Article 6. Education, Training and Public Awareness

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Article 6. Education, Training and Public
Awareness

• Development of a SBSTA work programme
• Kevin Grose, Manager, Information Services
• Kgrose_at_unfccc.int

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Moving from hard to soft issuesin the Convention
process

• Hard issues are dealt with first
• Legal frameworks, establishment of benchmarks,
  setting of standards, guidelines
• Soft issues are dealt with second
• Harder to define and resource
• Inter-sectoral linkages
• Article 6 people are not always part of process

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Status of Article 6

• Request from SBSTA for a document based on
  submissions and other information on national
  experience
• Review of Art. 6 in National Communications
• Submissions from Parties (1999-2000)
• Side Events at SB12, SB13 and COP6
• Document to be submitted to SB14

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Insights from the side events

• 340 people attended the 3 events
• Governments
• NGOs
• Media
• People came out of interest not mandate
• Much experience exists, interest is high
• Links to Article 5, capacity building, technology

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Some views on needs

• Education
• Inter-sectoral cooperation
• Longer-term commitment
• Training
• Training on Convention process, negotiation
  skills
• Informal training on issues, including synergy
  with CCD, CBD
• Training in support of capacity building
• Public Awareness
• Exchange of experience and best practices
• Support to design implement national
  information strategies campaigns
• More information in UN languages, e.g. Le Portail
  Francophone
• Access to tools Internet, web sites, databases

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Conclusions

• Growing recognition that Article 6 issues require
  action
• Understanding of relationship between successful
  technical implementation and need for public
  support
• Opportunities for inter-sectoral cooperation at
  national level
• Opportunities for exchange and cooperation
  between Parties at international level