Session Summary 4b. Domestic public finance options for implementing NAPs The session is intended to demonstrate the type of experience participants get through participation in the NAP Global Network, introduce participants to key topics and new ideas related to integrating adaptation into planning and budgeting in the NAP process and facilitate peer learning and exchange on these topics.

1. NAP Expo Session Summary
Budgeting for Implementation of NAPs
Monday July 11th ,14:00-17:30
This session, hosted by the NAP Global Network, offered participants technical guidance and
knowledge exchange on two themes relevant to national adaptation planning and
implementation: integration of adaptation sector planning, and integration of adaptation
into national budgets. The session also served to introduce NAP Expo participants to the
approaches being used by the NAP Global Network to promote global South-South
knowledge sharing, and the targeted technical support that the Network can offer to help
participants take forward learning on key topics—for example through its Country Support
Hub.
In a first round of discussion participants reflected on what they saw as the key challenge to
integrating adaptation into sector-level planning. The main challenges identified were:
- Lack of clear political support for integration;
- Limited communication across government departments and ministries; and
- Linking NAP planning and implementation processes
Country representatives shared strategies for overcoming each of these challenges. Two
themes that consistently emerged were the existence of legislation that formalizes and
assigns responsibilities and timelines for integration processes in the country, and the
importance of a comprehensive engagement strategy that secures buy-in at all scales of
governance. The importance of engaging ministries of finance to ensure funding for
integration also came out strongly.
In the second round of exchange discussions focused more specifically on integrating
adaptation into national budgets and the entry points that the NAP process offers for doing
so. In this round, countries and agencies were invited to share specific challenges that they
faced in this area while other participants provided suggestions on ways of addressing these
challenges. Cases were presented from Belize, Bhutan, Brazil, Ghana, Granada, Liberia, and
USAID.
Initial financial support provided by: Secretariat hosted by: