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Module options for all the agreed-upon exercises under the UNFCCC, such as national communications,
NAPAs or other similar requirements in other environmental accords. In other words, the NAPAs could
be defined as policy-making endeavours, while the IEA is a tool to assist in conducting environmental
assessments at local, regional and national levels.

Another distinction could be seen in the implementation of the adaptation options developed under
each of these two methodologies. The NAPAs are documents to be officially endorsed by each LDC
9-12 December, 2013 managed by the Global Environment Fund. The IEA, being a pure technical methodology, does not
and submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat for possible implementation under the LDC Fund, and

aim to offer the same implementation and funding opportunities as policy documents like NAPAs
agreed upon by all UNFCCC Parties. Indeed, as already mentioned above, the eighth step of the
NAPA process expressly enables the elaboration of project profiles into full project documents to
be executed on the field.

The differences between the two processes establish the unique purpose of each of these

methodologies. For example, the multidisciplinary teams that must be created as the first step of
the exercise may be less interdisciplinary for the NAPAs than in the IEA, as some political aspects
(such as the country-driven aspect of NAPAs) may influence the whole process and its expected
outcomes. For any team trying to conduct an IEA, the opportunities to create a trans-disciplinary
team involving the public sector, the private sector, the civil society and the international organizations
could be an opportunity to have a much wider scope.

B
Facilitator’s preparation guide

In this section, we will provide a list of key steps and issues that the training facilitator should address
before the training session. The key issues and steps include:
1. Inviting key stakeholders

2. Preparing materials for the participants of the training
3. Review of the exercise

Identifying key stakeholders
Stakeholder involvement is an essential component of IEA in general and helps strengthen the
assessments’ relevance and legitimacy. As climate change affects a very wide segment of society, consider

involving a wide range of stakeholders.

Assessing vulnerability to climate impacts at the local and regional level and developing adaptation
options are strongly based on involvement and knowledge of stakeholder diversity, including community

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