Cross-Cutting Capacity
Development Strategy – GEF 5
Pilar Barrera
Operations officer Civil Society/Capacity Development
Expanded Constituency Workshop
Kigali, May 14-16, 2013
What is meant by capacity development (CD)?
“The process by which individuals, organizations and
societies strengthen their ability to address
environmental issues, manage natural resource issues,
and mainstream environmental sustainability into
development policies, plans and decisions.”
Dimensions of CCCD
• At the individual level: the process by which a change
in attitudes and behaviors occurs
• At the organizational level: the focus is on functional
capacities allowing for organizational change
• At the system level: the focus is on the enabling
environment (i.e. policy, regulation, etc.)
Time line of CD in the GEF
• Capacity Development Initiative (GEF/UNDP, 2000)
• National Capacity Self-Assessments – NCSA (20022010)
• Strategic Approach for Capacity Development (GEF,
2003)
• Support from the corporate program for NCSAs
(GEF/UNDP/UNEP, 2005-2010)
Strategic focus for CD (GEF)
GEF STRATEGIC APPROACH TO CAPACITY BUILDING
Four pathways to develop countries’ capacity to implement the
Rio Conventions (Council Decision C/22.8)
Capacity Development (CD) through:
1.
National
Capacity SelfAssessments
(NCSAs)
2.
Greater
attention to
CD in
individual
projects
3.
4.
Cross-cutting
CD projects
Critical
Programs for
CD in LDCs &
SIDS
1.
National
Capacity
SelfAssessments
(NCSAs)
National Capacity
Self-Assessments:
Results, Lessons
Learned, Opportunities
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Operational guidelines for NCSAs (1)
• Relevant to the decisions in the Rio
Conventions.
• Mainstreaming into the country’s
development priorities.
• Spearheaded by the country, with a highlevel political commitment.
• Based on extensive consultation of the
various players for decision-making.
Operational guidelines for NCSAs (2)
• Using existing structures and mechanisms
in countries.
• Based on development of existing
capacities.
• Designed to strengthen system, organization
and individual capacities.
• Reflecting synergies between the Rio
Conventions.
Types of Capacities identified in NCSAs
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Stakeholder engagement
Information management and knowledge
Organizational capacities
Environmental governance
Monitoring and evaluation
Capacity development needs identified in the NCSAs
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Programming and international policy
National governance structures
Mainstreaming of the environmental
perspective
Knowledge creation and management
Public awareness and education
Economic and financial sustainability
Technology
119 countries out of a total of 146
Some lessons learned from NCSA
exercises
Capacities must be enhanced to:
• Improve stakeholder engagement in order to ensure
legitimacy
• Manage data and information and create knowledge
• Improve environmental governance
• Mainstream the environmental sustainability dimension
into policy frameworks
• Monitor and evaluate actions as an ongoing exercise in
order to ensure the validity and relevance of policy and
programs
NCSA results – The basis for GEF 5 Strategy (1)
• Demonstrate creation of synergies to meet the
priorities of the Rio Conventions;
• Test and replicate innovative tools and “best
practices”;
• Mainstream the global environmental
dimension into national policies and legislative
and regulatory frameworks;
NCSA results – The basis for GEF 5 Strategy (2)
• Adopt an adaptive and collaborative
management approach in the design and
execution of projects;
• Focus capacity development in the light of
limitations of absorption capacity;
• Enhance environmental sustainability through
monitoring guidelines and strong indicators
Strategic objectives of capacity development - GEF 5
• CD 1: To enhance the capacities of stakeholders to engage
throughout the consultative process (National Dialogue
Initiative, Program Coordination Agency, Small Grants
Program and focal area projects)
• CD 2: To generate, access and use information and
Knowledge
• CD 3: To strengthen capacities to develop policy and
legislative frameworks
• CD 4: To strengthen capacities to implement and manage
global convention guidelines
• CD 5: To enhance capacities to monitor and evaluate
environmental impacts and trends
General requirements for CCCD projects
• Consistency with GEF strategic objectives of cross-cutting
capacity development
(http://www.thegef.org/gef/GEF5_Capacity_Development_Strategy)
• Multi-focal (benefit at least three focal areas)
• Priorities were identified in NCSA exercises
• Indicators are included for measuring progress and
attainment of objectives agreed in beneficiary countries
• Measures are specified to ensure sustainability
• Co-financing (at least 1:1)
• Medium-Sized or Full-Sized projects
Examples of GEF 5 projects
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Côte d’Ivoire
Strengthened Environmental Management Information System for Coastal
Development to meet Rio Convention Objectives
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Burkina Faso
Generating Global Environmental Benefits from Improved Local Planning and
Decision-making Systems in Burkina Faso
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Ukraine
Integrating Rio Convention Provisions into Ukraine's National Environmental Policy
Framework
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Togo
Strengthening National and Decentralized Management for Global Environmental
Benefits
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Costa Rica
Capacity Building for Mainstreaming MEA Objectives into Inter-ministerial
Structures and Mechanisms
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Afghanistan
Developing Core Capacity for Decentralized MEA Implementation and Natural
Resources Management in Afghanistan
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Sri Lanka
Ensuring global environmental concerns and best practices mainstreamed in the
post-conflict rapid development process of Sri Lanka through improved information
management
Cross-Cutting Capacity Development
help countries meet and sustain global environmental
outcomes
How?
by strengthening key capacities to implement the MEAs and
mainstream the global commons into decision making
Draft Strategy– GEF6
• To integrate global environmental needs into
management information systems.
• To strengthen consultative and management
structures and mechanisms.
• To integrate Multilateral Environmental Agreements’
provisions within national policy, legislative, and
regulatory frameworks.
• To pilot innovative economic and financial tools for
Conventions implementation.
• Updating of NCSAs.
Thank you for your attention
Any questions?
The Global Environment Facility
1818 H Street, NW, Mail Stop P4-400 - Washington, DC 20433 USA
Tel: (202) 473-0508 Fax: (202) 522-3240/3245
www.thegef.org / [email protected]
Practical exercise – Capacity development
Questions:
•What are the country’s priority capacity needs as
identified in the Needs Self-Assessment exercise? Are
those capacity needs still valid?
•Choose two or three priorities to be addressed in a
Hypothetical project
•To what objectives of the Cross-Cutting Capacity
Development Strategy would the project relate?
•What are the components of the project?