UNDP Procedures for Climate Change Enabling Activities

UNFCCC Workshop on the Preparation of National Communications from non-Annex I Parties

Manila, 26-30 April 2004

United Nations Development Programme

Content• GEF Operational Procedures• UNDP procedures for climate change enabling

activities• Status of requests of self-assessment• UNDP experience on processing requests

GEF Operational Procedures

• New procedures based on experience from support provided for INC

• Facilitate broader stakeholder consultations and participation in project proposal

• Build on previous work, activities, and knowledge, capturing best practices and develop linkages with other relevant projects

Immediate support of up to $15,000 for the preparatory exercise of NC project proposal

GEF Operational Procedures

• Countries to have submitted INC and substantially completed top-up before SNC can begin

• Self-assessment required; brief report to be included in NC proposal

• NC proposal requires endorsement from GEF OFP and UNFCCC NFP

• SNC and NAPA in parallel is possible

• Countries to submit final draft NC and technical reports to IAs

Self-assessment: Stocktaking and stakeholders consultation

• $15,000 available from GEF• Consists of:

– National stock-taking exercise– Stakeholder consultations

• Output: – project document– workplan with indicators

• Must include as annex to NC proposal• Endorsed by GEF OFP

Climate Change Enabling Activity

• Up to $420,000* (under expedited route)• Endorsed by GEF OFP and UNFCCC NFP• Consists of:

– Project proposal– Workplan with indicators

• Inception workshop to refine workplan, terms of reference of studies, implementation arrangements

• Recommended $ allocations among main components of NC

• Outputs: – National Communication– Technical reports

* Of which $15,000 for self-assessment

UNDP Procedures

• UNDP country office is the main focal point between national government and UNDP-GEF

• GEF Operational Focal Point submits a letter of request for the self-assessment to UNDP accompanied by a brief funding proposal

– Templates available for request letter and self-assessment proposal

UNDP Procedures

• UNDP country office works with the GEF Regional Coordination Unit and HQ to review the proposal

• Country to receive recommendations for changes, if needed. Otherwise the proposal is approved

• If changes are needed, UNDP-GEF provides recommendations. UNDP country office works with the government to submit a revised proposal

UNDP Procedures

• Upon approval of the proposal, authorization (DOA) is issued to UNDP country office to establish a new project and disburse the $15,000

• Total UNDP processing time for the $15,000 request: 15 working days maximum (from first submission by national GEF Operational Focal Point to issuing of the DOA

Key Documents for Project Proposals

• New GEF Operational Procedures

• UNDP templates and guidance for stocktaking exercise/stakeholder consultation and project proposal

• Revised UNFCCC Guidelines adopted at COP-8

• UNFCCC User Manual for the above guidelines

Website: http://www.undp.org/cc/ccea.htm

Status of self-assessment proposals

• Eastern Europe and CIS: 9 submitted, 8 approved– Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia,

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Macedonia, Tajikistan

• Latin American and Caribbean: 6 submitted, 5 approved – Bahamas, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago

• Asia Pacific: 3 submitted and approved– Philippines, Samoa, Cook Islands

• Africa: 3 submitted, 1 approved– Benin, Niger, Nigeria

UNDP experience with self-assessment proposals

• Proposals have followed templates provided by UNDP

• Quality of first drafts have been acceptable in most cases, with minor changes needed

• Examples provided have proved to be useful

• Review process and completion of revised proposals have in most cases met stipulated deadlines

• Delays in funding disbursement were due to unexpected delay in CEO endorsement of umbrella project