 to 05 November 2020 |
Training materials on institutional arrangements-French This exercise is designed to help participants to familiarize with the current status of their countries' reporting and reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework (ETF); take a rapid assessment of how their current reporting compares with the reporting provisions of the ETF; ascertain what it needs to put in place in order to transition to the ETF; and identify action items and support needs to plan for and start preparing for the implementation of the ETF: |
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03 to 05 November 2020 |
Training materials on institutional arrangements - Arabic This exercise is designed to help participants to familiarize with the current status of their countries' reporting and reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework (ETF); take a rapid assessment of how their current reporting compares with the reporting provisions of the ETF; ascertain what it needs to put in place in order to transition to the ETF; and identify action items and support needs to plan for and start preparing for the implementation of the ETF: |
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10 to 12 November 2020 |
Training materials on institutional arrangements - Spanish This exercise is designed to help participants to familiarize with the current status of their countries' reporting and reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework (ETF); take a rapid assessment of how their current reporting compares with the reporting provisions of the ETF; ascertain what it needs to put in place in order to transition to the ETF; and identify action items and support needs to plan for and start preparing for the implementation of the ETF: |
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17 to 19 November 2020 |
This exercise is designed to help participants to familiarize with the current status of their countries' reporting and reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework (ETF); take a rapid assessment of how their current reporting compares with the reporting provisions of the ETF; ascertain what it needs to put in place in order to transition to the ETF; and identify action items and support needs to plan for and start preparing for the implementation of the ETF:
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The agenda for all three workshops is available here.
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7 to 9 October 2019 |
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16 to 18 September 2019 |
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15 to 17 July 2019 |
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8 to 11 October 2018 |
Regional hands-on training workshops on identifying adaptation actions and reporting them in national communications. Report by the secretariat. | |
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21 to 22 September 2018 |
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24 to 27 July 2018 |
LoP Mitigation Workshop Panama Agenda Mitigation Workshop Panama |
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23 to 26 July 2018 |
LoP Adaptation Workshop Togo Agenda Adaptation Workshop Togo |
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5 to 6 February 2018 |
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21 to 22 September 2017 |
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts | |
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12 to 16 June 2017 |
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24 to 28 April 2017 |
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14 to 16 February 2017 |
5 to 9 September 2016
The Regional Workshop on the Building of Sustainable National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems, and the Use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the Asia-Pacific and Eastern European regions
Incheon, Republic of Korea
LoP WS GHG inventories and IPCC GL Republic of Korea
Agenda WS GHG inventories and IPCC GL Republic of Korea
30 August to 1 September 2016
Seventeenth Meeting of the CGE
Bonn, Germany
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts
4 to 6 July 2016
Regional training workshop for the Latin America and Caribbean region on the preparation of biennial update reports (BURs)
Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia
6 to 10 June 2016
Regional Workshop on the Building of
Sustainable National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems, and the Use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the Latin America and Caribbean region
Panama City, Panama
LoP WS GHG inventories and IPCC GL Panama
Agenda WS GHG inventories and IPCC GL Panama
4 to 6 April 2016
Regional training workshop for the Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe region
on the preparation of biennial update reports (BURs)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
14 to18 March 2016
The Africa Regional Workshop on the Building of Sustainable National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems, and the Use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Maseru, Lesotho
LoP WS GHG inventories and IPCC GL Lesotho
Agenda WS GHG inventories and IPCC GL Lesotho
22 to 24 February 2016
Regional training workshop for the Africa region on the preparation of biennial update reports (BURs)
Lome, Togo
2 to 4 February 2016
Sixteenth Meeting of the CGE
Bonn, Germany
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts
27 to 29 October 2015
Africa regional workshop on the building of sustainable national greenhouse gas inventory management systems
Windhoek, Namibia
LOP GHG WS Namibia
Agenda GHG WS
Namibia
5 to 6 October 2015
Fifteenth Meeting of the CGE
Marrakesh, Morocco
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts
28 September to 2 October 2015
Hands-on Training Workshop for the Africa region on Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments
Marrakesh, Morocco
LoP V&A WS Morocco
Agenda V&A WS Morocco
Report on the regional training workshops on vulnerability and adaptation assessment.
27 to 31 July 2015
Hands-on Training Workshop for the Latin American and Caribbean region on Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments
Asunción, Paraguay
LoP V&A WS Paraguay
Agenda V&A WS Paraguay
Report on the regional training workshops on vulnerability and adaptation assessment.
29 June to 3 July 2015
Hands-on Training Workshop for the Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe on Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments
Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
LoP V&A WS Lao PDR
Agenda V&A WS Lao PDR
Report on the regional training workshops on vulnerability and adaptation assessment.
9 to 11 March 2015
Fourteenth Meeting of the CGE
Bonn, Germany
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts
2 to 25 February 2015
Hands-on training workshop on the preparation of BURs for Africa region
Bonn, Germany
LoP BUR WS Bonn
Agenda BUR WS Bonn
Report on the training workshop for the African region on the preparation of BURs
22 to 27 October 2014
Expert workshop on the review of TTE training programme
Bonn, Germany
LoP TTE Review WS Bonn
Agenda TTE Review WS Bonn
Report on the workshop on the peer review of the materials for the training of the team of technical experts
11 to 12 September 2014
Thirteenth Meeting of the CGE
Yerevan, Armenia
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts
8 to 10 September 2014
Hands-on training workshop on the preparation of BURs for Asia-Pacific region and Eastern Europe
Yerevan, Armenia
LoP BUR WS Armenia
Agenda BUR WS Armenia
Report on the regional training workshops on the preparation of BURs
16 to 18 July 2014
Hands-on training workshop on the preparation of BURs for Latin America and the Caribbean region
Panama City, Panama
LoP BUR WS Panama
Agenda BUR WS Panama
Report on the regional training workshops on the preparation of BURs
3 to 4 April 2014
Twelfth Meeting of the CGE
Bonn, Germany
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts
27 to 28 January 2014
Eleventh Meeting of the CGE
Bonn, Germany
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of Experts
19 to 20 September 2013
Tenth Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
Bonn, Germany
Report 10th CGE meeting
16 to 18 September 2013
Global training workshop on the preparation of biennial update reports (BURs)
Bonn, Germany
LoP Global WS Bonn
Agenda Global WS Bonn
Report Global Training WS Bonn
6 to 7 May 2013
Expert workshop on development of training materials on the preparation of biennial update reports (BURs)
Bonn, Germany
LoP Expert WS Bonn
Agenda Expert WS Bonn
Report Expert WS Bonn
4 to 7 May 2013
Ninth Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
Bonn, Germany
Report 9th CGE meeting
25 to 26 February 2013
Eigth Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
Bonn, Germany
Report 8th CGE meeting
8 to 12 October 2012
Hands-on Training Workshop for the Asia and the Pacific region on vulnerability and adaptation assessment
Vientiane, Laos
LoP V&A WS Laos
Agenda V&A WS Laos
Report V&A WS Laos
17 to 19 September 2012
Seventh Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
Accra, Ghana
Report 7th CGE meeting
10 to 14 September 2012
Hands-on Training Workshop for the Africa Region on mitigation assessment
Accra, Ghana
LoP Mitigation WS Ghana
Agenda Mitigation WS Ghana
Report Mitigation WS Ghana
16 to 20 July 2012
Hands-on Training Workshop for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region on mitigation assessment
St. Mary's, Antigua and Barbuda
LoP Mitigation WS Antigua
Agenda Mitigation WS Antigua
Report Mitigation WS Antigua
9 to 13 July 2012
Hands-on Training Workshop for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region on vulnerability and adaptation assessment
St. Mary's, Antigua and Barbuda
LoP V&A WS Antigua
Agenda V&A WS Antigua
Report V&A WS Antigua
23 to 27 April 2012
Hands-on Training Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the African Region
Swakopmund, Namibia
LoP GHG WS Namibia
Report GHG WS Namibia
5 to 7 March 2012
Sixth Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
Bangkok, Thailand
Report 6th CGE meeting
27 February to 2 March 2012
Hands-on Training Workshop on Mitigation Assessment for the Asia and the Pacific region
Bangkok, Thailand
LoP Mitigation WS Thailand
Agenda Mitigation WS Thailand
Report Mitigation WS Thailand
30 January to February 2012
Hands-on Training Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the Asian Region
Colombo, Sri Lanka
LoP GHG WS Sri Lanka
Agenda GHG WS Sri Lanka
Report GHG WS Sri Lanka
7-11 November 2011
Hands-on Training Workshop on Vulnerability and
Adaptation Assessments for the Africa region
Nairobi, Kenya
Additional Information
12-13 September 2011
Fifth Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
Santiago, Chile
Additional Information
5-9 September 2011
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Hands-on Training Workshop
for the Latin America and the Caribbean region organized
by the CGE in collaboration with the National Communications Support Programme (NCSP)
Santiago, Chile
Additional Information
20-21 June 2011
Workshop on facilitating the development and long-term sustainability of processes, and the establishment and
maintenance of national technical teams, for the preparation of national communications, including GHG inventories
Bonn, Germany
Additional Information
6 June 2011
Side Event on the latest submissions of second national communications (SNC)
Bonn, Germany
Additional Information
24-26 March 2011
Fourth Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
St. Mary's, Antigua and Barbuda
Additional Information
21-23 March 2011
Workshop to exchange views on possible elements to be considered
in the future revision of the UNFCCC guidelines for
the preparation of national communications from non-Annex I Parties
St. Mary's, Antigua and Barbuda
Additional Information
24-25 November 2010
Third Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
Cancun, Mexico
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27-29 September 2010
Second Meeting of the Reconstituted CGE
Manila, Philippines
Additional Information
29-31 March 2010
First Meeting of the Reconstituted Consultative Group of Experts
on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties (CGE)
Bonn, Germany
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5 June 2009
Side Event on the latest submissions of second national communications (SNC)
Bonn, Germany
Additional Information
24-25 September 2007
9th Meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Cairo, Egypt
Additional Information
20-22 September 2007
CGE Workshop on Exchange of Experiences and Good Practices among Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention
in Preparing National Communications and on Cross-cutting Issues
Cairo, Egypt
Additional Information
1-3 March 2007
Eighth Meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Belize City, Belize
Additional Information
25-26 September 2006
Seventh Meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Pretoria, South Africa
Additional Information
18-22 September 2006
CGE hands-on training workshop on national greenhouse gas inventories for the Africa region
Pretoria, South Africa
Additional Information
14-18 August 2006
CGE Hands-on Training Workshop on Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments for the
Latin America and the Caribbean Region
Asuncion, Paraguay
Additional Information
20-24 March 2006
CGE Hands-on Training Workshop on Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments
for the Asia and the Pacific Region
Jakarta, Indonesia
Additional information
17-18 March 2006
Sixth Meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Jakarta, Indonesia
Additional Information
24-25 November 2005
Fifth Meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Montreal, Canada
Additional information
26-30 September 2005
CGE Hands-on Training Workshop on Mitigation Assessments
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Additional information
Report: UNFCCC/SBI/2005/22
18-22 April 2005
CGE hands-on training on vulnerability and adaptation
assessments for the Africa region
Maputo, Mozambique
Additional information
14-15 April 2005
Fourth meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Maputo, Mozambique
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8-12 February 2005
CGE hands-on training workshop on national greenhouse gas inventories for the Asia region
Shanghai, China
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2-3 December 2004
Third meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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6-17 December 2004
10th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) and 21st session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB 21)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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25-29 October 2004
CGE hands-on training workshop on national greenhouse gas inventories for the
Latin America and the Caribbean region
Panama City, Panama
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16-25 June 2004
20th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB 20)
Bonn, Germany
Additional information
3-4 May 2004
Meeting of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Non-Annex I Parties
Manila, The Philippines
Additional information
26-30 April 2004
UNFCCC workshop on the preparation of national communications from Parties not included in Annex I
to the Convention
Manila, The Philippines
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