Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency – Strengthening the Capacity of Institutions in Uganda to Comply with the Transparency Requirements of the Paris Climate Agreement (CBIT).
Donor: Global Environment Facility (GEF) through Conservation International (CI)
Duration: 2018-2020
Introduction. Uganda, as a signatory to the Paris Agreement is required to provide necessary and timely information to track progress towards implementing and achieving Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat approved a mid-sized project “Strengthening the Capacity of Institutions in Uganda to Comply with the Transparency Requirements of the Paris Agreement” in late May 2018.
The project is funded through The Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT), established at COP 21 to support developing countries to enhance transparency requirements as defined in Article 13 of the Paris agreement in a timely manner. The project is executed by the Ministry of Water and Environment- Climate Change Department (MoWE-CCD) and the Africa Innovations Institute (AfrII).
Aims and Objectives. The project aims to:
(1) Establish and strengthen the institutional arrangements for robust GHG emission inventory and MRV system;
(2) build capacity of key stakeholders to collect process and feed gender disaggregated data into the GHG emissions inventory system; and
(3) test and pilot the GHG emission inventory and MRV system.
Key Interventions.
Component 1: supports establishing and strengthening the institutional arrangements for robust GHG emission inventory and MRV system. This component addresses strengthening institutional governance across three levels; policy and institutional governance, data collection and processing, and coordination of mitigation actions.
Component 2: Build capacity of key stakeholders to collect process and feed gender disaggregated data into the GHG emissions inventory system. The major activities emphasize quality control and assurance through development of data collection and processing protocols; strengthening the institutional capacity of MWE to coordinate and manage the MRV system, technical capacity of key stakeholders; cross-sectoral learning and technology and tools.
Component 3: Test and pilot the GHG emission inventory and MRV system. This component will ensure that data from GHG inventory and MRV system will be fed into the global CBIT coordination platform using standard templates. MoWE and AfrII will be facilitated to participate in training on the CBIT Global Coordination Platform data collection and transformation programme.
