1. Miriam Hinostroza, Head of Strategy
Capacity building opportunities and technical tools available to the Parties
Miriam Hinostroza, Head of Strategy
Global NDC Conference 2019
Berlin, June 2019

2. Context Art. 4 - NDC Tracking Art. 7 - adaptation communication
Art 13 - The Enhanced Transparency Framework, ETF), specifically the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines, MPGs for the ETF.
Art 14 - The global stocktake;

3. What is the BIG Issue for transparency??
Lack of reliable data,
Fragmented, unsustainable structures and arrangements,
weak coordinated processes
… and more
we need to help countries to have capacities for managing the full cycle of data flow - from data production to use
Actively promote the institutionalization of current best practices of national inventory work
TASA places strong emphasis on supporting transparency for national purposes – demand-driven, needs-based.

4. Global south demand for technical support on MRV for the enhanced transparency framework
data on outputs, components and budget allocation were extracted from Project Identification Forms (PIFs) that countries have submitted to the GEF until January 2019 or GEF CEO-approved project documents, regardless of whether implementation has started.
Outputs were classified according to two main categories:
1) The Enhanced Transparency Framework established under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement (PA ETF): information provision on national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories; implementation and progress tracking of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC); climate change impacts and adaptation activities; financial, technological, and capacity-building support provided; and financial, technological, and capacity-building support received or needed).
2) Cross-cutting activities, tools and frameworks necessary to establish the basis of activities that can be directly mapped to the ETF categories. Within this category, the following four typologies were defined:
Centralized data management tools, including the building of digital platforms to sustain centralized repositories of climate data, interactive tools for exchange of data among stakeholders, facilitate reporting processes and increase varying levels of access to and visibility of climate related information at country level.
MRV systems, including cross sectorial or single-sectorial systems that allow countries to measure, report and to some extent verify its GHG data, mitigation and adaptation policies and actions, and climate related finance flows, mostly from the procedural side, defining the arrangements and tools for implementing their systems.
Transparency country capacity support, comprising outputs aimed at building institutional capacity at the governmental level to tackle transparency requirements. These outputs are expected to improve the organizational arrangements and technical coordination of institutions, strengthening their technical capacities. This category also comprises the development of strategies, and tools supporting the implementation of the created institutional capacity.
Stakeholder engagement and transfer of knowledge, including training activities to different stakeholders, and especially government officials working on transparency-relevant roles. This typology also includes the exchange of experiences and knowledge at global, national and subnational level among stakeholders, clustering a number of outputs aimed at engaging a wider basis of stakeholders at national level into transparency concepts.
Concerning the allocation of outputs into the Means presented in this figure, outputs aimed at improving:
procedures for a better implementation of transparency tools showed a larger popularity, while
legal and regulatory improvements were considered less interesting to test in the countries using this project, so less countries selected outputs related with them.
This shows a more practical approach from the countries into counting with technical rather than legal tools for developing in their first stages of their own frameworks of transparency.
Source: UNEP DTU PARTNERSHIP, 2019

5. Global south demand for CB support on the ETF
Support national reporting; climate actions NDC plans, adaptation plans, BUR/BTR
Measurement
Appropriate methodology
assumptions
definitions
Monitoring
Systematic monitoring
NDCs = goals targets, objectives
actions, strategies and measures
indicators
impacts
Data traceability
Archives, indicators to track progress:
Mitigation: GHG trends, projections, actions and support
Adaptation: Climate trends, scenarios, impacts, actions and support
Impacts on SDGs and national development priorities R
Tools
guidelines
data templates
Archive systems
Reporting Protocols
NIR, BTR (including NDC tracking)
Supervision
Quality assurance &
Quality control V
Verification
Assessment
Review and
consultation
Validation
(Future) ART 6 of the PA
Certification
(Future) ART 6 of the PA

6. Objectives of technical support providers
Improve the availability and quality of data in partner countries
Strengthen national institutions and governance structures, including coordination and information-sharing across them
Build national capacities to establish and maintain information and registry systems for measuring, monitoring, validating/evaluating and reporting on mitigation, adaptation and support received
Enhance the ability to track the effectiveness of NDC policies and actions as well as financial support in achieving the intended outcomes
Improve the understanding of nationally and globally effective practices and the determinants that lead to their success
Integrate the contributions of non-state actors, including those of the private sector, into national registry systems
Document the impacts of commitments made by International Corporate Initiatives.

7. Meeting the objectives - how?
Establish/enhance national MRV systems - supported by sustainable institutional and legislative arrangements. Partnering with existing institutions to improve current capabilities to ensure that the capacities build remain within the country
Capacity building - based on existing knowledge and feedback from developing countries to create guidance and tools that can be applied to a wide range of circumstances and establish requirements that encourage transparent and reliable estimates of impacts.
Research
Regional and global knowledge management - facilitating dissemination and sharing including peer-to-peer exchange, knowledge facilitation, e.g. identification of good practices, development of tools and guidance, complementary e-learning/webinars.
New approaches to data generation, collection, analysis and report for evidence based decision making - Approaches in line with technology advances; research and innovation to improve the reliability, availability and accurateness of data.
Connecting and Networking - work with organisations and stakeholders at all levels and across diverse networks, including in the private sector, academia and civil society.

8. Meeting the objectives - How?
UDP has developed a working framework for CB on MRV systems for transparency
Supporting sustainable National MRV systems including national, sectoral (private and public), and sub-regional levels
Capacity needs assessment (Institutions and stakeholders)
Design / develop tracking systems for: NDCs; Adaptation; Finance needed and received
covering the whole cycle of data management, from generation to use
CB for adaptation, to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate adaptation actions in a transparent manner
Help understand the MPGs
Identify/define metrics and indicators
Date management
supporting tailored country activity packages; providing relevant tools,
training and assistance to meet the transparency provisions
Transferring knowledge and tools
On-line resources
Projects - managing a portfolio of projects

9. UDP Framework for capacity building on transparency
input = data flows
output
Data Gathering:
Emissions and sinks by sources, by sectors
Data Compilation
Data Systematization
Data Use

10. TASA - Current projects portfolio
Tool-Box and Data Management for Enhanced Transparency
Climate Initiatives Platform
NAMA Pipeline Analysis and Database
CDM/JI Pipeline Analysis and Database
Managing the CBIT global coordination platform
Focusing on knowledge sharing and capacity building, mapping transparency gaps and needs of developing countries and coordinating donor support and country activities.
Supporting CBIT (Capacity building initiative Transparency)
Currently implementing country activities for national Transparency Frameworks; supporting National MRV systems; developing methodologies; guidebooks, and tools for information systems.
Implementing Agency for ICAT (Initiative for Climate Action Transparency)
Currently implementing country activities for national Transparency Frameworks; supporting National MRV systems; developing methodologies; guidebooks, and tools for information systems.
Increased transparency and documentation of private sector contributions to NDCs
MRV systems
Stakeholder engagement
Indicators
Data management

11. Combining technical support with analytical support

12. Transparency work in 50+ countries
ICAT - COUNTRIES

13. CBIT - COUNTRIES
Source: The GEF, 2019

14. Thank you!
A national MRV system informs policy making and inspires decision taking