What we did
The Climate Action Planning Academy was part of the portfolio of activities of the GCoM in partnership with ICLEI South America, with the aim of training and leveling local governments that are signatories of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, as well as other local governments in Latin America. The Academy included two cycles of three training sessions, namely: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Analysis and Climate Action Plan.
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How we tracked
Interest in Training Sessions
Metric: Registrations and number of cities reached per training.
Training on Climate Risk and Vulnerability Analysis: 846 registrations from 318 cities;
Training on Climate Action Plan Development: 383 registrations from 179 cities.
Verification Method: Report from the virtual learning platform AVA.
Number of participants
Metric: Number of persons who started each training.
Training on Climate Risk and Vulnerability Analysis: 160 persons.
Training on Climate Action Plan Development: 164 persons
Verification Method: Report from the virtual learning platform AVA.
Certification rate
Metric: Total percentage of certified participants out of those that started the courses (57.72%) and certification rate per training.
Training on Climate Risk and Vulnerability Analysis 53.75%;
Training on Climate Action Plan Development: 61.15%.
Verification Method: Report from virtual learning platform AVA.
Level of satisfaction with the training sessions
Metric: Satisfaction rating by participants for each course.
Training on Climate Risk and Vulnerability Analysis: very satisfied 85.4%, 14.6% satisfied, no unsatisfied. (89 respondents);
Training on Climate Action Plan Development: very satisfied 82.6%, 16.5% satisfied, 0.9% unsatisfied. (115 respondents).
Verification Method: Feedback from formulary applied at the end of the training.
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What we achieved
In 2024, the following capacity-building programs were conducted:
Training on Climate Risk and Vulnerability Analysis (Jan-Feb): A total of 846 registrations were received from 318 cities across 17 Latin American countries. Out of these, 160 participants commenced the course, and 86 were certified upon completion.
Training on Climate Action Plan Development (Feb-Apr): This program attracted 383 registrations from 179 cities in 16 Latin American countries. Of the participants, 164 began the course, and 101 successfully obtained certification.
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