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NAP Expo Session Summary Budgeting for Implementation of NAPs Monday July 11 th ,14:00-17:30 This session, hosted by the NAP Global Network, offered participants technical guidance and knowledge exchange on two themes relevant to national adaptation planning and implementation: integration of adaptation sector planning, and integration of adaptation into national budgets. The session also served to introduce NAP Expo participants to the approaches being used by the NAP Global Network to promote global South-South knowledge sharing, and the targeted technical support that the Network can offer to help participants take forward learning on key topics—for example through its Country Support Hub. In a first round of discussion participants reflected on what they saw as the key challenge to integrating adaptation into sector-level planning. The main challenges identified were: - Lack of clear political support for integration; - Limited communication across government departments and ministries; and - Linking NAP planning and implementation processes Country representatives shared strategies for overcoming each of these challenges. Two themes that consistently emerged were the existence of legislation that formalizes and assigns responsibilities and timelines for integration processes in the country, and the importance of a comprehensive engagement strategy that secures buy-in at all scales of governance. The importance of engaging ministries of finance to ensure funding for integration also came out strongly. In the second round of exchange discussions focused more specifically on integrating adaptation into national budgets and the entry points that the NAP process offers for doing so. In this round, countries and agencies were invited to share specific challenges that they faced in this area while other participants provided suggestions on ways of addressing these challenges. Cases were presented from Belize, Bhutan, Brazil, Ghana, Granada, Liberia, and USAID. Initial financial support provided by: Secretariat hosted by:

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Page 1: Budgeting for Implementation of NAPs

NAP Expo Session Summary Budgeting for Implementation of NAPs Monday July 11th ,14:00-17:30 This session, hosted by the NAP Global Network, offered participants technical guidance and knowledge exchange on two themes relevant to national adaptation planning and implementation: integration of adaptation sector planning, and integration of adaptation into national budgets. The session also served to introduce NAP Expo participants to the approaches being used by the NAP Global Network to promote global South-South knowledge sharing, and the targeted technical support that the Network can offer to help participants take forward learning on key topics—for example through its Country Support Hub. In a first round of discussion participants reflected on what they saw as the key challenge to integrating adaptation into sector-level planning. The main challenges identified were:

- Lack of clear political support for integration; - Limited communication across government departments and ministries; and - Linking NAP planning and implementation processes

Country representatives shared strategies for overcoming each of these challenges. Two themes that consistently emerged were the existence of legislation that formalizes and assigns responsibilities and timelines for integration processes in the country, and the importance of a comprehensive engagement strategy that secures buy-in at all scales of governance. The importance of engaging ministries of finance to ensure funding for integration also came out strongly. In the second round of exchange discussions focused more specifically on integrating adaptation into national budgets and the entry points that the NAP process offers for doing so. In this round, countries and agencies were invited to share specific challenges that they faced in this area while other participants provided suggestions on ways of addressing these challenges. Cases were presented from Belize, Bhutan, Brazil, Ghana, Granada, Liberia, and USAID.

Initial financial support provided by: Secretariat hosted by: