The European Union

Global Climate Change

Alliance

Addis Ababa

October 2010

Mamadou Moussa Diakhité, UNITAR

Christophe Leroy, MWH

Florine Thiéry, MWH

Outline

o Regional Conferences

o Specific Support IFs/AFs

o Training Workshops

o Communication/Website

REGIONAL CONFERENCES

Regional conferences (RC) (1)

• Asia GCCA RC

• Completed: May/June this year

• Pacific GCCA RC:

• Tentative date and Country: Beginning 2011 in Solomon Islands or Fiji

 

Regional conferences (2)

• Africa GCCA RC:

• Tentative date and Venue: As a pre-event of the UNECA/Africa Development Forum

 Caribbean GCCA RC:

• Tentative date and Venue: First Quarter of 2011 in Belize, Belize City

SPECIFIC SUPPORT

Status of Fund (Re)Allocations

TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Workplan for workshops

Overall Planning

Planning for the first GCCA workshops in 2011 (or end of 2010)Select STEs based on approved ToRDevelop training materialsFurther elaborate programmes and contents

Workshops Preparations

10 to be organised in 2011 (or one by end of 2010)Start seeking interest from countries to host the training workshops (Tanzania, Bhutan and Maldives expressed interest to host GCCA one of the workshop)Draft agendaElaborate programmes and contentsInvolve recruited STEs

To be discussed

Proposal to merge the Regional Event in the Pacific with the first workshop, in a 4 day-event Audience: First day (ministerial) and following three days (technical) Proposed items for the technical: status of the international negotiations, tools to mainstream CC on development policies, including adaptation measures into national budget, links to budget support and the possibility to fund CC adaptation through it

Communication: WebsiteWebsite: www.gcca.eu

Planned changes for the Regional Conferences

A. Announce the upcoming regional conferences

B. Prepare contents for the remaining RCs

C. Prior to Carribean RC and the others

1. Announce the RC by changing the In Focus (beginning two weeks before the event)

2. Change the In Focus text each day of the Conference

3. Broadcast the outputs and the declarations after the event

4. Upload presentations and other materials used for the conference (e.g. press releases and media coverage)

Content development

A. Interactive map with all the beneficiary countries currently being developed by the webdesigners

B. Library with keywords to be developed once documents have been approved

Communication/Outreach

A. GCCA presence at COP 16: side event, networking, etc.

B. Materials from the 3 completed GCCA regional conferences

THANK YOU

Mamadou Moussa Diakhité

The GCCA Support Facility Team