GEF STRATEGIC APPROACH TO CAPACITY BUILDING

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GEF STRATEGIC APPROACH TO CAPACITY BUILDING

• Approved by the Council in 2003 C/22.8
• Danielius Pivoriunas, GEF EXT Team,
  dpivoriunas_at_thegef.org

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Four Pathways defined to build capacity

• self assessment of capacity needs (NCSA),
• strengthening capacity building elements in GEF
  projects,
• targeted capacity building projects (CB-2)
• country specific programs for addressing critical
  capacity building needs in LDCs and SIDS.

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Operational Principles

• Ensure national ownership and leadership
• Ensure multi-stakeholder consultations and
  decision-making
• Base capacity building efforts in self-needs
  assessment
• Adopt a holistic approach to capacity building
• Integrate capacity building in wider sustainable
  development efforts
• Promote partnerships
• Accommodate the dynamic nature of capacity
  building
• Adopt a learning-by-doing approach
• Combine programmatic and project-based approaches
• Combine process as well as product-based
  approaches
• Promote regional approaches

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Main elements of Strategic Approach

• Operational principles to guide project
  formulation
• Modalities strengthened capacity building in GEF
  projects, new pathways for focal area and cross
  focal area capacity building, and capacity
  building through country programs
• Enabling activities collaboration with
  Conventions on redefining coverage of enabling
  activities
• Indicators development of indicators to assess
  capacity built
• Over-arching technical support and
• Program management.

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Targeted capacity building across focal area

• Should arise from a process of national
  prioritization (for instance in NCSAs, national
  communications, biodiversity strategies and
  action plans or other similar exercises)
• Are country driven and prepared with adequate
  stakeholder consultation
• Address capacity building needs unique to a focal
  area and consistent with Convention guidance
• include agreed indicators for monitoring
  implementation and evaluating results and
• normally be medium sized projects.

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Cross focal area capacity building projects
should have the following features

• not be focal area specific, since they are
  intended to create an enabling environment,
  including foundational work where necessary, to
  address global environmental issues in the long
  term
• be based on a national prioritization process,
  typically the NCSA but possibly other similar
  exercises
• have full national ownership and be responsive to
  stakeholder concerns
• are complementary to targeted capacity building
  efforts
• include indicators to measure progress and
  achievement agreed with the recipient country
  and
• normally be medium sized projects with funding
  not exceeding the level for expedited enabling
  activities.

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Targeted capacity building across focal areas

• institutional strengthening
• assistance for enacting legislation, regulations
  or other administrative measures
• capacity building for public awareness and
  education and
• development of training material

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Capacity building for SIDS and LDCs

• capacity building for accessing documentation
  (electronic access, or facilities and training
  for translation into the local working language)
• sensitization of decision makers and political
  leadership
• identification and financing of local or regional
  experts to assist in preparing
• project concepts and proposals
• preparation of tools for information
  dissemination, public education, and outreach.

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Capacity building indicators covering 11
dimensions

• Awareness and knowledge
• national policy, legal and regulatory frameworks
• institutional mandates, coordination, and
  processes for interaction and cooperation between
  all stakeholders
• information management, monitoring and
  observation
• mobilization of science in support of decision
  making
• financial resources and technology transfer
• incentive systems and market instruments
• negotiation skills
• cooperation and networking within regions
• institutional management and performance and
• individual skills and motivation in key
  institutions.

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Results achieved
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Enabling activities

• The content of enabling activities at present is
  almost entirely governed by Convention decisions
  and guidance, and their primary objective is the
  preparation of
• national communications/ reports/
• strategies and action plans.
• to develop national clearing house mechanisms
• They also serve to build some capacity in the
  process, both for preparing such reports on a
  continuing basis and for assessing country
  situations with regard to the relevant global
  environmental issues. Funding is provided usually
  on
• Enabling activities are funded from RAF
  resources usually through MSP modality. EA
  covering followinf focal areas
• Biodiversity
• Climate change
• POPs

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