africa adaptation programme An insight into AAP and Country project Profiles

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1 africa adaptation programme An insight into AAP and Country project Profies January 2010

2 AAP COUNTRIES About the Programme The Africa Programme (AAP) has been designed to support the ong-term efforts of targeted countries to further deveop their capabiity to successfuy identify, design and impement hoistic adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes that are aigned with nationa deveopment priorities. In this regard AAP is not a traditiona adaptation programme per se but a strategic initiative, aimed at creating an environment for more informed and capabe adaptation decisions and practice in each country. Key Outcomes In approaching this goa, AAP wi focus its support to countries around: 1 strengthening 2 Buiding 3 supporting 4 identifying 5 Buiding ong term panning to enabe countries to manage both existing and future risks associated with cimate change effective eadership and institutiona frameworks for enhanced coordination and cohesion of programmes the pioting of adaptation initiatives in the fied a range of financing options for sustained adaptation knowedge systems and promoting information sharing. Inter-regiona Technica Support Component The IRTSC wi serve as the engine room for the coordination of technica assistance to country projects. In direct reationship to the overa programme purpose and outcomes, the IRTSC wi: 1 Faciitate 2 Support 3 Make 4 Provide 5 Create country access to best avaiabe data and information on cimate variabiity and impacts. institutiona and eadership deveopment through structured and specific interventions that are responsive to the unique circumstances and needs of each country. avaiabe to countries best practices, experiences and technoogies for faciitating the impementation of cimate resiient poicies in priority sectors. countries with information on innovative financing options. a region wide knowedge and earning mechanism to raise awareness, engage stakehoders, inform decision makers and promote exchange and cooperation between countries. Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Lesotho; Maawi; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Senega; Tanzania; Tunisia Broady, the AAP wi buid on a range of reated disaster risk reduction and deveopment opportunities and through the broader UNDP networks bring to bear the expertise of WFP, UNICEF, UNIDO, and other UN Agencies to impement a number of programmes activities in seected countries. AAP is expected to ay the foundations for foow-up investments by the Word Bank and other mutiatera financia institutions in addition to enhancing the vaue adding of existing adaptation programs such as those supported by EC, GEF and Biatera donors.w 2 SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA 3

3 Impementation Strategy Phase One Start Up: Supporting the design of nationa projects. This process was undertaken in twenty countries during 2009 with the assistance of the UNDP EEG Regiona Technica Advisors (RTAs) together with a team of internationa and nationa consutants. During this period, recruitment and seection of the AAP Program Manager and IRTSC Technica and support staff was aso undertaken. Current Status (As At January, 2010) Eement Status Comment AAP Project Team Recruitment processes competed Project Manager commenced in September, Remaining professionas to join during January and February, 2010 Country Projects Inception Panning 17 countries have competed or are about to compete a requirements Phase Two Inception Panning: The process of converting country projects into operationa pans compete with detaied work-pans and budgets, resources and timeframes. This phase commenced in December 2009 with competion across a twenty countries expected by the end of March, Two regiona Inception Preparatory Workshops undertaken during January, 2010 Comprehensive schedue of assistance finaized and being impemented Three countries facing difficuties of various types. Specific support strategies are being formuated to provide assistance. Sixteen countries attended workshops in Johannesburg and Dakar Seventeen countries wi have competed a inception panning tasks eading to fu impementation by 31 March, Phase Three Technica Assistance: This represents a sustained programme of technica assistance to countries through specific and genera interventions. IRTSC wi progressivey strengthen its outreach and information capabiity through the estabishment of a network of coaborating partners at regiona and nationa eves, integration within existing regiona strategies and deveopment of initiatives such as a web porta. Programmatic structure of AAP AAP has created a conceptua framework to guide participating countries in vaidating their project designs as we as providing insight on the key aspects of a nationa system and the inkages between these eements. The primary message to countries has been that the most effective adaptation strategies are those that evove from a dynamic system underpinned by a rigorous risk assessment and risk anaysis process. Systematic Deveopment Risk 5: Putting it a together Estabish Defined or Redefined Risk Utiize known risk factors to estabish prediction modeing capabiity, eary warning systems to Conduct risk assessments based on a hazards and a sectors (incuding cross sectora) approach - incorporating sicia For exampe unpanned deveopment, poor human practices, cimate change impacts, ack of good maintenance of critica infastructure Cycones, Foods, Drought, Storm Surge, Estabish a Risk Deveopment Poicy and projects Sector pans and budgets UNDAF Strategic Pans such as NAPA and SNAP NGO and Civi Society Programmes Private Sector initiatives Deveopment panned approaches to and Risk Contribute to Sustainabe Deveopment and Liveihoods Leading to Poverty 4 SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA 5

4 How AAP Key support strategies aign with framework Estabish Defined or Redefined Risk Utiize known risk factors to estabish prediction modeing capabiity, eary warning systems to Conduct risk assessments based on a hazards and a sectors (incuding cross sectora) approach - incorporating sicia Outcome 1 Dynamic ong term panning mechanisms: Estabishing dynamic ong term panning mechanisms: Supporting 1 For Risk exampe assessment unpanned deveopment, and anaysis poor human 2 Prediction practices, cimate modeing change impacts, ack of good maintenance of critica infastructure 3 information and Mainstreaming 4 Advocacy and Champions for Change 5 Capacity buiding Cycones, Foods, Drought, Storm Surge, 6 Poicy Earthquakes and panning and other events reforms 7 Coaborative hips Estabish a Risk Deveopment Poicy and projects Sector pans and budgets UNDAF Strategic Pans such as NAPA and SNAP NGO and Civi Society Programmes Private Sector initiatives Deveopment panned approaches to and Risk Contribute to Sustainabe Deveopment and Liveihoods Leading to Poverty Outcome 1 wi aign by improving the effectiveness of the mainstreaming of Cimate Change and Disaster Risk into deveopment and core business panning of agencies, through access to, and use of risk information and scenarios to infuence strategic decision making. Athough the skis and knowedge requirements that underpin ong term panning are common to most aspects of this mode. AAP work on cimate resiient poicies wi once again have an impact on many aspects of this mode, but the primary everage wi come through the effective use of risk information that is avaiabe to deveop appropriate pans Estabish Defined or Redefined Risk Utiize known risk factors to estabish prediction modeing capabiity, eary warning systems to Conduct risk assessments based on a hazards and a sectors (incuding cross sectora) approach - incorporating sicia Outcome 3 Impementing cimate resiient poicies - Supporting 1 Pioting of evidenced based sector-wise and community adaptation and risk For exampe reduction unpanned options deveopment, poor human practices, cimate change impacts, ack of good maintenance of critica infastructure 2 review of NAPAs and other strategic panning toos Cycones, Foods, Drought, Storm Surge, Estabish a Risk Deveopment Poicy and projects Sector pans and budgets UNDAF Strategic Pans such as NAPA and SNAP NGO and Civi Society Programmes Private Sector initiatives Deveopment panned approaches to and Risk Contribute to Sustainabe Deveopment and Liveihoods Leading to Poverty Mainstreaming of cimate change (future) and disaster risk reduction (existing) risk scenarios within deveopment and agency panning wi ead to more focused adaptation on the ground. Through pioting and education, communities can further improve their initia spontaneous adaptation approaches to enhance ives and iveihoods. Estabish Defined or Redefined Risk Utiize known risk factors to estabish prediction modeing capabiity, eary warning systems to Conduct risk assessments based on a hazards and a sectors (incuding cross sectora) approach - incorporating sicia For exampe unpanned deveopment, poor human practices, cimate change impacts, ack of good maintenance of critica infastructure Cycones, Foods, Drought, Storm Surge, Estabish a Risk Outcome 2 and 4 Leadership capacities, institutiona frameworks and innovative financing options Deveopment Poicy and projects Sector pans and budgets UNDAF Strategic Pans such as NAPA and SNAP NGO and Civi Society Programmes Private Sector initiatives Deveopment panned approaches to and Risk Contribute to Sustainabe Deveopment and Liveihoods Leading to Poverty Enhancing the effectiveness of the eadership within each country wi hep to ensure that this systematic approach can not ony be introduced, but made effective and sustained. In a simiar way, innovative financing options wi increase the abiity of each country to meet the chaenges that Cimate Change creates. Estabish Defined or Redefined Risk Utiize known risk factors to estabish prediction modeing capabiity, eary warning systems to Conduct risk assessments based on a hazards and a sectors (incuding cross sectora) approach - incorporating sicia For exampe unpanned deveopment, poor human practices, cimate change impacts, ack of good maintenance of critica infastructure Cycones, Foods, Drought, Storm Surge, Estabish a Risk Deveopment Poicy and projects Sector pans and budgets UNDAF Strategic Pans such as NAPA and SNAP NGO and Civi Society Programmes Private Sector initiatives Deveopment panned approaches to and Risk Outcome 5 Knowedge is being generated and shared across a eves Contribute to Sustainabe Deveopment and Liveihoods Leading to Poverty Finay, it is cear that the outcome associated with knowedge: creating, sharing, advancing and expoiting wi have a major infuence over many if not a stages of this mode 6 SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA 7

5 Snapshot of Country Project Priorities The foowing represents a snapshot of the key priorities identified by each country under AAP. Burkina Faso Cameroon Congo Kenya Lesotho Maawi identification, mapping and diagnosis of existing nationa panning mechanisms evauation of CCA knowedge, competency eves and capacity of different ministries and regiona councis Mainstream CCA in pans and poicy of sector panning document, the SCADD deveop feasibiity study of potentia funding mechanisms. strengthen adaptive ong-term panning capacities and the estabishment of a nationa CCA Centre of Exceence, the ONACC strengthen institutiona and human resource capacities, specificay targeting high eve poicy makers (pariamentarians) strengthen poicies and measures, incuding through specific piot activities in seected eco-zones and through community demonstration projects deveop a sustainabe financing strategy integrate a specific community outreach and youth professiona training component. Conduct adaptation interventions and cimate risk based on scientific studies and regiona anayses of cimate change identify funding mechanisms in order to up-scae current adaptation measures and initiate future adaptation projects; reinforce individua capacities for adaptation and cimate risk initiate piot projects in order to catayse earning and provide information for arge scae interventions on a nationa scae; share knowedge on adaptation on both a nationa and regiona scaes. Address gender equaity and indigenous knowedge. target pariamentarians and media practitioners through training support Action Research Demonstration Projects on cimate change adaptation deiver an aready existing government strategy, the Kenya Cimate Change Response Strategy, and the activities to support this strategy impement piot projects on energy and iveihood diversification integrate gender concerns and responses into cimate change adaptation strategies and a the processes/interventions in the AAP. strengthen institutiona and human resource capacities improve poicies and impement measures, incuding specific piot activities assisting communities in deveoping CCA Strategies and Action Pans and deveoping robust responses in energy and heath sectors deveop an innovative and sustainabe financing mechanism impement knowedge and information dissemination activities at nationa and internationa eves. Buid the capacity of nationa and oca government institutions and key civic-society stakehoders so that cimate-reevant poicies can be reviewed and measures appied devise a comprehensive cimate change adaptation strategy inked to a ong-term investment pan which wi contribute to the ongoing nationa effort for the pro-active of cimate change risks and opportunities deiver mechanisms for improving cimate-reated panning at nationa and district eve strengthen technica, egisative and non-state institutions to support effective, co-ordinated adaptation impement tested adaptation measures and a cimate investment pan which incudes a range of financing options Conduct broad dissemination of cimate change knowedge and essons earned. Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Mauritius Morocco Mozambique estabish an integrated approach to Ethiopia s of cimate change opportunities and risks support the integration of cimate change into the panning and impementation of PASDEPII (equivaent of PRSP) strengthen existing eadership for cimate change adaptation at nationa and oca eves Piot approaches to managing cimate change risk that integrate known methods of sustainabe and with adaptive practices that are informed by cimate risk forecasting Assist ine Ministries to coaborativey prepare a cimate change strategy that wi support the impementation of PASPDEP II and a inked investment faciity to attract and manage funds for integrated or muti-sector adaptation action. estabish an institutiona framework for of the coasta area which wi contribute for a cimate change resiient deveopment deveop measures for reinforcement of the scientific and technica capacities, the demonstration of technoogies and innovating practices of rehabiitation and sustainabe of the coasta areas estabish a framework for integrated panning of the coasta area deveop the financia mechanisms that wi aow for covering the costs of adaptation in the short and ong terms. deveop eary warning systems in the country support strategic poicy diaogue and capacity deveopment approaches Mainstream pro-poor and gender sensitive cimate change adaptation into nationa and sub-nationa deveopment processes Leverage additiona adaptation funding integrate disaster risk reduction and cimate change adaptation in deveopment reinforce capacities to dea with increased incidences of cimate-inked natura disasters. strengthen institutions, capacities and budgeting for adaptation response Cimate-proof iveihoods of vunerabe popuations, agricuturaists and other resource users in margina regions. identify gaps and generate critica information and data to infuence panning and poicy reforms Conduct cost benefit anaysis on the economic impact of cimate change compared to the benefits of adaptation estabish an integrated, muti sector approach to managing cimate change risks support and impement on-ground adaptation piots strengthen finance deveopment framework and introduce innovative funding options Conduct broad dissemination of cimate change knowedge and essons earned. Manage and reduce the risks posed by cimate change in the productive oasis systems of Morocco through introduction of innovating adaptation approaches and the reinforcement of oca capacities, according to a territoria approach. estabish ong-term panning dynamic mechanisms to manage the inherent cimate changes risks reinforce eadership and the institutions responsibe for the integrated of cimatic risks Deveop poicies and adaptive measures expoit financing options that wi aow covering the costs of adaptation generate and disseminate reevant knowedge for the nationa deveopment processes. estabish ong term panning mechanisms that wi address the most pressing CC risks strengthen CCA eadership and institutiona frameworks in order to manage CC risks and opportunities impement an enhanced CCA poicy framework with cimate resiient poices and measures in priority sectors, incuding heath, fisheries and gender; Piot sma scae adaptation projects especiay at the community eve estabish nationa adaptation financing options Position a capacitated Ministry of Finance as a ead CCA institution estabish an effective system for and dissemination of CC knowedge. 8 SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA 9

6 Namibia Niger Nigeria Tanzania Tunisia Assess and strengthen technica capacities for sustained panning and estabish mechanisms and approaches for nationwide community panning and outreach draw essons earned on existing coping capacities and estabish gender sensitive panning mechanisms deveop sustained financing options for meaningfu community adaptation deveop mechanism and maintenance of web based knowedge patform. Conduct adaptation interventions and cimate risk based on scientific studies and regiona anayses of cimate change, identify funding mechanisms in order to up-scae current adaptation measures and initiate future adaptation projects reinforce individua capacities for adaptation and cimate risk initiate piot projects in order to catayse earning and provide information for arge scae interventions on a nationa scae share knowedge on adaptation on both a nationa and regiona scaes. Address gender equaity and indigenous knowedge issues. deveop an enabing environment by supporting a coherent poicy and strategy deveopment process faciitate a systematic approach to capacity deveopment in key institutions, incuding women s eadership strengthen nationa capacity to expand funds for adaptation Mainstream adaptation measures into the nationa deveopment processes by assisting key ministries to integrate the Nationa Strategy into the budgeting cyce incorporate the specia needs of women to make their iveihoods cimateresiient. enhance CCA skis of government (nationa, oca government and district eves), deveopment partners, private sector, civi society and the genera pubic Buid capacities in order to enhance skis in eadership,, panning and budgeting skis amongst the MDAs deveop guideines and tookits at the community eve, through piot measures, on how to cimate proof community deveopment in integrated approaches in three different ecoogica zones in 4 districts. deveop adaptation options in coasta regions of Tunisia demonstrate soft and innovative technoogies to address key coasta area chaenges Buid capacities of oca, regiona and nationa stakehoders to undertake science-based adaptation panning expoit financia mechanisms and risk sharing schemes in order to internaize the ong term costs of adaptation. Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senega strengthen adaptive ong-term panning capacitie Cimate proof sectora and nationa deveopment poicies deveop institutiona and human resource capacities, specificay those targeting the district eve deveop poicy measures through testing of adaptation options such as community adaptation projects and demonstration activities deveop a sustainabe financing strategy impement knowedge activities. reinforce adaptive ong term panning capacities, incuding baseine meteoroogica and popuation vunerabiity measurements reinforce institutiona and human resource capacities at a eves identification and impementation of poicies and measures, with a focus on the aready degraded area of northern São Tomé for piot activities deveop community CCA strategies and improve the iveihood resiience in priority sectors. Conduct adaptation interventions and cimate risk based on scientific studies and regiona anayses of cimate change identify funding mechanisms in order to up-scae current adaptation measures and initiate future adaptation projects reinforce individua capacities for adaptation and cimate risk initiate piot projects in order to catayse earning and provide information for arge scae interventions on a nationa scae share knowedge on adaptation on both a nationa and regiona scaes Address gender equaity and indigenous knowedge issues. Contacting AAP Program Manager: Mr Ian Rector Teephone: Facsimie: Emai: ianr@unops.org Address: ousseynou Thiam, Point E Rue de Thies BP CP12524 Dakar. Fann Senega 10 SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA SUPPORTING INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AFRICA 11