Possible tasks of institutional arrangements (paragraph 26)1
(a) Developing broad guidance for developing national adaptation strategies, and providing support for particularly vulnerable countries, and those least able to adapt, in developing these strategies;
(b) Strengthening, consolidating and enhancing the sharing of information, knowledge, experience and good practices, at local, national, regional and international levels, consistent with relevant international agreements, through creating [arenas][platforms] and by creating forums where different public and private stakeholders can discuss concrete challenges, recognizing the role of national focal points;
(c) Disseminating information through regional centres;
(d) Assisting particularly vulnerable developing countries, to, inter alia, develop guidelines for undertaking vulnerability and adaptation assessments, the preparation of national adaptation plans, and integrating adaptation actions into sectoral and national planning; and identifying sources of funding and technical assistance to support specific adaptation actions;
(e) Encouraging [international organizations and institutions to support (through their programmes on, inter alia, financial cooperation, capacity-building and institutionstrengthening mechanisms)] the integration of adaptation into local, national and regional development plans, including funding for adaptation activities, strategies, programmes, and priorities;
(f) Providing advice and technical support to Parties;
(g) Designing and implementing a new work programme on adaptation;
(h) Enhancing scientific monitoring activities to develop ways and means to adapt to the effects of climate change on the ocean;
(i) Enabling and supporting the creation of partnerships among companies and research institutions of developed and developing countries, and the Parties, for adaptation technologies and the implementation of adaptation activities;
(j) Achieving accessibility, affordability, appropriateness and adaptability of the technologies required by developing countries for enhanced action on mitigation and adaptation;
(k) Developing non-exclusive and additional mechanisms for the transfer of adaptation technologies;
(l) Achieving adequacy and predictability of funds for technology transfer;
(m) Achieving removal of barriers for technology development and transfer;
(n) Supporting the development and enhancement of endogenous capacities and technologies of developing country Parties;
(o) Overseeing [the level of adaptation][adaptation needs] of developing countries, assessing capacity-building needs including finance, technology and capacity-building;
(p) Enabling direct access to funding by the recipients, and ensuring the provision of new and additional, adequate and predictable financing resources for technology transfer;
(q) Receiving and evaluating financial support applications from developing countries for implementation of adaptation projects, programmes and actions;
(r) Planning, organizing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating international actions on adaptation to climate change, including on the means of implementation;
(s) Monitoring compliance with commitments and pledges made by developed country Parties, and other Parties who voluntarily elect to do so, to provide financial support to particularly vulnerable developing countries;
(t) Overseeing the creation of the necessary funds and insurance mechanisms, and the effectiveness of funds allocated to adaptation, including to enable and support the creating of partnerships among companies and research institutions of developed and developing countries for adaptation technologies and the implementation of adaptation activities;
(u) Achieving provision of full costs and full incremental costs, as per Article 4.3 of the Convention;
(v) Ensuring the full, effective, and sustained implementation of the Convention, related to the implementation of commitments for the provision of financial resources. This is mandated under Articles 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.8 and 4.9 of the Convention in accordance with Article 11 defining the financial mechanism under the Convention.
