PCCB working group 1 - Coherence and coordination on capacity-building under and outside the convention

The PCCB working group on coherence and coordination on capacity-building under and outside the convention addresses the following PCCB mandates:

Assessing how to increase synergies through cooperation and avoid duplication among existing bodies established under the Convention that implement capacity-building activities, including through collaborating with institutions under and outside the Convention;
Identifying and collecting good practices, challenges, experiences and lessons learned from work on capacity-building by bodies established under the Convention;
Fostering dialogue, coordination, collaboration and coherence among relevant processes and initiatives under the Convention, including through exchanging information on capacity-building activities and strategies of bodies established under the Convention;
To promote and explore linkages with other constituted bodies under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, as appropriate, that include capacity-building in their scopes.

Activities in 2020

Creating and overseeing constituted bodies events calendar on PCCB webpage
Compile current workplans of constituted bodies and share them on PCCB webpage
Organizing a dialogue session at PCCB 4 and a roundtable during the 3^rd Capacity-building Hub with constituted bodies and operating entities of the Financial Mechanism with a view to designing and implementing an informal coordination mechanism for the constituted bodies and defining common areas of interest

Activities in 2019

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Analysis of coherence and coordination gaps and needs related to capacity-building activities under the Convention (technical paper)

On the basis of its interaction and collaboration with other relevant bodies, actors and processes under the Convention to date, and the information contained in the annual compilation and synthesis report on the capacity-building work of bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol, and the addendum thereto, the PCCB agreed to prepare an analysis of coherence and coordination gaps and needs related to capacity-building activities under the Convention, and to present it in the form of a technical paper to be annexed to its 2019 technical progress report.

The PCCB considered and agreed on the concept note for the technical paper at its third meeting in June 2019. Following the meeting, working group 1 prepared and disseminated a survey to gather views and perspectives from a broad range of relevant stakeholders on the technical paper, including constituted bodies, operating entities of the Financial Mechanism, UN agencies and other international organizations, and registered observer institutions under the UNFCCC. The survey was then made accessible to interested stakeholders.

Background note on the analysis of coherence and coordination gaps and needs in capacity-building activities of the constituted bodies and in other relevant processes under the Convention (PCCB/2019/4)

Technical paper

ongoing

Activities in 2017/2018

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Call for submissions from bodies established under the Convention

As its first task, working group 1 prepared the PCCB’s call for submissions from bodies established under the Convention, to address, inter alia:

Information related to the 2017/2018 focus area or theme of the PCCB, including for incorporation in the capacity-building portal;
Suggestions for further enhancement of the capacity-building portal;
Information or suggestions related to the relevant PCCB mandates as outlined above;

The group initiated work on the basis of the background document prepared by the secretariat (PCCB/2017/1/6), as well as inputs received in response to the calls for submissions.

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