HLSM High-Level Support Mechanism for LDC and SIDS on Climate Change

The project creates a support mechanism for high-level political representatives and their advisors from LDCs and SIDS that is demand-driven, responsive to ongoing needs and firmly rooted in the respective regions.

Project period
January 2013–December 2015

Funders
This project is part of the International Climate Initiative. The German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag.

Partners
Charles & Associates, Climate Analytics

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Overview

This project provides a support mechanism for high-level political representatives from LDCs and SIDS and their advisors that is demand-driven, responsive to ongoing needs and firmly rooted in the respective regions. The mechanism was conceived based on repeatedly articulated requests during discussions with representatives from regional government organisations and experienced climate negotiators from LDCs and SIDS.

Implementation is a shared undertaking with LDC and SIDS governments and regional partner institutions. Charles & Associates and Climate Analytics provide technical expertise and support for the project activities.

Bill Hare with H. E. Mor Ngom, then Minister of the Environment of Senegal at the HLSM meeting in Dakar, Senegal in May 2014. ©Photo by Henrike Doebert

The project design focuses on provision of materials and tools specifically tailored to support ministerial participation in climate related meetings requiring high-level engagement, strategic skill building activities as well as opportunities to convene in person in the form of workshops and institutionalisation within the organisations that serve the LDCs and SIDS.

Activities so far have included: workshops for SIDS ministers in the Caribbean and the Pacific, ministers of the LDC Group including one specifically for African francophone ministers. Written and oral briefings are regularly provided to ministers and high-level officials for the international climate policy negotiations and other relevant climate meetings and fora. A series of seminars for Permanent Representatives to the United Nations of SIDS and is organised in New York.

Participants of the HLSM workshop for Pacific Ministers and Negotiators in September 2014 in Majuro, Marshall Islands. The event was held in collaboration with SPREP and hosted by the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Participants of the HLSM workshop for Pacific Ministers and Negotiators in September 2014 in Majuro, Marshall Islands. The event was held in collaboration with
Participants of the HLSM workshop for Pacific Ministers and Negotiators in September 2014 in Majuro, Marshall Islands. The event was held in collaboration with "SPREP":http://www.sprep.org/ and hosted by the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Participants of the HLSM workshop for Pacific Ministers and Negotiators in September 2014 in Majuro, Marshall Islands. The event was held in collaboration with
Participants of the HLSM workshop for Pacific Ministers and Negotiators in September 2014 in Majuro, Marshall Islands. The event was held in collaboration with "SPREP":http://www.sprep.org/ and hosted by the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.