The Chair of the LEG presented the LEG's approach towards the implementation of NAPAs as input to the informal pre sessional LDC Fund consultations, which took place in Bonn, Germany, on 13 and 14 May 2005.

Review of draft national adaptation programmes of action

Priorities identified in the action plan shall be reflected in the work programmes approved by the Council.

First recommendations include synthesizing project proposals and sharing best practices, identifying regional synergy, providing facilitation platforms between implementing agencies and NAPA teams, providing advice and guidance to bilateral donors on NAPA implementation, and considering a joint meeting with the EGTT and the CGE to explore issues relating to implementation.

Mine action should be further integrated into both the humanitarian and development agendas.

In particular, the CRIC has played an important role in promoting the integration of NAPs into national overall development strategies, incorporating NAPs with poverty alleviation, and promoting synergies between NAPs and national sustainable development strategies.

Therefore, activities of central importance to Parties and the intergovernmental process cannot depend on supplementary funding, most importantly

Making decisions about statistical work programmes publicly available

The work programme for the second term of the LEG (2004 2005) was developed at the fifth meeting of the group, and was endorsed by the SBI at its twentieth session.

In this regard the CGE, through the secretariat, invited LEG members to provide feedback on the training material developed for the CGE hands on training workshop on vulnerability and adaptation assessments for the Africa region, held in April 2005 in Maputo, Mozambique.

Institutional and legal frameworks Political situation in the country Institutional arrangements for those adaptation activities involving many stakeholders Level of synergy between the projects and state structures Commitment of implementing agencies Commitment of stakeholders Organizational capacity to provide benefits to targeted population Implementing capacity at the community level Cultural factors.

These targets are in line with European employment policy (National Action Programmes).

Adjustments to the elaboration process and the implementation of action programmes

9. Notes the progress made in the thematic programmes of work of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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the launch of programmes aimed at promoting women's education, employment and empowerment.

Major reports have been written seeking to improve programmes of action in the field.

Potential technical and financial difficulties faced by least developed country Parties in implementing their national adaptation programmes of action

Institutional capacity, including limitations in Accessibility of project sites due to climatic, geographic and infrastructural conditions (inappropriate vehicles, bad roads, etc.) Socio economic data and technical tools (e.g. access to and execution of biophysical and socio economic models) Capacity of institutions holding and managing databases Scientific, technical and institutional capacity to implement projects.

Strategy for implementation of national adaptation programmes of action In response to the LEG terms of reference, the group had decided at its fifth meeting to prepare a scoping paper to lay out elements for a NAPA implementation strategy. The paper was presented and considered at the sixth meeting of the group.

Feedback from the least developed countries on the national adaptation programme of action process On the margins of the twenty first sessions of the subsidiary bodies and the tenth session of the COP, the coordinator of the LDC Group, with support from the secretariat, circulated to the LDC delegates attending the session a questionnaire on the status of their NAPA preparation.

Progress on completion of National Action Programmes at 30 June 2005

Prior to its eighth meeting, the LEG also provided technical guidance and advice to NAPA teams from Pacific LDCs that were represented at the subregional workshop on NAPA preparation in Tarawa, Kiribati.

A follow up questionnaire was administered to LDC delegates on the margins of the twenty first sessions of the subsidiary bodies and the tenth session of the COP.

In many reports, some of the strategic action areas referred to in the Declaration still appear as sectoral projects limited in time by financing agreements which are not guaranteed to last Many reports consider the incorporation of strategic action areas within national action programmes (NAPs) and the link between the latter and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) to be essential.

Support to the preparation of NAPs Affected country Parties in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean were supported in the preparation of their NAPs.

In general, it is essential to integrate the NAPs into macro economic policy in order to ensure more efficient programmes to combat desertification and land degradation.

active labour market policies (ALMPs) are government programmes that intervene in the labour market to help the unemployed find work.

In addition, the Work Premium is better harmonized with other income support programs.

I have noted that the action plan contains strategic programmes as well as quick impact strategies.

(c) The final product should be an integral part of the NAPs.

transfer for combating desertification and or mitigating the

The NAPs are addressing issues relating to the environmental sustainability and economic potential of rural areas.

The support provided assisted these country Parties in the collection of data on the status of desertification, in the organization of national awareness raising and NAP validation meetings and preparing for the integration of the NAP into overall national development processes.

In preparing the proposed multi year programme of work the current and planned work programmes and methods of work of other functional commissions of the Council were taken into account.

Land degradation assessment projects are currently being implemented or pending in the NAPs and subregional action programmes (SRAPs).

Annual work plans provide the basis for partners to undertake disbursements and joint programmes.

Workshop participants immediately broadcast the programmes, and have gone on to produce others of the same kind.

The U.N. High Commission also finances the programmes NEFELI and EVA of the Social Work Institute.

The Social Safety Net Program provides the poor with free health services at government health centers and hospitals and makes available supplementary food to children under five and pregnant lactating women in poor villages.

However, some difficulties in preparing the NAPAs still remain.

The linkage between NAPs and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PSRPs) constitutes a major challenge.

In Africa, the integration of the NAPs into macro economic planning is an important issue.

The same applied to student enrolment in high schools and universities Special programmes in such areas as literacy and on the job training had also been established to benefit women.

Contributions of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to the national adaptation programme of action process