Implementation Plan - CDKN Global

Annex 2Capacity assessmentsAnnex 2 provides a summary of the main capacity limitations (and enabling mechanisms, coloured in grey) as presented in the individual country UNDP “NationalCapacity Self-Assessment” (NCSA) reports. It is important to stress the issues presented in the table may not be limited to those countries that have identified theissue; in other words, a number of these issues may be applicable across all the Caribbean states, to a greater or lesser degree.TABLE 4. Capacity assessment for individual Caribbean countries that would prevent (and enable, as coloured in grey), them from meeting their obligationsunder the three United Nations conventions (UNCBD; UNFCC; and UNCCD).Level ofcapacity issueCapacity issue descriptionCrosscuttingUNCBD UNFCC UNCCDCountries identifying thiscapacity issueSystematic Absence of a central coordinating agency within Government forall aspects of environmental management (e.g. Department of theEnvironment and Ministry of the Environment). Administrativestructures inhibit executive level coordination and policydevelopment.X Bahamas; Antigua and Barbuda;Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; St Lucia; StVincent and the GrenadinesSystematic Lack of cross-sectoral coordination, collaboration andcooperation among all stakeholders, with a lack of overallmechanism or multi-stakeholder networks to co-ordinate efforts(e.g. “central laboratory facilityto collectively serve all sectors, institutions, departments”)X AllSystematic Private sectors, non-government and community-basedorganizations not engaged in the process and need to be givenmeaningful roles to fulfillX All