Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW-DELHI WORK PROGRAMME THE GAMBIAN SITUATION IN THE Presented at the Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of the UNFCCC By Ms. Fatou Gaye January 28 to Corinthia Atlantic Hotel, Banjul-The Gambia

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC NATIONAL CLIMATE COMMITTEE (NCC) CONSIST OF:  Permanent institutional representation  Central and Local Governments  Non-Governmental Organizations  Community based Organizations  Few private Sector Organizations  Parliamentarians

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC EDUCATION Formal and Non-Formal Education The Department of State for Education and the National Environment Agency are the lead institutions in this regard

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC EDUCATION Formal Education: The NEA organizes school competitions at the primary and secondary levels and winners are presented with awards to encourage participation in climate change competitions

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING  UNFCCC Focal Point trained members of the NCC in climate change issues such as greenhouse gas inventories, mitigation options, vulnerability and adaptation assessment, climate change strategy and action plan development

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING  UCCEE trained members of the NCC in the economics of CDM projects

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING  UNITAR trained members of the NCC in Information Technology

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING The NEA organizes training programmes for many stakeholders on environmental matters, many of which have climate implications and/or related e.g. Environmental Impact assessment.

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC PUBLIC AWARENESS  Participatory Sensitization Workshops held in all the six administrative divisions  Main stakeholders include Fishermen, woodcutters, blacksmiths, palm wine tappers, etc.  Grass roots identified problems with possible solutions

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC PUBLIC AWARENESS  Kanifing Municipality and Greater Banjul Area workshops  Synthesized all workshop reports were presented at a policy makers workshop  Full report with reviewed policies and recommendations were presented at this workshop

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC PUBLIC AWARENESS The broad based composition of the NCC facilitates better understanding and dissemination of climate change issues and materials

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION  CC material maintained by NCC member institutions  NEA Documentation centre  Environment Newsletter  Hands on Training at Environment Ed. Centre  CC websites

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION  First National Communication made available to various local institutions and the public

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC THE WAY FORWARD  Encourage tertiary education institutions to undertake climate change research and development of appropriate technologies for capacity building.

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC THE WAY FORWARD  Encourage, facilitate collaboration between local, regional and international institutions in the areas of Training and Education

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC THE WAY FORWARD  Develop the NCC as a semi-autonomous institution based in the Department of Water Resources (UNFCCC Focal Point)

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC THE WAY FORWARD  Strengthen existing human, institutional capacities to increase efficiency  Strengthen the Article 6 Focal Point office to allow for better coordination with and among interested parties and increased efficiency

Africa Regional Workshop on Article 6 of UNFCCC CONSTRAINTS  Constant change of NCC membership  Limited capacity of NCC members, EG. Running of models and impact assessment  Lack of internet facility to some NCC members.