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The C3D+ Initiative is a new step forward for C3D, directly involving 6 training centres covering around 30 developing countries who will benefit from a training programme on climate change related issues. The C3D+ team will continue reinforcing the network's ability to deliver targeted training and capacity development at the national and regional levels with the three following strategic objectives:

    * An improved participation of developing countries in the UNFCCC process;
    * A timely implementation of the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol by developing countries;
    * A better co-ordination & integration of national climate policies with sustainable development policies.

For more information on the activities of the partners, please see the interim report for the first year.

C3D+ Latest news

 

In focus

The latest updates of C3D+ come from our partner of the Energy Research Center (University of Cape Town). This team has been sharing the outcome of Copenhagen with a seminar by Harald Winkler on "What happened in Copenhagen and where to next?", as well as a report on the "ERC at COP15 in Copenhagen". To access the documents please visit: http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/.

The C3D+ programme, through SEI, has helped support the development of the weADAPT website, which was launched at the COP15 in Copenhagen. Building on experience gained through the weADAPT partnership, the new site uses innovative technologies such as Google Earth and semantic search to make cutting edge knowledge on climate change available to users. Organisations and individuals can create their own space within weADAPT to showcase their work, use as a tailored entry point to the site and network with people doing similar work. A particularly strong feature of the new site is a simple online system that allow users to use Google Earth map projects, experiences, videos and datas, thus aiding learning and the exchange of knowledge on climate change adaptation. The semantic nature of the website makes it extremely easy information relevant to you.
 

The meeting in Copenhagen


The Project Management Committee meeting (PMC) brought together the senior representatives of the regional centres of excellence, primary beneficiaries of the project Capacity Development for Climate Change Adaptation and GHG Mitigation in Non Annex I countries (C3D+) to plan, monitor and evaluate the overall implementation of the C3D+ project. It was also an opportune moment for the Partners to network and foster relationships for continued cooperation and networking.

 

The third PMC meeting (since the launch of the project in December 2008) was held in Copenhagen the 12th and 13th December 2009, to coincide with the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) and was attended by the C3D+ Partners and Michel VAN DEN BOSSCHE of the European Commission/AIDCO, currently the major donor of the C3D+ Project. 

 

The meeting gave an opportunity to all the Partners to expose their activities undertaken in year one (2009) of the project and inform the group of their planned activities in the following years (2010-2011) of the project.

 

Among the outcomes highlighted, in the first year of the project, it was observed that all the project Partners undertook activities that contributed to setting the groundwork towards the accomplishment of the final objectives of the project, thereby setting a good basis from which to build on in the remaining two years of the project.  In addition the continued collaboration amongst the Partners provided added value to the capacity building activities.
In the workshop report, one can also find a table with the main activities conducted by each partner.