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Mauritius, April 9, 2003 | Othmar Schwank

UNFCCC Workshop on the use of the guidelines for the preparation of National Communications from non-Annex I Parties

BILATERAL PROGRAMMES OF SWITZERLAND

RELATED TO NAI-NATIONAL

COMMUNICATIONS

Präsentationstitel | 00. Monat 2001 | Vortragender | Seite 2

CONTENT

1. OVERVIEW ON ASSISTANCEPROVIDED

2. EXPERIENCES/LESSONS LEARNT

3. OUTLOOK ON FUTURE ASSISTANCE


1. OVERVIEW ON ASSISTANCE PROVIDED

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CREDIT

A Swiss bilateral Fund was established in 1991 for supporting global environment projects in developing countries

› 100 Mio. USD for a global environment program of the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC)

› The new credit since 1998 is of 13 Mio USD/year which allows SDC to continue its global environment program (investment projects, TA and capacity building).

› Supported Projects fall in three main areas: › Climate Change (30% of funds),› Biodiversity conservation (44%), and › Ozone and handling of toxic substances (20%).



SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT &

COOPERATION (SDC, Min ForeignAff)

Co-Financing/supporting NCSU/UNDP 2001-2004 via:

› 2 grant contributions to NCSU/UNDP (460’000 USD+ 267’000 USD)

› Additional technical assistance for support in:› Good practice guidance for GHG inventories,› Developing the Adaptation Policy Framework› small assistance for NAI travel support for W/S ect.

Capacity building and Technology Transfer:

› Capacity building and policy dialogue project in India with selected research partners on CDM, sinks and V&A.

› Technology transfer projects in the energy and transport sector for improved energy efficiency, air pollution mitigation in India, Peru, Central America.



SWISS AGENCY FOR ENVIRONMENT,

FORESTS AND LANDSCAPE (SAEFL)

Support of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR):

› Support to UNITAR‘s Climate Change Program, inter alia in NAPA, through core budget contributions

Further support:

› Lead agency with regard to support to GEF › Support to UNFCCC for conducting CGE

Workshops› Participation of Switzerland in the CGE process› Funding the participation of experts from

developing countries in the in-depth review of Annex 1 National Communications.



SWISS STATE SECRETARIAT FOR ECONOMIC

AFFAIRS (seco)

National Strategy Studies Program on Flex Mech:

› Initiated in 1997 by World Bank and Government of Switzerland, other donors joined

› Objective: Capacity building assistance to JI/CDM host countries regarding application of Kyoto Protocol flexible mechanisms for mitigation; now termed “Carbon Finance Assist”.

› Each NSS generated a mitigation action plan and a pipeline of possible JI/CDM projects.

› Studies in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Russia, Uzbekistan, Columbia and Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Egypt, South Africa (completed), Ukraine, Peru, China and India (in process).


2. EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNT

REVIEWING THE SWISS ENGAGEMENT

› No declared “Swiss Climate Change Initiative” comparable to US country studies, Dutch or Danish activities;

› Three federal agencies involved in UNFCCC matters share the task of climate change related capacity building in non-Annex I countries, links to development program not fully in place yet;

› Inter-ministerial group for coordination is operational – more donor coordination and UNFCCC lead is felt crucial;

› The Global Environment Fund, the NAI-NC Support Program and the CF-Assist Program launched with WB are the milestones in the planned Swiss engagement regarding capacity building up to 2004/2005.



CONTINUATION OF THE SWISS ENGAGEMENT

Carbon Finance Assist Program of the Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (seco) in collaboration with World Bank:

› A new capacity building and technical assistance initiative as a succession of the NSS Program and a continuation of World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund.

› The objective is to respond to the evolution of the carbon market and the need for assistance for developing countries and economies in transition to build capacity and institutions for JI/CDM and implement their carbon market strategy.

› Next steps: NSS India; Option of Phase 2 in China jointly with GTZ



CONTINUATION OF THE SWISS ENGAGEMENT

(contd.)

Technical assistance and a grant contribution to NCSU/UNDP by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC):

› Co-financing for NCSU in 2003-2004 has been approved in March (267’000 USD)

› Focus of that co-financing APF within UNDP’s NCSU program has already been high-lighted by Bo Lim.

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