1. National Capacity Self Assessment
Grenada: Country Experiences in Stocktaking
Kingston, Jamaica
June 29, 2005

2. Goal
To identify national priorities and needs for capacity development to address environmental issues and challenges

3. Objectives
Identify national priority issues for action wrt climate change, biodiversity and land degradation and cross cutting issues
Identify national capacity needs
Catalyse targeted and coordinated responses
Establish linkages with environmental management and sustainable development

4. Usefulness Inform government and civil society response
Reports to the COPs
Inform donor response
Capacity building tool
Augment documentation
Assist integration in planning
General awareness and information
Monitoring/evaluation

5. Guiding principles National ownership and leadership
Use of national/regional experts and institutions
Focus on capacity related provisions and decisions of the Rio Conventions
Multi stakeholder participation and decision making
Build on existing work

6. Cont’d Adopt broad approach to capacity development
Adopt long term integrated approach

7. Steps Inception activities Stocktaking Thematic assessments
Cross cutting assessment
Action plan
Monitoring/evaluation
Consultation

8. Stocktaking Current status/existing initiatives and docs
Review of obligations and decisions
Review of related issues, projects, plans and programmes
Review of regional and sub regional issues
Compile bibliography
List relevant institutions and experts

9. Findings Stakeholder overload Interview/consultation fatigue
Pre-occupation with other priorities
Turfism
Bureaucratic delays

10. Findings Cont’d Some progress made within last 5 yrs Erratic
Lack of structured approach
Gaps are significant
Political buy-in not consistent
Dependence on personalities
Absence of documentation

11. Cont’d Little synergies among conventions Duplication
Erratic representation
Lack of co-ordination

12. Conclusion Focus on process and relationships
Focus on intangible and tangible aspects of capacity
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