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NCSA Guiding
Principles
GEF
Operational Guidelines 2001 has defined the guiding principles
for countries to follow while carrying the NCSA process. They
are:
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Ensure that NCSA is nationally owned, and led with
high level political commitment, and using national and
regional experts where possible
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Use existing coordinating structures and mechanism (to avoid
duplication, to ensure ongoing involvement, and to include
teams involved in other enabling activities)
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Build on past
capacity development works including GEF supported enabling
activities, national reporting to conventions and non-GEF
initiatives
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Pay due
attentions to the provisions and decisions of three
conventions, especially those related to capacity
development
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Ensure
multi-stakeholder participation, consultation, and decision
making
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Adopt a holistic approach to capacity development that
addresses capacity needs at the systemic, institutional and
individual levels, and integrates capacity development into
wider sustainable development efforts
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Adopt a
long-term approach to capacity development as part of
national and global sustainable development initiatives
(e.g., integrate with other Multilateral Environmental
Agreements; Millennium Development Goals; and national
development priorities, such as poverty alleviation, and
sectoral strategies.)
In addition to these seven principles countries are encouraged
to follow the following two additional principles:
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Focus on
issues that are cross-cutting for the three Rio Conventions,
with the aim of strengthening synergies in implementing
these conventions.
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Pay
particular attention to capacity needs at the systemic
level, since they are often neglected by initiatives that
focus on individual and institutional or organizational
capacity.
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