A multi-tiered approach Accordingly, the PIFS developed a multi-tiered approach to deal with what is a multifaceted, complex and ever changing issue. In doing so, PIFS has worked in close collaboration with a range of stakeholders in the region including Pacific island countries (PICs) themselves, the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) in particular, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) as well as other development partners, including UNDP, AusAID, the European Union, USAID, ADB and the World Bank. Over the last three years these efforts have sought to: (i) identify relevant climate change financing sources accessible to the region and individual countries; (ii) effectively harness and manage these resources using strengthened country systems wherever possible to maximise resilience development outcomes; (iii) identify and address the necessary institutional and acute human capacity constraints facing most forum island countries (FICs) to deal with all aspects of climate change (i.e. planning, resourcing, implementation and reporting); (iv) identify and/or strengthen delivery of climate change resources through specific modalities that are commensurate with absorptive capacities and that have proven to work in other FICs (e.g. budget support, trust fund arrangements, use of local C l ima t e f i n a n c e : S t r e n g t h e n i n g c a p a c i t y i n t h e P a c i f i c development banks); and (v) advocate for the special needs of Pacific island countries and all Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the global climate change financing architecture and processes. With the benefit of completing broad based assessments at regional level1 and documenting various Pacific examples of modalities relevant to climate change financing2 as a starting point, the practical application of options at country specific level to improve access to and management of climate change resources was crucial. As a result, one of the key outputs of this body of work has been the completion of a country focused climate change financing analysis in Nauru and the development of a comprehensive approach to such an analysis in the Pacific island country context – the Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF). Nauru and the Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework The Nauru case study approach was designed by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in consultation with the Government of Nauru and a number of stakeholders in the Pacific region. It aimed to provide a comprehensive and practical assessment of the different dimensions involved in climate change implementation and financing within the country specific development context, and of the strength Commonwealth Governance Handbook 2013/14 109 Small and large states meet on an equal footing. Pictured: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 in Perth, Western Australia Annaliese McDonough/Commonwealth Sectratariat
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