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ClimDev-Africa Program &
African Climate Policy Center
(ACPC)
AMCEN Special Session
Side Event
27 May 2009
Presentation Outline
Program Specificity
Program Stakeholders and Beneficiaries
Program Description
Program Governance
Implementation and Monitoring
Program Financing
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Program Specificity
ClimDev-Africa – A unique regional initiative, jointly
undertaken by the AUC, ECA and AfDB, with highest-level
political endorsement
Designed to respond to climate change and variability
challenges for Africa’s development, with focus on climatesensitive sectors: Agriculture and food security; water
resources; energy; health
Aimed at:
Increasing the resilience of Africa’s population to climate
change by enabling effective adaptation activities
Addressing the need for greatly improved climate
information for Africa
Strengthening the use of such information for decisionmaking by improving analytical capacity, knowledge
management and dissemination activities
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Program Specificity - Thrust
Filling gaps in information, analysis and options
required by policy and decision-makers at all
levels
Building a solid foundation for science-based
response to climate change
Strengthening Africa’s climate and development
institutions at regional, sub-regional and national
levels
Providing a framework for coordinated increased
level of activities for adaptation to climate change
Assisting in sound policy-making based on
information and policy options analysis
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Program Stakeholders and Beneficiaries
Ultimate beneficiaries: Rural and urban communities with
climate sensitive livelihoods
Immediate beneficiaries: Policymakers of RECs, RBOs,
National governments, parliaments, African negotiators
Principal stakeholders:
Development practitioners who need to integrate climate
change adaptation in their areas of intervention
Policy analysts and researchers who need climate information
as input to their work
Regional, sub-regional and national climate, meteorological
and hydrological services and research institutions that
provide the data and information services required
RECs and RBOs that coordinate sub-regional ACC action
Relevant national sectoral ministries
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Programme description – Results Areas
Results area 1: Widely available climate information,
packaging and dissemination
Objective: Policymakers, policy support organisations and the
population at large have access to comprehensive, useful climate
information
Results area 2: Quality analysis for decision support and
management practice
Objective: Enhanced scientific capacity producing effective and
quality policy-supporting analyses and best practices on different
levels (regional to local)
Results area 3: Informed decision-making, awareness and
advocacy
Objective: Improved policy dialogue and support to climate and
development policymaking processes at the continental, subregional, national and local levels
Results area 4: Evidence-based value of mainstreaming
climate information into development through implementation
of pilot adaptation practices
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Program Description – Inputs (1)
Political leadership provided by the AUC, who will
co-ordinate the Continental policy response and
global negotiations
ECA-based African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) to
serve as ClimDev-Africa knowledge-management
and Policy-facilitation arm
ClimDev-Africa Special Fund to provide a channel
for demand-led funding of implementing institutions
across Africa – Based at and managed by AfDB
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Program Description – Inputs (2)
Thrust of the work of ACPC
Deliver on the Policy component of ClimDevAfrica
Assist, with UNEP and through AUC and AMCEN,
Africa’s preparation for, and participation in
global climate negotiations
Support efforts of member States in
mainstreaming climate change concerns into
their development policies and frameworks
Guide and facilitate the implementation of
ClimDev-Africa field-level operations
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Program Description – Inputs (3)
Main activities of ACPC work: With focus on
development policies and strategies for priority
climate-sensitive sectors:
Policy research and analysis (CC vulnerability,
impacts, adaptation costs/benefits & policy options)
Policy advocacy, communication and outreach
Consensus building at the regional level
Capacity strengthening, technical advice and
assistance
Knowledge management and peer learning
Facilitation of field-level operations development and
implementation
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Programme Governance
ClimDev-Africa will be governed by the following
organs:
Chief Executive Board (CEB) of the AUC/ECA/AfDB Joint
Secretariat and AMCEN: To provide overall program
oversight
Program Steering Committee (PSC): To provide
operational/implementation oversight of the Program
Expert Panel of Technical Advisors: for quality
assurance of policy development and technical review
of project proposals for funding
Annual African Climate and Development Conference:
to maintain linkages with all relevant stakeholders
engaged in the ClimDev-Africa process
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Programme Governance
Chief Executive Board
(CEB)
(AUC-ECA-AfDB-AMCEN)
ClimDev-Africa Programme
Steering Committee (PSC)
Technical
Advisory
Committee
RECs
African Climate Policy Centre
(ACPC)
 Policy/Sector Experts
 Programme/Project Experts
Regional/SubRegional Climate
Institutions
RBOs
ClimDev-Africa
Special Fund
Research
Institutions
Others
National Level
NMHSs, Sectoral Actors (public sector, private sector, civil society)
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Implementation and Monitoring (1)
ClimDev-Africa will be implemented progressively,
starting in 2009
Inception actions in 2009:
Putting in place the basic management and policy capacity
of the ACPC (office, staffing)
Initiating ACPC website (using ECA web management
facilities)
Preparing detailed project implementation documents and
work plans
Initiating policy-making activities (studies, advocacy,
consensus-building)
Implementing ClimDev-Africa Special Fund (procedures and
processes, criteria for funding approval, call for funding
applications from prioritized organisations)
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Implementation and Monitoring (2)
Field-level operations (2010-2012)
Embedding the functioning of ClimDev-Africa at field
(sub-regional and national) level
Based on detailed work plans developed in 2009
Monitoring and reporting in 3 areas:
Operation of the overall ClimDev-Africa program
Activities funded by the ClimDev-Africa Special Fund
Performance of administrative and financial functions
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Program Financing
Financing will be provided through a blend of
programmatic funding and pooled Special Fund
modalities
Indicative total budget is estimated at about $140m
over 4 years (including additional capacity at AUC and
REC levels)
Special Fund meant to be demand-led, implies the
indicative budget estimate will be revised based on
demand
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Thank you
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