Jordan's National Capacity Self Assessment for Global Environmental Management
The National Capacity Self Assessment for Global Environmental Management--Jordan
Arab Environment Monitor
The National Capacity Self Assessment for Global Environmental Management -
Jordan Arab Environment Monitor
Jordan is currently undertaking the National Capacity Self Assessment for Global
Environmental Management Project (NCSA), which is funded by the Global
Environmental Facility (GEF) and administered by the UNDP through its country
office in Jordan . The Ministry of Environment is the implementing agency and
taking the leading role in cooperation with other national agencies.
The NCSA is a GEF initiative that aims to assess the capacity constraints and
potentials for implementing the three International environmental conventions
on Biodiversity , Climate change and Desertification .
The primary goal of an NCSA is to determine national priorities for capacity
development to better address global environmental issues. The NCSA will
analyze the country's capacity strengths, constraints and needs, and recommend
capacity development actions to address them. In addition, the NCSA process
aims to identify cross-cutting capacity issues and foster synergies among the
conventions.
The project focuses on cross-cutting issues within the three conventions to
complement and enhance linkages and integration as well as promote resource
mobilization and coordination in implementation.
The NCSA process represents the only nationally focused, global initiative
explicitly designed to examine potential synergies between the Rio Conventions.
In addition, they can be used by countries to mainstream the global environment
into broader national sustainable development processes.
The NCSA process was launched at the Ministry of Environment in August 2004 with
the first few months used for developing and operating coordination mechanisms.
The NCSA process is composed of various inter-connected stages for capacity
assessment and providing a national action plan for capacity development in the
three conventions themes and cross-cutting issues.
The NCSA project is implemented in four phases, as follows:
Project Coordination Mechanism established and operational.
Stocktaking and thematic profiles developed.
National consultation and in-depth analysis of priority areas.
Developing and endorsing the final NCSA report and action plan.
for more details see
http://ncsa.moenv.gov.jo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=33