Workshop on Alignment & implementation of National Action programmes with the UNCCD 10-year Strategy in the Arab Region League of Arab States (18- 20 June 2014), Dubai - UAE UNCCD, Fady Asmar

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GSP: data requirements

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INDEX: DATA
Intro Indicator Data UFA Data
DLDD Initiatives Data Needed Indicators Sources
Rio Synergies Data Needed Indicators Sources
NAP Alignment Data Needed Indicators Sources
Financing Data Needed Indicators Sources
Knowledge Sharing &
Monitoring
Data Needed Indicators Sources
UFA Data Needed Sources

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Data requirements for the 2014 reporting exercise
Indicator
number
Indicator name
ACP
DCP
Data needed Data sources
CONS-O-1 Number and size of information events
organized on the subject of DLDD and/ or
DLDD synergies with climate change and
biodiversity, and audience reached by
media addressing DLDD and DLDD
synergies.
 Information on events/ mass media or
radio/ television programmes specifically addressing
DLDD and/ or DLDD synergies with climate change
and biodiversity;
 Information provided by CSOs on CONS-O-1.
Please note that only the following should be
considered: (a) Events organized by major national
DLDD stakeholders about which NFPs have been
informed; (b) Media products from the five most
important national TV/ radio channels and the five most
relevant national newspapers.
 Attendance list of events (meetings, workshops,
seminars), programme/ project documents, major
national media (TV/ radio channels, newspapers), the
Internet, organizers of events;
 Reports provided by CSOs within the framework of
the UNCCD reporting exercise.
CONS-O-3 Number of CSOs and science and
technology institutions participating in the
Convention processes.
 Alist of the organizations involved in the
programmes/ projects in the reporting country as well
as in the affected countries;
 Programme and Project reports and/ or documents;
 Information provided by CSOs on CONS-O-3;
 Attendance lists of STIs and CSOs in official meetings
of the COP/ CRIC/ CST.
 Reports from CSOs and STIs involved in the DLDD-
related programmes and projects in the reporting
country;
 Reports on the meetings organized in the framework
of the Convention process (such as the meetings of
the COPand its subsidiary bodies; meetings of the
regional implementation annexes; UNCCD scientific
conferences; civil society meetings and workshops;
etc.);
 Reports provided by CSOs within the framework of
the UNCCD reporting exercise.

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INTRO: INDICATOR DATA
To complete the indicator section for the reporting
process, you will need data on:
• DLDD initiatives
• Rio synergies
• NAP alignment
• Financing
• Monitoring and knowledge-sharing systems
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INTRO: UFA DATA
To complete the Unified Financial Annex (UFA) section
for the reporting process, you will need to draw from
specific project and financial data for your country’s
initiatives undertaken to implement the Convention.
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Let’s begin by looking at the data needed
for the the Indicators section.
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DLDD INITIATIVES: WHAT KIND OF DATA?
Project
Documents
CSO and STI
Reports
Mass Media
and Events
Information
Meetings and
Attendance Lists
Partnership
Information
Agreements
Including information
from Science and Tech
Institutions, Academic
Institutions, CSOs, IGOs,
UN and ACPs
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DLDD INITIATIVES: WHICH
INDICATORS?
CONS-01:
DLDD INFO EVENTS AND MEDIA
Mass Media and Events Info; information reported by CSOs
CONS-03
PARTICIPATING CSOs & SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS
List of organizations involved; programme and project reports and documents; information by
CSOs; attendance lists of STIs and CSOs in official COP and CRIC meetings
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DLDD INITIATIVES: WHICH
INDICATORS?
CONS-04:
INITIATIVES BY CSOs & SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS
Information on initiatives taken in the field of education; information reported
by CSOs
CONS-06
UN/IGO/ACP PARTNERSHIPS
Records of official partnership agreements
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DLDD INITIATIVES: WHICH
INDICATORS?
CONS-13
CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES
Information on capacity building initiatives, including information provided by CSOs
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DLDD INITIATIVES: DATA SOURCES
• Event and Meeting Attendance Lists
• Major national media, and event organizers
• CSO reports
• Meeting Reports
• Contractual and Programme related documentation
• Academic curricula
• Internet resources
• Unified Financial Annexes (UFAs)
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RIO SYNERGIES: WHAT KIND OF DATA?
Project
Documents
Legislative
Documents
Information from
CSO partners
CSO Reports
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RIO SYNERGIES: WHICH
INDICATORS?
CONS-07:
RIO CONVENTION SYNERGISTIC PLANNING
Planning, programming, and legislative /regulatory documents; information on operational mechanisms
aimed at achieving synergies; information provided by CS0s
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RIO SYNERGIES: DATA SOURCES
• CSO reports
• Ministry Reports
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NAP ALIGNMENT: WHAT KIND OF DATA
IFS
Scientific
Literature
Consulted
Official
NAP, SRAP
or RAP
Relevant
Background
Documents
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CONS-05:
NAP/SRAP/RAP FINALIZATION
Official NAP, SRAP, or RAP document; relevant background documents
CONS-10
CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES
Official NAP; scientific literature consulted
NAP
NAP
NAP ALIGNMENT: WHICH INDICATORS
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NAP ALIGNMENT: DATA SOURCES
• Documentation at UNCCD NFP level, including official NAPs, SRAPs
and RAPs
• Formal act of NAP, SRAP or RAP adoption
• Any other documentation relating to the NAP process
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FINANCING: WHAT KIND OF DATA?
IFS/
IIF
Financial
Commitment
s
& Budgets
Official IFS
and /or IIFs
Other relevant
financing
strategies
Information on Financial
Policies, Regulations &
Incentives
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FINANCING: WHICH INDICATORS?
CONS-14:
IIFs REFLECTING LEVERAGE OF NATIONAL RESOURCES
Investment framework documents prepared along IFS guidelines; other financing strategies.
CONS-16
ADEQUACY OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES FROM DCPs
Financial commitments to support DLDD during the reporting period
IFS/
IIF
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FINANCING: WHICH INDICATORS?
CONS-18:
FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT ENABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY
Budgets of relevant programs and projects; information on policy regulations and incentives
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FINANCING: DATA SOURCES
• National Ministries
• National policy /regulatory and economic /financial documents
• Programme and Project Documents
• Financial programme and project documents
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KNOWLEDGE SHARING & MONITORING:
WHAT KIND OF DATA?
Monitoring &
Knowledge Sharing
Systems
Information from
CSO partners
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KNOWLEDGE SHARING &
MONITORING: WHICH INDICATORS?
CONS-08:
MONITORING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING SYSTEMS
Information on monitoring systems (including information from CSOs); name and link to knowledge
sharing system, and users per year
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KNOWLEDGE SHARING &
MONITORING: DATA SOURCES
• Relevant national ministries
• Programme /project management units
• Relevant national organizations
• Programme and project documents
• CSO reports
• Information from relevant websites
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Now let’s move to the data needed for the
Unified Financial Annex (UFA).
Much of the data will have already been
sourced for the previous indicators!
The UFA requires specific data for all the
relevant initiatives and activities
undertaken for the implementation of the
convention.
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UFA: WHAT KIND OF DATA?
Financial
commitment
s
& budgets
Information on Financial
Policies, Regulations &
Incentives
Project
Documents
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• Co-financing and funding
• Rio Markers
• Activities undertaken
• Strategic and operational objectives
targeted

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UFA: DATA SOURCES
• National Ministries
• National policy /regulatory and economic /financial documents
• Programme and Project Documents
• Financial programme and project documents
• OECD /DAC Creditor Reporting System, national aid databases /system
of developed country Parties
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THANK YOU!
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