EuropeAid Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA): Key Developments: Paul Renier, Deputy Head of Unit, DEVCO C2 – Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources and Water

EuropeAid What is the GCCA? Two complementary pillars

EuropeAid Enhanced dialogue with developing countries on climate change (Pillar 1) Convergence of visions on a post-2012 climate change regime Regional conferences, policy dialogues and joint declarations o Asia, May 2010 o Africa, Oct o Pacific, March 2011 o Caribbean, March 2011 National policy dialogues (see pillar 2)

EuropeAid Technical and financial support (Pillar 2) – What are the priorities?

EuropeAid Belize, Guyana, Jamaica Regional: CCCCC and OECS Mozambique, Mali, Tanzania, Senegal, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Gambia, Benin, Uganda, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Mauritania, Tchad, Djibouti, DRC, Burkina, RCA, Seychelles, Mauritius Regional: COMESA, ECOWAS/CILLS, ClimDev Africa Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, East Timor Regional: Mekong River Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, PNG Regional: University of South Pacific, SPC Mainstreaming programmes Mainstreaming workshops Technical and financial support (Pillar 2) – Where do we work? Budget support Sector programmes

EuropeAid Dialogue and technical support – What else do we do? Mainstreaming workshops o Ten regional workshops across the globe o Bringing together government planners and environmentalists/climate experts o To replicate… Knowledge management and communication o Global learning event o Publications o Side events at UNFCCC CoP o Capacity4Development o Website (gcca.eu)

EuropeAid Questions for discussion (1) Target countries: LDC and SIDS: most benefitted from GCCA contributions between 2008 and 2013; list slowly exhausted: What post 2013: opening up to other "most vulnerable countries"? Criteria? Absorption capacity? Policy dialogue: joint declarations, what next? How to maximise their impact? Joint technical group at regional level to ensure follow-up? Or regional technical sessions between negotiators and development practioners to align "field actions" with "negotiations"? How can the GCCA best contribute to national efforts at a strategic, (cross)sector-wide level (e.g. mainstreaming, integrated approaches, budget support)? What modalities and/or approaches used by the GCCA have proven most successful in supporting alignment with national strategies, systems and procedures? How so?

EuropeAid Questions for discussion (2) To what extent are pilot or demonstration projects important to support developing countries addressing climate change? How do they complement work at a more strategic, (cross)sector-wide level? What about applied research, data collection and management? How best supporting long-term institutional strengthening and capacity building in relation to climate change?

EuropeAid Questions for discussion (3) What future for the GCCA? Which direction(s) should the GCCA take over the next years? What should be the priorities of the GCCA (e.g. thematic priorities, aid delivery modalities and approaches, target beneficiaries)? How can the GCCA best complement other initiatives ?

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