The workshop was held from 27 to 28 January 2012 in Brussels, Belgium.
Participating countries and territories
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
- Curaçao
- French Polynesia
- Greenland
- St Eustatius
- St Helena
- St Maarten
Workshop agenda
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Day 1 – Friday, 27 January 2012 |
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Morning (8:45 -12:45) |
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Welcoming of participants, introductory speeches incl. GCCA presentation (EN - FR) |
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Roundtable – Brief introduction of participants |
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Module 1: Understanding climate change–development linkages |
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Group work: Climate change–development linkages + discussion |
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Module 2: Mainstreaming climate change and strengthening institutions and capacities |
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Afternoon (13:45 – 17:30) |
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Discussion of Module 2 |
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Module 3: Understanding the basics of climate change science |
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Discussion of Module 3 |
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Module 4: Understanding and planning under uncertainty |
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Discussion of Module 4 |
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Module 5: Raising awareness and building partnerships |
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Discussion of Module 5 |
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Day 2 – Saturday, 28 January 2012 |
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Morning (8:45 – 12:45) |
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Module 6: Mainstreaming climate change in national and sector policies, strategies & programmes |
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Group work: Climate change mainstreaming in a national development strategy |
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Module 7: Costing, assessing and selecting adaptation and mitigation options and measures |
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Discussion of Module 7 |
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Afternoon (13:45 – 17:00) |
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Module 8: Mainstreaming climate change in the budgetary process |
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Discussion of Module 8 |
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Module 9: Mainstreaming climate change in monitoring systems |
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Discussion of Module 9 |
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Final roundtable and concluding words |
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16 people (from the above participating countries and EuropeAid) attended the workshop, which was organised in the wake of the 2012 OCT-EU Forum meeting held in Brussels from 24 to 26 January 2012. Participants had a range of backgrounds; they included a Minister of Environment (from French Polynesia), a Member of Parliament (from St Helena) and senior officials involved in a wide range of activities in OCT governments as well as OCT representative offices in the EU.
The delivery of a very intensive workshop over two days only was quite challenging but, based on participants’ feedback, successful. The workshop covered the same themes and modules as the typical GCCA regional workshops, with a specific focus on the (very diverse) situations encountered in OCTs. The wide geographical range of represented countries and territories was a specific feature of this workshop, and led to interesting discussions. Although some impacts of climate change can be significantly different between Greenland and small island countries in the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Atlantic ocean, participants found that they were also facing many similar challenges, and shared experience on how they were responding with the limited resources typically available for countries and territories with small populations.
