Ivory Coast:Elaborating a strategy to put in place

NAMAs at the national levelPrepared by:Richemond

Informal English Translation of presentation prepared in French

Context

• With the end of the post electoral crisis in 2010, Ivory Coast’s sector development initiatives has increase very fast. As a result, the different activities (transport, industries, housing, agriculture, …) led to high emissions of GHG and degradation of environment.

• Because of that situation, there is an emergency to develop a strategy to reduce GHG emissions.

• To help Ivory Coast to have appropriate instrument for developing NAMA – in accordance with UNFCCC – a work plan has been drew and specify the activities which must be effective to develop NAMAs.

Context

• Type of action: strategic plan at the national scale• Greenhouse gas covered by the action : CO2, CH4, N2O et SLCPs.

• Estimated mitigation potential : not determined actually.

Objectives

• Create an institutional framework involving all stakeholders and allowing the implementation of the different activities related to NAMAs

• Inform and educate all stakeholders on the activities related to NAMA: the concepts, challenges and different stages of development of a program of NAMA

Context

Objectives• Train the different actors on the NAMA process:

elaboration of potential request; define strategies to implement NAMAs; mobilization of national and international resources according to UNFCCC principles.

• Elaboration and validation of NAMA• Submit NAMA to the Registry to look for finance

• Expected timeframe for preparation: 1 year

Expected activities

• Implementation of an institutional framework

Activities Targets Help◊ Implement the

coordination unit

◊ Implement the NAMA National Committee

◊ Identify the relevant parties

◊ Formalize this framework by an order of creation, organization and operation of the NAMA Mechanism

Coordination and all the national actors

Meetings, law texts, legal department of MINESUDD

Expected activities

• Information and awareness

Activities Targets Help

◊ Information

◊ Awareness

◊ Members of the coordination

◊ Centrale administration and local administration

◊ Civil society and rural communities

◊ Private sector and NGOs

Medias, Meetings, communication support (poster, banderoles, prospectus …)

Expected activities

• Training of the stakeholdersActivities

Targets Thematic Help

◊Training

◊ Members of the National Coordination

◊ Civil society, NGOs and rural communities

◊ Centrale administration and local administrations

◊ Private sector

◊Concept of NAMAs, challenges, steps, elaboration of potential project, technology tranfer, mobilisation of national and international resources, follow up and analysis, Results-based management

Workshops, meetings

Expected activities

• Launch a survey about the needs or opportunities to develop a NAMA

Activities Targets Help

◊Launch a survey to study NAMA opportunities

◊ Private sector and NGOs

◊ Civil society and rural communities

◊ Centrale administration and local administration

◊ Researches made by national consultants

◊ Workshops

◊ Meetings◊Elaboration and Validation of NAMAs

◊ Members of the National Coordination and National Committee

Methodology

• Wish of having a participative approach which involved all the concerned actors.

• A multi criteria approach with multi actors based on methodological tools. Those tools were born thanks to consultation and initiative to mitigate climate change in accordance with UNFCCC dispositions.

• Roles and responsabilities of the different actors involved in the process will be specify during coordination meetings and meetings with the stakeholders.

Expected outcomes

• Framework implemented and functional • National actors are informed and has been

sensitized about the implementation of NAMAs in Ivory Coast

• Stakeholders trained and involved in the NAMA mechanism

• Research on the technology needs made in all the relevant sectors

Estimated budget

Axis ActivitiesNumber

Unit costs

Costs

Implementation of the framework

Implementation of the National Coordination (selection of the members)

0 0 0

Package of operation 01Package

6 000

Coordination meetings and identification of stakeholders and members of the NAMA National Committee

04 500 2 000

Meeting with the legal department to finalize the order and implement the political structures

02 200 400

Information and awareness

Awareness of private sector (organization of 2 workshop)

02 6 00012 000

Awareness of rural communities and OSC (10 meetings and 2 workshops)

12400 et 6 000

20 000

Awareness of public administration (2 workshops)

02 6 00012 000

Estimated budget

Axis ActivitiesNumber

Unit costs

Costs

Training of stakeholders

Training of the Coordination members (2 meetings)

02 1000 2 000

Training of private sector (2 workshop)

02 6 000 10 000

Training of rural communities and OSC (10 meetings)

10 1000 10 000

Training of the central administration agents (3 workshops)

03 6 000 18 000

Analysis of the Technology needs

Enrolment of 2 national consultants Organisation of 6 workshops during this analysis process

50 000

TOTAL 142 400Source of funding: looking for

Required support to prepare the NAMA

Required support

Amount Type of support required

Comments on support

Financial support

142 400 USD

Charity, carbonefinance All activities

Technical support

Technical Assistance to help Ivory Coast for implementing NAMAs

◊ Information

◊ Awareness

◊ Identification of sectoral NAMAs

Capacity building support

All level

Enhancement of the team’s skill in charge of the process

Ideas of NAMA under preparation phase

• Elaboration of a strategy to reduce air pollution in the district of Abidjan

• Energy efficiency in public administration’s buildings• Regulation of gas emission from cars in Ivory Coast• Creation of a Technical Burial Center to reduce

emission in the waste sector