Community-based Adaptation Project Inception Workshop Country Programme Strategy Development © 2007 UNDP. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Proprietary and Confidential. Not For Distribution Without Prior Written Permission.

1 CBA Inception Workshop 1 CBA will have a three-level structure Each national CBA programme will contribute to achieving the three outcomes of the CBA project The CBA CPS (CCPS) will guide this process in each country

2 CBA Inception Workshop 2 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

3 CBA Inception Workshop 3 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

4 CBA Inception Workshop 4 Each CCPS will adopt a country-level objective and impact indicator All CCPS’s will have a similar objective (in line with the UNDP adaptation M&E framework): “Reduced vulnerability of natural resources and natural resource-dependent livelihoods threatened by CC; and/or enhanced capacity to manage natural resources sustainably in the face of climate change.”

5 CBA Inception Workshop 5 Each CCPS will adopt a country-level objective and impact indicator All CCPS’s will also develop a set of impact indicators used to measure progress toward achieving the objective in the specific context of the country, expected climate change impacts, and the types of CBA projects expected. In practice, they should: be closely tied to other elements of the CCPS provide benchmarks against which to evaluate progress be consistent with UNDP-GEF’s M&E framework for adaptation

6 CBA Inception Workshop 6 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

7 CBA Inception Workshop 7 CBA country programmes will target a specific sector in order to maximize impact Sectoral Focus will guide interventions to maximize aggregate impact. Sectoral focus should be based on: National Adaptation Priorities –as expressed in the National Communications to the UNFCCC, NAPA, other docs Fit with the CBA mechanism –Potential to deliver adaptation impacts through community projects –Potential for GEB Consultations with relevant stakeholders –Aligning CBA with current adaptation priorities –Ensuring stakeholder participation in the projects

8 CBA Inception Workshop 8 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

9 CBA Inception Workshop 9 Vulnerability assessments will describe the climate risk being addressed After a sector has been chosen, the climate change threats to that sector must be described. This should be based on assessments in: –National Communications to the UNFCCC –NAPAs –IPCC 4 th Assessment Report –Other expert literature Vulnerability assessments should have an ecosystem focus: –Focusing on the natural resources that communities rely on for: Clean water Agriculture Storm protection Etc

10 CBA Inception Workshop 10 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

11 CBA Inception Workshop 11 Baseline-additionality reasoning separates climate impacts from other impacts CCPS’s must distinguish between impacts caused by climate change, and impacts stemming from other factors Baseline: Historically familiar climate risks (periodic floods or droughts) Environmental degradation not caused by climate change Socio-economic impacts Additional: CC-related intensifications of historical climate risks New climate risks Indirect pressures that are attributable to climate change

12 CBA Inception Workshop 12 CCPS’s must distinguish between baseline pressures and additional pressures What are the current pressures on the target sector? What are the climate change threats to the target sector? Baseline Pressures Landlessness, insecure tenure Soil degradation Inequitable access to water resources Cyclical drought Cyclones Landslides Lack of early warning systems Climate Change Pressures Increasing temperature (impacts on crop phenology, water stress) Increasing erosion (drought/flood) Reduced water quality (drought/flood) Changing seasonal water distribution Salinization Intensifying cyclones Severe flood/drought Novel disasters

13 CBA Inception Workshop 13 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

14 CBA Inception Workshop 14 Focal area strategies CBA projects must Increase the resilience of GEB in the face of climate change Generally one or two focal areas will be prioritized. One is preferable in order to maximize lesson-learning. The strategy should describe both how individual projects might generate GEB, and how the portfolio as a whole with lead to GEB (generally through policy impact) GEB generated through CBA projects must be resilient in the face of climate change (ie: climate change impacts should not threaten to undo CBA project outcomes)

15 CBA Inception Workshop 15 Resilience of GEB in the face of climate change The GEF SPA is intended to build resilience in the focal areas in which the GEF works –GEB generated through co-financing –SPA funds support the “climate-proofing” of GEB CBA projects must go over and above focal area projects, to ensure that GEB are resilient in the face of climate change Examples: Focal Area Projects SPA Projects LD: promote agroforesty to mitigate land degradation BD: protect a given species through community-based habitat management LD: work with communities to change maladapted agroforestry practices that will become untenable in the face of climate change BD: ensure that species protection takes CC into account, establish migration corridors as species move in response to changing habitats

16 CBA Inception Workshop 16 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

17 CBA Inception Workshop 17 Geographic Focus CBA projects will focus on a specific geographic region where there is both: High vulnerability to climate change impacts High potential for generating global environmental benefits Two regions may be prioritized in certain cases. Areas with high vulnerability Areas with high potential for GEB CBA projects will operate where vulnerability and GEB intersect

18 CBA Inception Workshop 18 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

19 CBA Inception Workshop 19 Local priorities can be added to focus on specific additional concerns In order to give the national CBA programme greater focus, or in order to integrate the CBA programme with ongoing national initiatives, additional priorities based on these considerations can be added into the CCPS. These could potentially include: Focus on specific gender, ethnic, livelihood or social groups Prioritization of certain types of interventions Use of local ecological knowledge

20 CBA Inception Workshop 20 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

21 CBA Inception Workshop 21 Community Project Typologies The CCPS should include brief descriptions of eligible typologies of projects. It will describe how the other elements of the proposal (geographic focus, focal area strategy, baseline- additionality reasoning) might manifest into community-driven projects. This description will be for indicative purposes only -- as with regular SGP project, proposals will be driven by NGOs/CBOs. Potential Examples: Community-based agroforestry in a region vulnerable to climate-induced soil degradation Mangrove management for coastal defenses Etc

22 CBA Inception Workshop 22 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

23 CBA Inception Workshop 23 Policy Strategy CBA country programmes should aim to influence policy on climate change risk management –Through development and dissemination of best practices –Through capacity building and awareness raising –Through policy dialogue

24 CBA Inception Workshop 24 Policy Strategy CCPS’s should describe how the CBA portfolio will support this output. This should be tailored to fit country-level circumstances. It could include: –Participation of key policymakers in the NCC –Organized site visits to successful projects –Development of reports and policy briefs –Development of new practices and promotion of their upscaling through informal, private sector, or governmental channels

25 CBA Inception Workshop 25 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

26 CBA Inception Workshop 26 The national coordinating committee CBA projects will be approved and guided by a national coordinating committee, in the same way that SGP projects are guided by a national steering committee. For SGP countries, the NCC will be composed of the existing NSC, with one or more additional members, introduced to add expertise in climate change adaptation. Inclusion of policymakers in sectors prioritized by the CCPS, and representatives from appropriate agencies encouraged. For non-SGP countries, the NCC will be a new body, comprised of key stakeholders in fields related to CBA.

27 CBA Inception Workshop 27 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

28 CBA Inception Workshop 28 NGO/CBO Identification CBA projects will be implemented by NGOs/CBOs with capacity to deliver successful projects that fit the CCPS. The CCPS should provide a short list of potentially eligible NGOs/CBOs from whom proposals will be sought, as well as criteria and strategies for engaging new NGOs.

29 CBA Inception Workshop 29 The CCPS will provide a framework in which CBA activities can be supported Information required within the CCPS: 1. Overall CBA Country Programme Strategy Objectives and Impact Indicators Sectoral focus Vulnerability Assessment Baseline-additionality reasoning Focal Areas Local Priorities Geographic Focus Community Project Typologies Policy Strategy 2. Development of a CBA team NCC Formulation 3. Identification and Capacity Building of Potential NGO/CBO Grantees NGO/CBO Identification NGO Capacity Building

30 CBA Inception Workshop 30 NGO/CBO Capacity Building Finally, the CCPS will elaborate a brief strategy for building the capacity of potentially eligible NGO/CBO grantees to develop successful CBA proposals. Capacity building could take the form of training sessions for proponents, or any other form – the key is to ensure understanding of the CBA’s focus and requirements, facilitating good proposals.