ECF Capacity Center

ECF Capacity Center (Sebastian Gallehr)

Goal:
Make scientific know-how on climate change available
for purposes of advanced education and training.

Major output:
Briefing papers on climate issues to be used by NGOs,
financial and policy analysts, decision-makers in policy
and business; training courses in techniques for assessing
climate related risks.

Funding agents:
Internal funding for preparatory phase of research.

The vision of establishing a capacity center within the European Climate Forum was born during the 2009 ECF annual convention in Venice. The driving idea of the ECF’s capacity center is to intensify and broaden the stakeholder dialogue on all facets of climate change by communicating the output from ECF’s core activities on a broader basis and thereby helping stakeholders to engage in sustainable development paths.

The mission of the ECF Capacity Center goes far beyond designing and coordinating training activities related to existing knowledge in the field of climate change. The reason is that the world is currently experiencing a tremendous change process. We know what the outcome must be, namely a decarbonized environment; however we are far from knowing all the answers to get there.

Against this background, the European Climate Forum wants to support stakeholders in adapting to changing needs by developing activities around the three main aspects of capacity building under the lead of the ECF Capacity Center:

• Human resource development providing key individuals with the understanding, skills and access to information, knowledge and training that enables them to perform effectively in a changing environment.
• Organizational development elaborating management structures, processes and procedures within organizations but also developing stakeholder dialogues between public, private and community institutions.
• Institutional and legal framework development Advising organizations, institutions and agencies with regard to the legal and regulatory changes required to establish an effective framework.

Activities under the ECF Capacity Center are coordinated by Sebastian Gallehr and Katja Mayer.

Contact:
Katja Mayer