Korea NDE’s Technology Cooperation &

Capacity Building Elements of Pro-bono Support

Doyoon KimDeputy Director,Strategic Technology Policy Division,

Ministry of Science and ICT (Korea NDE)

[CTCN Regional Forum for NDEs of Asian countries 2019]

September 2, 2019

① NETWORK ② CAPACITY

BUILDING

③ TECHNICAL

SUPPORT

Providing a diverse

opportunities for networking

among climate tech stakeholders

and also with other NDEs

Strengthening the capacity

of climate tech stakeholders,

by sharing knowledge, best

practice, and lessons learned

Providing technical

supports for partner countries

to enhance

their climate change resilience

Korea NDE facilitates climate technology cooperation in three areas

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• (Domestic) Korean CTN Committee

• (International) Cooperation Activities with CTCN and NDEs

• CTCN TAs

• CTCN Pro-bono Contributions

NDE 연혁소개

History and key activities of Korea NDE

2015 2016 2017 2018

Designation of

Ministry of Science

and ICT(MSIT)

as Korea NDE on

December 2015

• Launched Korean CTN Committee

• CTCN TAs (Guinea, Kenya)

• Two CTCN TA (Kenya, Bangladesh)

by Korean CTN members

• 2017 Korea Climate Technology with

NDEs of partner countries

• 3 CTCN TA pro-bono contributions

(Sri Lanka, Serbia, Ethiopia)

• Co-hosting 2018 CTCN Regional Forum (Seoul, Korea)

• 2018 Korea Climate Technology

• COP24 Side event on CTCN cooperation

• Partnership with CTCN by MOU(UNEP/CTCN)

• 3 CTCN TA pro-bono contributions

(Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Namibia)

• 2019 Korea Climate Technology with the

CTCN and NEDs of partner countries

2019

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To contribute to climate technology transfer, Korea NDE mobilized its financial resources

to provide 3 TAs on pro-bono basis for 3 countries in collaboration with CTCN

Ethiopia Sri Lanka Serbia

CTCN Pro-bono Contribution in 2018 (3 TAs)(implementation: 2018.11-2019.10)

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Cambodia Sri Lanka Namibia

CTCN Pro-bono Contribution as of July 2019 (3 TAs)

• Provide support to partner countries in response to their technology needs

• Motivate climate technology experts in the country to participate in CTCN activities

To facilitate and expand Korea’s CTCN Pro-bono contributions,

Korea NDE held 1st Korean CTCN Pro-bono committee meeting (April 2019)

As a result, 3 TAs will be supported by Korea (as of September 2 2019)

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Capacity Building Elements

▪ Title: Development of climate-smart City Framework for

the City of Kurunegala (Adaptation)

▪ Implementer : Korea Adaptation Center for Climate

Change(KACCC) of Korea Environment Institute(KEI)

▪ Budget : USD 106,910 (pro bono support by Korea NDE)

▪ Duration : 2018.12-2019.11

▪ Objective

✓ Design a climate-smart city framework for the City of Kurunegala

✓ Develop a master plan, climate risk and vulnerability assessments, and action plan

✓ Provide capacity building for city partners and policy makers

TA Overview

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Capacity Building Elements

KEI KACCC(Implementer)

KurunegalaMunicipal

Council (KMC)

Green Technology

Center (GTC)

Sri Lanka NDE

Korea NDE

Support and guide TA implementation

Implement the TA with direct communication

with Sri Lanka counterparts

Discuss and process pro-bono contribution

Provide the fund for TA implementation

Submit the TA request

TF Team for the TA

Local Consultants

team

Guide the TA implementation

Review and submitthe TA request to the CTCN

Support Korea NDE

The Korea NDE with the support of GTC guides and monitors the TA implementer to bring best outcomes,

and KEI KACCC(TA implementer) has been closely communicating with

Sri Lanka counterparts(KMC and Sri Lanka NDE) and including capacity building elements to the TA

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Capacity Building Elements

▪ [Output 1] Development of implementation planning and communication documents

▪ [Output 2] Engagement of Key Stakeholders

✓ Inception Workshop & city level kick off meetings at Kurunegala city

✓ Formulate a local consultancy team

▪ [Output 3] Collection of baseline information and identification of methodologies

✓ Engage and train local consultancy team for collection of information and data

▪ [Output 4] Assessment of climate change vulnerability and risk

✓ Mini training workshop to facilitate their understanding on the whole process of the assessment

✓ Capacity gap analysis by local consultancy team to define major gaps & obstacles (institutional

set- up, financial support, infrastructure, public awareness, policies and laws) and capacity

building needs (capacity gap analysis report)

The Korean TA implementer (KEI, KACCC) considers capacity building

as an integral part of a comprehensive TA implementation not a separate part

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Capacity Building Elements

▪ [Output 5] Development of action plan for addressing heat waves and water

management focusing on adaptation with the result of the assessment

✓ Develop adaptation measures and urban action plan with Local counterparts

✓ Stakeholder consultation workshop to share and discuss action plan (including governmental

officials, local community, NGOs, and other key stakeholders)

▪ [Output 6] Capacity building of city planners on the integration of climate-resilient

aspects into city development plan

✓ Development of training manual for the city planning and decision support module

(the process of the data collection, synthesis and analysis)

✓ Two days training workshop (with Training manual to guide city planners)

- how to use the assessment guideline tool to repeat the assessments periodically

- how to integrate climate change adaptation measures to the urban development plan

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Conclusion

▶ The CTCN provides proper guidance and instructions to TA implementers to

effectively response to requests of countries

▶ The GTC plays a key role(designated by Korea NDE) by supporting and guiding the

Korean TA implementers to embed capacity building elements in the TAs for

sustainability of the project

▶ Capacity building as an essential element for TAs

▪ The Korean implementers, as shown in Sri-lanka case, consider capacity building

including local engagement as key parts of TA implementation.

▪ In Korea’s Pro-bono TAs, capacity building elements are being considered at the

organizational level(institutional level) as well as the individual level

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[Appendix] History and key activities of Korea

Ministry of Science and ICT (since Nov. 2015)NDE

Mr. Seo Gon Ko, Director-General, R&D Policy Bureau, MSITAdvisory Board Member

60 Network membersNetwork Members

4 Technical Assistance - Guinea, Kenya (2), BangladeshTA Implementations

(2018) 3 Technical Assistances - Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Serbia

(2019-1st Round) 3 Technical Assistances - Cambodia, Sri Lanka, NamibiaPro-bono TAs

2 Secondees (2018 and 2019) Secondment Programme

Co-hosted CTCN Regional Forum for NDEs from Asia Pacific (Jul. 2018)CTCN Events

*revised from CTCN PPT materials presented on 24 July during Korea Climate Technology 2019