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Skills assessment for National Adaptation Planning

Submitted by esther.lake@undp.org on 02 June 2015
With mounting scientific evidence of the impacts of climate change and as public awareness of climate change has increased, more sophisticated capacity development approaches are being embraced. These can make better sense of the complex mix of institutional measures needed for adaptation planning to be successful backed by well-tailored and recurrent skills development.
 
This skills assessment framework is derived from experience acquired during a joint UNDP-UNITAR Global Water Partnership mission carried out in Niger in May 2014, under the NAP-GSP.

NAP Country-Level Training

Submitted by esther.lake@undp.org on 02 June 2015
In response to the need for NAP support and capacity building, a NAP Country-Level Training Course has been developed to develop capacity for multi-sectoral involvement in the NAP process. This training aims to provide a general understanding of the conceptual approach of NAPs and the NAP technical guidelines, produced by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG).  The course is available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

NAP Country-Level Training

Submitted by esther.lake@undp.org on 02 June 2015
In response to the need for NAP support and capacity building, a NAP Country-Level Training Course has been developed to develop capacity for multi-sectoral involvement in the NAP process. This training aims to provide a general understanding of the conceptual approach of NAPs and the NAP technical guidelines, produced by the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG).  The course is available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

ALM-SGP Photo Story Toolkit - January 2011

Submitted by andrea.egan on 03 November 2014

Photo Stories are a powerful communication tool that can be used to bring innovative and visually appealing narratives of on-the-ground community projects. Communicating valuable information to a larger audience, Photo Stories offer a simple way compile individual photos in to a video format with captions, audio narration, background music and other features.

This Toolkit for creating Photo Stories benefited from the contributions from the Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM) and the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP).

CIRDA Procurement Guidance

Submitted by Montserrat_Xilotl on 24 October 2014

A brief fact sheet developed byt the PSO Unit and CIRDA Experts on Alternative Technologies to guide to partner countries in their efforts to procure new technologies.

Plans nationaux d'adaptation

Submitted by esther.lake@undp.org on 21 April 2014

The COP requested the LDC Expert Group (LEG) to elaborate technical guidelines for the NAP process based on the initial guidelines for the formulation of NAPs, and to arrange a review of these technical guidelines .

Here the UNFCCC/LEG technical guidelines are available for download in French.

Supporting NAP Development with the PROVIA Guidance - A user companion

Submitted by esther.lake@undp.org on 22 February 2014

Cost Benefit Analysis for Natural Resource Management in the Pacific: a Guide

Submitted by Marco.Arena on 12 December 2013

There is a wide variety of guides and manuals on CBA across the globe. However, up to now there has been no published document that brings together the steps of CBA with an emphasis on the Pacific region. This guide is intended to fill that gap. It aims to support Pacific government and non-governmental organisations in their CBA activities, and to support training and capacity development in this area. The guide is also intended to standardise approaches to CBA by the agencies involved − SPC, SPREP, PIFS, USP, GIZ, UNDP − so that practitioners receive consistent

Kiribati National Training on Cost-Benefit Analysis for Climate Change

Submitted by andrea.egan on 09 December 2013

The Kiribati National Training on Cost-Benefit Analysis for Climate Change was organized by the Ministry of Finance and Planning (MFEP) in collaboration with the Office of Te Beretitenti (OB) with support from SPC Climate Change Programs (& GIZ) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP).

Tarawa, Thursday 24th Jan – Tuesday 29th Jan 2013, Kiribati Institute of Technology

Training of Trainers: Capacity Development on Economics of Adaptation, Water Security and Climate Resilient Development in Africa - Addis Ababa, 25-29 Nov 2013

Submitted by andrea.egan on 12 November 2013

Water, Climate and Development Programme for Africa - Support to National Adaptation Planning Processes

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