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A SKILLS ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
Special thanks to:
Conseil National de l’Environnement
pour un Développement Durable,
Government of Niger
UNDP Niger
A SKILLS ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
Assess audience and needs
Design learning objectives, assessment method
Prepare content, mode of delivery
Deliver training, engage national institutions
Evaluate for changes in attitude, behaviours
THE NEED FOR A FRAMEWORK
All countries need to better understand and develop
individual skills to achieve their adaptation goals
More systematic and
tailored approaches to
skills development
are needed
ADAPTATION SKILLS-SETS
Technical Management Participatory
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CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
Policy
Organisational
Operational
IMP
LEMEN
TATION
LEVELS
Source: NAP-GSP and GIZ (2015), Developing Capacities for National Adaptation Planning.
Institutional capacities
Institutional capacities
Institutional capacities
Individual skills
(participatory)
Individual skills
(technical)
Individual skills
(management)
INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES
Source: UNITAR (2015), Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning
Page 13 of the
publicationIES
INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES
Source: UNITAR (2015), Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning
What capacities for adaptation
planning are you seeking to build?
CAPACITIES
USING THE SKILLS ASSESSMENT TOOL
A. Enhanced national
climate change
coordination
B. Ability to apply analytical
tools to adaptation
planning (V&A, CBA,
expenditure review)
1. Describe existing
skills available
2. Locate skills at
different institutional
levels
3. Identify gaps for skills
development
Capacities to build Steps to take
USING THE SKILLS ASSESSMENT TOOL
A. Enhanced national
climate change
coordination
…
Technical
Partc’ory Manage
ment
What Skills?
USING THE SKILLS ASSESSMENT TOOL
A. Enhanced national
climate change
coordination
…
Policy
Organst’l Operat’l
What Levels?
USING THE SKILLS ASSESSMENT TOOL
TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT PARTICIPATORY
POLICY
ORGANISATION
OPERATION
Objective: Skills development to enhance national climate change coordination
T1
M2
M1
P3
P4 P2 T2 M6
M7
T5
THE TOOLS
Appendix 2 of the publication …
TECHNICAL
T1. CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND POLICY
T2. CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION
T3. CLIMATE CHANGE MAINSTREAMING
MANAGEMENT
M1. STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
M2. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
M3. VISIONING, CREATING, INSPIRING
PARTICIPATORY
P1. COORDINATION
P2. COMMUNICATION
P3. TEAM-BUILDING
THE NIGER EXPERIENCE: MAIN FINDINGS
“a cross
government cohort
of staff ready to
assume technical
and managerial
roles in CCA ..”
At policy level, abilities
needed to assess and
advocate for sector
implications of climate change
At organisational level,
coordination skills needed,
such as joint objective setting
and prioritisation
At operational level,
retaining personnel and HR
management
THE NIGER EXPERIENCE: MAIN FINDINGS
National skills development: Immediate (Yr 1)
TECHNICAL SKILLS MANAGEMENT SKILLS PARTICIPATORY SKILLS
T1 – climate change science and policy (basics) T5 – climate change economics and finance, modalities and access
M1 – leadership and negotiation for policy makers M4 – communication and advocacy for senior managers
P4 – speaking and presentating to groups, for managers and policy makers P10 – participatory planning and decision making, for managers
ENABLERS Detailed workflow analysis of current training activities in CCA Capacity development for national training institutions (instructional design) ToT programme on climate change fundamentals for CNEDD staff
THE NIGER EXPERIENCE: MAIN FINDINGS
What did we
learn? Skills assessment
framework complex to apply
in practice
Clarity on ‘skills for what’
reduces data collection
Importance of national
training institutions
INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES
Source: UNITAR (2015), Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning
What capacities for adaptation
planning are you seeking to build?
How specific can you be?
CAPACITIES
Thank you
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