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Theme: Capacity Strengthening

Project Name: European Capacity Building Initiative (ECBI): An initiative for sustained developing country capacity building in support of international (climate change) negotiations

Dates: January 2005 – January 2008

Project partners: IIED, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Germany, and Oxford Climate Policy (OCP), Oxford, UK.

Introduction:

A key limitation of the United Nations Framework Convention negotiations is a lack of a level playing field between delegations, both North-South, and South-South. ECBI will enhance negotiating capacities in targeted groups of developing countries while increasing the understanding of developing country positions among European negotiators and decision-makers. The countries targeted will be

• Advanced Developing Countries (such as Mexico and Turkey)
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
• The regional leaders of the Group of 77 and China (Brazil, China, India, and South Africa)

The ECBI is divided into three integrated programmes, dealing with three complementary types of capacity and trust building activities that address the different aspects of negotiating capacity (analytic and procedural) and the different user groups (researchers/scientists and negotiators):

• A Senior Fellowship Programme for negotiators and other stakeholders from the targeted developing countries who are directly involved in the UNFCCC process. The Oxford Climate Policy (OCP), Oxford, UK, is leading the Fellowship Programme.
• A Research Programme providing much needed analytic support for many of the participating developing countries. The Research Programme will allow experts from across Europe to collaborate with their developing country colleagues on timely analyses of issues of key concern. The Research Programme envisages, in particular, two Research Projects, focusing on engaging Advanced Developing and Least Developed countries, respectively. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Germany is leading the Research Programme.
• A Workshop Programme to carry out capacity building activities for groups of stakeholders. The Programme will also facilitate informal exchange of views between Developing Country participants. Thematically, two types of workshops will be undertaken: Negotiating Workshops for negotiators and Research Workshops. IIED is leading the Workshop Programme.

For more information see: www.EuroCapacity.org

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