The project was conceived as a UNDP/GEF enabling activity with the aim to support the countries in the region in their efforts to include vulnerability to climate change in their adaptation strategies. The project would also support the countries to prepare the National Communications under the UNFCCC. An important element was the application of the Adaptation Policy Framework (APF) as a tool for the analysis, design and implementation of adaptation strategies. Each country would work on this subject and receive technical assistance from international experts and exchange experiences and methodologies during workshops and international seminars.