The document provides an agenda for a Project Inception Workshop held on June 9, 2011 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The workshop was organized to discuss Phase I of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience, which involves assessing institutional capacity and raising awareness of climate change in Tajikistan. The agenda includes opening and welcome remarks, an overview of Phase I project activities, breakout group sessions to discuss and prioritize capacity needs, and plans to identify solutions and next steps to address shortcomings. The goal is to guide Phase I of the project in building climate resilience in Tajikistan.

1. AGENDA
Project Inception Workshop
June 9, 2011, Hyatt Regency Conference Hall, Dushanbe
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
Chair: PPCR Chairperson/ Secretariat
09:00 – 09:30 Opening remarks and introduction
Welcome Speech: Mr. Mahmad Safarov, UNFCCC Focal Point
Opening Remarks: Mr. Rastislav Vrbensky, UNDP Country Director
09:30 – 10:00 Overview of the Phase I Project Activities
Project context, milestones, Ms. Nailya Mustaeva, UNDP Tajikistan
Stocktaking and gap analysis: Ms. Susan Legro, International Team Leader
Training and Awareness Raising: Ms. Susan Legro, International Team Leader
Questions and Comments
10:00 –10:30 Coffee break
Chair: Nailya Mustaeva, UNDP
10:30 – 10:40 Instructions for group work: Ms. Susan Legro, International Team Leader
10:40 – 12:00 Prioritization Sessions: “Capacity to do what?”
(2-3 break-out groups, cross-cutting participation)
12:10 – 12:30 Presentation of Group Results
Floor discussion and questions and answers session
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
Phase I: Technical assistance on institutional capacity assessment and awareness-raising on climate change in Tajikistan
PILOT PROGRAMME FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE (PPCR)

2. Chair: Susan Legro, International Team Leader
13:30 – 14:30 Assessment Sessions: Part I: What kind of capacity?
(2-3 break-out groups, cross-cutting participation)
Groups discussion on systemic, organizational, and individual capacity issues in
high-priority thematic areas
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:15 Assessment sessions Reconvene: Part II: Identifying linkages and co-
benefits
Task 1: Brainstorming on measures to address capacity shortages (both sectoral
and cross-cutting)
Task 2: Explore linkages to ongoing measures and co-benefits
16:15 – 17:00 Concluding Session
Presentation of group findings
Consensus on next steps
Concluding remarks, Nailya Mustaeva, UNDP
Phase I: Technical assistance on institutional capacity assessment and awareness-raising on climate change in Tajikistan
PILOT PROGRAMME FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE (PPCR)