Transcript Southern Voices Capacity Building Programme

Moving on from COP 15…
Development Objective
The needs, rights, and perspectives
of civil society organisations
and people vulnerable to climate change
are reflected in a FAB climate agreement
and in the development and implementation
of climate change policies and programmes
at national, regional and international levels.
Immediate Objective
Civil society organisations and networks
have increased their capacity for advocacy
and for raising public awareness
at national, regional and international levels
to further implementation and development of
climate change policies and programmes
promoting environmental integrity and sustainable development
benefitting poor and vulnerable people
Programme Strategy
Key approaches:
 Advocacy, lobbying and public awareness raising
 Capacity building and utilization – for advocacy
 Strengthen know-how within and between Southern
Networks
Prioritized themes for regional networking:
 Adaptation
 REDD and forestry
 Renewable energy, energy efficiency – low carbon
development
Policy arenas targeted in advocacy
Broaden scope beyond UNFCCC negotiations
considering the following four levels:
1) National level,
2) Regional level institutions (AMCEN, African
Union, etc.),
3) International institutions involved in
implementation and financing. Such as the
European Commission, and financial
mechanisms handled by the (WBPPCR, KP
Adaptation Fund, LDCF, UNREDD, WBFIP/FCPF),
4) UNFCCC negotiations.
Target groups
• Primary: climate policy networks of CS
including grassroots and indigenous peoples
organisations
• Secondary: Policy makers at national, regional
and international levels
• Final beneficiaries: millions of people
vulnerable to climate change
Key functions of a policy network
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Joint advocacy initiatives, letters, statements, campaigns,
etc.
Access to decision makers and policy developers
Policy analysis in key policy areas
Shared positions
Accountability towards members and/or constituency
Access to information
Learning opportunities (policy analysis, advocacy,
strategy development, media)
Capacity building of members
Exchange of capacity and knowledge between members
Critera for selection of networks
 Track record, experience and motivation of network
 Ownership by local NGO’s (not only INGO-owned) – and open for
membership.
 Focus on strengthening and developing the capacity of networks for
climate advocacy – on behalf of poor people affected by climate
change.
 Keen interest in exchanging lessons learnt and exploring synergy
and cooperation with other consortium members and partners.
 Added value and cutting edge – related to outputs in the
programme document
 Activities of national and regional networks must contribute to
increasing the advocacy capacity of national level NGOs.
 GNI of the country should be less than 2.570 USD per capita.
Management Structure
www.climatecapacity.org
The network budgets can cover
 Network Support :Salary of coordinator (part time), Partner support costs
(equipments, communication, rent, utilities and other operational costs),
Monthly meetings, workshops
 Capacity building & training, including the network capacity analysis
through self-assessment and analysis by local consultant (mandatory)
 Exchange visits, studies, research and publications for evidence based
advocacy and awareness raising, including country assessment report on
climate policies
 Meetings and travel costs including participation in regional and
international mtgs (incl. UNFCCC negotiations)
 CARE/IIED/DCA/OVE/Ibis Technical advice and support to national
network
 Monitoring & Review
 Local Audit
 CARE/IIED/DCA/OVE/Ibis local financial management, admin & support
cost
 The budget ranges between app 45.000 – 6.500 USD for 18 months
Getting started and
Requirements of networks
 Contract with budget and project implementation plan – by
mid February
 Network Capacity Analysis – end of March
 Country assessment report – deadline October
 Share information such as policy position papers, studies,
reports from capacity building activities - quarterly
 Contribute to website/electronic newsletter at least quarterly
 Narrative and financial reporting every six months
The network capacity analysis
Objectives :
1) basis for network to set own targets for capacity development
and to prioritize capacity building activities
2) To serve as baseline for measuring progress
Guidelines covers self-assessment of (through local consultant) of
 Network governance and accountibility to members
 Experience in evidence based advocacy
 Technical expertise in areas as adaptation, redd, etc.
 Ability to include perspectives of vulnerable communities in
advocacy recommendations
 Ability to reach decisionmakers through contacts and relations
 Skills in media work and public awareness raising
 Information sharing within network and networking with others
Outputs
1) Network capacity analyses – facilitated by local consultant
2) Increased performance, effieciency and accountability of
networks due to CB
3) Advocacy Plans by Networks
4) Lobbying, advocacy and awareness raising activities
5) Country Assessment Reports – on performance of
government and donors
6) International Synthesis Report prepared for COP 17 –
facilitated by IIED
7) Southern networks have been provided with know-how,
advice, training and experiences have been exchanged
8) A web based learning platform established
Country Assesment Reports
Objectives
• Provide a basis for advocacy initiatives and policy recommendations
• Feed into internationl synthesis report to give lessons, advice and
recommendations at int’nal level
Key elements:
A. Mapping and assessment at country level of
 National government-led policies and programmes on CC:
 Other national processes/policies relevant to CC
 Civil society and private sector activities on CC
 Bilateral and multilateral donor support, UNFCCC funding
B. Case studies by civil society of selected policies/programmes :
 Do they target and involve the most vulnerable
 Is civil society involved through consultation or implementation?
 Are they pro-poor and favour sustainable development?
C. Recommendations for government, donors, civil society
Southern Voices Capacity Building
Programme
Country assessment reports and
synthesis report
Hannah Reid
International Institute for Environment and
Development
Country assessment reports will:
• Provide a basis for the advocacy initiatives
and policy recommendations of Southern
networks.
• Feed into an international synthesis report.
• Focus on what works (and doesn’t) for the
most vulnerable.
Draft report outline
• National government-led policies and programmes on climate change
(NAPAs, ministries, mainstreamng etc)
• Other national processes/policies (PRSPs, sectoral plans, REDD policies
etc.)
• Civil society and private sector activities (NGOs, CBOs, media,
academia etc.)
• Bilateral donor climate change support (sida, DFID, NORAD etc.)
• International development/relief agency work (CARE, OXFAM etc.)
• Other bilateral/regional/thematic donors/foundations/trusts
(foundations, conservation agencies, ADB etc.)
• UNFCCC funding entering the country (LDC Fund, SCCF, Adaptation
Fund etc.)
• Other multilateral donor grants (World Bank, UNDP, EC etc.)
Draft report outline
Key questions
• What role is civil society playing?
• What works best (and worst) for those who
are most vulnerable to climate change?
• Case study examples
Process:
• A report for most countries in the network
(report content to vary according to network
size and capacity)
• Thematic network inputs?
• Questionnaires followed up by phone
interviews/visits.
• Working with partners in regions (CLACC
fellows and Ibis).
Regional partners
South Asia
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
West Africa
Environmental Development Action In The Third World (ENDA), Senegal
East Africa
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya
Southern Africa
ZERO Regional Environment Organization, Zimbabwe
Latin America
Ibis
Information strategy
 Avoid duplication of efforts and information – each network has its
own information circuit
 Key task is to filter information so only what is relevant is passed
on and shared between the actors in the programm
 Webpage to serve to display intiatives and actions, by networks in
the programme – and outside
 As a directory of Southern climate networks  Electronic newsletter – quarterly: To share highlights of the work
of networks – and promote exchanges between networks
 List-serve: forum for regular news, and debates between actors,
announcing training opportunities and activites open to other
networks
Climatecapacity.org
Southern Directory
Climatecapacity.org
• The website of the Climate Capacity
Consortium (previously the COP15 NGO
Consortium
• Find news from the consortium and its
Southern partners
• A directory of southern climate policy
networks
• Policies and positions and other relevant
materials for sharing
Risks and challenges
• Disconnect between capital-based policy
NGO’s and project implementing NGO’s at
community level
• Disillusionment on climate agenda due to
slow progress in international negotiantions,
lower priority among governments
• Lack of cooperation between environmental
and development NGOs and with social and
grassroots movements