Update by Mr. Fred Onduri CTCN Advisory Board Chair 5.1 General Update 5.1 General Update Jukka Uosukainen Jukka Uosukainen CTCN CTCN Director Director 5.1 General Update 1. National Designated Entities (NDEs) 2.Mr. Technical Update by Fred Onduri Assistance CTCN Advisory Board Chair 3. Consortium & Network 5.1 General Update Management System 4. Knowledge Jukka5.Uosukainen Capacity Building CTCN Director 6. Staffing and Agreements 7. Finances National Designated Entities (NDEs) 113 NDEs have been selected by their countries as of 7 April 2015 CTCN Technical Assistance 5.1 General Update Update by Mr. Fred Onduri CTCN Advisory Board Chair Jukka Uosukainen CTCN Director Status Status Update by Mr. Fred Onduri CTCN Network CTCN Advisory Board Chair and Consortium 5.1 General Update Jukka Uosukainen CTCN Director Consortium Members • All Consortium members have participated in CTCN technical assistance Response Expert Teams • Consortium members meeting 19-20 March in Copenhagen • New agreements being put into place RET Lead RET Support Network Status Total member: 45 Developing country representation: Annex I 24 Non-Annex I 13 International 8 Knowledge Update by Mr. Fred Onduri Management CTCN Advisory Board Chair 5.1 General Update System (KMS) Jukka Uosukainen CTCN Director KMS Development since Dec 2014 Test version launched at COP21 in December • 8000+ sessions, from 4000 users, with 40,000+ page views • Visitors from 166 countries (132 developing countries) • Technology webinar series introduced • 5 webinars to date • Numerous knowledge partnerships initiated Site visits per week Capacity Building 5.1 General Update Update by Mr. Fred Onduri CTCN Advisory Board Chair Jukka Uosukainen CTCN Director CTCN Technology Webinar Series • Series launched in 2015 • 5 webinars to date • Presented by CTCN Consortium Partners Request Incubator Programme Applications received from:  Bangladesh  Benin  Central African Republic  Equatorial Guinea  Gambia  Guinea  Malawi  Nepal  Rwanda  Tanzania Applicant consultations initiated in April 2015 to identify priority areas of assistance. CTCN Secondment Programme Objectives • Knowledge exchange among CTCN community members • Improved collaboration, trust and understanding among partners Participants Key staff from CTCN partner organizations • Consortium partners, donors, NDEs, and Network members Financial implications • Candidate remains employed and paid by partner institution • Level of support depends on home country (see table) First round of applications currently under review Annex 1: Accommodation Non-Annex 1: Accommodation + flight LDC: Accommodation + flight + 50€ DSA CTCN Staffing Update by Mr. Fred Onduri and Agreements CTCN Advisory Board Chair 5.1 General Update Jukka Uosukainen CTCN Director CTCN Staffing Current staff: • Administrative Assistant: Nima Joshi • Knowledge & Communications Manager: Karina Larsen • Technology Managers: Jason Spensley & Harald DiazBone New staff as of last Advisory Board meeting (October 2014): • Administrative Assistant (Dec. 2014): Lisa Coverley CTCN Staffing Anticipated start dates for remaining CTCN staff: • Finance Manager: Maria Rosa Giannotti (April 2015) • Capacity Building and Network Manager: Rajiv Garg (June 2015) Existing support staff within UNEP and UNIDO: • UNEP-DTIE (Paris) • UNIDO (Vienna) CTCN Agreements • UNEP – UNOPS “UN to UN” agreement • Amendment to include additional services • UNOPS – DNV GL agreement (CTCN – DNV GL Strategic Partnership) • Knowledge management system • Monitoring and evaluation system • Private sector engagement • Consortium Members: • Framework Project Cooperation Agreements finalised March 2015 • Network agreements: • UNIDO will administer Network agreements for delivery of technical assistance Update by Mr. Fred Onduri CTCN Finances CTCN Advisory Board Chair 5.1 General Update Jukka Uosukainen CTCN Director CTCN Financial Overview  Total contributions of USD 33.55 million Donor Funds and Projected Budget by Year  Donor funds enable CTCN to proceed with its first 3 years of operation  CTCN projected annual expenditures expected to increase sharply as the number of requests from NDEs increase