The objective of this project is to develop a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP) for the conservation and sustainable use of Tajikistan’s biodiversity and its First National Report. The BSAP will identify themes and issues of national importance, goals and objectives within these themes as well as the mechanisms necessary to attain these objectives. The completed BSAP will be submitted to the Government for endorsement. In accordance to Article 26 of CBD, the First National Report on Biodiversity in Tajikistan will be submitted to the CoP.

The project is being implemented as an interim acivity between the Initial and the Second Communications. Hence it is intended to complement activities of Phase 1 project, related to the Initial communication.

The project is being implemented as an interim activity between the Initial and the Second Communications. Hence it is intended to complement activities of Phase 1 project, related to the Initial Communication, while at the same time forming basis for initiation of the Second National Communication of Lesotho to the UNFCCC.

The project will start by holding a national workshop to review the earlier work and discuss the detail for the phase II activities. Given the weak institutional and human capacity in Niue to adequately consider all the aspects of climate change, it is deemed necessary by the Government to convene a national workshop on climate change from the region and from other small island developing states.

The immediate objective of the project is to facilitate the preparation of the first national communication of the country to the Conference of the Parties (CoP) in accordance with Article 12 of the UNFCCC, and following the guidelines adopted by the CoP for the preparation of initial national communications.

Phase II of the Project will enable Burundi to strengthen national capacity for identification of appropriate technologies to address climate change, and designing and developing national programmes dealing with climate change. The present project is designed to strengthen the results from the first phase with special emphasis on human and institutional capacity building.

This project will enable Ghana fulfil its commitment under the paragraph 1 (b) of the COP decision 2/CP4. Above all, it is envisaged that this phase of the enabling activities would form a model for technology collaboration in order to accelerate the use, application and adaptation of climate - relevant ESTs that are supportive to socio-economic development objectives of Ghana.

bring adequate response to the challenges associated with the commitments to the Convention. The objective is to foster and strengthen the active participation of key sectors in the definition and execution of the actions necessary to fulfil the Convention’s objectives.

(i)Identification/submission of technology needs (ii)Capacity building to assess the technology needs, the modalities to acquire and absorb them, to design, evaluate and host projects