National capacity self-assessment (NCSA) Solomon islands: stocktake report Convention on Biological diversity

Abstract

The National Capacity Self-Assessment is a Global Environment Facility(GEF)-funded initiative currently being undertaken by over 50 developing countries world-wide. It responds to a concern that is raised frequently in the post-project evaluation of GEF-funded projects, namely that activities cease once GEF- funding ends. Most countries point to a lack of national capacity in the core areas of convention obligations - climate change, land degradation and biodiversity - as the key reason why projects have not proved sustainable post-GEF funding. This capacity includes systemic inadequacies such as perverse incentives and poor coordination, institutional weaknesses, and a lack of suitably trained individuals in- country.