📋 Tender Overview
GEF Project ID
11871
Country
Panama
Implementing Agencies
United Nations Development Programme
Approval FY
2025
Status
Project Approved
Region
Latin America and Caribbean
Executing Agencies
Ministerio de AmbienteUNDP
GEF Period
GEF - 8
Project Type
Enabling Activity
Focal Areas
Climate Change
Funding Source
GEF Trust Fund
Enabling Activity Objective
The objective of this project is to assist the Government of Panama (GoP) in the preparation and submission of its Second Biennial Transparency Report (BTR2) and its combined Third Biennial Transparency and Fifth National Communication on Climate Change Report (BTR3+NC5) to comply with its obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA). The reports will be developed in line with the Modalities, Procedures, and Guidelines (MPGs) for the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement (Decision 18/CMA .1) and the guidance on operationalizing the Modalities, Procedures, and Guidelines (MPGs) as per Decision 5/CMA.3. This project will support the GoP in assessing its national climate context and tracking the progress of its international climate commitments. Data and information from the BTR2 and BTR3+NC5 will aid the GoP in mainstreaming climate change considerations into national development planning and policy. Lastly, this project will enhance the institutional and technical capacity of public institutions, the private sector, and key stakeholders in Panama to measure national, sectorial, and organizational emission levels in line with international standards. Thus, providing the essential technical inputs to develop policy solutions to tackle emissions sources and build resilience.
Enabling Activity Summary
This project is prepared in line with the GEF-8 Climate Change Focal Area Strategy and Associated Programming/ Pillar II: Foster enabling conditions to mainstream mitigation concerns into sustainable development strategies/ Objective 2.2 Support relevant Convention obligations and enabling activities.
Article 13 of the Paris Agreement established an Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) for action and support designed to build trust and confidence that all countries are contributing their share to the global effort.
The new transparency system under the Paris Agreement builds on and enhances the existing systems under the Convention. National Communications (NCs), Biennial Update Reports (BURs), and International Consultation and Analysis (ICA) have formed part of the experience drawn upon and contributed to improvements of capacity constraints and continuous building of capacity and expertise in advance of the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF).
The CMA decided that Parties shall submit their first BTR and national inventory report, if submitted as a stand-alone report, per the adopted modalities, procedures, and guidelines, at t
