The objectives of the current proposal are: 1.To enable the National CBD Focal Point to undertake the necessary consultations for the preparation of the Second National Report; and 2.To complete a capacity needs assessment for the effective implementation of CBD Article 8j in Colombia.

The objective of this Enabling Activity (EA) is to create sustainable capacity and ownership in Sudan to meet the country’s obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including preparation of a POPs National Implementation Plan (NIP). The NIP will describe how Sudan will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and manage POPs-contaminated sites in an environmentally sound manner.

The objectives of NAA are: -To serve as simplified and direct channels of communication for information relating to the urgent and immediate needs for adaptation in Tuvalu; -To facilitate capacity building for the preparation of national communications, and addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs.

The objectives of NAPAs are: -To serve as simplified and direct channels of communication for information relating to the urgent and immediate needs for adaptation; -To facilitate capacity building for the preparation of the initial national communication, and addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs.

The main objective of the project is to define the prioritised capacities that need to be strengthened to protect the global environment. The specific objectives are: -Identify, confirm or examine the priority actions in the sectors of biodiversity, climatechange and desertification/ soil degradation respectively; -Examine the related capacities to be strengthened on the sectoral and intersectoral level; -re-align the measures taken by the countries with their national framework for environmental management and sustainable development.

The overall objective of the proposed Enabling Activities (EA) is to strengthen national capacity and capability to prepare a National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the management of POPs. This plan will provide a basic and essential level of information to enable policy and strategic decisions to be made and identify priority activities that Rwanda should undertake in order to meet the requirements of the Stockholm Convention. It will be endorsed by all stakeholders before transmission to the Conference of Parties (COP).

The objective of the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment (NCSA) is to identify country level priorities and needs for capacity building to address global environmental issues, in particular biological diversity, climate change, and land degradation, and the synergies between them, with the aim of catalyzing domestic and/or externally assisted action to meet those needs in a coordinated and planned manner.