The first Pacific Training Workshops on Mainstreaming Climate Change into National Development Planning and Budgeting took place from 28 February to 2 March 201 in Port Vila.

The list of themes to be addressed included:
 

• basic facts of climate change science,
• dealing with the uncertainty associated with climate change,
• tools and methods for integrating climate change into national planning and policy making and into budget preparation (links with the budget cycle),
• and setting objectives and measuring progress with regard to climate change integration.
• Linkages with development cooperation and aid modalities, and in particular with budget support, were discussed as well.

Theoretical sessions alternated with practical ones, in which seminar participants were invited to use the discussed concepts and proposed tools and apply them to practical cases and situations. Overall, the seminars are expected to balance theoretical and practical aspects, and to make room for discussions and exchanges of experience between participants.

The training workshops were followed by one-day Policy Dialogue on two topics linked to climate change: Aid Effectiveness and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Pacific on 3rd March 2011, with the participation of representatives of Pacific Countries and Territories, EU partners and Regional organisations. The discussion also addressed activities for the Joint Plan of Action linked to the joint Pacific EU initiative on Climate Change. The outcomes of the Policy Dialogue feeded into the next day's High Level  Regional Conference.

Taking on board the key findings of the Training Workshop of the three previous days and using as a starting point existing aid effectiveness frameworks (i.e. the Cairns Compact), the objective of this session is to outline key characteristics of effective donor support to climate change in the Pacific and also discuss the way in which aid modalities such as budget support could best be adapted to that context.

Taking on board the key findings of the training of the three previous days and using as a starting point Disaster Risk Reduction frameworks (i.e. the Hyogo Framework for Action and the Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction Management Framework 2005-2015), the objective of this session was to outline characteristics and actions for effective donor support towards linking and coordinating in practice climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction so as to make societies more resilient to natural disasters in the Pacific. Building on concrete examples it should also look at flows between national and local level activities (principles, continuity...)as well as the role of non-state actors.

Agenda of the GCCA Pacific Technical Workshop (28 February to 2 March 2011) and Programme for the participants

To see the list of participants to the workshop sessions, click here

To access the modules of each sessions, click on the following links :
- module 1 : Seminar objectives and programme

- module 2 : Basics of climate change science

- module 3 : Vulnerability and related concepts, development-adaptation continuum, from biophysical to socioeconomic impacts

- module 4 : Strengthening institutions and capacities

- module 5: Rationale for mainstreaming CC in national, sector and local policies, key stakeholders, main entry points

- module 6 : Costing, assessing and selecting adaptation and mitigation options and measures
- module 7: Public expenditure review, external resources incl. budget support

- module 8 : Mainstreaming climate change in monitoring systems

- module 9 : Recap of tools, conclusions

To access the participants' presentations, click on the following links:
- Papua New Guinea's progress towards climate compatible development.
- Climate Change and the role of SPC.
- SPREP Presentation and document : What are seeking your agency's input into the Pacific Climate Change Portal.