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Mauritius, April 9, 2003 | Othmar Schwank
UNFCCC Workshop on the use of the guidelines for the preparation
of National Communications from non-Annex I Parties
BILATERAL PROGRAMMES OF SWITZERLAND
RELATED TO NAI-NATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS
CONTENT
1. OVERVIEW ON ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED
2. EXPERIENCES/LESSONS
LEARNT
3. OUTLOOK ON FUTURE
ASSISTANCE
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1. OVERVIEW ON ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CREDIT
A Swiss bilateral Fund was established in 1991 for
supporting global environment projects in
developing countries
› 100 Mio. USD for a global environment program of
the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation
(SDC)
› The new credit since 1998 is of 13 Mio USD/year
which allows SDC to continue its global
environment program (investment projects, TA and
capacity building).
› Supported Projects fall in three main areas:
› Climate Change (30% of funds),
› Biodiversity conservation (44%), and
› Ozone and handling of toxic substances (20%).
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1. OVERVIEW ON ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT &
COOPERATION (SDC, Min ForeignAff)
Co-Financing/supporting NCSU/UNDP 2001-2004 via:
› 2 grant contributions to NCSU/UNDP (460’000 USD+
267’000 USD)
› Additional technical assistance for support in:
› Good practice guidance for GHG inventories,
› Developing the Adaptation Policy Framework
› small assistance for NAI travel support for W/S ect.
Capacity building and Technology Transfer:
› Capacity building and policy dialogue project in India
with selected research partners on CDM, sinks and
V&A.
› Technology transfer projects in the energy and transport
sector for improved energy efficiency, air pollution
mitigation in India, Peru, Central America.
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1. OVERVIEW ON ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
SWISS AGENCY FOR ENVIRONMENT,
FORESTS AND LANDSCAPE (SAEFL)
Support of the United Nations Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR):
› Support to UNITAR‘s Climate Change Program,
inter alia in NAPA, through core budget
contributions
Further support:
› Lead agency with regard to support to GEF
› Support to UNFCCC for conducting CGE
Workshops
› Participation of Switzerland in the CGE process
› Funding the participation of experts from
developing countries in the in-depth review of
Annex 1 National Communications.
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1. OVERVIEW ON ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
SWISS STATE SECRETARIAT FOR ECONOMIC
AFFAIRS (seco)
National Strategy Studies Program on Flex Mech:
› Initiated in 1997 by World Bank and Government of
Switzerland, other donors joined
› Objective: Capacity building assistance to JI/CDM
host countries regarding application of Kyoto
Protocol flexible mechanisms for mitigation; now
termed “Carbon Finance Assist”.
› Each NSS generated a mitigation action plan and a
pipeline of possible JI/CDM projects.
› Studies in the Czech Republic, the Slovak
Republic, Russia, Uzbekistan, Columbia and
Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Egypt, South Africa
(completed), Ukraine, Peru, China and India (in
process).
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2. EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNT
REVIEWING THE SWISS ENGAGEMENT
› No declared “Swiss Climate Change Initiative”
comparable to US country studies, Dutch or Danish
activities;
› Three federal agencies involved in UNFCCC matters
share the task of climate change related capacity
building in non-Annex I countries, links to development
program not fully in place yet;
› Inter-ministerial group for coordination is operational –
more donor coordination and UNFCCC lead is felt
crucial;
› The Global Environment Fund, the NAI-NC Support
Program and the CF-Assist Program launched with WB
are the milestones in the planned Swiss engagement
regarding capacity building up to 2004/2005.
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3. OUTLOOK ON FUTURE ASSISTANCE
CONTINUATION OF THE SWISS ENGAGEMENT
Carbon Finance Assist Program of the Swiss State
Secretariat of Economic Affairs (seco) in
collaboration with World Bank:
› A new capacity building and technical assistance
initiative as a succession of the NSS Program and
a continuation of World Bank’s Prototype Carbon
Fund.
› The objective is to respond to the evolution of the
carbon market and the need for assistance for
developing countries and economies in transition to
build capacity and institutions for JI/CDM and
implement their carbon market strategy.
› Next steps: NSS India; Option of Phase 2 in China
jointly with GTZ
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3. OUTLOOK ON FUTURE ASSISTANCE
CONTINUATION OF THE SWISS ENGAGEMENT
(contd.)
Technical assistance and a grant contribution to
NCSU/UNDP by the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC):
› Co-financing for NCSU in 2003-2004 has been
approved in March (267’000 USD)
› Focus of that co-financing APF within UNDP’s
NCSU program has already been high-lighted by
Bo Lim.
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