Capacity-building program to comply with the Paris Agreement and implement its transparency requirements at the national level
The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is a party to UNFCCC and is required to report all its GHG emissions and reduction efforts periodically as per the Paris Agreement and requirement. Incidentally, the Paris Agreement calls for Transparency in reporting for the GHG emissions to track both the emissions and the efforts given to the developing countries. Whilst the country is committed to global efforts of reducing GHG emissions through its Climate Resilient Green Economy, the country lacks the proper technical and institutional capacity to adhere to the Paris Agreement Frameworks. This challenge will inhibit the country to benefits from the financial and technological flows which have been identified as critical to the attainment of the country’s ambitious target of middle income by 2025. Capacity Building program to comply with the Paris Agreement and implement its transparency requirement at the national level project seeks to close the existing technical and institutional capacity challenges by enhancing institutional and technical capacity related to climate transparency in Ethiopia. This will be achieved by Strengthening institutional and technical capacity for transparency through training and development of guidelines.
To enhance institutional and technical capacity related to climate transparency in Ethiopia
Strengthened institutional capacity for transparency-related activities
Strengthened technical capacity for transparency-related activities, including tracking of progress towards attaining ENDC
Environment, Forest Commission for Climate Change (EFCC)
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy
Ministry of Transport
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Ministry of Urban and Housing Construction
Civil Society Organization
National Universities
Ministry of Mines and Petroleum
Development of an NDC webpage on the EFCCC website where all information (tools and information) generated will be deposited for public access
Sharing of infromation and tools
I am Benti Firdissa Dugassa, i work in Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission. I have M.Sc. degree in Environmental Science and Technology graduated from Jimma University and now PhD candidate in Environmental Science at Addis Ababa University. Prior and after my MSc studies, I had got more than 12 year work experience in different governmental and nongovernmental organization as a Climate Resilience Green Economy/CRGE team leader, senior Environmental expert (ESIA, chemist, Environmental pollution control researcher, vehicular Emission data collector and analyst,). Now I am working at Environment, Forest and Climate change Commission /EFCCC as National MRV Directorate Director.
Main activities and responsibilities:-
- Coordinating the national MRV system.
- Coordinate and participate the preparation of national communication (NC) and binomial updates report (BUR).
- Coordinate and participate the line ministries to collect analysis and prepare the GHG emission reduction reports.
- Coordinate and participate on Verifying the reports come from line ministries regarding the GHG emission and reduction.
- Coordinate and participate on national GHG emission reduction assessments and preparing action plan for problem tracing.
- Preparing material for training and deliver training for the expertise of federals, regions and City administration on MRV system according to the IPCC 2006 guidelines regarding the four pillars (Energy, Waste, IPPU and AFOLU).
- Coordinating different projects come from NGO for supporting of national MRV system.
- In addition to the above indicated points i have experience on:-
- Coordinating CRGE projects implemented in minster of industry.
- Coordinating the team for industrial pollution control inspection.
- Evaluating and coordinating the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of new industrial implementation.
- Inspecting /monitoring and Evaluation of industries for pollution control
| Institutional capacity for transparency-related activities | Target (1 - 4) | Baseline (1 - 4) | Mid-term evaluation (1 - 4) | Terminal evaluation (1 - 4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solutions scaled up for sustainable management of natural resources, including s | pending | |||
| Number of personnel/experts (including Women) from all 11 stakeholder institutio | pending | |||
| Presence of a well-functioning permanent inter-ministerial body/organization inc | pending | |||
| Number of line ministries are fully conversant with the roles and Tasks in imple | pending |
| Quality of MRV Systems | Target (1 - 10) | Baseline (1 - 10) | Mid-term evaluation (1 - 10) | Terminal evaluation (1 - 10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A functional national GHG inventory database established | pending | |||
| An existence of 1 set of guidelines document detailing processes and steps appli | pending | |||
| Number of national universities engaged to support the component Author | pending |
| Indicator | Target | Baseline | Source of verification |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRRF1.4.1- Solutions scaled up for sustainable management of natural resources, including sustainable commodities and green and inclusive value change | 4 | 0 | Project documentation and structured interviews with stakeholders |
| Number of personnel/experts (including Women) from all 11 stakeholder institutions involved in transparency-related initiatives | 180 | 0 | Structured survey with the line ministries |
| Presence of a well-functioning permanent inter-ministerial body/organization inclusive of all line ministries | 1 | 0 | Consultation with the competent Authority on the existence of the permanent body |
| Indicator 4: Number of line ministries are fully conversant with the roles and Tasks in implementing the MRV | 11 | 0 | Consultation with EFCCC on the developed document and interview all stakeholders |
| A functional national GHG inventory database established | 1 | 0 | Interview EFCCC of the existence of a national GHG inventory system and database |
| 1 set of guidelines document detailing processes and steps applied in the framework of the domestic MRV system to track and reporting NDC | 1 set of completed guideline | 0 | Consult with EFCCC on existence of the guidelines. |
| Number of guidelines detailing processes and steps for integrating supports needs into budgets | 1 set of completed guidelines | 0 | Consult with the EFCC on the existence of guidelines |
| Number of skills/trained staff on 2006 IPCC guidelines, GHG Inventory and MRV | 180 | 0 | Data will be collected from all GHG emitting sectors |
| number of national universities engaged to support the component Authority in establishing QA/QC procedures and uncertainty | 3 | 0 | List of relevant universities in relation to the project objective and outcomes |
1.1 Strengthened institutional capacity for transparency-related activities
1.1.1 A permanent inter-ministerial body for high-level leadership and planning support instituted for periodic NDC update in meeting Multilateral Agreements
a well-functioning permanent inter-ministerial body established. project supports the existence of a permanent inter-ministerial body that oversees the implementation of the country’s CRGE. As result of these project actions the government has been able to updated the NDC and its implementation.
1.1.2 Clearly defined roles and tasks of stakeholders for the implementation of the transparency requirements
A well-functioning steering committee established. These 11 institutions conform the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE).The CRGE strategy is coordinated and strengthen by the project.
1.1.3 National system for GHG emission inventory, and functional GHG database and information system established
A functional GHG inventory database system is completed in partnership with the EU project and it is in process to be operationalized. The CBIT project has provided Training of Trainers and data coding on the MRV database system for MRV and Information Communication Technology Staff of EPA.
2.1 Strengthened technical capacity for transparency-related activities, including tracking of progress towards attaining
NDC
2.1.1 Guidelines on the formulation of GHG mitigation policy measures
1 Set of guideline developed, on waste management (landfill), Biofuel and Railway transit. One guideline on the formulation of mitigation policy measures developed with the purpose of a Guidance and skill development road-map for experts in the stated sectors
2.1.2 Methods to quantify and integrate support needs into the public budget system and report on effective utilization of the support received
The CBIT project is closely working with the Ministry of Finance and a discussion on how to develop a guideline detailing processes and steps for integrating supports needs into budgets processes and steps for integrating supports needs into budgets.
2.1.3 Experts, in key sectoral ministries, regional states and city administrations, fully conversant on the transparency
framework
581 experts trained (443 Male and 138 Female) Local capacity built on the use of the 2006 IPCC guidelines for the preparation of the GHG inventory, Paris agreement and its transparency framework.
2.1.4 Data collection widened and improved to sustain the use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines
Data collection is widened and GHG database & information system will also facilitate the storage of key documentation and data, data sources, methods, assumptions used.
2.1.5 Training on the use of 2006 IPCC Guidelines at relevant Ministries and universities carried out
581 experts trained (443 Male and 138 Female) Local capacity built on the use of the 2006 IPCC guidelines for the preparation of the GHG inventory, Paris agreement and its transparency framework.
2.1.6 National universities engaged to support the Competent Authority in establishing QA/QC procedures and uncertainty analysis of the GHG inventory
2 Universities, Addis Ababa University and Wondogenet College of Forestry engaged to support the Federal and Regional Environmental Protection Authority in the development of a national greenhouse gas inventories, accounting and reporting (GHG) mitigation actions. CBIT project developed a QA/QC Plan
Concept note of the project, describing the project´s objective, outcomes and outputs.
Complete project proposal, describing project's objective, outcomes, outputs, and activities
An important goal of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) inventory guidance is to support the development of national greenhouse gas inventories that can be readily assessed in terms of quality. It is good practice to implement quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) and verification procedures in the development of national greenhouse gas inventories to accomplish this goal. Based on this fact, CBIT project supports the Development of Quality Assurance (QA)/Quality Control (QC) improvement Plans for Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
The aim of this work is to assess the impacts of GHG mitigation policies measures on waste management (landfill management), light rail transit and the use of biofuel and develop guideline on the formulation of mitigation policy measures assessment, which will provide a guidance and skill development road-map for experts in the stated sectors.
A Guideline produced on the formulation of the GHG emission mitigation policy measures, A mitigation assessment provides policy makers with an evaluation of technologies and practices that can mitigate climate change and also contribute to national development objectives. The assessment also identifies potential project and program investments and provides an outline of the cost of avoiding climate disruption.
EPA appreciates the support in order to strengthen the capacity to insure transparency. In order to be more transparent we should work on strengthen the institutional and the technical capacity for transparency related activities including tracking of progress towards attaining NDC. To achieve the project results a combination of activities targeted at advocacy, capacity development and technical support will be undertaken. Reciprocally, these broad activities will contribute to a strengthened institutional and technical capacity for transparency in the country and hence reinforce the currently weak institutional arrangement to deal with issues of transparency and adherence to Paris Agreement. Therefore, the support will basically focus on improving both the technical and institutional capacity to address issues related to transparency.
| 12-2018 | |
|---|---|
| Reporting national greenhouse gas inventory | |
| Reporting progress made in implementing NDCs | |
| Reporting on climate change impacts and adaptation | |
| Reporting financial, technology transfer, and capacity-building support needed and received |