With the launch of the Paris Agreement's enhanced transparency framework, countries are required to submit their first biennial transparency report (BTR), in accordance with the modalities, procedures and guidelines1 (MPG), by December 31, 2024. The BTRs, which will replace the biennial update reports (BURs), will provide information on actions taken and progress made on mitigation, adaptation and support provided, required or received. This information gathered through the BTRs will feed into the global stocktake, which will assess collective progress toward long-term climate goals.
As a means of providing support to developing countries, PATPA and FAO developed the BTR Guidance and Roadmap Tool (BTR Tool). This MS Excel-based tool uses a series of questions to elicit answers related to national technical capacities, institutional arrangements and information needed for BTR development. Based on these answers, the tool generates a simple roadmap to help countries manage the process of planning, developing and submitting their BTRs.

While the roadmap is a valuable resource for countries, there are opportunities to improve the applicability of the BTR tool with the goal of generating an improved roadmap that accurately reflects national circumstances and capacities. To this end, the Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement (PATPA) and the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency - Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP) are teaming up to conduct a support activity for the development of a roadmap for the first BTR. This activity will help countries foster the engagement and support of their working teams and relevant stakeholders, support the efficient collection of information for the BTR tool, and generate an improved roadmap to ensure its applicability and implementation. Having an improved roadmap will help countries attract donor funding for both the BTR and the elements of a national transparency system and will support the development of the first BTR in line with the reporting requirements of the enhanced transparency framework.