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Introducing the NAMA registry

NAMA Approvers forum webinar May 2013

UNFCCC secretariat, Non‐Annex I support sub‐programme

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Today’s webinar

• Overview of the NAMA registry and roles

• Role of NAMA approvers and support

• Questions and answers

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The NAMA registry

Purpose 

• A platform to help countries prepare and implement individual NAMAs:• Record information on NAMAs and support available• Facilitate matching• Recognize other NAMAs

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The NAMA registry

Important points:Participation is voluntary.  Not a requirement to receive or provide support.Not an obligation to provide support or a guarantee that support will be provided.Not a system for formally reporting on proposed actions or their results.  Those submitting information are responsible for accuracy.

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The NAMA registry• Is now online at www.unfccc.int as a prototype

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The NAMA registry

Interface

•Submit  NAMAs (support)

•Submit  NAMAs (recognition)

•Submit info on support

•Browse information

•Perform queriesSupport

Database

Support

NAMAs for support

NAMAs for recognit

matching

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Registry roles

• NAMAs require central approval:• NAMA approvers (NA): full access to country’s NAMAs

– 1 per country

• NAMA developers (ND): create NAMAs, edit/delete their NAMAs, search queries (e.g. project formulators)– Actors: To be decided by the Non‐Annex I party

• Information on support available can be entered by “support editors”

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Registry roles

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The role of the NAMA approver

• NAMA approvers:– Are critical to the registry because they will either create or approve all NAMA entries for their country

– Responsible for ensuring the quality of the registry content for their country

– They are a key gateway for enforcing any national level requirements for NAMAs 

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Tasks: Creating a NAMA

• Log in to the registry at: https://process.unfccc.int/Sites/NAMA

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Tasks: Creating a NAMA

• Select type of NAMA to create

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Tasks: Creating a NAMA• Populate template then submit– Work can be saved and resumed under “my pending submissions” before submitting.

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Tasks: Approving NAMAs submitted by NAMA developers

• Select NAMA from “My pending submissions”

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Tasks: Approving NAMAs submitted by NAMA developers

• Review information and click on approve or send back with comments:

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NAMA approvers: Important choices and challenges

Institutional:• Who should undertake the role of NAMA approver for a country? – Person, committee, organization?– What tools and skills will they require?– What decision making process to use?

• Should access rights be granted to NAMA developers or NAMA creation centralized with approvers?

• What national requirements/competencies should a potential NAMA developer be required to meet?

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NAMA approvers: Important choices and challenges

National implementation and support:• What criteria to use for the approval of NAMAs submitted by NAMA developers?

• How and when to communicate any national requirements to those submitting NAMAs?

• How to ensure that the NAMA approver is contactable by NAMA developers?

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NAMA approvers: Important choices and challenges

Procedural/administrative:• How to avoid any conflicts of interest in the NAMA approver function?

• How to minimize delays in the process of submitting NAMAs?

• How to maintain an up to date list of NAMA developers? 

• How to ensure contact details of NAMA approvers held by UNFCCC are current?

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NAMA approvers forum

• The secretariat aims to provide support to NAMA approvers in carrying out their functions

• The secretariat has capacity to host webinars to facilitate sharing of experiences and best practices of among NAMA approvers:– Suggestions for topics of future webinars can be sent to NAMA‐[email protected].

• Parties interested in sharing lessons and experiences as NAMA approvers are asked to approach the secretariat.

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NAMA approvers forum

• Regional workshops• NAMA Registry website will contain:  – A manual explaining registry functions.– Pre‐recorded demonstrations of registry functions.  – Recorded webinars. – Centralized list of NAMA approver contacts (voluntary). 

http://unfccc.int/cooperation_support/nama/items/7476.php

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NAMA approvers forum

• Improvements (features and fixes) to the registry to facilitate the NAMA approver are possible:– Suggestions and comments can be emailed to NAMA‐[email protected] .

• Questions about the registry can always be emailed to NAMA‐[email protected]

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Questions and answers