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FNR-RIO REPORTING 2 nd MEETING

FNR-RIO REPORTING 2 nd MEETING. WOLLOR E. TOPOR Liberia. CONTENT Introduction Statement of Problem Historical background of FNR-Rio Reporting Accomplishments of FNR-Rio Liberia FNR-RIO-Liberia Institutional Framework FNR-RIO-Liberia Financial Arrangement Challenges Needs.

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FNR-RIO REPORTING 2 nd MEETING

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  1. FNR-RIO REPORTING 2nd MEETING WOLLOR E. TOPOR Liberia

  2. CONTENT Introduction Statement of Problem Historical background of FNR-Rio Reporting Accomplishments of FNR-Rio Liberia FNR-RIO-Liberia Institutional Framework FNR-RIO-Liberia Financial Arrangement Challenges Needs

  3. Introduction Liberia has ratified and is a signatory to many MEAs e.g. Rio Conventions (FCCC, CB and CCD) MEAs require reporting

  4. Statement of the Problem • Duplication • Overlaps • Inefficient reporting • Content offers independent direction on CBD CCD FCCC • Format Consequences Unnecessary artificial institutional fragmentation

  5. Historical Background 2009, Approval of the pilot project on integrated processes and approaches to facilitate national reporting of Rio 2007, JOINT LIAISON GRP OF THE RIO CONVENTIONS, Considered the need for capacity building that will lead to an integrated Rio Reporting 1998, UNEP, Proposed a harmonized information mgt system

  6. Afghanistan Piloting Integrated Processes and Approaches to Facilitate National Reporting to Rio Conventions (FNR-Rio) Project overall objective: to pilot nationally-driven integrated processes and approaches to reporting to the three Rio Conventions (CBD, UNCCD and UNFCCC). UNEP GEF WCMC Eritrea Mauritius Palau Lao PDR Liberia

  7. Afghanistan Eritrea Mauritius INCEPTION AND 1ST PSC MEETING, Cambridge, WCMC FEBRUARY 2010 Palau Lao PDR Liberia

  8. Accomplishments

  9. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INCEPTION WKSHOP & THE 1st NSC MEETING: • The pilot project is mainly for information and sharing on the Rio Conventions; • Liberia being one of the pilot countries must work to make it succeed; • Reporting period is not fixed which needs to be addressed for harmony in reporting the Conventions; • Harmonization requires serious consultations and/or National Reporting must be done in consultations with all stakeholders. • Who provides leadership for the reporting process?

  10. HIGHLIGHTS ... • Inadequate data in several sectors • Inadequate trained personnel • Poor infrastructure; • That other institutions like MoF, LISGIS, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the MoG & D, MICAT and other International and national NGOs have a stake in the FNR-Rio Reporting.

  11. Accomplishments

  12. PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS POLICY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-EPA NATIONAL PROJECT COORDINATOR (NPC) UNFCCC Focal Point NATIONAL CONSULTANT (NC) CB Focal Point NATIONAL PROJECT ASSISTANT (NPA) CD Focal Point Figure 1. FNR-RIO-Liberia Institutional Framework

  13. 1. National Project Coordinator makes request to the Finance Office Attachments to the request based on PCC law: 3 Proforma invoices 2. The Finance Office prepares payment voucher which is sent to the ED 3. The ED scrutinize voucher, sign (if no objection or if request is in line with the project budget) and send back to the Finance Office 4. A check is prepared in the selected vendor’s name with the following signatories: NPC and EPA Comptroller Figure 2. FNR-RIO-Liberia Financial Arrangement

  14. Challenges • Inadequate human resource capacity • Limited cooperation from the Focal Persons within the EPA and the NPC (being a non-EPA personnel) • No motivational incentive for the NPC (representation allowance)

  15. Challenges • All reports from Focal Points are sent to the office of the Executive Director. Often times, these reports are filed. The reports become useful only when they are included in the Annual Report of the Agency sent to the President of Liberia annually • In keeping with Article 20, of the CBD, reporting procedures are not left to national authorities. • Rio Conventions is hampered by different reporting cycles and information,

  16. Needs • Recruitment should follow international guidelines to be able to attract qualified and interested staff (cream of the crop) • A mandate sanctioned by the EPA-ED that the 3 Focal Persons with the FNR-Rio Staff should meet at least twice a month (1st and 3rd Fri of each month) • The GEF Chair, the 3 Focal Persons and the FNR-Rio Staff should meet at least once a month

  17. Needs • It will be appropriate in Liberia’s condition to provide incentive to the NPC • There is a need to establish a system of tracking, monitoring of the implementation of terms agreed to under the Conventions and their related protocols within the EPA.

  18. Thank you for your attention!

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