Decision -/CP.71
The Conference of the Parties,
Being guided by Article 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.7, in the context of Article 3, and Articles 5 and 6 of the Convention,
Recalling the provisions related to capacity-building for developing countries contained in its decisions 11/CP.1, 10/CP.2, 11/CP.2, 9/CP.3, 2/CP.4, 4/CP.4, 5/CP.4, 6/CP.4, 7/CP.4, 12/CP.4 and 14/CP.4,
Noting Article10, paragraphs (c), (d) and (e), and Article 11 of the Kyoto Protocol,
Recalling also the paragraphs on capacity-building of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21,
Reaffirming its decision 10/CP.5,
Reaffirming also that capacity-building for developing countries is essential to enable them to participate fully in, and to implement effectively their commitments under, the Convention,
1. Adopts the framework for capacity-building in developing countries annexed to this decision;
2. Decides that this framework should guide capacity-building activities related to the implementation of the Convention and effective participation in the Kyoto Protocol process;
3. Decides to give immediate effect to this framework in order to assist developing countries to implement the Convention and to effectively participate in the Kyoto Protocol process;
4. Notes that areas for capacity-building identified under the Convention are relevant to the preparation of developing country Parties for their effective participation in the Kyoto Protocol process;
5. Requests the Global Environment Facility, as an operating entity of the financial mechanism, to report on its progress in support of the implementation of this framework in its reports to the Conference of the Parties;
6. Urges the operating entity of the financial mechanism to adopt a streamlined and expedited approach in financing activities within this framework;
7. Invites bilateral and multilateral agencies, and other intergovernmental organizations and institutions, to inform the Conference of the Parties, through the secretariat, of capacity-building activities conducted to assist developing country Parties with their implementation of the framework;
8. Encourages bilateral and multilateral agencies, and other intergovernmental organizations and institutions, to consult with developing countries in formulating programmes and action plans to support capacity-building activities in accordance with the annexed framework;
9. Requests the secretariat, in accordance with this framework for capacity-building, and consistent with Article 8 of the Convention, to undertake the following tasks:
(a) To cooperate with the operating entity of the financial mechanism, its implementing agencies and other entities for capacity-building, to facilitate the implementation of this framework;
(b) To collect, process, compile and disseminate, in both printed and electronic formats, the information needed by the Conference of the Parties or its subsidiary bodies to review the progress in the implementation of this framework for capacity-building, drawing in particular on information contained in:
(i) National communications of developing country Parties relating to capacity-building activities;
(ii) National communications of Parties included in Annex II to the Convention on activities and programmes undertaken to facilitate capacity-building in developing countries related to the implementation of this framework;
(iii) Reports from the Global Environment Facility and other agencies;
(c) To provide reports to the Conference of the Parties at each of its sessions on activities to implement this framework;
10. Decides that the Subsidiary Body for Implementation will regularly monitor the progress of the implementation of this framework, taking into account the information provided under paragraphs 9 (b) and 9 (c) above, and reporting to the Conference of the Parties at each of its sessions;
11. Decides to conduct a comprehensive review of the implementation of this framework at the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties, and every five years thereafter;
12. Invites Parties to provide information through national communications and other reports to enable the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to monitor progress in the implementation of this framework;
13. Recommends that the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, at its first session, adopt a decision containing a framework on capacity-building that reaffirms the framework annexed to the present decision with additional reference to priority areas for capacity-building relating to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.
1 This text was given limited distribution at the second part of the sixth session under the symbol FCCC/CP/2001/L.2.
