1. Mainstreamlining Climate Change
Mousumi Pervin
PECM Project,
Planning Commission, Bangladesh

2. Outline Government Perspective Methodology Mainstreamlining
The Framework
Emerging Trends

3. Methodology
Government Perspective of South-east Asia, South Asia, Africa on how to integrate Climate Change into Development Planning
The paper is being prepared -through Reflection, Sharing experience as well as Review of literature and policy
Consultation with outside the government (COP/CBA7)

4. Mainstreamlining
‘Mainstreamlining’ refers to an approach to integrate climate resilience into development planning.
It refers to a strategic, country-grown that is efficient and effective
It emphasise the need to streamline cross sectorial integration efforts with existing priorities and planning capacity.

5. Framework
To ASSESS AND PLAN climate Mainstreamlining a framework of KEY BUILDING BLOCKS that are supportive.
It was developed through the reflection, systematization and experience sharing

6. Building Blocks for Mainstreamlining
Enabling environment
Policy and Planning
Programme/Project
National
Sectorial
Local
Political Will
Information
Policy
Institutional
Budgetary Instruments

7. The building blocks framework
Assessment questions
Enabling Environment
Political Will:
Whose political will is it (Politicians/Technocrats?)
What is political will responsive to (UNFCCC; Parliament debate
Information Services
What are the available sources of information supporting decision making?
Is there a national system for generating climate information? A system may include institutions and/or tools for generating, managing and communication information services.
Policy and Planning
Policy
How is CC reflected in Policy? Is it reflected in policies, action plans, and legislation?
What planning cycle has CC been integrated into?
Institutional Instrument
What institutional arrangements have been put in place to mainstream CC into development planning?
Are institutional arrangements sustainable?
Budgetary Instrument
Have CC interventions have been costed and integrated into national development priorities and budgets?
Is there a resource mobilisation strategy in place to develop & implement stated climate resilient policy objectives?
Does the management of climate funds support the articulation and implementation of integrated climate resilient development objectives?
Programmes/
Projects
Do projects/programme climate proof existing development?
Do projects/programmes have the potential to be integrated into national/local/sectoral development programmes?
Do projects/programmes have the potential to deliver climate resilience at scale?
The building blocks framework

8. Emerging Trends
Political will: Bangladesh
Information Services: Kenya
Policy framework: Gambia
Institutional agreement: Kenya and Bangladesh
Financial Framework: Rwanda, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Laos
Each block indicates that countries are increasingly Mainstreamlining efforts within the existing planning system