Capacity-Building for Mainstreaming MEA Objectives into Inter-Ministerial Structures in Costa Rica
Project Overview
The main barriers towards an effective implementation in Costa Rica are twofold: poor policy coordination and inadequate mechanisms to learn and apply best practices. This UNDP-supported project therefore seeks to maximize synergies among the policies, rules and decision-making procedures governing the management of biodiversity, climate change and land degradation, among other environmental issues in Costa Rica.
Project Details
Signature programmes:
Thematic areas:
Level of intervention:
Key collaborators:
Implementing agencies and partnering organizations:
Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications, Costa Rica
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Project status:
Source of Funds Pipeline
Location:
Urban
Funding source:
Financing amount:
$ 980,000
Co-financing total:
$ 1,650,000
Programme Meetings and Workshops
The project will maximize synergy in the decision-making process governing the management of biodiversity, climate change and land degradation through the creation of the following –
- Integrated inter-ministerial decision-making process for the global environment through targeted reforms for meeting global environmental objectives (Outcome 1.1); Implementation of governance reforms (Outcome 1.2); Creation of an approved strategy for environmental policy reforms under implementation (Outcome 1.3) and; Strengthening of an inter-ministerial committee to coordinate environmental policies (Outcome1.4).
- Integrating cross-cutting Rio Convention provisions into environmental legislation and regulation by conducting cross-sectoral discussion of targeted environmental legislation and regulation (Outcome 2.1); Review of areas of mutual exclusivity between sectoral and environmental legislation and regulation (Outcome 2.2); Preparation of key amendments to legislation and regulation to be consistent with Rio Conventions (Outcome 2.3) and; Creation of an approved strategy for implementing the legislative and regulatory reforms (Outcome 2.4).
- Management capacities to integrate global environmental priorities into national environmental and development strategies, plans, and programmes. This will be achieved by designing training programmes (Outcome 3.1); Conducting information campaigns targeted to technical staff and decision-makers (Outcome 3.2); Operationalizing an on-going inter-agency collaboration to catalyze and institutionalize technical capacities (Outcome 3.3) and; Strengthening the management capacity of National Focal Points regarding the mainstreaming of MEA objectives (Outcome 3.4).