Transcript Philippine Experience In Training In Cambodia

Philippine Experience in Training
in Cambodia
Training on the Preparation of the
National Communication on Climate
Change and CDM
Outline of Presentation
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Context of Cooperation
Training Activities
Results/Critical Success Factors
Barriers and Constraints
Lessons Learned
Other South-South Collaboration on
Climate Change Activities
Context of Cooperation
Implementing
Agency-Philippines
Implementing Agency-Cambodia;
Requesting agency and beneficiary
(for the training)
• Preparation
of
the
National
Communication
• Training on Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM)
Areas of Cooperation/Training Activities
Preparation of the National Communication
on Climate Change
• The Philippine Team of experts was requested to
conduct a 10-day training on the Preparation of the
National Communication on Climate Change in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia in 1999, sponsored by UNITAR.
• The objective is to train the Cambodia’s National Climate
Change Team on:
– Guidelines for the Preparation of the National
Communication from Non-Annex 1 Parties
– GHG Emissions Inventory
– Methods and Techniques for Vulnerability and Adaptation
Assessment Mitigation
Areas of Cooperation/Training Activities
Training on the CDM
• CDM Training for the Cambodia Climate Change Office
was conducted, upon the request of the Cambodian
Government, a part of the fulfillment of the objective of
the CD4CDM to “strengthen their capacity on the Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM)”
– 3-Day training (March 29-31, 2004) at Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
– Phils. CD4CDM team shared technical expertise with the
Cambodian team through the conduct of intensive
technical workshops/exercises
Results/ Critical Success Factors
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Sharing of technical expertise between Philippines and
Cambodia
Exchange of implementation experiences, and learning
from these experiences
Similarities in political, economic situations, hence
richer and more meaningful discussions of problems
and solutions
Tailor-fitted approach in training and use of up-to-date
information to maximize capacity building impacts
“learning by doing” approach (i.e. use of actual project
in Cambodia as case in point for all hand-on exercises
– later became the 1st CDM registered project in
Cambodia)
Barriers and Constraints
• Lack of funding for the training
• Language barrier
• CDM as a new, and still emerging,
concept
• Lack of clear and functional CDM
institutional structures (in 2004) for both
countries
• Rapidly evolving rules for CDM which
can be hard to continuously digest
Lessons Learned
• Tailor-fitting the training best serves the target
audience’s interests and needs
• “learning by doing” is still the most effective
training
• Need for constant collaboration and exchange of
crucial information among other developing
countries
• Capacity building is a continuous process,
hence programs should be designed to
nurture/strengthen the capacities of major
players
Other South-South Collaboration
on Climate Change
• Training on Hydrographic modelling technique
– Bangkok, Thailand, May 16-22, 2002
– Regional Study (AS07) for the Assessment of Impacts and
Adaptation to Climate Change (AIACC) trained staff (Philippines
and Indonesia) from the AS21 Study on the SEA-Basin
hydrographical modelling on a watershed runoff model.
• Training courses and technical assistance for scientists
from Indo-China (Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia)
– Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
– 6 scientists/experts from Indo-China were trained by AIACC-AS21
team/trainers
• Training-Workshop for Bhutan Local Scientists:
Methodologies in Assessing Climate Change Impacts on
Local Communities
– Bhutan, May 3-14, 2004
Thank you.
“Think climate!”
– Klaus Toepfer, ExecutiveDirector of UNEP
Countries are the Parties to the Convention and the Kyoto
Protocol. Therefore, it must be the governments who
should ensure that commitments made in terms of GHG
emissions reduction and sustainable development are met.
Nonetheless, private sector participation must be optimized
to ensure the sustainability of CDM projects…