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Strengthening UNFCCC In-Depth Reviews: Potential lessons from OECD

Strengthening UNFCCC In-Depth Reviews: Potential lessons from OECD. Jane Ellis, OECD Bonn, March 2001. Presentation aim. Explore potential changes to IDR process that could: deal with some of the challenges found to date strengthen process speed up process

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Strengthening UNFCCC In-Depth Reviews: Potential lessons from OECD

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  1. Strengthening UNFCCC In-Depth Reviews:Potential lessons from OECD Jane Ellis, OECD Bonn, March 2001

  2. Presentation aim • Explore potential changes to IDR process that could: • deal with some of the challenges found to date • strengthen process • speed up process • draw on lessons from OECD reviews OECD and UNFCCC IDRs are different - not all lessons may be applicable Caveat

  3. Factors influencing IDR process • Secretariat organisation • IDR team • Pre-visit organisation • How visit is conducted • How report is prepared

  4. Secretariat organisation • Context: OECD does periodic in-depth reviews … but aim is different • Timing of reviews also different (reviews evenly spaced and sequential) • 3+ Secretariat staff usually involved • Allocation of “country desk officers” helps information-gathering

  5. IDR team • OECD: Secretariat, government experts and consultants • Consultants may help Secretariat write report • OECD experts nominated from member-country governments • Role and functioning of team during reviews similar to UNFCCC reviews

  6. Pre-visit organisation • More up-front work for team in OECD reviews: • relevant information sent to review team 1-2 months prior to visit • experts draft their section of report before review starts This allows review to focus on areas of special interest and on clarifying questions.

  7. Visit • Process generally similar to UNFCCC reviews, but: • >1 week for large countries • review includes meetings with regional/municipal governments • Parallel groups (possible as team is bigger) • Initial draft completed by end of visit • Generally able to meet all relevant people

  8. Finalising report • Timeline: visit to completed 1st draft 4-5 months • Large difference in OECD and UNFCCC process: • Other country influence on report much greater for OECD reviews: any substantive country comment is highlighted to group and can be discussed during “exam”

  9. Conclusions (1) • UNFCCC reviews could be strengthened by: • “front-loading” work of review team • increasing number of review officers in Secretariat (or adding support from consultants) • increasing number of review officers on each review (1 lead and 1-2 support on each visit) • increasing involvement of 3rd countries • ensuring team includes necessary range of expertise

  10. Conclusions (2) • Review process could also be speeded up, e.g. by: • using consultants to help write up reports (… but confidentiality problems?) • making review process less “bunched” • … but this has resource implications

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