Transcript carla project outline - LDC Group at UN climate change negotiations

CARLA PROJECT
OUTLINE
Presentation at
district sensitization
meeting
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Outline of the presentation
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Project goal
Project objectives
Target areas and beneficiaries
Project components and activities
Project impact
Project outcomes
Project cost and financing
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Project Goal
• To improve resilience to current climate
variability and future climate change by
developing and implementing adaptation
strategies and measures that will improve
agricultural production and rural
livelihoods
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Project objectives
• To integrate climate change adaptation
strategies and interventions that improve
agricultural production and rural
livelihoods;
• To enhance national and district agencies
capacities to support community-based
adaptation to climate change.
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Target areas and beneficiaries
District
Traditional
authority
Karonga
Kyungu
Dedza
Kachindamoto Kafulama
Chikwawa Chapananga
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village head
Estimated
number of
beneficiaries
Mwakabanga 10,000
Moses
10,000
10,000
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Project Components and activities
1. Community based integrated climate change adaptation
approach developed
• Community mobilization and sensitization;
• Climate change vulnerability assessment (VA) of the target
community;
• Review of existing community based climate change
coping and adaptation mechanisms;
• Incorporating adaptation planning and locally appropriate
adaptation actions, develop and implement community
based climate change adaptation action plans;
• Monitoring and reviewing Climate Change Adaptation
(CCA) actions; and
• Transfer of CARLA experience to other vulnerable
communities.
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Project Components and activities contd
2. Strengthening the capacity of national and district
agencies
• Updating and elaborating capacity needs assessment;
• Conduct training, workshops and other capacity development
activities for key personnel in the target ministries/departments
and in the districts;
• Conduct site visits for knowledge-sharing designed to transfer
the CARLA experience;
• Hold a high profile “CARLA Day” for a broader audience for
knowledge sharing; and
• Develop guidelines (handbook) that presents successful
approaches to community-based CCA.
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Project Components and activities
contd
3. Project management
• Develop and execute the annual procurement plans;
• Undertake project planning, monitoring and
evaluation;
• Prepare quarterly and annual progress reports,
• Strengthen coordination and communication amongst
stakeholders; and
• Undertake project administration and financial
administration including annual audits
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Project impact
• Improved rural livelihood resilience
to current climate variability and
future climate change
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Project outcomes
1. Communities have sustained food
production and livelihoods
2. Capacity for institutions involved in
environment & agriculture strengthened
at national & district level
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Project cost and financing
• The project is being financed by Global
Environmental Facility (GEF) through the African
Development Bank (AfDB) through the African
Development Fund (ADF).
• The total project cost is US$3 million to be
implemented over a period of 3 years.
• The executing agency of the project is the
Ministry of Water Development and Irrigation
through the Department of Irrigation as this
project is part of the SCPMP.
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Project cost and financing
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Summary of project cost by component
Components
Community based integrated climate
adaptation approach
Strengthening the capacity of national and
district agencies
Project Management
Total baseline costs
Physical contingencies
Price contingencies
Total Project Costs
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Total
costs
2,107,207
381,007
316,910
2,805,124
22,550
172,326.00
3,000,000
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End of presentation
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