1. By Sergey KONONOV Implementation Programme Annex I Sub-Programme
11 June 2003
Expert selection for in-depth reviews of Annex I national communications: requirements, experience, problems
By Sergey KONONOV Implementation Programme Annex I Sub-Programme
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2. To be presented: Procedure for in-depth reviews (IDRs)
Procedure for expert selection
Statistics of experts nominations/use
Problems/possible actions…
16 May 2019

3. IDR procedure Mandate from COP1,2,3,5 (1995-1997, 1999):
IDRs include visits of review teams
All NCs of Annex I Parties to be IDR-ed
Guidelines: doc. FCCC/CP/1999/7 (pp )
In-depth review of a national communication:
compilation & synthesis of all NCs by the secretariat
in-depth review (IDRs) of each communication
review by SBs and COP
At present, the 3rd round of IDRs (3rd NCs)
34 (of 40) communications received
21 Parties reviewed
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4. UNFCCC roster of experts
Expert selection
Requirements:
- inventory
- P&M
- projections
- V&A, research
- tech. transfer
- awareness
Team composition:
- Annex II
- EIT
- non-Annex I
- additional non-Ann.I
UNFCCC roster of experts
IDR team
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5. Statistics of experts use (for Annex I reviews)
Annex II (funded directly by the Parties):
22 experts (17 Parties)
EITs (funded through the secretariat)
17 experts (11 Parties)
Non-Annex I (funded through the secretariat + additional support of Annex I Parties)
32 experts (30 Parties)
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6. Problems… Absence of nominations (see next…) Insufficient nominations:
qualifications
number of nominees
Incomplete nominations
Long time to nominate (focal points…)
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7. Problems… (cont’d) nominations available nominations not available
Annex II
(24 Parties) 22 2
EITs
(14 Parties) 9 5
non-Annex I
(148 Parties) 43
105
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8. Possible actions… Identify / nominate experts
on-line nomination available
Respond if secretariat asks to nominate
National focal points
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9. Conclusions IDR of NCs – important IDR – a challenging, difficult task
Nomination of experts – a necessity
Experts = contribution to IDR + capacity building
beneficial to UNFCCC
beneficial to the Parties
beneficial to the experts
National focal points – key to improvement
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10. Nominations by Party Annex II (not nominated) Iceland, Luxembourg EITs
Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine
Non-Annex I
(nominated)
Albania (5), Antigua and Barbuda (1), Argentina (2), Azerbaijan (3), Barbados (1), Bolivia (2), Brazil (6), Burundi (1), Chile (2), China (44), Colombia (3), Cuba (1), Fiji (1), Grenada (1), Guyana (1), Indonesia (13), Israel (2), Kazakhstan (7), Kenya (2), Kiribati (1), Lebanon (1), Lesotho (2), Malaysia (2), Mali (1), Mongolia (2), Morocco (1), Niger (3), Nigeria (5), Pakistan (1), Peru (3), Republic of Korea (1), Republic of Moldova (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (10), South Africa (1), Sri Lanka (9), Thailand (1), Togo (6), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Uganda (1), United Republic of Tanzania (1), Uruguay (6), Vanuatu (1)
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