Module IV.1 - PowerPoint Presentation

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Module IV.1

Developing

capacities

for National Adaptation Planning

Trainer: [Name]Slide2

Overview of this module

Capacity development refers to both ‘

institutions

’

and

‘

individuals

’

How to use

capacity development

to solve common barriers to effective adaptation planning

Examples

from Benin and Malawi

Reflection space: what would

you

do?Slide3

What can you expect to learn from this session?

Understand how capacity development can enable adaptation planning and solve problems

Appreciate the central role of skills development

Some practical examples that could inspire action in your countrySlide4

Some definitions of capacity development

“The process through which individuals, organisations and societies obtain, strengthen and maintain their capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives over time”,

UNDP 2011

Elements include

: skills, systems, structures, processes, values, resources and powers that together confer capabilitiesSlide5

Is capacity development a means to an end, or an outcome in its own right? Slide6

Capacity development framework for adaptation planning

C

apacity development equips

institutions

and

individuals

with the necessary skills and expertise to overcome barriers and enable adaptation outcomes.

Source: UNITAR (2014), Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning - In draft.Slide7

Types of skills

At each institutional level, there are

different skills

needed to communicate ideas, share knowledge, and coordinate actions:

Technical

Management

Participatory/leadership

(e.g. communication)Slide8

Identifying skills

Institutional

capacity

Individual skills

Technical

Managerial

Participatory

Clear mandate for

CCA in place

T1,

T4

M1,

M5P1

CCA integrated into national development plansT1, T3M1, M3P1, P4

Specific individual skill sets contribute to the achievement of institutional adaptive capacityT1: Adaptation science; T3: Mainstreaming;T4: Legal drafting; etc.M1: Strategic leadership; M3: Visioning; M5: Time management; etc.

P1: Coordination; P4: Public speaking; etc.

Source: UNITAR (2014), Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning - In draft.Slide9

Capacity development for what?

How can a

capacity development

approach

be used to

solve some common barriers to adaptation planning

:

Fragmented

national mandates

for climate change adaptation;

Skewed availability of information and knowledge.Slide10

Enhanced coordination; ability to prioritize CCA

Institutional level

Policy level

Capacity development to address:

fragmented national mandates for adaptation

Desired outcome

Institutional capacity

Clear mandate for CCA in place

Individual skills

L

eadership

Coordination

Communication

Skills development plan

What institutional level are you considering?

What is your desired outcome?

What institutional capacities needed at that level?

What individual skills?

Source: UNITAR (2014), Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning - In draft.Slide11

Culture of knowledge sharing

Institutional level

Organisational level

Capacity development to address:

skewed availability information and knowledge

Desired outcome

Institutional capacity

Efficient systems of data exchange

Individual skills

Management

Technical

Skills development plan

What institutional level are you considering?

What is your desired outcome?

What institutional capacities would be necessary at that level?

What individual skills?

Source: UNITAR (2014), Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning - In draft.Slide12

Reality check:

Capacity development for adaptation planning needs to be

multi level: policy, organisational and operational

It should be a strategySlide13

Malawi: addressing fragmented national mandates for adaptationSlide14

Benin: addressing skewed availability of information on climate financeSlide15

What have we learned?

Need

individual skills

and

institutional capacities

, so that new skills acquired can actually be applied;

Skills can be

technical, managerial,

or

participatory

;

Avoid isolated actions; make the connections and build at

different levels (policy, organisational, operational);What have you learned from this session?Slide16

Exercise:

Capacity development needs and approaches

You are invited to reflect all relevant dimensions of capacities

Please work in ‘whisper groups’ with your neighbours, discuss and take notes about

the

needed capacities as well

as

how required capacities can be strengthened

U

se

Matrix IV.1.1 to document your findings.

Be prepared to present your results to the plenary. Slide17

This presentation is part of a

NAP country-level training

that has been developed by GIZ on behalf of BMZ

and in cooperation with the NAP Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP), in particular UNDP and UNITAR.

The training is designed to support countries in setting up a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. It builds on the NAP Technical Guidelines developed by the Least-Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG).

You are welcome to use the slides, as long as you do not alter its content or design (including the logos), nor this imprint. If you have any questions regarding the training, please contact

Till Below

or

Nele

Bünner

at GIZ.

For questions related to the Technical Guidelines, please refer to the UNFCCC’s NAP Support Portal.

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Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in

the

field of international cooperation for sustainable development.

GIZ also engages in human resource development, advanced training and dialogue.

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Authors

Angus Mackay, Ilaria Gallo