Introduction to the UNCCD Strategy, new monitoring and assessment system and relevant COP decisions

Training of Trainers Rome, 31 May – 4 June 2010

Outline

Performance Review & Assessment of Implementation System

•UNCCD Convention

•The Strategy

•PRAIS system

•The performance indicators

•The iterative process

The UNCCD

Performance Review & Assessment of Implementation System

•1996 entry into force

•193 country Parties

•5 regional annexes (Africa, Asia, Latin America and the

Caribbean, Northern Mediterranean, Central and Eastern

Europe)

•910 accredited CSOs

•CST

•CRIC

•International community

The UNCCD Strategy (2008-2018)

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Operational objectives

1. awareness

2. policy

3. science

4. capacity

5. resources

Strategic objectives

• populations

• ecosystems

• global benefits

• partnerships

Indicators

The Strategy’s new monitoring and reporting system adopted by COP 9

performance review & assessment of implementation system

performance review: review of Convention’s institutions and subsidiary bodies that are reporting along a results based frameworkassessment of implementation: review of the Convention and The Strategy (based on indicators, best practices, financial annex and

programme and project sheet).

Reporting entities for the assessment of implementation are Parties (aff. And dev., UN agencies and IGOs, the GEF, SRAPs and RAPs)

GM and CSOs are also partially included in the assessment of implementation

PRAIS relevant decisions

Decision 3/COP.8 contains The Strategy and identifies the relevant roles and responsibilities of Convention's institutions and subsidiary bodies.

Decision 10/COP.9 welcomes the joint initiative of UNEP, GEF and UNCCD Secretariat to engage in long-term capacity building initiative relating to monitoring and implementation of The Strategy

Decision 11/COP.9 contains the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the CRIC, including the definition of what PRAIS stands for

Decision 12/COP.9 stipulates that the CST is to assist the CRIC in the review of impact indicators Decision 13/COP. 9 contains the reporting requirements (indicators, targets, reporting responsibilities of UNCCD stakeholders

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Performance indicators

The UNCCD Secretariat and the GM assisted country Parties in fine-tuning performance indicators since 2008

Performance indicators were integrated into The Strategy but not adopted

CRIC 7 reviewed harmonised performance indicators, using input received from Parties

CRIC 8/COP 9 considered final drafts of performance indicators, including their targets and provisionally adopted them

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Performance indicators: methodological aspects

Draft indicators presented to CRIC 8 followed the e-SMART criteria (e economical, S specific M monitorable a r relevant t timebound)

Were drafted with the understanding that they need to correspond to the outcome areas identified by The Strategy

COP 9 provisionally adopted performance indicators but asked for an iterative process through which amendments can be incorporated into the list

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Iterative process

1. In built into the reporting process through the additional information section in the report

2. Will require some work from Focal Points using the same e-SMART criteria

3. Information from the reports will be collected and synthesized for CRIC 9 together with information collected from RCs

4. CRIC 9 will review documentation prepared on the iterative process and provide recommendations

5. The UNCCD secretariat and the GM will be working until CRIC 10 on substantive changes where necessary on the performance indicators

6. PRAIS project will identify the means through which it will support this task

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