PCCB working group 3 - Awareness-raising, communications and stakeholder engagement

The PCCB working group on awareness-raising, communications and stakeholder engagement focuses on activities under priority area C under the PCCB’s 2021-2024 workplan:

Promoting awareness-raising, knowledge- and information-sharing, and stakeholder engagement with bodies and relevant actors under and outside the Convention

This includes the annual Capacity-building hubs at COPs, regional engagement of the PCCB, including at UNFCCC regional climate weeks, and follow-up work to the annual Durban Forum on capacity-building held by the SBI, which is aligned with the PCCB annual focus area.

Whilst the PCCB Network is an activity under priority area C in the PCCB workplan, its implementation is managed by a task force consisting of the leads of all four PCCB working group.

Activities in 2022

Lead the organization of the 4th Capacity-building Hub at COP 27
Implement the new PCCB communication and stakeholder engagement strategies for 2021-2024
Facilitate PCCB outreach and stakeholder engagement at the regional and/or national level, including at the 2022 UNFCCC regional climate weeks
Develop digital media and communication strategies for specific PCCB activities
Lead PCCB social media activities

Activities in 2021

Organized the 3rd Capacity-building Hub at COP 26
Implemented the new PCCB communication and stakeholder engagement strategies for 2021-2024
Facilitated PCCB outreach and stakeholder engagement at the regional and/or national level, including through the PCCB side event series “You(th) in Capacity-building” at the 2021 UNFCCC regional climate weeks
Developed digital media and communication strategies for specific PCCB activities
Led PCCB social media activities

Activities in 2020

Organized the Capacity-building Momentum for Recovering Better series together with the PCCB Network
Continued to implement the PCCB’s strategic engagement plan and updating it to reflect latest developments
Facilitated PCCB outreach and stakeholder engagement at the regional and/or national level, including through providing guidance and inputs to the work of WG 4 related to implementing PCCB events at UNFCCC regional climate weeks
Developed digital media and communication strategies for specific PCCB activities
Led PCCB social media activities

Activities in 2019

Activity	Status
Strategic Plan for Stakeholder Engagement Strategic Plan Background note on the strategic plan for stakeholder engagement, communications and resource mobilization (PCCB/2019/2)	Implemented
Second Capacity-building Hub Background note on the second Capacity-building Hub at COP 25 (PCCB/2019/3)	Implemented
PCCB Network	Launched

Activities in 2018

Activity	Status
Identification of options for enhancement of the Capacity-building Portal Party and non-Party stakeholders were invited by the PCCB to submit information and suggestions on the capacity-building portal. In addition, information was drawn from the more extensive compilation of needs and requests related to the capacity-building portal that are contained in the Paris Committee Capacity-building (PCCB) documents, submissions and meeting inputs and are compiled in document PCCB/2018/2/4, annex I. Background paper on the further development of the web-based capacity-building portal (PCCB/2018/2/4) Background paper on the maintenance and further development of the web-based capacity-building portal (PCCB/2017/1/5)	Concluded
Outreach activities, information sharing and cooperation
Capacity-building portal: complementary resources These webpages were launched to support the PCCB's mandate to foster global, regional and subnational cooperation and to share available information including through the capacity-building portal. Based on the requests of Party and non-Party stakeholders to present additional information related to capacity-building activities these webpages are intended to complement the capacity-building portal until this additional information can be integrated into an enhanced version of the portal.	Ongoing
PCCB Facebook page This Facebook page as launched to support the PCCB's mandate to build a platform for continued exchange and communication with other relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention, including through making use of the capacity-building portal.	Launched at COP24
Capacity-building Hub - COP24 Calendar of Events The Capacity-building Hub was launched to build a platform for continued exchange and communication with other relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention. Experts can meet to exchange and/or present information on-site.	Launched at COP24

Rolling workplan - Capacity-building Portal

Decision	Activity	Deliverables / expected result / outputs	Timeframe
1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73(c) Promoting the development and dissemination of tools and methodologies for the implementation of capacity-building	Promotion and dissemination of the development of tools and methodologies through awareness-raising, cooperation with relevant stakeholders, etc.	Outreach activities, including through making use of the capacity-building portal	2018-2019
	Exploration of options for the enhancement of the capacity-building portal to allow for collection of available tools, methodologies and good practices	Identification of options for enhancement of the capacity-building portal	2018
1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (d) Fostering global, regional, national and subnational cooperation	Identification of relevant actors and stakeholders for the fostering of global, regional, national and subnational cooperation	Enhancing cooperation through outreach activities, including through making use of the capacity-building portal	2017-2019
	Information sharing, including through making use of capacity-building portal		2017-2019
1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (e) Identifying and collecting good practices, challenges, experiences and lessons learned from work on capacity-building by bodies established under the Convention	Identification of good practices, challenges, experiences and lessons learned from work on capacity-building by bodies established under the Convention	Information sharing/dissemination of information, including through making use of the capacity-building portal	2017
		Awareness-raising through outreach activities	2018-2019
1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (f) Exploring how developing country Parties can take ownership of building and maintaining capacity over time and space	Information gathering, including through seeking of inputs / information from Parties and other relevant inputs on how developing country Parties can take ownership of building and maintaining capacity over time and space	Dissemination of information and good practices, including through making use of the capacity-building portal	2017-2019
1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (g) Identifying opportunities to strengthen capacity at the national, regional and subnational level	Information gathering, including through seeking of inputs / information from Parties and other relevant inputs on opportunities to strengthen capacity at the national, regional and subnational level	Compilation of notable initiatives and partnerships at the international, national, regional and subnational levels, and dissemination of information gathered, including through making use of capacity-building portal	2017-2019
1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (h) Fostering dialogue, coordination, collaboration and coherence among relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention, including through exchanging information on capacity-building activities and strategies of bodies established under the Convention	Inviting relevant bodies to the meetings of the PCCB, as well as to provide inputs to the capacity-building portal to exchange information on capacity-building activities and strategies of bodies established under the Convention and to foster dialogue, coordination, collaboration and coherence among relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention	Information sharing, including through making use of the capacity-building portal	2017-2019
	Initiation of dialogue, information sharing, etc. for exchanging of information on capacity-building activities and strategies of bodies established under the Convention and to foster dialogue, coordination, collaboration and coherence among relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention	Building a platform for continued exchange and communication with other relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention, including through making use of the capacity-building portal	2017-2019
1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (i) Providing guidance to the secretariat on the maintenance and further development of the web-based capacity-building portal	Explore options for the enhancement, development and maintenance of the capacity-building portal in order to provide specific guidance to the secretariat	Enhancement of the capacity-building portal with an aim to support the PCCB in all its activities as appropriate	2017-2018
16/CP.22, para. 4: (d) To promote and explore linkages with other constituted bodies under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, as appropriate, that include capacity-building in their scopes	Inviting relevant bodies to the meetings of the PCCB, as well as to provide inputs to the capacity-building portal, to promote and explore linkages with other constituted bodies under the Convention and the Paris Agreement		2017-2019
16/CP.22, para. 4(e) To promote and explore synergies for enhanced collaboration with institutions outside the Convention and the Paris Agreement engaged in implementing capacity-building activities	Identification of relevant institutions outside the Convention and the Paris Agreement engaged in implementing capacity-building activities to promote and explore synergies for enhanced collaboration	Information sharing and awareness-raising measures, including through making use of the capacity-building portal	2017-2019
2/CP.22, annex, para. 14 PCCB may invite other bodies established under the Convention and the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention to identify representatives to collaborate, as appropriate, on specific activities related to its work	Inviting relevant bodies to the meetings of the PCCB, as well as to provide inputs to the capacity-building portal, as appropriate		2017-2019

Decision

Activity

Deliverables / expected result / outputs

Timeframe

1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73(c) Promoting the development and dissemination of tools and methodologies for the implementation of capacity-building

Promotion and dissemination of the development of tools and methodologies through awareness-raising, cooperation with relevant stakeholders, etc.

Outreach activities, including through making use of the capacity-building portal

2018-2019

Exploration of options for the enhancement of the capacity-building portal to allow for collection of available tools, methodologies and good practices

Identification of options for enhancement of the capacity-building portal

2018

1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (d) Fostering global, regional, national and subnational cooperation

Identification of relevant actors and stakeholders for the fostering of global, regional, national and subnational cooperation

Enhancing cooperation through outreach activities, including through making use of the capacity-building portal

2017-2019

Information sharing, including through making use of capacity-building portal

2017-2019

1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (e) Identifying and collecting good practices, challenges, experiences and lessons learned from work on capacity-building by bodies established under the Convention

Identification of good practices, challenges, experiences and lessons learned from work on capacity-building by bodies established under the Convention

Information sharing/dissemination of information, including through making use of the capacity-building portal

2017

Awareness-raising through outreach activities

2018-2019

1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (f) Exploring how developing country Parties can take ownership of building and maintaining capacity over time and space

Information gathering, including through seeking of inputs / information from Parties and other relevant inputs on how developing country Parties can take ownership of building and maintaining capacity over time and space

Dissemination of information and good practices, including through making use of the capacity-building portal

2017-2019

1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (g) Identifying opportunities to strengthen capacity at the national, regional and subnational level

Information gathering, including through seeking of inputs / information from Parties and other relevant inputs on opportunities to strengthen capacity at the national, regional and subnational level

Compilation of notable initiatives and partnerships at the international, national, regional and subnational levels, and dissemination of information gathered, including through making use of capacity-building portal

2017-2019

1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (h) Fostering dialogue, coordination, collaboration and coherence among relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention, including through exchanging information on capacity-building activities and strategies of bodies established under the Convention

Information sharing, including through making use of the capacity-building portal

2017-2019

Initiation of dialogue, information sharing, etc. for exchanging of information on capacity-building activities and strategies of bodies established under the Convention and to foster dialogue, coordination, collaboration and coherence among relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention

Building a platform for continued exchange and communication with other relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention, including through making use of the capacity-building portal

2017-2019

1/CP.21, paras. 72 and 73: (i) Providing guidance to the secretariat on the maintenance and further development of the web-based capacity-building portal

Explore options for the enhancement, development and maintenance of the capacity-building portal in order to provide specific guidance to the secretariat

Enhancement of the capacity-building portal with an aim to support the PCCB in all its activities as appropriate

2017-2018

16/CP.22, para. 4: (d) To promote and explore linkages with other constituted bodies under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, as appropriate, that include capacity-building in their scopes

Inviting relevant bodies to the meetings of the PCCB, as well as to provide inputs to the capacity-building portal, to promote and explore linkages with other constituted bodies under the Convention and the Paris Agreement

2017-2019

16/CP.22, para. 4(e) To promote and explore synergies for enhanced collaboration with institutions outside the Convention and the Paris Agreement engaged in implementing capacity-building activities

Identification of relevant institutions outside the Convention and the Paris Agreement engaged in implementing capacity-building activities to promote and explore synergies for enhanced collaboration

Information sharing and awareness-raising measures, including through making use of the capacity-building portal

2017-2019

2/CP.22, annex, para. 14 PCCB may invite other bodies established under the Convention and the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention to identify representatives to collaborate, as appropriate, on specific activities related to its work

Inviting relevant bodies to the meetings of the PCCB, as well as to provide inputs to the capacity-building portal, as appropriate

2017-2019

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16/CP.22, para. 4: (d)
To promote and explore linkages with other constituted bodies under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, as appropriate, that include capacity-building in their scopes

16/CP.22, para. 4(e)
To promote and explore synergies for enhanced collaboration with institutions outside the Convention and the Paris Agreement engaged in implementing capacity-building activities

2/CP.22, annex, para. 14
PCCB may invite other bodies established under the Convention and the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention to identify representatives to collaborate, as appropriate, on specific activities related to its work