The project will enable Turkmenistan to meet its reporting obligations under the Framework Convention on Climate Change, leading to their National Communication as required under Article 12.

The project will be based on a number of elements. First, there is a preparatory and assessment element. Second, there is a consultative element involving the public (major stakeholders) and various regulatory agencies. Finally, there is a strategic element which will take the form of a national plan.

This project will help respond to the objectives of the Convention on a continuous basis and support the preparation of the first National Communication to the CoP. A national plan for adaptation to climate change will be formulated.

The proposal addresses three key activities that represent the greatest opportunities for energy efficiency improvement and energy saving in heat supply and consumption in the city of Vladimir: institutional changes that create incentives (where none now exist) for greater energy efficiency and energy conservation in existing distribution and end-use infrastructure; greater penetration of autonomous sources of heat; and the capacity to analyse the financial and economic aspects and feasibility of capital investment projects for commercial and multi-lateral financing.

This project will provide technical assistance and support development of in-country capacity to enable Congo DR to prepare, formulate and submit its first national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in accordance with Article 12.1 of the Convention. The project will directly assist in the development of a national inventory of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.

This project is consistent with the GEF Operational Strategy and the GEF Operational Strategy and the GEF Operational Criteria for Enabling Activities to provide coordinated and timely assistance to countries to fulfill their commitments to the UNFCCC. The project responds to such objectives by implementing an activity needed to enable Gambia to prepare its first national communication to the Conference of the Parties.

The Government of Uganda is committed to addressing the energy needs of the majority of its citizens who live in the rural areas. To achieve the objectives, the project strategy will be to establish programmatic and/or commercial linkages between local industry/importers, banking institutions, NGOs/cooperatives, training institutions, and Government agencies through the financing, design, installation and maintenance of at least 840 household and 4 community-based PV systems in 4 trading centers on a pilot basis.

The project will enable Sierra Leone to meet its reporting obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The project will enable Malawi to meets its reporting obligations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The relationship of this project to the work undertaken with the support of the US Country Studies Programme (USCSP) have been emphasized.

This project aims to build capacity in Bhutan to advance national interests related to climate change. This includes capacity to respond to the UNFCCC, to more actively and effectively pursue energy and natural resource management activities related directly or indirectly to climate change abatement and adaptation, and to take advantage of new opportunities related to the procurement of funding or projects related to climate change. The direct objective of this project is to reduce the rate of growth of greenhouse gas emissions in Bhutan.