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Project situation analysis and reporting design

Peter HerkenrathUNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Project Steering Committee of FNR_Rio project 11 Feb 2010, Cambridge, UK

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Outline of presentation

Integrated reporting – background & experience from the biodiversity-related conventions

Addressing project component 1


The purpose of national reporting

Demonstrating complianceDeveloping an overview of implementationAssessing effectiveness of implementationStocktaking of work done & identification of

future workInforming on status & trends of biodiversity/

desertification/ climate change mitigation & adaptation

Enabling decision-makingIdentifying interactions with other processes


Challenges to reporting

Parties have to report to a multitude of conventions (‘reporting burden’)

Duplication: same information developed separately for several conventions

Lack of cooperation & coordination Lack of access to information >> Non-reporting


Efforts on harmonization of reporting to the biodiversity-

related conventions Feasibility Study for a Harmonized Information Management

Infrastructure for Biodiversity-related Treaties (UNEP-WCMC, 1998) WCMC Handbooks on Biodiversity Information Management (1998) Cambridge workshop (UNEP & UNEP-WCMC, 2000) Pilot projects: Ghana, Indonesia, Panama, Seychelles (UNEP/UNEP-

WCMC 2001-2003) Haasrode workshop (2004) on pilot project results (Belgium, UK, UNEP-

WCMC, 2004) UNEP – MEA secretariats Knowledge Management project (2006-08) Streamlining reporting by Pacific Island Countries (DEWHA, SPREP) ASEAN Workshop on Harmonization of Reporting to Biodiversity-

related Conventions (Vietnam, April 2009) Preconditions for harmonization of reporting to biodiversity-related

conventions –(UNEP-WCMC with conventions, 2009)


Many COP mandates for harmonization of national

reporting – biodiversity-related conventions

Ramsar Convention: Resolutions IX.5, X.11

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): VIII/14, VIII/20, IX/19

CITES: Decisions 14.37 and 14.38Convention on Migratory Species (CMS):

Resolutions 8.11, 8.24, 9.4


Challenges to harmonization/ streamlining/integration

Different reporting cyclesDifferent conventions require different

informationDifferent ministries and agencies

involvedWhere does the information come from


National reporting: a ‘by-product’ of management of national environmental

information

Implementation

Information Reporting


Promising approaches

1. Joint reporting portals2. Modular reporting3. Core report4. Joint thematic reporting formats


1. Joint reporting portals: The CPF Forest Portal

CPF Task Force on Streamlining Forest-related Reporting:

Access to forest-related information from reporting to various conventions and processes

Search national reports by process (e.g. MEAs) or country

http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/cpf/en/

http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/cpf/en/


2. Modular approach to reporting

Informationmodulesprovided

Informationmodulesrequired

InternationalConvention

(i)


(ii)


(iii)

NationalAgency

A

NationalAgency

B

NationalAgency

C


3. Core report

The model of the human rights conventions:

A common core report for all the treatiesSmaller treaty-specific reportsTested for the Pacific Island Countries for

the biodiversity-related conventions


4. Joint thematic reporting formats

CBD COP mandates:CBD & Ramsar: Inland water ecosystemsCBD & UNCCD: Dryland biodiversity

Convention on Migratory Species COP mandate:CMS & Agreements

Studies on all of these undertaken by UNEP-WCMC

Overall goal of the FNR_Rio project

To pilot nationally-driven integrated processes and approaches to reporting to the three Rio Conventions

… The project will (a)develop integrated approaches to data

collection/analysis and information management of relevance to the three Rio Conventions

(b)increase synergies in the process of reporting to the three Conventions without compromising COP decisions in this regard

(c)contribute to improved overall planning and decision-making processes at the country-level related to the implementation of these Conventions.


Key issues for the project

Capacity-building Key for national implementation National Capacity Self Assessments

Institutional arrangements Ministries in charge of conventions Mauritius: MEA Coordinating Committee under

the Environment Protection Act


Key issues for the project (continued)

Information systems Availability of information to be reported Centralised or decentralised storage of

information

Financial resources Cost-effective solutions for integrated reporting Financial sustainability for integrated reporting


Component 1: Situational Analysis and Reporting Process

Design: Expected outcomes

Improved cost-effectiveness achieved for reporting to Rio Conventions

Linkages and synergies for reporting to the Rio Conventions at national level identified and strengthened

Duplication in reporting processes identified and eliminated


Output 1

Report on reporting requirements of the three conventions

Format, content, institutional arrangements, linkages Level: global Timeframe: quarters 2 & 3 of year 1


Output 2

Report on situation in the six pilot countries Existing data and information

Recommendations for more integrated reporting

Level: national (6 pilot countries) Timeframe: quarters 2 & 3 of year 1


Output 3

Manual on implementation of integrated reporting Synthesis of outputs & global recommendations

Timeframe: quarters 2 & 3 of year 1

Manual Timeframe: quarter 4 of year 1 to quarter 2 of year 2


National consultants - tasks

Output 1.2: Prepare national studies: Analysis report of existing data and information

management systems at the country level with recommendations for designing more integrated systems

Output 1.3: Prepare national manuals on integrated reporting

Output 2.1: Strengthen institutional frameworks for reporting: Develop and implement country-specific implementation of global recommendations


National consultants – tasks (continued)

Output 2.2: Strengthen national systems for monitoring, reporting: country-specific implementation

Output 2.3: Enhance capacity for data collection & analysis: Needs analysis & approach developed for each country (training and technology)

Output 2.4: Assess reporting quality: Reports for each country on the quality of reporting to each convention


Key features of component 1 work

National work supported by international consultant

Collaboration with Secretariats Approaches shared with Secretariats E.g. UNCCD study on synergies

Building on experience from biodiversity-related conventions


Next steps

Identify national consultants in pilot countries

Terms of Reference for national consultantsInternational consultant to establish contact

with national consultantsAgreement on detailed work planDrafting the global report on reporting

requirements of CBD, UNCCD and UNFCCC


September 15UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre Project situation analysis and reporting design Peter Herkenrath UNEP World Conservation Monitoring.

Documents

harmonization of reporting

streamlining reporting

forestrelated information

wcmc handbooks

various conventions

multitude of conventions

seychelles unepunepwcmc

byproduct of management