AGENDAProject Inception Workshop

June 9, 2011, Hyatt Regency Conference Hall, Dushanbe

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

Chair: PPCR Chairperson/ Secretariat

09:00 – 09:30 Opening remarks and introduction

Welcome Speech: Mr. Mahmad Safarov, UNFCCC Focal PointOpening Remarks: Mr. Rastislav Vrbensky, UNDP Country Director

09:30 – 10:00 Overview of the Phase I Project Activities

Project context, milestones, Ms. Nailya Mustaeva, UNDP TajikistanStocktaking and gap analysis: Ms. Susan Legro, International Team LeaderTraining and Awareness Raising: Ms. Susan Legro, International Team LeaderQuestions and Comments

10:00 –10:30 Coffee break

Chair: Nailya Mustaeva, UNDP

10:30 – 10:40 Instructions for group work: Ms. Susan Legro, International Team Leader

10:40 – 12:00 Prioritization Sessions: “Capacity to do what?”

(2-3 break-out groups, cross-cutting participation)

12:10 – 12:30 Presentation of Group Results

Floor discussion and questions and answers session

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

Phase I: Technical assistance on institutional capacity assessment and awareness-raising on climate change in TajikistanPILOT PROGRAMME FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE (PPCR)

Chair: Susan Legro, International Team Leader

13:30 – 14:30 Assessment Sessions: Part I: What kind of capacity?

(2-3 break-out groups, cross-cutting participation)

Groups discussion on systemic, organizational, and individual capacity issues in high-priority thematic areas

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 16:15 Assessment sessions Reconvene: Part II: Identifying linkages and co-benefits

Task 1: Brainstorming on measures to address capacity shortages (both sectoral and cross-cutting)Task 2: Explore linkages to ongoing measures and co-benefits

16:15 – 17:00 Concluding Session

Presentation of group findingsConsensus on next stepsConcluding remarks, Nailya Mustaeva, UNDP

Phase I: Technical assistance on institutional capacity assessment and awareness-raising on climate change in TajikistanPILOT PROGRAMME FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE (PPCR)