Abstract:
This report provides a summary of the five regional training workshops on the
implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) conducted by the
Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) in partnership with the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) and its agencies in the period 2009–2010. The five workshops
were held in: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 19 to 23 October 2009; Bamako, Mali, from 8
to 12 February 2010; Vientiane, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, from 4 to 8 May
2010; Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, from 4 to 8 September 2010; and Apia, Samoa,
from 3 to 6 November 2010. They focused on providing participants with hands-on training
in the design and preparation of proposals for the implementation of adaptation projects
identified in NAPAs, and in the subsequent submission of these proposals to the GEF to
receive support under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). In addition, the
workshops addressed barriers and challenges faced by least developed country Parties in
accessing funding under the LDCF. Countries were grouped for the workshops according
to their language and regional similarities, in order to provide a platform for learning and
sharing experience and to exploit synergies. This report includes a summary of the key
topics presented at each of the training workshops, as well as a summary of the issues
raised by participants that need to be addressed by the GEF, its agencies and the LEG in
order to further facilitate access to funds under the LDCF for the successful implementation
of NAPAs.
