Transcript Mainstreaming GEF projects in UNDP CO Programme

Country’s experience in building and
monitoring capacities in climate change
area.
Albania case
Ermira Fida
Manager
Climate Change Program,
Albania
UNFCCC workshop on M&E of capacity building for climate change
Rio de Janerio,
7 November, 2008
Outline of presentation
Background on Albania and Climate Change
activities
Scope of climate change activities in Albania
Scope of capacity building activities in Albania
Monitoring and Evaluation of capacity building
Case studies:
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A completed FSP
An ongoing MSP
An ongoing FSP
An ongoing Enabling Activity
Concluding remarks.
Albania and Climate Chnage
Joined the UNFCCC in
1995
Status under the
UNFCCC
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Non-Annex 1 Party to
the UNFCCC
Joined the Kyoto
Protocol
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16 December, 2004
Climate Change Activities in Albania
Project – based activities
Climate Change Program
Funded by UNDP and other donors, through UNDP
Focused on the following thematic areas:
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GHG inventory/mitigation
vulnerability and adaptation
Enabling Activities (National Communication / TNA
preparation) process is a cross-cutting process:
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Has been instrumental towards climate change mainstreaming,
capacity building and resource mobilization
 Has supported the set up and expanding of climate change program
 As of today: total budget of USD 4,837,302 has been mobilized
Public awareness, education, and capacity building is a
cross-cutting component of the program
Scope of the Climate Change
Activities in Albania
Project completed
Project on-going
Capacity Building Activities in
Albania
Capacity Building (CB) – an integral part of climate
change program along with:
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public awareness and communication
Addressed under CB-stand alone projects:
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UNDP: CB for CDM
UNDP-GEF FSP: CB for improvement of GHG inventories
UNDP-GEF EA: CB in priority areas / TNA
Addressed as project component under:
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UNDP-GEF: EA: National Communication (1st and 2nd )
UNDP/UNEP-GEF FSP: Market transformation for SWH
UNDP-GEF MSP: Identification and implementation of
adaptation measures in Drini-Mati River Deltas
UNDP/UNEP: Carbon neutral territories
The Scope of CB in Albania
National GHG inventories
GHG scenarios
Climate scenarios
Impact assessment and adaptation
Carbon financing / CDM
Public awareness and communication
Negotiation process
Sharing Capacity Building outside
Albania
Countries / Climate change teams to which we
have shared our experience:
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Malta
 National communication
 Technology Needs Assessment
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Azerbaijan
 National Communication,
 Technology Needs Assessment
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Bosnia & Herzegovina
 National Communication
 CDM
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Serbia
DNA set up and functioning,
Sectorial baseline setting,
 National Communication
M&E of climate change projects
Albania
M&E is part of the project management cycle
Results-Based Management approach is
employed by UNDP, the implementing agency to
manage a project:
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A process-based description of programming methods
articulated as policies, tasks, and deliverables, for use in the
effective planning and implementation of development
programmes and projects
Follows an international standard method: PRINCE- Projects
In Controlled Environment
Monitoring and Evaluation of Capacity
Building Activities in Albania
GEF Medium and Full size and other UNDP projects have
a M&E component:
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Periodic reporting of project progress against targets (including
those regarding CB) are monitored and evaluated based on
verifiable indicators:
 Logical Framework (Logframe) Matrix - performance and
impact indicators for project implementation and means of
verification
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The Logframe – is set up during the project formulation phase
The logframe consist of: Outcomes, outputs, baseline, indicators,
means of verification, assumptions and risks
The Logframe – the basis for the M&E plan
M&E plan get finalized in the project inception workshop/phase.
Enabling Activities:
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Logframe does not apply
Annual Reviews as part of monitoring are based on Results
Peer review of NC components from NCSP;
The impact of EAs to CB has been significant
Monitoring results of concrete
projects in Albania
Case 1:
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UNDP-GEF: “Building capacities to improve the
quality of GHG emission inventories in East
Europe and CIS”
Project size: Full Size Project
Status: completed (2003-2006)
Logframe application: yes
Project results/impact:
 Strengthened national arrangements for compiling, archiving,
updating, and managing GHG inventories;
 Sustainable inventory process created;
 Enhanced technical capacities to prepare GHG inventories;
 Improved methodologies and emission factors.
Case 1: Logframe, Project outcomes
Project
outcomes
Verifiable
Indicators
Strengthened
national
arrangements for
compiling, archiving,
updating, and
managing GHG
inventories
Strategies to
compile, archive
and update GHG
inventories
Sustainable
inventory process
created
GHG inventory
experts
hired by the
Governments; longTerm GHG
improvement
Strategies; inventory
archive set up.
Experts are trained
and prepare
inventory of the
key sources
Enhanced technical
capacities to prepare
GHG inventories
Improved
methodologies and
emission factors
Up to 3 Emission
Factors improved
Means of
Verification
national manuals
of procedures;
long-term
inventory
improvement
strategies;
QA/QC plans
End-of project
report
long-term
inventory
improvement
strategies;
Key sources
inventory
peer review report
Technical advisory
group meeting
minutes
Assumptions
and Risks
Outreach campaign
for a sustainable
GHG inventory team
is funded by
Government funds
Monitoring results in concrete
projects in Albania
Case 2:
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UNDP-GEF: Identification of adaptation measures
in Drini-Mati river deltas (DMRD)
Project size: Medium Size Project
Status: ongoing
Logframe application: yes
Expected Project results/impacts:
1. Capacities to monitor and respond to anticipated climate
change impacts in the project site at the institutional and
community developed
2. DMRD region's conservation and development policies, plans
and programmes integrate climate change risks and take local
pilot actions for coastal adaptation.
3. A system of knowledge management established
Case 2: the Logframe, outcome 1
Project
outcome 1
Indicator
Baseline
Target
Source of
verification
Risks and
assumption
Capacities to
monitor and
respond to
expected
climate change
in DMRD are
developed
Capacity to
access CC
impacts to
biodiversity
in the
DMRD
A very general
understanding
of CC impacts
coastal
ecosystems
exists
Systematic
data and
information on
CC impact to
coastal
ecosystems in
DMRD is in
place, by the
end of the
project
Final
project
report
Access to
high-quality
training
resources is
obtained.
Monitoring in concrete projects in
Albania
Case 3:
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UNDP-GEF: Market transformation for promotion
of the Solar Water Heating in Albania
Project size: Full Size Project
Status: ongoing
Logframe application: yes
Expected Project results/impacts:
1. A regulatory framework for SWH market promotion
2. Enhanced awareness and capacity of the targeted end-users
and building professionals to consider and integrate SWH
systems into different types of buildings
3. Increasing demand for SWH through setting up an appropriate
financial mechanism
4. Quality control scheme
5. Lessons learnt spread, documented and disseminated
Case 3: the Logframe, outcome 2
Project
outcome 1
Indicator
Baseline
Target
Source of
verification
Risks and
assumption
Enhanced
awareness and
capacity of he
targeted endusers and
building
professionals
to consider and
integrate SWH
systems into
different types
buildings
The
demand for
additional
information.
The share
of new and
renovated
buildings
that have
integrated
SWH
systems
Based on a
market survey
more than 50%
responded that
lack
information on
this technology
and more than
90% would like
to have more
information
More than
80% of the
end-users
declare that
have the right
information on
SWH to make a
decision
Market
survey
Interest of
end-users to
participate
at the
survey
Reporting the progress of activities
Case of 2nd National Communication (SNC)
Expected output, target
and indicators
Planned
activities
Expenditure
s
Results of activities
Progress against
outcomes, outputs
Output: Albania’s SNC ;
GHG inventory
USD XXX
Activity Data
Data gaps
Key source
inventory
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Collected
Filled
Developed
at70%
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GHG mitigation
USD XXX
GHG baseline
scenario
GHG abatement
scenario
GHG technologies
completed
developed at
50%
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V&A
USD XXX
Climate scenario
Impact assessment
Adaptation
measures
completed
……
Other
information
USD XXX
national
circumstances
Cross-cutting issues
Completed
…….
Target: Prepare the
Albania’s SNC and submit
to the CoP of the
UNFCCC;
Indicator: The SNC
report to reflect the
current available
guidance;
Baseline: Albania
prepared the 1st NC and
the TNA;
Concluding remarks
Enabling activities have provided significant contribution
towards CB in Albania
Other initiatives / projects have contributed towards
strengthening of capacities built
Monitoring of CB through verifiable indicators at the
enabling activity level is important!
Monitoring through verifiable indicators has proved to
increase the desirable results on project implementation
Setting of verifiable indicators related to CB is highly
important
Stakeholder involvement to the indicator setting process is
important and helps a lot
Monitoring of CB not an easy task!
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involves different means of verifications (data-intensive exercise ):
 varies from project report, number of experts trained up to
surveys….etc.
For more information on climate
change activities in Albania:
http://www.ccalb.org
Thank you!