LESSONS LEARNED FROM INNOVATIVE RESILIENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND POLICY

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1 LESSONS LEARNED FROM INNOVATIVE RESILIENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND POLICY Rose Mwebaza(PhD) Climate Change Policy Advisor UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

2 About the Africa Adaptation Programme(AAP) The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) was a 92 million dollar project funded by the government of Japan and implemented by the UNDP. It covered 20 African countries - (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome Principe, Senegal, and Tanzania). Its main objective was to enhance the adaptive capacity of vulnerable countries, promoting early adaptation action and laying the foundation for long-term investment to increase resilience to climate change across the African continent.

3 About the Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) The Programme focused on strengthening capacities that are crucial for integrating climate change adaptation into national and sub-national development planning and implementation processes.

4 Approach Taken - Mainstreaming

5 Approach Taken National Level In order to generate political will and buy in for the programme at national level, we: Engaged with various high-level decision makers and stakeholders: Council of State Members of Parliament Ministers of State and Regional Ministers District Chief Executives

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7 Purpose of Engagement National Level Generate the relevant information and data on risks, opportunities and benefits associated with climate change mainstreaming. Package and communicate this key climaterelated information to support integration of climate change in national planning and implementation processes

8 Mainstreaming efforts with district and regional planners Trainings on climate change mainstreaming were carried out with district planners. Supported the Guide for Mainstreaming Climate Change and Disaster Risk into National Development Policies. A series of Policy Advisories on climate change were developed and distributed to decision and policy makers at all levels.

9 Mainstreaming efforts with district and regional planners A Mentoring and coaching initiative was developed as part of the leadership for results programme. Its main objective was: To build and ensure sustenance in human capacity through learning by-doing To facilitate effective and efficient implementation of climate change programmes at sub-national level. mentors and mentees from government, civil society organizations and pilot district administrations were selected to take part. Skills in climate change planning as well as facilitation, organization, teamwork, etc, were developed.

10 Mentoring group Group discussions Trainer and mentees Mentee demonstrating facilitation skills

11 Results of Mainstreaming Efforts NATIONAL National Climate Change Policy created Climate Change Sector Strategies developed National Budget Guidelines on Climate Change Developed DISTRICTS Climate change mainstreamed into Functional Organizational Assessment Tools Climate change mainstreamed into Budget Guidelines

12 Other Actions Taken to Support Mainstreaming Follow up exercise on mainstreaming climate change in Districts Plan Implementation Regularise high-level interactions with key influential persons such as District Chief Executives, Members of Parliament, traditional chiefs, etc Share lessons learned from pilot districts to assist planners in other districts Integrate the Mentoring Programme into work of government institutions and NGOs Support local government to develop implementation schedule with indicators for a three year cycle.

13 KEY LESSONS LEARNT 1. Leadership is important in order to create resilience at national and sub-national level this is important in order to clarify roles and responsibilities and to reduce institutional rivalries which often stifle effective implementation. Therefore, the programme facilitated the establishment of inter -sectoral coordination mechanisms in several countries (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal)

14 KEY LESSONS LEARNT 2. Scientific data alone was insufficient when talking to decision-makers. While essential, this data must be placed within a national context to influence the decision-making process. Climate change policy makers proved to be most receptive to a combination of science-based information, socioeconomic baselines and vulnerability assessments including the integration of economic impact assessments, indigenous knowledge and gender issues.

15 KEY LESSONS LEARNT 3. Capacity to plan for and integrate (the how to) climate change in national and sub-national planning was very limited. Therefore the programme provided capacity development and training in several countries. In Ethiopia regional experts were trained on the development of regional Green Growth Plans. In Gabon More than 300 Sub-national experts were trained on integrating climate change adaptation in sub-national level development plans. In Congo national engineers were trained in climate data and information management and climate modeling This also included facilitating learning tours among participating countries. For example, Senegal, Shared lessons and experience on coastal adaptation measures with Morocco and Tunisia.

16 KEY LESSONS LEARNT 4. There is greater impact in creation of resilience if policy and programme actions at national level are mirrored at sub-national level and so in all 20 countries that were targeted subnational governments were supported to develop local level responses Ghana, Mozambique

17 Keta district Flooding-road to Suipe 80-metre-footbridge

18 West Mamprusi district Dry season farming- Kariminga Community

19 KEY LESSONS LEARNT 5. Knowledge generation and management to support planning and implementation at national and sub national level are crucial. Rwanda was supported to Create a database system/information centre on climate change; Kenya and Nigeria were supported in the procurement and application of a systems dynamic modeling (Threshold 21 model) to support assessment of climate change and vulnerability mapping. In Mozambique a knowledge center on climate change hosted at the Mozambique Science Academy, Min Science and Technology was established. This knowledge center is now included in the national climate change strategy. In Congo, E-infrastructure on climate data and information was established including the installation of High Performing Computer (HPC) for generating models and facilitating access to data. In Lesotho, Early warning systems were strengthened by creating information links between Climate, the Forecasters, and the Early Warning Systems. Wireless connection sharing information between Ministries including Forestry, Agriculture, Health, and Disaster Management Authority

20 KNOWLEDGE FAIR

21 KEY LESSONS LEARNT 6. Data generation and management countries need reliable up to date data in order for them to ensure resilience. Therefore, the programme focused on supporting national meteorological services to provide reliable, detailed and up-todate weather monitoring and forecasting. In Burkina Faso a total of 16 automatic weather stations were procured, comprising six agro-meteorological stations and 10 hydrometeorological stations; in Cameroon, 20 meteorological stations were established; In Congo, Automatic weather stations were installed and national engineers were trained in climate data and information management and climate modeling

22 Data generation and Management Cont. 6.There is great need for regional downscaled climate data to make informed adaptation decisions at the local level. Therefore, countries were taught on the importance of this data, given access to datasets such as CORDEX and provided with training on analysis and application of such datasets.

23 KEY LESSONS LEARNT 7. Ad hoc small-scale adaptation projects create very little long-term benefit unless they are designed to influence a specific policy agenda and there is an associated commitment from national and sub-national governments to replicate and integrate the initiatives in national planning based on the results that emerge from pilots. Sub-national governments must be engaged in the design and implementation of adaptation programmes so that ownership and commitment to sustain the results can be assured.

24 KEY LESSONS LEARNT 8. Supporting national and sub-national governments to access and integrate climate change financing in national planning and development is an important component for creating resilience most countries and subnational governments that had good policy frameworks and action plans had no money to maturate them. The programme worked to support access to financing at national level. For example Burkina Faso was supported to develop a road map for direct access to the Adaptation Fund, the road map was validated and adopted for accreditation of the Directorate General of cooperation as designated authority of Burkina Faso for the Adaptation Fund. In Cameroon the country was facilitated to identify Financing options for climate adaptation measures identified. In Kenya, Ethiopia, Lesotho and Mozambique training was provided to the ministry of finance on integration of climate change finance in national planning and budgeting processes. Malawi was supported to ddevelop a climate investment plan which includes a range of financing options.

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