BANGLADESH

1. DJIBOUTI • NAP-GSP responded to official request for support from Government. • Mr. Dini Abdallah Omar, Secretary General and UNFCCC Focal Point, Ministry of Housing, Urban Planning and Environment is focal point. NAP-GSP will follow up on discussions. 1 • RWANDA • Government has nominated Mr. Faustin Munyazikwiye, Director of Climate Change and International Obligations Unit at Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) as focal point for scheduling a follow-up teleconference. • UNDP, UNEP and AfDB are working together to support the Govt. with the costing of a Green Economy related plan in order to inform planning and budgeting processes on costs of climate change related actions. • SUDAN • Prof. Haider Elsafi, Secretary General, Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR) has been nominated as focal point. • Preliminary discussions on NAP-related needs held during COP19. • Scheduling a follow-up teleconference. • MALAWI • UNDP, UNEP, and UNITAR have discussed potential entry points with the Govt. of Malawi. • Govt. of Malawi has advanced their NAP process through their National Climate Change Programme (NCCP). • NAP-GSP agreed to assist with facilitating stakeholder dialogue to determine the appropriate institutional arrangements for the implementation of NAP process including sharing of other countries’ experience. • The Government is closely coordinating on their NAP related work via the UNDP Country Office. • The NAP-GSP invited Mr. A.M. Kamperewra, Environmental Affairs Department, to speak at a COP19 side event (organized by the GEF and GIZ) on progress of Malawi on support requested from the NAP-GSP. • NIGER • Dr. Kamayé Mââzou, Sec. Gen. National Council of the Environment for Sustainable Development, is the focal point for NAP-related discussions. • During discussions at COP19, Niger requested support with conducting a stock take of ongoing initiatives to mainstream climate into national planning and budgeting in order to identify gaps. • Niger requested support around Feb/March to sensitize the local donor community and find ways for bilateral finance to support the NAP process. • COMOROS • NAP-GSP responded to official request for support from Government. • NAP-GSP is pending for nominated designee for follow-up teleconference. • MALI • Following request for support, the NAP-GSP is awaiting the nomination of a designee to discuss Mali’s support needs. Sudan • BANGLADESH • In conjunction with the UNDP Country Office, NAP-GSP support is aligned with a USD 40,000 grant from the Norwegian Government to commence a NAP roadmap. • Mr. Quamrul Chowdhury, Chairman, Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC), met the NAP-GSP team during COP19. Assistance is requested for facilitating inter-ministerial/cross-sectoral discussions to sensitize Bangladeshi officials on the NAP process and chart out a NAP action plan. Niger • MAURITANIA • Following request for support, the NAP-GSP is awaiting the nomination of a designee to discuss Mauritania’s support needs. Mali • THE GAMBIA • Following request for support, the NAP-GSP is awaiting Mr. Pa Ousman Jarju, Director and UNFCCC Focal Point Department of Water Resources - nominated focal person - for details on specific support needs. • UNDP is assisting Gambia with the conduct of a CPEIR analysis in order to held identify specific entry points for advancing the NAP process. Mauritania The Gambia Bangladesh Djibouti Burkina Faso Cambodia Rwanda • BURKINA FASO • M. Honadia Permanent Secretary, National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development indicated that the support required includes: • Review of the existing NAP-related roadmap prepared by Burkina Faso • Support with sensitization of local authorities on establishing a system to support climate sensitive development planning iteratively and establishing this system is needed. • Fielding a UNDP assistance team to Ouagadougou in Dec 2013. Benin Malawi • LESOTHO • NAP-GSP meeting at COP19 with Ms. Mabafokeng Mahahabisa, Lesotho Meteorological Services (LMS) and Mr. Emmanuel Lesoma, Principal Secretary of Ministry of Natural Resources. • Support required to develop NAP process roadmap. • Assistance required to implement LDCF to support capacity building activities. DRC Comoros Tanzania Mozambique Lesotho • TANZANIA • Mr. Richard Muyungi, Assistant Director of Environment, VPO, assigned as focal point for NAP-GSP. • Additional discussions pending on support needs. • BENIN • A team from UNEP visited Benin in Oct. 2013 to determine needs in context of NAPs; aligning support on Green Climate Fund (GCF). Readiness with work that is required in context of the NAP process. Additional discussions are pending. • CAMBODIA • Several strategies have been developed and adopted in Cambodia. However, climate change action is not yet fully mainstreamed in development planning and budgeting. • Cambodia is seeking support to mainstream climate change into development planning. • GIZ, UNDP and UNEP working together to develop a draft TOR for initiating support the Cambodian NAP process. • MOZAMBIQUE • Meeting held at COP19 with NAP-GSP focal point Ms. Telma Antonio Manjate,Head of Dept. of International Cooperation, Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs, to discuss needs. • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • NAP-GSP responded to official request for support from Government. • Government of DRC has assigned Professor Jean IIDEMPO as focal point for follow-up. Teleconference held on 18 Nov.