Country-led environmental and climate change mainstreaming (specialist course)

The specific objectives of the course are that course participants become:

• Aware of the linkages between environment, climate change, green economy and development
• Aware of the benefits and challenges of integrating environment and climate change in national development planning and budgetary processes
• Confident and familiar with the proposed framework and tools for integrating environment and climate change in national development planning and budgetary processes
• Confident and familiar with the similarities, synergies and differences between the integration of environment and climate change in development cooperation (internal integration) versus the integration of environment and climate change in national development planning and budgetary processes
• Motivated and equipped to support government and other stakeholders to (design a programme to) integrate environment and climate change in national development planning and budgetary processes

In addition, as the event is meant to be interactive, the participants should:

• Explore together based on their experiences of the concepts of integration, environment, climate change, green economy and their relevance to development
• Share their views, experiences and knowledge
• Contribute by providing feedback and insights on mainstreaming in practice