Climate Change Enabling Activity (Additional Financing for Capacity Building in Priority Areas

In accordance with the GEF Operational Guidelines for Expedited Financing of Climate Change Enabling Activities, the Government of Chile hereby requests additional interim funds in the amount of US$100,000 to conduct new enabling activities in follow-up to those activities conducted under the country’s Enabling Activity Project (Phase I). These interim funds are requested to undertake an assessment of technology transfer needs and to build capacity for assessing technology needs and modalities to acquire and absorb them in the country. The Government feels that the overall goals of this task —which was not addressed under Phase I— will allow Chile to extend current knowledge, facilitate the emergence of national networks, and promote the integration of climate change concerns into development planning goals. The Government of Chile considers Phase II as an essential stage to maintain and enhance its capacity to prepare future National Communications, while helping to ensure continuity with ongoing enabling activities. The National Communication Support Programme (NCSP) is currently developing regional/global proposals in several areas of work that might have implications for the national activities described in this project. Implementation of the project will be carried out in close co-ordination with the NCSP to ensure that areas of synergy will be identified where possible, and to avoid duplication for cost effectiveness. The country will be informed of the proposed NCSP activities as soon as they are underway.