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1 st CAPaBLE Standing Committee (CSC)
Chairperson’s Summary
IGM/10/14-01/Appendix 1
SPG/10/14-01/Appendix 1
Opening
APN Secretariat Director, Mr. Sombo Yamamura, opened the meeting by expressing
his feelings of satisfaction in terms of the good recognition and progress that
CAPaBLE has made since its launch in April, 2003. (Pakistan, Thailand etc). Mr.
Yamamura emphasized that now we are in Year 2 of CAPaBLE, the name and quality
should go hand in hand. Main objective of today’s CSC is to discuss how we can
ensure the quality of CAPaBLE in the future. Mr. Yamamura mentioned that the 3
main components of the 1 st CSC Meeting were to review first year projects; discuss
a plan for the current year, and discuss a plan for the future with the incorporation
of CAPaBLE into APN’s 2 nd Strategic Plan for 2005-2010.
Item 1
Dr. Andrew Matthews, SPG Co-Chair was elected as Chair of the meeting and the
agenda was adopted as written.
Item 2
As some of the participants were fairly new to the CAPaBLE Programme, Drs.
Matthews and Stevenson gave an overview of the history of the Programme and its
progress since the official launch in April, 2003. The key points are highlighted:
History and Progress of the CAPaBLE Programme
• The initiative was registered as a Type II Partnership Programme at WSSD,
Sep. 2003, by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. The Type II
Partnership addressed mainly Item 111 of the Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation (JPOI).
• The proposal was presented to APN 8 th IGM and was approved and endorsed.
• The focus of the Programme is “Scientific Capacity Building & Enhancement
for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries” with an initial 5-year
phase related to Climate Change and Water & Food Security.
• A “Programme Development Workshop” convened in Kobe in May 2003 to
create an effective implementation plan for the CAPaBLE Programme,
particularly in its first 3-year phase. Additional information is available from
the APN website: CAPaBLE Programme Development Workshop
• Since the launch of the Programme, Hyogo Prefecture Government of Japan
and 3 other member countries, Australia, New Zealand and USA have become
stakeholders and are contributing financially to the Programme.
• The CAPaBLE Programme effectively has 2 pillars: that of “Capacity
Enhancement – vis-à-vis regional-based Comprehensive Research Projects
(CRPs),” and “Capacity Building” covering a broad range of activities at the
national, regional and global levels.
• The main objectives of the CRPs are taken from IPCC TAR: WGII and WGIII.
• 2 Comprehensive research projects and 8 capacity building projects have
been funded since the launch of CAPaBLE; a summary table is attached as
Appendix 1.
• CAPaBLE and its activities are being showcased vis-à-vis brochures, posters
presentations at various scientific and political arenas, and the APN and other
GC-related organizations’ websites.
Item 3
The current CAPaBLE Standing Committee (CSC) and the Capacity Building
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