Expedited financing for (interim) measures for capacity building in priority areas.

The project is being implemented as an interim acivity betwen the Initial and the Second Communications. Hence it is intended to complement activities of Phase 1 project, related to the Initial communication, while at the same time forming basis for initiation of the Second National Communication of Lesotho to the UNFCCC. Its main objectives are to: 1)- enhance national capacity building in the identification, assessment and acquisition of technologies for mitigation and adaptation in the energy and land use sectors. 2)- Develop data base for new viable technologies for access by all stakeholders. 3)- Promote market and business opportunities for new technologies. 4)- Promote public awareness to the private sector, local communities and all stakeholders on new technologies and the need to adopt them. 5) - Enhance capacity building of National Meterological Service (Lesotho Meterological Services) in the monitoring of climate change of the country through formulation of policy and strategy on meterological station network development. 6) - Facilitate incorporation of the Initial Communication of Lesotho in the overall national development programs.