Summary Report TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund. December, 2013

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1 Summary Report TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund December, 2013

2 PREPARED BY: The World Bank

3 Background The TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund (TLF) provides a flexible financing mechanism to implement the priorities established by the TerrAfrica Executive Committee and the Strategic Business Planning Framework (See Annex 1). It supports the implementation of the priorities set by the Executive Committee of the TerrAfrica under the framework of its Joint Annual Work Program. As seed money, the TLF mainly provides support to activities that have the potential to leverage wider Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) benefits. The TLF helps to scale-up SLWM, fills gaps, and includes the provision of resources to support integrated approaches. The TLF supports targeted activities typically between US$10,000 and US$350,000 that are not already adequately covered by existing funding mechanisms. The TLF provides targeted support to key products from TerrAfrica Activity Lines 1 (regional coalition building) and 2 (regional knowledge management), as well as targeted catalytic and seed funding for country activities under Activity Line 3 (country investment) which is where most of the support is directed (See Annex 2 for Results Framework Update). The TLF supports the TerrAfrica Secretariat, the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), through a US$1.5 million TLF grant since The grant is contributing to the overall objectives of NPCA s TerrAfrica program, and its Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) reinforcing performance of existing and future projects across sectors and countries to tackle land degradation, climate change, and natural resource overreach. Additionally, it is also strengthening the capacity of the NPCA to maintain and strengthen the regional coalition on SLWM, enhance communication, and promote knowledge management. Overview and Key Messages for 2013 Since the TLF was established, the total contribution amount pledged stands at US$24.8 million, where the European Union has contributed the highest at US$14.1 million, followed by the Netherlands at US$ 6.0 million, and Norway at US$4.7 million. The actual paid contribution stands at US$17.6 million, of which US$13.2 is committed to various critical activities. The remaining balance is US$3.4 million. Remaining pledge contributions to come in are estimated at US$7.2 million (See Annex 3: The Summary Financial Report). In 2013, the TLF has supported the strategic positioning of TerrAfrica as a key program and partnership within the wider growth agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa. TerrAfrica s approach offered key contributions to the Land Degradation and Drylands Resilience agendas and to the Great Green Wall Initiative (See Activity Line 1 for details). 1

4 In 2013, the TLF has continued its outreach activities through innovative communication means such as social media, interactive exhibition, radio, and TV show. Notable partnerships have been enabled with wide audiences through targeted TLF support (See Activity Lines 1 and 2 for details). In 2013, the TLF has introduced new activities in its portfolio to capture knowledge and provide training through studies, study tours, regional workshops, and consultative missions on managing land sustainably, while continuing to support its leveraging impact at the country-level. (See Activity Line 3 for details). 2

5 Contents Background... 1 Overview and Key Messages for Activity Line 1: Coalition Building... 4 STRATEGIC POSITIONING... 4 INNOVATIVE OUTREACH AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES... 7 Activity Line 2: Knowledge Management... 9 PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT THROUGH CREATION OF A REGIONAL HUB... 9 DISSEMINATING BEST PRACTICES IN MANAGING LAND Activity Line 3: Country Support...12 Meeting the Challenges...17 Donor Acknowledgements...18 Next Steps...19 Annex 1: Description of activities and expenditure categories of the TLF...20 Annex 2: TLF Results Framework An update...26 Annex 3: TLF Financial Report...28 Annex 4: Key Decisions of the TerrAfrica Executive Committee Meeting (September 2013) 30 Abbreviations and Acronyms

6 Activity Line 1: Coalition Building STRATEGIC POSITIONING Targeted actions bring greater impacts. Through targeted TLF support, the World Bank has been able to position TerrAfrica as a contributor to the land degradation agenda. A selected few highlights are presented below. Youth Engagement for Climate Action In collaboration with Connect4Climate (C4C), the World Bank organized an event (titled Right Here, Right Now) to highlight the power of creative youth engagement on climate issues, particularly on the African Drylands and Adaptation Agenda, and to amplify the World Bank s key climate messages reflecting on the need for more climate action in Africa. As stated by Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President, We will never end poverty if we don t tackle climate change. The UN-WB Sahel Initiative Signaling a renewed focus on boosting economic growth and lifting people out of devastating poverty in Africa s hard-hit Sahel region, the World Bank pledged US$1.5 billion in new regional investments over the next two years. The announcement was made on the eve of an historic trip to the Sahel by development leaders, led by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon, to discuss peace, security, and resilience with the leaders of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad, partially supported by TerrAfrica. The World Bank Group s pledges for the next two years will support major regional development priorities such as social safety nets to help families weather the worst effects of economic adversity and natural disasters, improve infrastructure, and create opportunities in rural areas. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim with African Union Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma; United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon and President of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou in Niamey, Niger, during the Sahel trip 4

7 Enhancing the Resilience of Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa A significant piece of analytical work is under preparation by the World Bank and a number of partners to result in a regional flagship report: The Economics of Drylands Resilience in Sub- Saharan Africa. This work is aiming to improve shared understanding of today s and tomorrow s vulnerability of drylands, and to help identify effective interventions to strengthen resilience. Sahel Pastoralism and Irrigation Fora In recognition of the critical need for a call to action, the World Bank together with the Governments of Mauritania and Senegal organized, with the support of TerrAfrica TLF, two High Level Fora: one on Pastoralism in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and another on Irrigation in Dakar, Senegal in October These two forums supported the analytical work by the World Bank and a number of partners in the preparation of a regional flagship report: The Economics of Drylands Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa, and also complemented the work of the EU-led Global Alliance for Resilience Initiative (AGIR) and of the NEPAD-led TerrAfrica Partnership. This will enable continued mobilization of international commitment to a sustainable, resilience strategy for the Sahel. Africa Drylands UNCCD Partnership The TerrAfrica team participated in the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of the Parties (COP) 11 in Namibia, September 16-27, In close collaboration with NEPAD, there is a commitment to deliver a program that emphasizes the strong linkages between the TerrAfrica partnership, the WB Drylands report, the UNCCD agenda, and the African Great Green Wall Initiative. To mark this commitment, the NEPAD, African Union, and UNCCD reached an agreement at the COP meeting to organize the Africa Environment and Wangari Mathai Day on March 3, 2014, and the World Day to Combat Desertification on June 17, A Photo exposition on the Africa Great Green Wall Initiative at COP 11 in Namibia 5

8 Great Green Wall Partnerships The Great Green Wall Initiative (GGW) is increasingly rallying a larger number of partners. Under the coordination of the African Union Commission (AUC), a number of partners are supporting GGW countries through different projects to implement long-term, integrated interventions to tackle land degradation by promoting good local practices in sustainable land management. Partners involved in the GGW include the Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall (GGWA), the European Commission (EC), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Global Mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (GM-UNCCD), the West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA), the African Forest Forum (AFF), the Association pour la promotion de l Education et la Formation à l Etranger (APEFE), CILSS (Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel), the Sahara and the Sahel Observatory (OSS), the NGO network Drynet, the Réseau Sahel Désertification (RéSaD), Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the MDG Center West and Central Africa, the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) Partnership, Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI), the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies - Centre for Development and Environment (WOCAT - CDE), the World Bank (WB), and many others. 12 African countries in World Bank/GEF Sahel and West Africa Program in support of the Great Green Wall Initiative In support of the GGW, the World Bank is deepening its engagement with Africa s drylands to help countries find effective solutions to improving resilience, reducing poverty, achieving security, and ensuring environmental security and sustainability. In this regard, the Bank, with support from the TerrAfrica, has partnered with 12 countries and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to develop the US$1.1 billion Sahel and West Africa Program (SAWAP). These countries include Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Togo. Recognitions and Awards The increasing visibility of TerrAfrica within the Bank is owing to the TLF contributions which have facilitated a variety of events, knowledge products, and catalytic funding for investment projects. These include the WB Vice-Presidential Unit Team Award (VPU) for TerrAfrica Innovative Communication, TerrAfrica in Knowledge Production, and the World Bank s Sustainable Development Network Winter Knowlympics, which highlighted the contribution of TerrAfrica to Climate Resilience. TerrAfrica Winner of the Green Award for the World Bank/GEF Sahel & West Africa Program TerrAfrica Winner of the World Bank Sustainable Development Network Knowlympics 6

9 INNOVATIVE OUTREACH AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES TerrAfrica has continued to contribute to building skills, expertise, knowledge exchange, and partnerships. Highlighted below are some notable activities and achievements during this reporting period. Contributions at the COP 11 The eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was held in Windhoek, Namibia, under the theme A stronger UNCCD for a Land-Degradation Neutral World. The TerrAfrica team contributed and participated at various levels through training sessions and seminars, including: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) TerrAfrica Executive Committee (TAEC) meeting, The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, an African alliance contributing to a land-degradation neutral world, UNCCD Media Workshop, Strategic Investment Program (SIP) Steering Committee Meeting with NEPAD, UNEP, World Bank, and African RECs, Landscape Approach to Enhance Resilience in Sub-Saharan African Drylands, South-South Exchange - China Meets Africa: Training on Landscape Approach featuring the China Loess Plateau Results, SAWAP Expo on Africa Day, Gender Day: Drylands Women Empowerment, Country Pilot Partnerships on SLM: Vehicles for Transformational Change to Arrest Land Degradation and Promote Sustainable Development, and Desertification in Sustainable Development Law and Policy. TerrAfrica team presents the Great Green Wall TerrAfrica team presents the Landscape Approach to Enhance Resilience in Sub-Saharan African Drylands 7

10 Communication Videos. Promotional videos (one on SLWM and another on land degradation) were produced in collaboration with UNCCD, Xinhua News Agency, and Government of Namibia. Both videos present TerrAfrica as part of solutions for a land-degradation neutral world and were shown at: the opening plenary session of COP 11 to the 3,000 delegates; various COP sessions; and at the Film Festival on Deserts and Desertification to diplomatic corps, international community, and universities faculty members and students. TV Interviews. Broadcasts have been done on: national TV with the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation on Sunday s primetime news at 8 pm with the World Bank TerrAfrica Regional coordinator; Radio Benin on how the concept of the GGW has evolved from a wall to a landscape approach; and Green Radio World, which included a series of interviews on TerrAfrica's activities. Interview with the World Bank TerrAfrica Regional coordinator during COP 11 Advertisements. Work is currently in progress to create more visibility of TerrAfrica through promotions in the South Africa Airways magazine. Training Support The TerrAfrica Partnership supported a number of trainings and capacity building activities, some of which find noteworthy mention. Firstly, the NEPAD Agency organized the training of African journalists from Anglophone countries on land degradation issues and solutions. Hence, through radio broadcasts, rural communities are increasingly aware of land degradation issues. Secondly, the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) engaged faith communities in sub-saharan Africa to take environmental action, including in sustainable land and water management, by working with young people. This resulted in the launching of 27 African Faith Commitments for a Living Planet in Nairobi, Kenya, in September ARC is a secular organization, founded by HRH Prince Philip in 1995, which works with the world s major religions to help them develop environmental programs based on their own core teachings, beliefs, and practices. Lastly, under the theme Promoting sustainable solutions to reduce poverty and shared prosperity at the World Bank s Sustainable Development Network Forum, the TerrAfrica team organized training and learning sessions, including on Drylands Development: Opportunities & Challenges; Enhancing Climate Resilience: Act now, Act differently; and Sustainable Landscape Management. 8

11 Activity Line 2: Knowledge Management PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT THROUGH CREATION OF A REGIONAL HUB The Sahel and West Africa Program (SAWAP) in Support of the Great Green Wall is a US$1.1 billion flexible investment umbrella with 12 country-led investment operations financed by IDA, GEF, and trust funds. SAWAP was approved by the GEF Council in 2011 and prepared with support from the TerrAfrica partnership. As of December 20, 2013, projects in ten countries have been approved by the World Bank Board, and of these, 7 are currently under implementation. SAWAP is being backed by a regional hub project to facilitate south-south cooperation on knowledge and operational services among the country projects and the broader Great Green Wall partnership. This regional project, entitled BRICKS (Building Resilience through Innovation, Communication, and Knowledge Services) was approved by the World Bank Board on September 4, 2013 and the grant agreements were signed in Washington D.C with the respective three implementing agencies on October 15, 2013: the Interstate Committee to Combat Drought in the Sahel (CILSS), the West and Central Africa Office of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS), all three of which are recognized as centers of excellence. BRICKS Project Signing Ceremony with heads of CILSS, IUCN, OSS in Washington D.C., October 15,

12 DISSEMINATING BEST PRACTICES IN MANAGING LAND Land for Life: Managing Land Sustainably for Better Livelihoods The recently published book, Land for Life: Managing Land Sustainably for Better Livelihoods, was produced jointly by the UNCCD and the World Bank TerrAfrica team. The book presents 40 innovative case studies from all over the world, illustrating how we can restore the health of degraded lands. These cases have been selected from more than 250 applications received for the UNCCD Land for Life Award and from the World Bank s TerrAfrica portfolio. Their diversity and range show us that barriers to scaling up sustainable land and water management are not for lack of ideas and initiatives. The book was launched during one of the high level events of COP 11 in Namibia. It received much attention as evidenced by the media coverage - All Africa, The Namibian, Africa Press Review, The Namibian Economist, Namibia News Digest, I4U News, and New Era. Many Heavens one Earth in Action: Stories of African Faith Commitments In September 2012, 27 Christian, Muslim, and Hindu faith communities in 11 countries in sub-saharan Africa launched long-term action plans on the environment at a celebration entitled Many Heavens, One Earth: African Faith Commitments for a Living Planet, organized by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), and hosted by the All Africa Conference of Churches in Nairobi, Kenya. The plans outline the action that each faith tradition commits to taking over in the next seven years, focusing in particular on community awareness raising, agricultural practice, sustainable use of land and water, and education on the environment in faith schools. Between them, the 27 faith groups involved reachout to around 184 million people in sub-saharan Africa. To highlight some of the inspiring initiatives carried out by these faith groups, TerrAfrica contributed to the production of the book: Many Heavens, One Earth in Action: Stories of African Faith Commitments. 10

13 Joint Brochure on Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel All partners, including TerrAfrica, working on the GGW produced a joint brochure that reinforces the concept that to succeed, the program should bring together all partners. The GGW brings together more than 20 African countries plus international partners to implement long-term solutions to land degradation and desertification. The initiative is based on a strong spirit of solidarity, to facilitate mutual South-South learning to better understand what works, and under what conditions. New TerrAfrica Website The NEPAD in collaboration with the World Bank has recently launched the New TerrAfrica website - Designed as a platform that exposes TerrAfrica s audiences to various innovative communication and social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and approaches available to them, it helps them learn about best practices in looking out for their communities in reference to Land Degradation issues. 11

14 Talks and Discussions Seminars sponsored by TerrAfrica were conducted throughout 2013 to disseminate lessons learned and exchange experiences on land related issues. Some examples include: What Will it Take for a Sustainable Sahel? (presented by CILSS and IUCN) The Landscape Approach: Assessing and Mobilizing Action in Africa The WAVES Partnership (Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services) Scaling Up Agroforestry Successes in Drylands Activity Line 3: Country Support Since 2009, the leveraging impact of the TLF has been best illustrated through country support for critical pieces of work which have led to wider SLWM investments supported by other financial resources such as IDA, GEF, LDCF, SCCF, GFDRR, and other resources. TLF has been supporting a diversity of country and regional projects by providing seed funding for preparatory and knowledge management activities (Annex 1 provides a summary of TLF activities). Additional new TLF Child Trust Funds have been initiated during this reporting period, of which some are highlighted below in this report. 12

15 Malawi - Development of an Integrated Approach to Soil & Water Management in Shire Basin in Support of the Shire River Basin Management Program Project (TF099067) Objective: To develop an integrated approach to soil and water management in Malawi's Shire Basin. Planned Grant Activities: Contributing global and regional datasets to the Knowledge base (used to develop Shire Basin Atlas, interactive tools, the Malawi Spatial Data Platform, MASDAP); Modeling to identify critical erosion-prone areas in the Shire Basin (used to identify priority watershed management intervention areas);water resources planning and management framework (used to shape Shire Basin Institutional functions and scope of TA); Identifying key datasets and contribute to shaping climate scenarios (Climate change knowledge base) and Supporting Hydromet needs; Rural Energy needs scoping (helped develop integrated rural perspective on watershed management and scope biomass energy aspects);planning and Communications. Output Highlights: The grant has significantly led to work related to the spatial mapping, identification of erosion-prone areas, climate change, water resources management, biodiversity, and Hydromet systems and associated implementation and communication plans, some of which can be considered very good practice for the Africa region. These have significantly help shape, and have been mainstreamed into, the Bank-supported Malawi Shire River Basin Management Program. Sudan Support to the Sustainable Natural Resource Management Project (TF012343) Objective: To organize a workshop regarding land and water management to implement the project grant's development objective to expand sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices in targeted landscapes and in climate- vulnerable areas in Sudan. Planned Grant Activities: Conduct workshops and trainings to promote and expand sustainable land and water management (SLWM) through stakeholder consultations and develop a project document. The Grant took effect recently and expected outputs are work in progress. 13

16 Burundi TerrAfrica Activities in Support of the Sustainable Coffee Landscape Project (TF013193) Objective: To prepare and plan the SLM communication and participatory activities to feed into the design of the project. Planned Grant Activities: Analytical work on SLM communications and preparatory activities for the GEF Sustainable Coffee Landscape Project. This will enable scaling up of investments in sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices in coffee areas and conservation of biodiversity in protected areas, and will contribute to the establishment of management corridors between sustainable shadegrown coffee plantations and protected areas. In Burundi, the upper watersheds main land use is coffee production, while the lower watersheds include some of the most significant wetlands of Burundi. Key Highlights: The grant has led to the preparation of the report on Coffee Sector Reform in Burundi and a Manual on Grown Shade coffee. Mali - Technical studies in Support of the Natural Resource Management and Climate Change Project (TF011903) Objective: To provide an in depth analysis of the positive impacts of sustainable land and water management approaches and adaptive livelihoods activities in Mali. Planned Grant Activities: Defining sustainable land and water management measures that are adapted to the different landscapes in Mali; Identifying key adaptive livelihoods diversification activities that could be promoted in vulnerable communes to climate changes in Mali; Conducting baseline study in key vulnerable communes to climate change in Mali and; conducting stakeholder consultation workshops. Key Highlights: The grant has led to informing project design in the selection of relevant categories of income generating activities and sustainable land management practices to support. 14

17 Tanzania - Greater Serengeti Sustainable Landscape Management Information System in Support of the Options for Contribution of Serengeti Region to Sustainable Development Project (TF014706) Objective: To assist the Government of Tanzania in designing and deploying a geographic information system (GIS) for sustainable landscape management of the Greater Serengeti. Planned Grant Activities: Improving quality and availability of data required for analysis and policy/program development. Key Highlights: The grant has led to intensive stakeholder consultations carried out by ESRI/JGI in the country in September An ArcGIS Online has been created, which is being populated with data and maps. Regional Support to Enhancing the Resilience of Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa Project (TF014652) Objective: To improve our understanding of the unique development challenges posed by dryland regions, today and in the future, and to help identify effective interventions that can reduce the vulnerability of populations living in dryland regions and strengthen their resilience. Planned Grant Activities: Supporting the commissioning of a number of background papers (including on household level analysis of vulnerability, and resilience, opportunity for enhanced resilience of livestock based livelihoods, agriculture water management, tree-based system, social protection, landscape management, etc.) and the organization of various technical workshops. Key Highlights: The grant has led to Collaboration on the African Drylands Report with an agreement on the conceptual framework and associated metrics and the background papers. The large and diverse study team (World Bank, WRI, IFPRI, ILRI, FAO, ICARDA, ICRAF, and CIRAD) presented their work in a workshop in June 2013, bringing together experts working on crop and livestock modeling. 15

18 Regional - Strengthen community of practices in SLM for TerrAfrica regional program (TF014844) Objective: To enhance TerrAfrica clients capacity in SLM designing and implementation through knowledge exchange among TerrAfrica projects/programs, clients, and their institutions on best practices and showcases in SLM, and innovative approaches in climate smart agriculture and landscape management across Sub-Sahara region and beyond. Planned Grant Activities: Facilitating a series of regional level knowledge sharing on subjects of high relevance to TerrAfrica Programs; Establishing TerrAfrica knowledge platform on Sustainable Land-Water Management, and Developing learning modules and e-courses on SLM. Key Highlights: The grant has led to: (i) Training of 15 TerrAfrica countries on climate smart agriculture and landscape management, where 75% of participants highly rate the training; (ii) The ECOWAS Regional Training on "SLM under Climate Change" in Ouagadougou (May2013), (ii) Design and facilitation of a regional study tour to Zambia on conservation agriculture (August 2013), (iii) Launch of an e-course for TerrAfrica audience on "Carbon monitoring in the CDM A/R forest projects" (August 2013) and (iv) Knowledge platform under progress, as a one stop shop for principles of, approaches to, and methodologies for SLM techniques in Africa. Regional Support to Building Resilience through Innovation, Communication & Knowledge Services (BRICKS) (TF013863) Objective: To: (i) appraise and deliver the project; (ii) provide implementation support to the BRICKS implementing agencies during project implementation phase; and (iii) liaise with GGW partners of the Sahel and West Africa Program (SAWAP). Planned Grant Activities: Prepare project design inputs and consultative workshops. Key Highlights: The grant has supported the task team to position SAWAP, BRICKS, the Bank, and TerrAfrica as key strategic implementing partners in shaping the direction and strategy of the GGW. Missions were carried out in Ouagadougou, Tunis, Bonn, Addis Ababa, and Namibia to engage with partners implementing the GGW. The regional BRICKS project was approved on September 4, This project serves as the strategic hub for the WB/GEF Sahel and West Africa Program for the GGW (SAWAP). 16

19 Meeting the Challenges Difficulties encountered and measures taken to overcome challenges TerrAfrica constitutes a potentially strong platform with the key global, regional, and national actors on board, and an increasing body of tested and proven knowledge on SLM issues. The total core and supplementary financing to SLM investment projects illustrates that there is a strong and increasing confidence in the approach and strong support among donor agencies/countries. However, much of the capacity and knowledge rests among partner agencies, while the core organization TerrAfrica is not only lean, but underfunded, and represents to some effect a bottleneck in the platform. In light of the above, a replenishment of the TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund is critical and would help provide core funding to boost TerrAfrica s capacity for Coalition Building, Knowledge Management, and Monitoring and Evaluation. Capacity Strengthening of the TerrAfrica Secretariat The Secretariat capacity should be strengthened to enable better coordination, tracking, and support to the national efforts in the field of SLM. This could be possible through hiring for technical expertise. Additionally, there is benefit in determining a mechanism to also better draw on in-house capacities within NEPAD. Measures: Extensive discussions with the Secretariat have led to the initiation of the hiring process of additional staff (SLM Coordinator and NRM specialist) and also the agreement for additional support to the NEPAD Secretariat for continued services. TerrAfrica Visibility and Coalition Building A push for stronger African country representation in the governance structure of TerrAfrica continues. In particular, equal representation between African countries and donors/implementing agencies in the Executive Committee Meetings is becoming more critical to ensure the principle of building African-owned coalitions and enhance donor partnerships. TerrAfrica would also benefit from creating wider coalitions at the country level, with representation by CSOs, farmers organizations, the research community, and marketing agents, including the private sector. Measures: These issues were at the forefront in the September TerrAfrica Executive Committee meetings (kindly refer to Annex 4 for the TAEC decision on expanding the partnership), and it is therefore expected that the African countries and donors/implementing agencies will improve participation in the future. 17

20 Knowledge Management The limited lean capacity of the TerrAfrica Secretariat has posed a challenge for taking stock of the various knowledge products to date, the future needs for knowledge products and systems, and analyzing the functioning of its knowledge management system at country levels. This issue should find prominence in the coming year. Measures: To this end, the Secretariat is in the process of hiring support personnel for knowledge management activities. Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation There is need for better harmonization of the reporting systems within country work-plans and an increased focus on regularized and frequent monitoring of targets in the M&E results framework. Measures: To this end, the Secretariat is in the process of hiring support personnel for knowledge management activities and timely reporting. Donor Acknowledgements Donor pledged contributions to the TLF since its establishment stands at US$24.8 million, with contributions from the European Union (US$ 14.1 million), the Netherlands (US$ 6.0 million), and Norway (US$4.7 million). Against the pledged contribution, the actual paid contribution from the three donors stands at US$17.6 million with a pending remaining unpaid balance of US$7.2 million. An amount of US$ 13.2 has been committed for several critical activities to support the SLWM agenda. The remaining fund balance is US$3.4 million. See Annex 3: The Summary Financial Report. Given the multi-donor nature of the trust fund, the activities funded under the TLF are not measured against the contribution of each donor partner individually. The-e TerrAfrica logo signifies the partnership in general. However, efforts are made to acknowledge the TLF donors through representation of their logos as relevant in key products and outputs of TLF activities, including also on the TerrAfrica website. Also, the donor partners are key members of the TAEC which provides overall guidance and strategic directions to the partnership and, reviews and approves the joint annual work program of activities. 18

21 Next Steps The 12th Meeting of the TerrAfrica Executive Committee (TAEC) was held on September 22, 2013, in Windhoek, Namibia. The key decisions from the meeting are attached for reference in Annex 4. The upcoming year will see efforts in fulfilling these commitments. To enable the continued momentum of the TerrAfrica activities through the Secretariat, a follow on project to the NEPAD Agency is under discussion. This has been informed by the performance of the current project and the TerrAfrica/TLF review. 19

22 Annex 1: Description of activities and expenditure categories of the TLF Institutional Background 1. The institutional structure is based on a two-tier arrangement, involving an existing Partnership (as defined below) and an existing Multi-donor Trust Fund: 2. The TerrAfrica Initiative for Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (the Partnership ) is a Global Partnership Program established by resolution of the Constitutive Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Partnership held in Paris on September 15, The Partnership was established among partners, including, at the time of establishment, representatives of Sub Saharan African countries, international organizations, regional organizations, bilateral institutions, scientific organizations, and civil society. It is a regional platform to enable governments of sub-saharan Africa, the international development community, and other global, regional, and national stakeholders to better work together to scale-up country-driven sustainable land management. It is a collective and inclusive effort for Sub-Saharan Africa which aims to foster long-term, integrated, and harmonized strategies, policy dialogue, and actions, building on the comparative advantages of partners. 4. Further to the decision of the Constitutive Meeting of the Executive Committee dated September 15, 2005, the TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund (TLF) was established as a Programmatic Trust Fund to participate in the financing of activities included in the joint Annual Work Program (as defined below) of the Partnership. The TLF is intended to provide a flexible financing mechanism to address targeted needs that are not already adequately covered by existing funding mechanisms. Governance Structure 5. The TerrAfrica governance structure is lean. There is currently an Executive Committee and a Secretariat ( TerrAfrica Secretariat ) now hosted by the African Union s NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA). Ad-hoc working groups are convened among partners as needed to assist on specific tasks (such as reviewing climate analytics, devising plans for TerrAfrica s presence at the UNFCCC Durban conference in December 2011, or vetting the Partnership s M&E framework). 20

23 6. A joint Annual Work Program shall be prepared by partners and countries based on the template of activities in the TerrAfrica Business Planning Framework, which is updated every 5 years in a process led by NPCA and approved by the Executive Committee. The emphasis in the Second Business Planning Framework ( ) is on climate change and SLM, in particular the three priority SLM themes of: (i) watershed management, (ii) conservation agriculture, and (iii) linkages between energy and land. This focus was agreed by the Executive Committee at its October 2009 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 7. The TerrAfrica Partnership s Executive Committee is chaired by the NPCA and is responsible for, inter alia: (i) Overall guidance and strategic direction of the Partnership; (ii) Review and approval of joint Annual Work Programs (as defined below) and related budget and resources allocation prepared by the Partnership s Secretariat; and (iii) Supervision of the performance of the TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund (which is administered by the World Bank). 8. The Partnership s Secretariat reviews proposals of activities to be carried out by Partners under the joint Annual Work Program (the Annual Work Program ). Under the guidance of the Partnership s Executive Committee, the Secretariat consolidates the joint Annual Work Program, and develops a budget allocating available resources to activities included in the proposed Annual Work Plan and, inter alia, clearly delineating the proposals of activities that would be eligible to receive financing from the TLF. In coordination with the TerrAfrica Secretariat, the Bank determines which activities included in the proposed Annual Work Plan are to be supported by the TLF. The Bank retains fiduciary responsibility for the TLF. Objective and Description of the Activities under the Project 9. Objectives. The overall objective of the TLF is to provide strategically targeted and flexible financial support to: (i) Strengthen awareness, harmonization, and strategic directions on opportunities and modalities for improved sustainable land management scale-up and effectiveness; (ii) Improve and share analytical underpinnings to support policy dialogue and decision making; and (iii) Catalyze funding at country level. 21

24 To meet these objectives, the TLF provides strategic seed financing and other small grant support for activities approved in the joint Annual Work Program. As mentioned above, the recent and current joint Annual Work Program (2010, 2011) and the current Second Business Planning Framework ( ) all emphasize the linkages between SLM and climate change. SLM is widely recognized by partners as the key approach to both mitigate and adapt to climate change and variability in Africa. TerrAfrica has therefore been focusing much of its support on the three aforementioned priority SLM themes of: (i) watershed management, (ii) conservation agriculture, and (iii) linkages between energy and land. What these three themes have in common is an emphasis on the landscape as a system that needs to be managed holistically. In line with the joint Annual Work Program and the Second Business Planning Framework, the TLF is expected to help deliver on the immediate objective of scaling up sustainable and climate-smart land and water management practices on the ground, in order to accumulate landscape carbon and help bridge Africa s climate adaptation deficit. 10. Results. A simplified results framework is presented below. This results framework is a subset of the Partnership s broader M&E framework, which guides the joint annual work programming process, and which guided the development of the Second Business Planning Framework. Targets in the results framework below are somewhat fluid, given that the TLF is seeking additional external support from existing and potential new partners, and is also actively leveraging other sources of funding including IDA, GEF, other trust funds, and national budgets. Targets could be revised upwards if additional contributions to the TLF are made available or if parallel co-financing is secured. It is important to note that discrete activities will have customized M&E arrangements calibrated to local circumstances, budgets, and capacities. The specific results include: Result 1. Countries scale up SLM practices in priority zones, in three key priority themes of Conservation Agriculture, watershed management and energy poverty. This will lead to multiple wins on the ground, including enhanced accumulation of carbon in soil and biomass, higher yields and lower yield variability, access to more diverse livelihoods, more predictable water availability, increased household access to renewable terrestrial energy sources, reduced siltation of reservoirs, and in situ biodiversity conservation in active farmscapes. Result 2. Climate risk incorporated into decision making on SLM at Country and Regional levels. This will lead to better knowledge dissemination and capacity building such as: improved practical knowledge in sub-saharan African countries about climate risk to land and natural resource dependent livelihoods (such as via ClimDev); improved knowledge and capacity to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies through application of appropriate SLM approaches; and better institutional performance on investment planning, monitoring, and knowledge management. 22

25 Hierarchy of results Indicators Means of verification Assumptions Result 1: Countries scale up SLM # hectares with SLM practices, reported by: Aggregated monitoring project and practices in priority zones, in three key priority themes: - land use (crop, range, forest) - type of practice (such as: watershed evaluation field reports, reports, Conservation agriculture Watershed management plans, no-till, woodlots plus improved cook stoves, small hydro, re-vegetation household surveys Energy poverty (land use and other erosion control measures, related) integrated soil fertility mgt, etc.) Result 2: Climate risk incorporated into decision making on SLM at country and regional levels. # number of land users applying improved techniques reported by gender reported spatially (country, district) (Note: Target to be determined during preparation of discrete investment operations) At least 4 participating countries have strategic investment plans to reduce climate risks via SLM by end of 2013 Periodic reports from countries National SLM Committees Project and reports monitoring evaluation Appropriate technologies are used to improve land and water mgt in a way that can lead to intertwined impacts on all or some of these benefits: Accumulation of carbon in soil and biomass Higher yields and improved food security under climate variability Continued access to diverse natural resource based livelihoods More predictable water availability Increased household access to renewable energy sources that do not endanger food production Reduced siltation No additional loss of biodiversity in farmscapes Political environment is conducive. Improved sector cooperation on investment planning on land/water management and climate change will lead to greater efficiencies, scale, and impacts. Regional organizations are equipped to back stop country activities. Output 1: Country level flagship projects developed and being implemented At least 3 country level climate/slm investment operations under preparation by end of CY 2012 Project monitoring and evaluation reports, field reports Government willing to participate. At least 6 investment operations under preparation address specific climate vulnerabilities through SLM by end of Periodic reports from countries National SLM Committees 23

26 Hierarchy of results Indicators Means of verification Assumptions Output 2: Country coalitions At least 4 participating countries with Periodic reports from and knowledge sharing SLM investment frameworks by end of countries National mechanisms strengthened 2013 SLM Committees At least 4 participating countries have functional SLM coalitions by end of 2013 At least 4 participating countries with functional national SLM knowledge platform (e.g. management information system) by end of 2013 Project and reports monitoring evaluation Political environment is conducive. Improved sector cooperation on investment planning on land/water management and climate change will lead to greater efficiencies, scale, and impacts. Knowledge platform enables information to be rationalized and put into use to inform policy, practice, and programming. Regional organizations are equipped to back stop country activities. 11. General Activities. The Partnership s activities which may be financed by the TLF (the Activities) are selected activities included in the Partnership s Annual Work Plan duly approved by the Partnership s Executive Committee, aiming at: (a) Coalition building: Strengthening coalitions and advocacy and developing knowledge based partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa, through targeted and result-oriented information sharing, coordination, harmonization and other efforts to strengthen the collective ability of all stakeholders to address barriers to sustainable land management scale-up, including: (i) financing of selective joint reviews of partners portfolio and shared stocktaking from existing activities and partnerships that would feed into the knowledge networks and benchmarking, specific monitoring and evaluation work, targeted technical assistance to NPCA and other regional organizations in support of political mobilization and improved investment planning and governance, analysis of enabling conditions for good practices and success stories, benchmarking among partners, constituency building and strengthening of coalition of Sub- Saharan African countries, including through the various elements of the Partnership s governance; and (ii) building and strengthening transparent and inclusive result oriented knowledge based partnerships, in which priority is given to the valorization and dissemination of local knowledge, and the participation of civil society at various levels; (b) Knowledge management: Improving analytics and dissemination mechanisms to support SLM scale-up, including: (i) development of tools and guidelines (e.g., M&E, economic analyses, climate change assessments, terrestrial carbon management, integration of SLM into large scale decentralized community driven investments, and capacity building for multi-sector sustainable land management programs); (ii) public expenditure reviews, (iii) cost-benefit analyses, ecosystem valuations, and other economic work. 24

27 (c) Country investment support: Catalyzing funding at country level to support investment identification, preparation and implementation at country, multi-country and regional levels, including the following: (i) provision of seed funding to catalyze upstream dialogues, national platforms, (ii) targeted support for identification and preparation of country and multi-country investment operations and broader programs, and (iii) targeted support for implementation of strategic programs and operations that are directly financing SLM actions or improving the enabling environment. Categories of Expenditures Allowed under the Project 12. The following categories of expenditures can be financed from the TLF: a) For Recipient Executed Activities: i) Consultant Services, ii) Publications, iii) Conference/Workshops, iv) Goods, v) Operating expenditures and incremental staff costs, and vi) Training. b) For Bank Executed Activities: i) Associated Overhead, ii) Short Term Consultant Fees, iii) Contractual Services, iv) Extended Term Consultants, v) Staff Costs (Salary and Benefits including indirect costs 1, vi) Travel Expenses, and vii) Media and Workshop Costs. 1 Indirect costs charged as part of staff costs include expenses such as field benefits, communication and information technology, equipment and office space, furniture, supplies, copying, etc. These costs are directly charged against the Multi-Donor Trust Fund. 25

28 Annex 2: TLF Results Framework An update The Results Framework captures the impact of the contributions of the TLF to the larger investment projects related to SLWM and is based on the agreed indicators as defined at the time of approval. TLF support to preparatory activities, albeit small, act as a catalyst for larger investments and support critical activities needed to design the project components. Results achieved to date as indicated below reflect the additional impacts against the baseline of activities. Most of the operations are under various stages of preparation and implementation, both early and advanced, and therefore do not capture all the results on the ground yet. 26

29 Hierarchy of results Indicators Results Achieved (as of June 2013) Result 1: Countries scale up SLM # hectares with SLM practices, reported by: 174,489 ha (additional) practices in priority zones, in three land use (crop, range, forest) key priority themes: Conservation agriculture Watershed management Energy poverty (land use related) type of practice such as watershed plans, revegetation, other erosion control measures, integrated soil fertility mgt, etc. # number of land users applying improved techniques reported by gender and spatially (country, district) 420,000 (new land users adopting SLM technologies) Result 2: Climate risk incorporated into decision making on SLM at country and regional levels. At least 4 participating countries have strategic investment plans to reduce climate risks via SLM by end of countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda. (Target exceeded) Output 1: Country level flagship projects developed and being implemented Output 2: Country coalitions and knowledge sharing mechanisms strengthened At least 3 country level climate/slm investment operations under preparation by end of CY 2012 At least 6 investment operations under preparation address specific climate vulnerabilities through SLM by end of 2013 At least 4 participating countries with SLM investment frameworks by end of 2013 At least 4 participating countries have functional SLM coalitions by end of 2013 At least 4 participating countries with functional national SLM knowledge platform (e.g. management information system) by end of countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo and Regional BRICKS. (Target exceeded) 5 investment operations with support from TerrAfrica and supplementary GEF adaptation funds are approved. 10 countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Togo and Uganda (Target exceeded) 17 countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritania, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia with SLM alliances. (Target exceeded) 3 countries (Burkina Faso, Burundi and Zambia) 27

30 Annex 3: TLF Financial Report A. Financial Status of Donor Contributions Values Contribution Contribution USD 1 Unpaid Contribution USD 2 Paid-In USD 3 Inv. Income USD 4 Admin Fee USD 5 Transfersout in USD 6 24,865,892 7,230,967 17,634, , ,746 14,708,762 2,442,422 Fund Balance USD 7 B. Financial Report of TLF Activities Country Trust Fund 8 Fund Name Project ID Closing Date Grant Amount USD Disbursements USD Commitments USD Available Balance USD Africa TF TF The Building Resilience through Innovation, Communication and Knowledge Services (BRICKS) Project P , ,000 64,481 16, ,885 Enhancing the Resilience of Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa P , ,000 36, , ,304 TF Country Operations P ,216 3,222,230 2,177,760 42,056 1,002,414 TF Coalition Building P ,216 1,603, , , ,877 TF Knowledge Management P ,216 1,803, , , ,629 TF Strengthening Engagement With TerrAfrica Processes P , , , TF Eco-Agriculture Work Program 2009 P , , , TF Regional Sustainable Land and Water Management in the Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa Basin P ,908 14,618 14, Total amount pledged by donors (details in the Donor Center) 2 Amount pledged but yet contributed 3 Amount pledged and contributed 4 Interest earned on the contribution 5 World Bank transaction costs (5% of total contribution) 6 Total amount disbursed from total contribution 7 Remaining amount of the total contribution 8 TF (South Arica) and TF098701(Togo) are both Recipient- executed TF 28

31 Burundi TF Training in Sustainable Land Management Project P ,394 33,000 33, TF TerrAfrica Activities in Burundi P , ,000 98,707-1,293 Ethiopia TF TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund TF P , ,000 54, , ,977 Ghana Malawi TF TF TF Implementation of the Ghana National Sustainable Management Committee's Work Plan for P , , , Malawi - National Climate Change Program Technical Assistance P ,638 1,000, ,524 56,479 74,997 Malawi - Development of an Integrated Approach to Soil & Water Mgmt in Shire Basin P , , ,374 4,200 11,426 Mali TF Technical studies for NRM in CC in Mali P , ,000 14,482-85,518 Mozambi que TF Mozambique: Fostering Community Participation and Local Government Coordination to scale-up SLWM in the Zambezi Valley P , ,000 71,940-49,060 Nigeria South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo TF TF TF TF TF TF TF Nigeria: Adaptation to Climate Change in agriculture and water management P , , , Landscapes and Livelihoods (Development of Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Project - NEWMAP) P , , , Grant for NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) -RETF P ,639 1,500,000 1,181, ,843 - Sudan Sustainable Land and Water management Project (SSLWMP) P , ,000 49,016-50,984 Greater Serengeti Sustainable Landscape Management Information System P , , ,000 - Climate and land information portals for better climate risk management P , , , Integrated Disaster and Land Management Project in Togo (RETF) P , , , ,198 - World TF Strengthen community of practices in SLM for TerrAfrica regional program P , ,000 15,876 42,772 91,352 Grand Total 13, 258,354 8,029,846 1,709,790 3,439,718 29

32 Annex 4: Key Decisions of the TerrAfrica Executive Committee Meeting (September 2013) SAG Topics Decisions 1. Create a new SAG on NGOs to build synergy 2. Create a SAG on private sector Knowledge Base Staffing TLF Financing Monitoring & Evaluation The revamped Knowledgebase will be integrated into the new website. World Bank and other TerrAfrica partners will discuss HR issues with NEPAD Management: pending hiring of key staff, roles, job retention and sustainability. 1. WB will provide additional financing to the secretariat subject to the completed hiring of key staff. 2. NEPAD, in collaboration with The World Bank, will develop an exit strategy for the long term sustainability of the Secretariat. 1. The TAEC adopted the Terrafrica evaluation report and NEPAD will compile the comments from TAEC members on factual errors and share with the new M&E consultant for further action. 2. The TerrAfrica M&E results matrix should be re-designed to include impacts such as: and poverty reduction, and tools to assess payment for ecosystems services. The matrix needs to tie results to transformation agenda in the Sahel and be ready to scale up. 3. NEPAD should organize meetings on M&E; needs to gather new knowledge/data to motivate member countries to participate. 4. Qualifiers should be added to indicators to display their multi-sector nature. 5. The Secretariat should push for more involvement from the RECs, which now active with the UNEP projects, to bring in a regional integration dimension to TerrAfrica s M&E portfolio. 30

33 TerrAfrica Evaluation 1. All the 8 recommendations from the evaluation were adopted. 2. National coalitions including farmers organizations: NEPAD should assess countries effort in building coalitions. 3. National Coordination: recommendations adopted. TAEC Membership 1. Expanded membership: amend the Governance note to increase country membership from 4 to 8, and the membership of NGOs/Producer Organizations from 2 to 4; and to expand membership to include the CILSS (pending receipt of a letter of interest from CILSS). 2. NGO membership: NPCA and existing NGO members will together decide on selection criteria based on the existing Governance Note and countries of interest. 3. Country membership requirements: TAEC confirms that TerrAfrica s flexible membership criterion remains valid and unchanged (i.e. any African country can simply write a letter requesting to join the partnership). TerrAfrica Work Program (WP) 1. Final WP should be ready on October TAEC agreed to add a column on timeline to the WP. 3. Date of next meeting: The secretariat will look into next year s events and communicate with all members of the TAEC. 31

34 Abbreviations and Acronyms AFF African RECs AGIR APEFE A/R ARC AU AUC BRICKS CAADP CDM C4C CILSS CIRAD COP EC ECOWAS ESRI FAO GEF GGW GGWA GFDRR GIS GM-UNCCD ICRAF IDA IFPRI ILRI IUCN LDCF African Forest Forum African Regional Economic Communities Global Alliance for Resilience Initiative L Association pour la Promotion de L Education et la Formation à L Etranger Afforestation/Reforestation Alliance of Religions and Conservation African Union African Union Commission Building Resilience through Innovation, Communication, and Knowledge Services Project The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program Clean Development Mechanism Connect4Climate Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel Agricultural Research for Development Conference of the Parties European Commission Economic Community of West African States Environmental Systems Research Institute The Food and Agriculture Organization Global Environment Facility Great Green Wall Initiative for the Sahara and the Sahel Pan African Agency of the Great Green Wall Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery Geographical Information System The Global Mechanism of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification World Agroforestry Centre (Former International Centre for Research in Agroforestry) International Development Association International Food Policy Research Institute International Livestock Research Institute International Union for Conservation of Nature Least Developed Countries Fund 32

35 M&E MASDAP MDG MSB NGO NEPAD NPCA OSS RéSaD SAG SAWAP SCCF SLM SLWM SIP TAEC TLF UEMOA UNCCD UNFCCC UNEP VPU Award WAVES WB WBI WOCAT - CDE WP WRI Monitoring and Evaluation Malawi Spatial Data Platform Millennium Development Goal Millennium Seed Bank Partnership Non-Governmental Organization The New Partnership for Africa s Development NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency The Sahara and the Sahel Observatory Réseau Sahel Désertification Strategic Advisory Group Sahel and West Africa Program in Support of the GGW Special Climate Change Fund Sustainable Land Management Sustainable Land and Water Management Strategic Investment Program TerrAfrica Executive Committee TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund West African Monetary and Economic Union United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change United Nations Environment Program World Bank Vice Presidential Unit Team Award Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services World Bank Wallonie-Bruxelles International World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies - Centre for Development and Environment Work Program World Resources Institute 33

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