Panama's NDC is centered around mitigation efforts in the energy and land use, land-use change, and forestry sectors (LULUCF). The Government of Panama requested support from the NDC Partnership in late 2018 for support in updating its NDC, designing an MRV tool, and elaborating an NDC implementation plan. A first request to strengthen GHG inventories for the LULUCF was shared and responded to by the World Bank, which is responding to the capacity-strengthening needs expressed by the Government. The in-country facilitator is also working on the elaboration of the NDC Partnership Plan which is expected to be finalized with the compilation of Government needs by December 2019.  The draft plan will be refined through consultations during the first quarter of 2020 and is expected to be approved by May 2020.