Colombia

• NDC Support Cluster organizations with on-going projects in Colombia (UNDP, WRI, GIZ) have held two coordination calls to discuss the scope of planned activities by each organization. 
• UNDP is currently in the process of finalizing the scope of its NDC support, which will be launched in fall 2017. Support is expected to focus on: sectoral implementation plans, enabling measures, private-sector commitments/ corporate reporting platform, a roadmap for developing a mid-century strategy, and gender considerations in NDC implementation.
• WRI’s project began in June 2017 and is focused on: guidance on methodologies for assessing the impacts of policies/actions (in context of MRV system), milestones/indicators for two policies in the energy sector, and private-sector capacity building for corporate reporting. 
• GIZ’s on-going projects are supporting Colombia on issues related to NDC implementation: capacity development on monitoring/reporting, improving Colombia’s MRV system, and supporting sectors on accounting/MRV in the context of sectoral mitigation action plans and NDC.
• These organizations are currently in the process of determining an approach to improve collaboration and coordination in the country. Partners have also begun discussions on opportunities for collaboration, including possible joint missions or events in Colombia. Further details on these efforts will be forthcoming.
• These projects have direct links to three of the Cluster’s thematic support areas: political/institutional frameworks, sector approaches, and data/transparency. 
• Stakeholders targeted through these projects include government representatives (e.g., Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, the National Planning Department, the intersectoral commission on Climate Change, sectoral line ministries, etc.), as well as private-sector representatives (e.g., unions, companies, etc.)
• UNDP will support Colombia in creating gender-responsive climate change policies and management processes, particularly through a cross-wide approach of the National Climate Change Policy implementation process and the country’s NDC mitigation and adaptation plans. They will particularly focus on three workstreams, which are institutional frameworks that will identify capacity gaps and country needs for achieving NDC targets, NDC planning for implementation, and enhanced climate instruments that are gender-responsive.

Political Partner: Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MinAmbiente)