Transcript UNDP Procedures

United Nations Development Programme
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
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
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$15,000 available from GEF
Consists of:
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Output:
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National stock-taking exercise
Stakeholder consultations
project document
workplan with indicators
Must include as annex to NC proposal
Endorsed by GEF OFP
Climate Change Enabling Activity
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Up to $420,000* (under expedited route)
Endorsed by GEF OFP and UNFCCC NFP
Consists of:
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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:
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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 selfassessment proposal
UNDP Procedures
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UNDP country office works with the GEF Regional
Coordination Unit and HQ to review the proposal
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Country to receive recommendations for changes, if
needed. Otherwise the proposal is approved
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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
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Eastern Europe and CIS: 9 submitted, 8 approved
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Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Macedonia, Tajikistan
Latin American and Caribbean: 6 submitted, 5 approved
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Bahamas, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad &
Tobago
Asia Pacific: 3 submitted and approved
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Philippines, Samoa, Cook Islands
Africa: 3 submitted, 1 approved
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Benin, Niger, Nigeria
UNDP experience with self-assessment
proposals
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Proposals have followed templates provided by UNDP
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Quality of first drafts have been acceptable in most
cases, with minor changes needed
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Examples provided have proved to be useful
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Review process and completion of revised proposals
have in most cases met stipulated deadlines
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Delays in funding disbursement were due to unexpected
delay in CEO endorsement of umbrella project